Monthly Archives: March 2010

Circuit Riders in Florence

Another Friday on the road and you could have knocked me over with a feather when we drove up to the Florence County Library Headquarters. Thanks to the generosity of the Doctors Bruce and Lee Foundation, Florence is sporting a … Continue reading

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International Law Digest Available Online

The Department of State announced today that many of the volumes of the Digest of United States Practice in International Law are now online. The State department website has volumes covering 1989 -1990; 1991 to 1999; and individual volumes from … Continue reading

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A Conversation with Roberta Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress

Today at 3pm Eastern time on The Law Librarian on blogtalkradio, the Law Librarian of Congress, Roberta Shaffer, will share some exciting new initiatives at the law library, including  the One World Law Library digital depository (OWLL) and her vision for … Continue reading

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Tomorrow: 5th Annual Sunshine Week Webcast

The Building Governmental Transparency webcast event is scheduled for 2pm tomorrow. Listen to experts from inside and outside government discuss the Obama administration’s Open Government Directive, Memorandum on Freedom of Information Act, Attorney General Guidelines, and Data.gov. To read more … Continue reading

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An Improved PACER?

This week, the Judicial Conference of the United States approved steps to improve public access to federal courts by “increasing the availability of court opinions and expanding the services and reducing the costs for many users of the Public Access … Continue reading

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SC.GOV Gets a New Look

I noticed recently that SC.GOV has a new look, and if you link to any of its pages, a slightly differenct url. Of interest this Sunshine Week are  the Spending Transparency and Campaign Finance links located below the scrolling pictures … Continue reading

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It’s Sunshine Week: Celebrate Open Government in SC

Visit the SC Press Association website for a round-up of the Op –Ed articles published in newspapers across the state, including one from our own Jay Bender. Also, check out Mark Beckom’s political cartoons. (Post-TC)

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Circuit Riders: From the Upstate to the Pee Dee

Friday we took our Legal Research for Non-Law Librarians workshop to the Headquarters Library for  Spartanburg County Public Libraries in downtown Spartanburg. The library building was as inviting as the attendees from both the Spartanburg County Public Libraries system and … Continue reading

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Climate change bibliographies

Librarians love bibliographies, but others can find them useful as well.  If you are doing research, a good bibliography on your topic can save lots of time by identifying sources that should be consulted.  Often, there will be sources listed … Continue reading

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Indian Law – Tribal Court Decisions

For those of you interested in Indian Law. Mary Whisner, Reference Librarian from University of Washington Law Library, who is constantly providing excellent resource lists, has  put together a  list of Tribal Court decisions websites.  She has also included a … Continue reading

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