Taking Full Advantage of the Resources Available to You- February 10, 2003 Great Free Legal Resources in Washington State "I got an E-mail from David Goodson, who pointed out the following after reading a recent post here: "I too am an attorney and your blog about internet legal research caught my eye - particularly your reference to state law research. ...what I really want to tell you about is that here in WA you can send an email query to a the state law librarian in Olympia and they will send you back an answer. I had a case where I needed legislative...http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/libraries/2003/02/10.html#a3613 (Untitled)- February 6, 2003 Get Answers From Kansas "The state of Kansas has started KANAnswer, an online reference service for the residents of Kansas and for non-residents who have questions about Kansas. It's accessible at http:skyways.lib.ks.usKSLKLNBKANAnswerWebindex.htm . The service operates during bank hours basically -- M-F 9-5, with some weekend and evening hours. It's not available during national and state holidays. Down at the bottom of the front page there's a 'LiveHelp' button which will...http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/libraries/2003/02/06.html#a3594 (Untitled)- February 6, 2003 The proposal to cut the University of Arizona's School of Information Resources and Library Science made the Arizona Daily Star. Rightly so, since we've seen far too many LIS schools close over the last decade. Students Defend UA Programs "The school is one of 16 programs Likins and Provost George Davis have proposed eliminating.... Lisa Bunker, a recent graduate of the School of Information Resources and Library Science, told Likins its supporters have been "working feverishly" in the past...http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/libraries/2003/02/06.html#a3593 Library Performers- February 5, 2003 Lori Bell, who really needs to get her own blog now that she's abdicated her Handheld Librarian title, had told me that NOLA (the folks behind the ListenOhio Audible program) were launching a new initiative in February. All of a sudden, it's February (I'm still working on catching up to that one), so Lori forwarded to me the following announcement. The Performer's Showcase "The Performers Showcase has been an exciting project to coordinate at NOLA. NOLA has taken the State Library's list of...http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/libraries/2003/02/04.html#a3574 Googling the Library Catalog- February 4, 2003 Breaking Through the Invisible Web "More and more web content, including library content, never sees the light of day. It is hidden behind proprietary database interfaces where it can't be found by popular Internet search engines. Librarians must bring the deep, invisible web to the surface so that our public can discover our resources through a query on a popular search engine.... Our students would be better served by library content on persistent pages that continue to exist beyond the end..http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/libraries/2003/02/03.html#a3569 |