Anatomy of a Conference Twitter Hashtag: #AALL2010

Written as a the Tech Talk column for Law Library Lights, this brief article summarizes conference Twitter posts for the American Association of Law Libraries 2010 conference, held in Denver, Colorado. The Twitter content analyzed in the article is available to download from this site as an Excel file or a .tar archive

Top 10 Law School Home Pages of 2012

For a fourth consecutive year, every website home page of every ABA-accredited law school is evaluated and ranked based on objective criteria. The goal is to identify well-executed sites adopting best practices. For the 2012 report, twenty-six elements are evaluated across these three categories: Design Patterns and Metadata, Accessibility and Validation, & Marketing and Communications. For 2012, there are four new elements, two prior elements have been combined, and one element was dropped. For 2012, forty-six schools now use the HTML5 doctype, which is up from thirteen in 2011 and just one in 2010. Eighteen schools achieve perfect scores in an adjusted web accessibility evaluation, which is a slight increase over previous years. One of the new elements awards points for use of Responsive Web Design practices, which is a page layout method that shifts the order and number of elements on a page, based on the screen size displaying the content. Our survey discovered fourteen home pages using responsive web design. As has been the case since this annual study launched in 2009, there is still no objective way to account for good taste. For interpreting these results, please decide for yourself whether any home page is greater or less than the sum of its evaluated elements

Law and Technology Podcasts

This article lists a select handful of useful podcasts covering topics such as technology policy, law, and web development

How Dewey Classify OCLC\u27s Lawsuit

In order to understand the nature of the rights asserted here, it is important to properly classify the Dewey Decimal lawsuit. To these ends, this article presents analysis aimed to better define its scope and legal framework. This is not an analysis of the merits of the claims, let alone a prediction as to the outcome. The issues are considered in the following three sections. In closing, I offer a lighthearted suggestion as to how this suit might be resolved outside of litigation or settlement

The Freedom of Information Act and Trade Secrets

This article details a case illustration where federal law intersects with trade secret questions, a subject normally governed by state laws

National Conference on Copyright of State Legal Materials

A surge in legislation and the lawsuits on the copyright status of state legal materials raises concerns about principles of open government and free accessibility and use of these materials. On December 2, 2016, the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and Boston University School of Law are convening the National Conference of Copyright in State Legal Materials at BU Law. At this conference, all participants will be able to explore the issues surrounding state legal materials access through parallel goals of: Education, Inspiration, and Conversation

Top Ten Law School Home Pages of 2012

For the fourth consecutive year, we try to identify law school home pages that are well-executed and adopt best practices. We evaluated all ABA-accredited home pages based on objective criteria. The attempt is to find the best-designed, best-performing sites

Elevating Justice Institute Program Guide

On March 9, 2023, the University of Richmond Law Library hosted the Elevating Justice Institute in our Moot Courtroom. The day-long event provided collaborative sessions for participants to work in conjunction with presenters to explore topics and techniques in delivering legal services. Speakers include two state judges, as well as several leaders in the Access to Justice movement. More than 30 people participated in the event, including librarians, law students, judges, attorneys and a variety of advocates interested in Access to Justice. The program guide provides biographical information about Institute speakers and planners, together with visual inspiration for a creative and inclusive event. The accompanying document “Access to Justice in the Southeast” provides details on all Access to Justice commissions in the southeastern United States. The Elevating Justice Institute was held in conjunction with the Southeastern Association of Law Libraries, which covers thirteen states and other regions.https://scholarship.richmond.edu/conferencematerials/1000/thumbnail.jp

Don\u27t Dilute My Coffee! Federal Trademark Dilution and Likely Legislative Changes

In this article, we take a look at a handful of the bigger law-related digital collections available today. We present the core elements of each collection to give readers an idea of what is out there. In addition, we look at some broad-based questions presented by acquiring access to digital collections. Finally, briefly, we look at issues of access, ownership, copyright, interlibrary lending, catalog records, and cost