Check This Out! Podcast

Episode 075: The Myth of the Looming Recruitment Crisis in Law Librarianship

Thu, 8 Nov 2007 01:52:00 GMT

Episode 075: Recruiting Lawyers and Librarians to Law Librarianship
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Playing time: 50:26

This is a talk I gave at the Libraries Without Borders conference in Toronto, on Thursday, October 18, 2007. I'm concerned that we may be overselling the profession--there is certainly a demand for qualified law librarians, but how much is that demand, and what really constitutes "qualified"? With the rising costs of legal education, how long can we continue to expect entry-level academic law librarians to have JD degrees?

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Episode 074: Lawyerswithdepression.com

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:00:00 GMT

Episode 074: Lawyerswithdepression.com
Friday, June 22, 2007
Playing time: 20:39

Dan Lukasik is a successful Buffalo lawyer who struggles with severe clinical depression. He has recently created a support group for lawyers with depression, and is building a website with links and resources to provide assistance to lawyers and create greater awareness and understanding among the public. Last week Dan and I talked about the problems of lawyers with depression.

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Episode 073: Susan Drummond and Her Neighbor, Mr. Rogers

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:08:00 GMT

Episode 073: Susan Drummond and Her Neighbor, Mr. Rogers
Friday, June 15, 2007
Playing time: 42:18

In August 2005, York University Law Professor Susan Drummond was informed that she owed $12,000 to Rogers Wireless for phone calls made from her stolen phone. Not only did Professor Drummond fight back, she turned it into a study of the legal system and built a website about it. Here Susan talks with me about her use of online consumer advocacy and her adventures in the Ontario small claims court.

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Episode 072: The Yirka Question

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:35:00 GMT

Episode 072: The Yirka Question
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Playing time: 28:43

Guest: Carl Yirka, Director of the Julien and Virginia Cornell Library and Professor of Law, Vermont Law School. I speak with Carl about making hard decisions: what traditional library services should we stop doing, so that we can do other things that are a better fit with our institutional priorities?

Atul Gawande, "The Bell Curve," New Yorker, December 6, 2004; Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance (2007).

Email from Carl Yirka to lawlibdir listserv, May 31, 2007:

Greetings from Vermont:

I'm writing a report for my Deans and am discussing some of the things we have consciously stopped doing, or are doing less than we have in the past.

One of the questions we try to ask is: what can we stop doing, in order to do other higher priority items? After I once asked this question at a faculty meeting, the former CFO began to call this "the Yirka question"... not to honor me in any way, but so he could ask the question without anyone getting angry at him. It is of course the sort of question that raises issues of turf.

Here's a brief list of what we have stopped doing:

We are not binding law journals that appear in HeinOnline;
we are collecting less government documents;
less actively collecting of archival materials;
not offering ref service from the Ref Desk - now offered from our offices;
not sending "of interest" notices to (mostly) faculty for new books;
not doing "prepare to practice/research review" research workshops previously done at the end of spring term;
faculty research workshops - not done for a few years;
not having 4 librarians each teach 2 sections of Legal Research. Now we have 3 teaching 3;
we've cut back on the number of research classes for MSEL (Master of Science in Environmental Law) students taught by a librarian. --The writing instructor incorporated basic legal research into the Writing classes, and a librarian introduced them to our subscription databases and the Free Environmental Sites Guide;
not administering CALI - now administered by Academic Success office;
not assisting faculty with TWEN and PowerPoint - the faculty administrative assistants are doing that;

In recent conversation with my sister, who is a librarian in a special library, she told me they no longer check in periodicals. After getting over the shock of that, I began to wonder whether we are too constrained in what we feel we must do.

So, I am curious as to what your libraries have stopped doing.

Best regards,

Carl

Email from Carl Yirka to lawlibdir listserv, June 1, 2007:

Several of you have asked 1) why are you stopping these things, and 2) what are we now doing that is more important than the services we have discontinued?

We made the stop decisions consciously. In part we were short staffed, and were doing a work redesign, so wanted to stop doing things that we felt were not worth it. We were not doing these things badly, but in spite of doing them well no one seemed to care whether we were doing these things. Penny Hazelton pointed out to me that one of Don Dunn's favorite questions is, "What are you doing well that you don't need to do at all?"

Our Dean had not specifically asked us to do this exercise; I'm trying to be ahead of the curve.

We are not yet at the point of doing the new services. As part of our redesign we have hired a new Lawyer/Librarian starting 2 July, and are moving a librarian from collection development to a second lawyer/librarian position this summer. We will soon be in the market for an librarian for collection development and technology; we'll be interviewing at AALL I trust.

Here's a bit of background explaining how we got here.

I have heard from many of you that your deans feel that your libraries are doing a good job, that you run a good library, but that in spite of that deans are cutting staffing and book budgets, and taking library space for other purposes.

I have not heard it described quite this brusquely, but the conversation I imagine go something like this:
Dean to Library Director: "The library is doing a good job for the budget you have; but what can you do if I cut your budget by 10%.... 20%..... 30%..... I know, I know.. Library directors for decades have made the claim that budgets must get bigger.. publishers charge more, we can't control that... new technologies cost a lot.... you need lots of staff to do the library stuff....the library needs more space...you never want to get rid of anything... Let's try something different. Cut the budget, do your best on collection and services, and let me tell you when we reach a level that hurts the institution."

In other words, I think some deans don't value what we have been doing, (despite our efforts to educate deans) or to put it a different way - what we have been doing is not in synch with institutional priorities. If they were, deans would be putting more money toward libraries. They seem to find money for their priorities.

So what institutional priorities are there that the Library might take on?

The new goal that we have identified is that the Library needs to do more to help faculty be more productive scholars. Yes... that means to help them publish more. Clearly this is an institutional goal, and one that is on the margin of running a good library. Providing the book and electronic materials for faculty to do their research is a traditional library goal;, we are talking about doing something more.

I've been surveying our faculty asking what sort of things they would like the Library to do in order for them to be more productive scholars. I've said that at this point I can't make any firm commitments; but I want them to "dream no small dreams."

I realize that this is a bit scary. I realize that the things faculty might want to outsource to the library are those things that are not working at all, or are not working well. That's the way life is: the opportunities lie where things are not going well.

There are risks here. Will I get their hopes up for things we can't produce? Will some of their hopes be far outside the scope of traditional library work? (I have heard of one law library that now supervises faculty secretaries, and makes faculty travel arrangements). Might we become glorified (or unglorified) research assistants or secretaries? I think the benefits outweigh the risks. Doing merely the more traditional library goals seems to me a recipe for slow death.

I provide you here with the unedited list of faculty desires. Some of these things we already do, but perhaps not to the level faculty would like, or they don't realize we have done them. Some items are not clearly keyed to faculty scholarly productivity. You will note that "footnotes" comes up more than once.

Suggestions so far:

understand the rankings of law reviews, and which law review would be the best place to submit articles of on various topics
Draft the footnotes; draft some of the footnotes;
write the complex research footnotes: e.g determine the cites to similar statutes in the other 49 states.
review drafts of faculty articles and determine whether there are better footnotes.
Research Fellows* have a research assistant pool in library supervised by librarians; have librarians do the paperwork and training of research assistants;
librarians review research assistant's work product
have electronic feeds come to a Librarian, and only forward the most relevant to the faculty member.
Create complete SSRN files for faculty, include all historical literature as well
create a portal for every upper level class whether faculty ask for it or not.
Current awareness services: CLIP, RSS feeds, Google reader
take over responsibility for plagiarism reviews of student papers
Librarians as consultants on faculty web page: cv creation; click thru to articles, SSRN
Word/Powerpoint expertise & creation
Footnotes: do them? Clean them up? Know blue book well.
supplement the work of the Communications office: understand the publishers, book, periodical, newspaper culture well enough to act as a consultant for faculty considering unique publication places: literary agent for the faculty
Understand the pecking order of law reviews better, especially for interdisciplinary journals
Understand the timing and template issues for law journal publication
Which law reviews take unsolicited manuscripts
Content creators for blogs
Liaison lunch with faculty member every semester; individual and group lunch
Create on demand bibliographies for faculty members
Manage faculty contact with other libraries: (Several faculty members pay for privileges to use Dartmouth College Library) renew books, etc.
Librarian *embedded* near where faculty work
Provide competitive intelligence: how do other law schools do X
Provide lunch table consults in the faculty dining area
Provide more Science databases
Clean up blue book sites
Law review rankings
Blogs; act as content creators for blogs
Train RAs to do social science research & govdocs research
Additional classroom support: review and prep video clips
Develop better video collection
Develop course reserves for classes
become the experts for Citation 9
Play a role in the hierarchy between faculty and RA: mid level associate
Develop brief bank for clinic

Perhaps you think this is completely crazy, or perhaps you already do all this. I would enjoy your comments. If nothing else, I've got down a rough draft that will help me write my memo.
best regards,
Carl

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Episode 071: Full Frontal Feminism, with Jessica Valenti

Wed, 6 Jun 2007 21:59:00 GMT

Episode 071: Full Frontal Feminism, with Jessica Valenti
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Playing time: 27:43

Jessica Valenti is the founder and Executive Editor of Feministing.com, and author of a new book, Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters.

See Jessica on The Colbert Report, June 5, 2007
Pictures from backstage
Comments on Feministing

Episode 070: Mediation, Collaborative Family Law, and Fur Coats

Wed, 23 May 2007 22:20:00 GMT

Episode 070: Mediation, Collaborative Family Law, and Fur Coats
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Playing time: 49:14

Linda W. Chodos joins me for another lunchcast from Byblos Authentic Lebanese Restaurant in Getzville, NY. Ms. Chodos . A 1993 graduate of the University at Buffalo Law School practicing family law in Hamburg, New York, Ms. Chodos is a leader in promoting mediation and collaborative family law in western New York. Ms. Chodos is also Director of Western New York Collaborative Law Professionals, Ltd. and a member of International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP).

From Linda's website:

Mediation has been found to benefit people with some or all of the following concerns:

I know what is best for me and my family. I don't want the courts to decide for me.
I am concerned about the high cost of a divorce.
I cannot communicate with my spouse.
I am concerned that my children will suffer.
I am not sure what constitutes a fair agreement.
I need more information about what my financial situation will be
following the divorce.
I need good and accurate legal information.
I need a plan that provides me with flexibility to deal with future issues that may arise.
I don't want to "fight it out" in the courts now or after the divorce.

Collaborative law is a relatively new alternative for achieving a fair settlement in a separation or divorce. In collaborative law, both parties retain separate, specially trained lawyers, whose only job is to help them settle the case. If the process does not succeed, the lawyers must withdraw and cannot go on to represent their clients against the other party in court. All participants agree to work together respectfully, honestly, and in good faith to try to find solutions to both parties' legitimate needs. Four creative minds work together to devise individualized settlement scenarios. Neither party can seek court intervention during the collaborative law process.

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Episode 069: Building a Virtual Community in Second Life with Micala Lumiere

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:35:00 GMT

Episode 069: Building a Virtual Community in Second Life with Micala Lumiere
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Playing time: 30:50

In Second Life, Micala Lumiere is an artist, musician, real estate developer, and patron of the arts. In Real Life, Shannon Ritter is a graduate student in the MFA program in New Media at Penn State. Micala/Shannon talks with me about building the virtual community of Mill Pond and Stone Hill in Second Life, and more generally about community in the online world.

December 4, 2006 blog post about a report from the USC/Annenberg Digital Futures Project.
December 21, 2006 blog post about her reactions to changes a client had done with a space she designed for them
On music performance in Second Life: blog.SLmusic.org

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Episode 068: Social Networking Technologies

Sun, 6 May 2007 20:25:00 GMT

Episode 068: Social Networking Technologies
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Playing time: 49:46

This episode is a presentation I gave at the Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York (ALLUNY) Spring Institute on Friday, May 4 at Syracuse University College of Law on social networking technologies.

Gene Smith, Social Software Building Blocks
Laura Cohen, Social Scholarship on the Rise
SSRN
MySpace
Facebook
LinkedIn
Ning (Second Life Librarians and Library 2.0)
Twitter
Tumblr
iStalkr
Flickr
YouTube
Google Calendar
Google Docs & Spreadsheets
ThinkFree
Zoho
Bubbl.us
Picnik
TimeToMeet.info
YouSendIt
MediaFire

Episode 067: Drinking Liberally with Kim and Dan

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:23:00 GMT

Episode 067: Drinking Liberally with Kim and Dan
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Playing time: 21:40

My guests this week are Kim Stahler and Dan Sauder, the co-organizers and co-hosts of Drinking Liberally Reading, the Reading, Pennsylvania chapter of Drinking Liberally. Drinking Liberally is "an informal, inclusive progressive social group. Raise your spirits while you raise your glass, and share ideas while you share a pitcher. Drinking Liberally gives like-minded, left-leaning individuals a place to talk politics. You don't need to be a policy expert and this isn't a book club - just come and learn from peers, trade jokes, vent frustration and hang out in an environment where it's not taboo to talk politics. Bars are democratic spaces - you talk to strangers, you share booths, you feel the bond of common ground. Bring democratic discourse to your local democratic space - build democracy one drink at a time. While drinking liberally, always remember to drink responsibly, and make liberal use of designated drivers. Drinking and driving is reckless and irresponsible, like a neocon war or corporatist tax cut. Liberals, don't do it."

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My first promo!

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:25:00 GMT

Just for fun, here's a little promo for Check This Out! I originally sent this to Dana at BLARM! as an audio comment a few months ago, but I decided to rework it a bit, so here it is. Possibly not worksafe, depending on your place of work. Enjoy!

Episode 066: Interview with Wayne MacPhail of Who's on Second?

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:28:00 GMT

Episode 066: Interview with Wayne MacPhail of Who's on Second?
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Playing time: 28:31

This is a crossover episode. I was interviewed this morning by Wayne MacPhail for his podcast, Who's on Second. Wayne is president of w8nc, a Canadian marketing and communications company specializing in emerging technologies, including social media tools, Web 2.0, Second Life, podcasting, vidcasting and more. Wayne has been a print and online content producer for over 20 years. He has produced online content for most of the major players in Canada and has taught online journalism and writing at a variety of colleges and universities in Ontario. Wayne has been a magazine editor and photographer, a newspaper feature writer and editor and is also a published and produced playwright, book author and an avid cyclist and runner. We talked today about some of the legal and social implications of Second Life.

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Episode 065: David M. Crane on War Crimes and Impunity

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:18:00 GMT

Episode 065: David M. Crane on War Crimes and Impunity
Monday, April 9, 2007
Playing time: 30:47

David M. Crane was appointed Distinguished Professor of Practice at Syracuse University College of Law in 2006. Prior to joining the College of Law, he was the Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, an international war crimes tribunal, appointed to that position by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, on 19 April 2002. With the rank of Undersecretary General, Professor Crane's mandate was to prosecute those who bear the greatest responsibility for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international human rights committed during the civil war in Sierra Leone during the 1990s. Professor Crane was the first American since Justice Robert Jackson and Telford Taylor at Nuremberg, in 1945, to be the Chief Prosecutor of an international war crimes tribunal.

Professor Crane served over 30 years in the federal government of the United States, mainly with the Department of Defense. Appointed to the Senior Executive Service of the United States in 1997, Professor Crane has held numerous key positions during his three decades of public service, including Director of the Office of Intelligence Review, Assistant General Counsel of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and Waldemar A. Solf Professor of International Law at the United States Army Judge Advocate General's School. He has over 20 years of experience as an officer and lawyer in the United States Army.

Professor Crane holds a Doctorate of Law degree from Syracuse University, a Masters of Arts Degree in African Studies and a Bachelor of General Studies in History, summa cum laude, from Ohio University.

Impunity Watch: "The Impunity Watch blog is intended to provide unbiased, objective reporting on impunity issues throughout the world. An open forum will be created to allow communication among individuals. People on the ground in the affected areas can use our blog as a means of casting a light on perceived injustices. Critical articles debating impunity issues will also be collected from academic, professional, and student authors. As a result, Impunity Watch will be a forum in which human rights issues and events will be examined from both a grassroots as well as an academic perspective."

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Episode 064: Jill of Feministe

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:51:00 GMT

Episode 064: Jill of Feministe
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Playing time: 31:40

My guest this week is Jill Filipovic, the lead blogger at Feministe.us, and one of the most prominent and articulate voices in the young feminist blogosphere. Jill is also a second-year student at New York University Law School. So let's talk with Jill about feminist blogging and blogging as a law student.

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Episode 063: Katrina Stierholz, Federal Reserve Bank Librarian

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:32:00 GMT

Episode 063: Katrina Stierholz, Federal Reserve Bank Librarian
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Playing time: 36:53

Another conference: this time it was the DeLange Conference on Emerging Libraries, hosted by Rice University. I caught up with an old friend: Katrina Stierholz used to be a law librarian at Saint Louis University and at Washington University in St. Louis, and is now librarian at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Katrina talked with me about the Federal Reserve Bank and her work there.

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Episode 062: Jim goes to NohCon

Tue, 6 Mar 2007 04:05:00 GMT

Episode 062: Jim goes to NohCon
Monday, March 5, 2007
Playing time: 36:28

Last week I attended the Second Annual NohCon Anime Convention at Daemen College in Amherst, New York. I took the opportunity to interview some of attendees, vendors, and organizers about what brought them to the convention, some things to look for, and how to organize an anime convention.

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Episode 061: Jack Clark of Blast the Right Podcast

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:10:00 GMT

Episode 061: Jack Clark of Blast the Right Podcast
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Playing time: 30:46

My guest this week is Jack Clark, host of Blast the Right Podcast, one of the best of the progressive-left podcasts. Jack is a retired attorney from the east coast now living on the west coast.

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CTO! Films Presents: Grass-Roots Academic Podcasting

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:23:00 GMT

CTO! Films Presents: Grass-Roots Academic Podcasting
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Playing Time: 41:09

This is a video of my presentation on "Grass-Roots Academic Podcasting" at PodCamp Toronto on Sunday, February 25, 2007. My presentation focuses on my other podcast, UBLaw Faculty Conversations, and what I hope to achieve with it.

Episode 060: PodCamp Toronto

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:56:00 GMT

Episode 060: PodCamp Toronto
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Playing time: 27:48

Next weekend Canadian correspondent Connie Crosby and I will participate in PodCamp Toronto, one of a growing number of regional podcasting conferences. Connie and I talk about the PodCamp concept, what attendees can expect, and what Connie and I will be doing there. (Registration for PodCamp Toronto is free, so anyone interested is encouraged to attend.)

For more podcasting goodness, please listen to UBLaw Faculty Conversations.
Check This Out! is a Top 10 Legal Podcast at Blawgs.fm.

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Episode 059: I Finally Get Second Life!

Tue, 6 Feb 2007 01:16:00 GMT

Episode 059: I Finally Get Second Life!
Monday, February 5, 2007
Playing time: 58:33

After numerous failed attempts to figure out Second Life, I finally get it, thanks to my patient guide Meg Kribble, Reference/Instructional Services Librarian at Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University Law Library. Meg is one the lead member of the Nova Southeastern staff building a virtual presence for the law library. Join us on a guided tour of this virtual world.

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Podcamp Toronto: Free Podcasting "Unconference" Aims to Teach Newbies How to Podcast

Thu, 1 Feb 2007 15:47:00 GMT

I'm pleased to share this item with all of you: I hope to see some of you in Toronto in a few weeks!

(Toronto, ON) â Podcamp Toronto (www.podcamptoronto.org), a 2-day unconference which will be held at Ryerson University on February 24-25, 2007, will teach people how to plan, produce and publish a podcast. Attendance is free.

A podcast is a multimedia file thatâs syndicated over the Internet. Similar to an Internet radio program, podcasting allows people to download audio or video content when they want to view or listen to it.

âBoth hobbyist and companies are using podcasts to communicate with fans or clients,â says Leesa Barnes, one of the organizers behind Podcamp Toronto. âThereâs a guy who uses his podcast to teach people how to knit and thereâs a large corporation that uses their podcast to give end users tips on how to maintain their computers.â

The very first Podcamp was held in Boston in September 2006. It was born out of the desire to share information about audio and video podcasting and related subjects. Podcamp Toronto is a 100% free, volunteer-driven, sponsor-supported event. Otherwise known as an unconference, Podcamp Toronto focuses primarily on allowing people to share ideas, interact with each other and learn in an open environment.

âUsing the unconference method means that attendees will learn from those in the trenches, the very people who are producing podcasts on a day to day basis,â says Barnes. âWhether youâre a seasoned podcaster or someone whoâs just curious about this new medium, Podcamp Toronto will allow you to learn at your own pace.â

Sessions includes Interviewing Techniques, Video Podcasting for the Average Joe, Podcasting 101, 7 Ways to Monetize Your Podcast, How to Create Hollywood Effects from Your Living Room and Podcasting in Public Interest. There are a number of panel discussions, including Will Podcasting Kill Radio, Using Podcasting in Secondary Schools and Whatâs Hot in Marketing Your Podcast. The hosts of 2 of Canada's most listened to podcasts - In Over Your Head and Galacticast - will be on hand to answer questions about replicating their success. These are just a sample of the 25+ sessions and panels being offered.

A blog is updated almost daily with news about Podcamp Toronto. Sponsors include Scotiabank, the first Canadian bank to produce a podcast called The Money Clip and BabyTel, a voice-over IP company.

Visit http://www.podcamptoronto.org for more information or to register for free for Podcamp Toronto.

Media Contacts:

Leesa Barnes
leesa.barnes@gmail.com
(647) 225-3792

Jay Moonah
jay@jaymoonah.com
(416) 885-5341

Episode 058: Update on Blogging and NY Lawyer Advertising Rules

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:19:00 GMT

Episode 058: Update on Blogging and New York Lawyer Advertising Rules
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Playing time: 27:57

The presiding judges of the New York State Unified Court System have promulgated new disciplinary rules governing lawyer advertising. New York law bloggers Bill Altreuter (Altreuter Berlin, Outside Counsel), Nicole Black (Sui Generis), and Matt Lerner (Goldberg Segalla LLP, New York Civil Law Blog) discussed the proposed rules here in Episode 055. This week Bill, Nicole, and Matt join me again to discuss the final rules and their effects on lawyer blogging, advertising, and solicitation.

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Episode 057: Fred Shapiro and the Yale Book of Quotations

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:03:00 GMT

Episode 057: Fred Shapiro and the Yale Book of Quotations
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Playing time: 33:26

I'm back, well-rested but untanned, from a brief holiday hiatus.
My guest this week: Fred Shapiro, Associate Library for Public Services at Yale Law School's Lillian Goldman Law Library and editor of the new Yale Book of Quotations.
In other news, I'm podcasting my new class, Teaching Legal Research. Feel free to listen in.

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Welcome to the Mahapodcast

Tue, 2 Jan 2007 02:24:00 GMT

Barbara O'Brien is the author of The Mahablog, one of the leading left/progressive blogs, and is known for her insightful and well-reasoned analysis. Now she has extended her efforts into podcasting, with--so far--a couple of short and very listenable episodes. Her first comment was a reflection on the legacy of the late President Gerald Ford. In this week's entry, Old Tapes for the New Year, she talks about how each generation reacts to its own understandings--or misunderstandings--of the lessons of the previous war. If you're interested in an articulate left voice in podcasting, add The Mahablog to your podcatcher.

(Cross-posted at BWTR.)

Episode 056: Vacation in Prague

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:45:00 GMT

Episode 056: Vacation in Prague
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Playing time: 39:20

Very little law or library content this week; instead, I tell some stories about my December vacation in Prague. Lots of found sound, and a featured song by Erzsi Kiss Music. I've also posted a selection of photos on my blog, Buffalo Wings & Toasted Ravioli. Have a wonderful holiday!
Places mentioned: Mucha Museum, Museum of Communism, Divadlo Ta Fantastika, Golem: The Musical, Popocafepetl, U Fleku, Pilsner Urquell, Budweiser Budvar.

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Episode 055: Blogging and Lawyer Advertising

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:00:00 GMT

Episode 055: Blogging and Lawyer Advertising
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Playing time: 37:42

Content analysis:

Law - High
Libraries - Low
Life - Medium

This week: a discussion of the New York Proposed Amendments to Rules Governing Lawyer Advertising, and what they have to say about lawyer blogging, with special guests:

Bill Altreuter, Outside Counsel
Nicole Black, Sui Generis
Matt Lerner, New York Civil Law

For more information, see Julie Hilden, Are Law Blogs Protected by the First Amendment? Why State Bar Regulation of Law Blogs As "Advertising" Would Be Elitist and Reductive, FindLaw, Oct. 16, 2006.

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Episode 054: T. Nile and The Other Law Library Podcast

Tue, 5 Dec 2006 22:10:00 GMT

Episode 054: T. Nile and The Other Law Library Podcast
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Playing time: 58:43

I'm posting this episode a couple of days early because I'll be on vacation later. So, a special treat--two interviews this week:
1) T. Nile, the Vancouver-based singer-songwriter behind my theme song, Get Together.
2) Rita Kaiser and Stina McClintock (see Episode 004) of the King County Law Library and its podcast, the King County Law Library Sidebar.

Featured music: T. Nile, Good Love and Get Together (CD version)

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Episode 053: Czech This Out!

Fri, 1 Dec 2006 01:35:00 GMT

Episode 053: Czech This Out!
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Playing time: 49:40

This is another lunchcast from Byblos Restaurant in Getzville, New York. My guest is Lucie Olejnikova, an MLS student at the University at Buffalo and the Law Library's Graduate Assistant. We talk about how a basketball scholarship led from the Czech Republic to library school, growing up in Prague, Czech food, and things to do in Prague.

Featured music:
Docuku, Horehronka
Lucie Redlova, SamiciÂ blues
Neocekavany Dychanek, Roznovska
Fekete Kutya, Hip Hap Hop
Lucie Redlova, Pred usnutiÂm

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Episode 052: Jenn Graham Likes Tagging

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:50:00 GMT

Episode 052: Jenn Graham Likes Tagging
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Playing time: 1:06:07

This is another lunchcast from Byblos Restaurant in Getzville, New York. Jenn, formerly a social worker and now a bright and shiny new librarian, talks about the experience of giving her first presentations at professional library conferences: a panel on blogging and Web 2.0 at the WNYO/ACRL meeting in Grimsby, Ontario, and a poster session on tagging at the ASIS&T meeting in Austin, Texas. (Flickr photos here.) Learn why you should have a blog and why Google is over.

Jenn's blogs:

Blogs and bloggers mentioned in this podcast:

Mark Lindner, Off the Mark
Amanda Etches-Johnson, etc.
Ben Hockenberry, washtublibrarian
Inside Higher Ed, Are College Students Techno Idiots?

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Episode 051: The Truth About Technical Services

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 03:23:00 GMT

Episode 051: The Truth About Technical Services
Thursday, November 9, 2006
Playing time: 32:49

Introducing our new Technical Services Correspondent, Hollie White (Episode 042) (Catalog Librarian, Ross-Blakley Law Library, Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law). Hollie and I talk about myths and misconceptions about technical services librarians.
Also: workshop on podcasting for AALL, July 2007; goodbye to Broca's Area (Episode 043).

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Halftime Music: Tamara Nile, The Beauty Myth (also from her CD).
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Episode 050: 50 @ 50

Thu, 2 Nov 2006 02:16:00 GMT

Episode 050: 50 @ 50
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Playing time: 36:21s

Part 1: Connie Crosby (Weir Foulds LLP) on Flickr (see LLRX.com, Flickr is the Web Photo Tool Preferred by Superheroes and Librarians)
Part 2: Birthday Greetings

T. Nile (on MySpace)
Ninja and Special K (Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters)
Sage (Quirky Nomads)
Wankergirl (Blarm!)
Cat and Bob (The Catfish Show)
Mark and Bob (Canadian Podcast Buffet)
Bruce Murray (The Zedcast)

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Episode 049: Clarence Darrow and the American Inns of Court

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:16:00 GMT

Episode 049: Clarence Darrow and the American Inns of Court
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Playing time: 30:47

Clarence Darrow, portrayed by actor Gary Anderson
Jeremy Colby (Webster Szanyi LLP; blogger, A Buffalo Lawyer) on the American Inns of Court

On Wednesday, October 11, Clarence Darrow visited the University at Buffalo Law School. Actually, he was portrayed by actor Gary L. Anderson in a one-man play called "Clarence Darrow: The Search for Justice." This was an event sponsored by the Charles S. Desmond Chapter of the American Inns of Court. No, I didn't know anything about the American Inns of Court either, so I interviewed Jeremy Colby, Secretary of the Desmond chapter, to learn more about the Inns of Court.

Two weeks from tonight: 50 @ 50!

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CTO! Films Presents: The Annex

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:35:00 GMT

This is a short video showing the operations of the University at Buffalo Law Libraries Annex.

Episode 048: When Libraries Get Full

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:42:00 GMT

Episode 048: When Libraries Get Full
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Playing time: 37:20

A soundseeing tour of the new UB Libraries high-density storage facility, the Annex, with Karen Senglaup, Director of Access Services, University at Buffalo Libraries.

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Episode 047: Advertising and Promoting Your Library

Thu, 5 Oct 2006 22:21:00 GMT

Episode 047: Advertising and Promoting Your Library
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Playing time: 1:11:49

This is an audio recording of a joint presentation by Nancy Babb and Jim Milles at the ALLUNY (Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York) 2006 Annual Meeting in Corning, NY on Saturday, September 16.

Part 1: Nancy Babb, "On Beyond Bookmarks." Migrating the ALLUNY Newsletter from print to online; using XML and RSS to track website updates; using favicons to brand your website.
Part 2: Jim Milles, "Can You Start My Orange? High Tech Promotion for the Low Tech." Blogging using free tools like Blogger and Wordpress; podcasting; branding your digital persona; online reputation management; creating custom toolbars.

Episode 046: Executive Coaching, Part 2

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:45:00 GMT

Episode 046: Executive Coaching, Part 2
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Playing time: 55:24

More on executive coaching, this time with more of a focus on lawyers. In this second of two episodes, I interview lawyer and professional coach Andrew Elowittt. Mr. Elowitt is Chair of the California State Bar Law Practice Management & Technology Section. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Law Practice Management Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Professional Coaches & Mentors Association.

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CTO! Films Presents: The UB Law Flood of 2006

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:07:00 GMT

This is the slide show I gave this morning at the UB Libraries Town Forum, reporting on the Law Library's water damage and recovery from the downpour in August 2006.

Episode 045: Executive Coaching, Part 1

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:48:00 GMT

Episode 045: Executive Coaching, Part 1
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Playing time: 1:06:23

What is executive coaching, and what can it do for you? In the first episode of a two-part series, I interview two professional coaches and a law librarian who has benefitted from coaching. This week's guests:
Barbara L. (Bobbi) Williams, BL Williams & Associates, LLC
William H. Lindberg, The Ash Grove Group
Faye Jones, Florida State University College of Law Library

Podcasts mentioned: 501c3Cast
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No Episode This Week

Fri, 8 Sep 2006 12:27:00 GMT

This has been a very hectic week for me, so no time for a podcast this week. That's the bad news. The good news is that part of what kept me so busy was lining up interviews for the next two upcoming episodes. So I'll be back next week with more.

Episode 044: Spinnin' the Hits

Fri, 1 Sep 2006 00:22:00 GMT

Episode 044: Spinnin' the Hits
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Playing time: 29:33

"Welcome to UB Law"
Update on School of Informatics (see Episode 033)
New Law podcasts:

7th Circuit Oral Argument: U.S.A. v. Arcuri, Case No. 05-3614
Law in 10, California Western School of Law, Host: Franki Fitterer; Guest: Prof. James Cooper

Teknikal Diffikulties Podcast promo
Buffalo Niagara Podcasters Meetup: 7:00pm, September 22 - go to Upcoming.org to let me know you're coming
Toronto International Film Festival next week

Outro music: Hooverphonic, Sometimes (from Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane, 2002)

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Episode 043: Academics Podcasting Outside the Classroom; Toronto Meetup

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:00:00 GMT

Episode 043: Academics Podcasting Outside the Classroom; Toronto Meetup
Friday, August 25, 2006
Playing time: 1:04:56

Dave Brodbeck and Isabelle Michaud, from Broca's Area
Greater Toronto Area Podcasters Meetup

Music: Tamara Nile, Get Together. (Tamara Nile's CD, At My Table, is available from Festival Distribution.)
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Episode 042: The Lost Episode

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:36:00 GMT

I have no idea how this happened, but apparently when I uploaded the MP3 for Episode 042 last night, it somehow got truncated. What should have been a 53 minute episode cut out just before the 13 minute mark. The bulk of the interview with Connie Crosby, and the entire interview with Hollie White, was lost.

To make matters worse, I made the mistake of cleaning up what I thought were unneeded files, so all of my original recordings and GarageBand versions of Episode 042 were lost too.

I apologize, most of all to Connie and Hollie, who took time out of their busy schedules to talk with me. I promise to bring both of them back soon, and to keep my draft files until I know the upload worked correctly.

Episode 042: Change Management and Technical Services Myths

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 01:13:00 GMT

Episode 042: Change Management and Technical Services Myths
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Playing time: 53:35

Connie Crosby on change management
Hollie White on technical services misconceptions

Music: Tamara Nile, Get Together. (Tamara Nile's CD, At My Table, is available from Festival Distribution.)
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Episode 041: The Dalai Lama in Buffalo; The Blawgfather

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:47:00 GMT

Episode 041: The Dalai Lama in Buffalo; The Blawgfather
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Playing time: 55:17

Rebecca French on law and Buddhism and the Dalai Lama's visit to Buffalo
Joe Hodnicki of Law Librarian Blog and The Law Professor Blogs Network

Music: Tamara Nile, Get Together. (Tamara Nile's CD, At My Table, is available from Festival Distribution.)
Halftime music: 3 feet up, buddha camp (via Podsafe Music Network)
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Buy Tamara Nile's New CD!

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 14:27:00 GMT

Tamara Nile is the artist responsible for my theme song, "Get Together." She has just released her first solo CD, At My Table. Buy it now from Festival Distribution!

Episode 040: Secrets of the Court and County Bloggers

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:50:00 GMT

Episode 040: Secrets of the Court and County Bloggers
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Playing time: 50:07

How do you create a successful, institutional blog that represents your library and provides a valuable service to your patrons? An interview with Sue Altmeyer (Reference and Research Librarian, Cleveland Law Library Association and blogger, Cleveland Law Library Blog) and David Badertscher (Principal Law Librarian, Criminal Law Library of NYC and blogger, New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library).

Tamara Nile's CD, At My Table, is available from Festival Distribution.

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Episode 039: Law Librarians on Work, Part II

Thu, 3 Aug 2006 23:30:00 GMT

Episode 039: Law Librarians on Work, Part II
Thursday, August 3, 2006
Playing time: 36:30

In Part II, more conversations with law librarians at the 2006 American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting: how they chose law librarianship as a career, what they like about their jobs, what they don't like, and their thoughts about the future. In this episode: Diane Murley, Eileen Searls, Jim Kelly, June Liebert, Marian Parker, Nancy Babb, Tom Boone, and Steve Anderson.

Comments from Ryan (Episode 038), Rita Kaiser (Episode 037)
New on Frappr!: Jay Bastian, Meg Kribble, Mike Hughes, Tom Boone

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Episode 038: Law Librarians on Work, Part I

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Episode 038: Law Librarians on Work, Part I
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Playing time: 54:02

Several law librarians at the 2006 American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting talked with me about their jobs: how they chose law librarianship as a career, what they like about their jobs, what they don't like, and their thoughts about the future. In this episode:

Hollie White and Yvonne Chandler
Gail Warren and Jean Holcomb
Shannon Malcolm and Fred Barnhart
Kris Niedringhaus and Betsy McKenzie

Music: Tamara Nile, Get Together; Dana (from BLARM!), Painting the Walkway
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Episode 037: The AALL Centennial Variety Show

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Episode 037: The AALL Centennial Variety Show
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Playing time: 1:18:00

Tonight's episode: the 2006 AALL Centennial Variety Show, featuring ten amazing acts from the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Tuesday, July 11, in St. Louis, Missouri!

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Episode 036: GenX GenY Caucus

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:58:00 GMT

Episode 036: GenX GenY Caucus
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Playing time: 54:08

Jennifer Marshall, Chair of the new GenX GenY Caucus, invited me to record the first meeting on Sunday, July 9 at the AALL Annual Meeting. About 80 newer law librarians attended, and a lively discussion ensued. Contact Jennifer at jmarshall@reedsmith.com for more information.

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Episode 035c: Live from AALL: Nightly Wrapup #3 - Lost to Posterity

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:51:00 GMT

Episode 035c: Live from AALL: Nightly Wrapup #3 - Lost to Posterity
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Playing time: 00:00

Tonight Jim was joined by Ken Hirsh, Hollie White, Steve Weiter, and Connie Crosby for the third nightly wrapup podcast of the day's highlights at the AALL Annual Meeting. We shared stunningly insightful observations on the day's programming. Unfortunately, I had the recorder set incorrectly so nothing was recorded. D'oh! I'll try to do some recording live from the dance floor at Wednesday night's Closing Dance.

Episode 035b: Live from AALL: Nightly Wrapup #2

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:24:00 GMT

Episode 035b: Live from AALL: Nightly Wrapup #2
Monday, July 10, 2006
Playing time: 38:59

Tonight Jim is joined by Kris Niedringhaus, Nancy Babb, June Liebert, Ken Hirsh, Hollie White, and Connie Crosby for the second nightly wrapup podcast of the day's highlights at the AALL Annual Meeting.

Episode 035a: Live from AALL: Nightly Wrapup #1

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 04:22:00 GMT

Episode 035a: Live from AALL: Nightly Wrapup #1
Sunday, July 9, 2006
Playing time: 23:00

Jim sits down with June Liebert, Ken Hirsh, Hollie White, and Connie Crosby for the first nightly wrapup podcast of the day's highlights at the AALL Annual Meeting.

Episode 034: Update on UB SOI; Upcoming at AALL

Fri, 7 Jul 2006 00:27:00 GMT

Episode 034: Update on UB SOI; Upcoming at AALL
Thursday, July 6, 2006
Playing time: 7:34

Update on Episode 033, UB School of Informatics: comment from Dave at Broca's Area; op-ed in July 1 Buffalo News (Closing School of Informatics is a Terrible Mistake); letter from Jennifer Potter, UB ALA Student Chapter President; statement from Dean Penniman at Library Matters.

Upcoming: I'll be doing nightly reports from AALL in St. Louis. I'll also be talking with people throughout the conference. If I record anything with you, you get a CTO! Button. I'm doing a program on Podcasting at 2:00pm on Monday, July 10: Invasion of the Podcast People: Podcasting for the Law Library, with John Mayer of CALI, moderated by Fred Barnhart. Also, I'll be podcasting the Gen X Gen Y Caucus meeting at 5:30pm on Sunday, July 9. Finally, there is a Blogger Meetup at 5:00pm Monday at Kitchen K.

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Episode 033: Buffalo School of Informatics to be dissolved

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:02:00 GMT

Episode 033: Buffalo School of Informatics to be dissolved
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Playing time: 1:36:47

On Friday, June 16, the University at Buffalo announced that the School of Informatics, consisting of the Departments of Library and Information Studies and Communication, and the interdisciplinary program in Informatics, will be dissolved. The Department of Library and Information Studies will move to the Graduate School of Education, while the Deparment of Communication will be part of the College of Arts and Sciences. In this episode I invite the students in the School of Informatics to voice their concerns and ask their questions.

June 7 UB Reporter
June 16 UB press release
June 25 Buffalo Business First
UB Library Student Journal Editors' Blog
Kevin Lim's theory.isthereason
Jennifer Graham's Library Matters
Alex Halavais' School of Informatics port-mortem

A few students contacted me to say they wanted to participate but couldn't make it. For them, and for any other listeners who wish to comment, you can still do so. Call my comment line at (716) 989-4422 and record a comment. If I receive any voice comments I'll publish them this Sunday as a supplemental episode.

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Update: Kevin Lim has posted photos of the discussion. Jenn Graham has detailed notes.

Episode 032a (Pocket Part): PAB2006

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:17:00 GMT

Episode 032a (Pocket Part): PAB2006
Monday, June 26, 2006
Playing time: 10:46

This is just a short supplemental podcast to tell you about the Podcasters Across Borders meetup and conference.

Episode 032: "Hasn't the Dewey Decimal System been invented already?"

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:57:00 GMT

Episode 032: "Hasn't the Dewey Decimal System been invented already?"
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Playing time: 56:28

Images about librarians, and librarians images about themselves.
Lunchcast from Byblos Restaurant : UB Law Library Liaison Program with Joe Gerken, Nina Cascio, and Marcia Zubrow
Connie Crosby on Ark Group KM conference
Sage Tyrtle Loves Librarians (from Quirky Nomads)

Halftime music: Jill Sobule, Heroes
Intro music: Tamara Nile, Get Together
Podcasters Across Borders, Kingston, Ontario, June 23-24, 2006.
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CTO! Films Presents: Podcasting for Fun and Non-Profit

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 05:22:00 GMT

Here's another little appetizer to whet your appetite for Episode 32, coming Monday. This is the Keynote presentation (that's the Mac equivalent to Powerpoint) that I gave Friday at the CALI Conference for Law School Computing. Tom Boone of UNLV Law Library and Library Laws took copious notes.

Episode 031: All Music #2

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:42:00 GMT

Episode 031: All Music #2
Tuesday, June 12, 2006
Playing time: 34:55

I'm working on my presentation for the CALI Conference later this week, so tonight it's an all-music episode. All songs are free downloads from artists on my MySpace Friends list. Not all songs are work safe or kid safe.

Greg Klyma, You Know Me Better
Leslie Alexander and the Wild Rosehippies, Television Blues
Tamara Nile, Rusty Door
Buddy & Julie Miller, Worry Too Much
Eileen Rose, Stagger Home
Jill Sobule, Underdog Victorious
Tamara Nile, Friday Night

Intro music: Tamara Nile, Get Together
Technical Services Challenge Invitation is still on!
Podcasters Across Borders, Kingston, Ontario, June 23-24, 2006.
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Episode 030: Redefining Open Access for Legal Information

Tue, 6 Jun 2006 23:56:00 GMT

Episode 030: Redefining Open Access in the Legal Information Context
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Playing time: 27:31

This is a paper I gave at the 2006 Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) Conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Blog postings from the conference are at Buffalo Wings & Toasted Ravioli.
Photographs are on Flickr.

Intro music: Tamara Nile, Get Together
Technical Services Challenge Invitation is still on!
Podcasters Across Borders, Kingston, Ontario, June 23-24, 2006.
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CTO! Films presents: LIDA 2006

Tue, 6 Jun 2006 01:40:00 GMT

Just for fun--here is my first experiment with a video podcast: scenes from Dubrovnik, Croatia, site of the Libraries in the Digital Age conference.

Episode 029: William S. Hein and Co.

Mon, 29 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

Episode 029: William S. Hein & Co.
Monday, May 29, 2006
Playing time: 1:01:14

A sound-seeing tour of law book publisher William S. Hein & Co., Inc. (HeinOnline, Electronic Green Slips, law journals, reprints of legal classics). Featuring interviews with Scott Fiddler (VP Sales & Marketing) and Shannon Hein (Manager, Sales).

Do you have any advice on the job search? As an employer, what would you like candidates to know? As a candidate, what do you wish employers would do or not do? Tell me about it for an upcoming episode.
Half-time music: Robin Sylar, Can't Judge a Book
Intro music: Tamara Nile, Get Together
Technical Services Challenge Invitation is still on!
Podcasters Across Borders, Kingston, Ontario, June 23-24, 2006.
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Episode 028: Cool Jobs

Wed, 24 May 2006 02:26:00 GMT

Episode 028: Cool Jobs
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Playing time: 55:31

Congratulations to UB Law Librarianship Program graduates Jen Behrens, Ann Chase, Dennis Harlow, and Johanna Braciak.
Law librarians who think their jobs are pretty cool. This week's guests: Kirsten Wurmann, Public Legal Education Librarian (University of Alberta, Faculty of Extension, Legal Studies Program); Connie Crosby, law firm librarian, blogger, and CALL & TALL Executive Board member.
Also, a voice comment from Nancy Babb.

Do you have a cool job? Tell me about it.
Do you have any advice on the job search? As an employer, what would you like candidates to know? As a candidate, what do you wish employers would do or not do? Tell me about it.
Half-time music: Geoff Smith, Quit My Day Job (from the Podsafe Music Network)
Intro music: Tamara Nile, Get Together
Technical Services Challenge Invitation is still on!
Podcasters Across Borders, Kingston, Ontario, June 23-24, 2006.
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Episode 027: Writing, Publishing, and Tenure

Sun, 14 May 2006 23:10:00 GMT

Episode 027: Writing Groups for Librarians
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Playing time: 1:15:32

Lunchcast from Byblos Restaurant with Nancy Babb and Cindi Tysick.

Cynthia Tysick & Nancy Babb, "Writing Support for Junior Faculty Librarians: a case study." Journal of Academic Librarianship 32, no. 1 (2006): 94-100.

From the Cool Things at Our Library program at the CALL/ACBD 2006 Annual Meeting in Edmonton, Alberta
Nancy McCormack, Reference Librarian, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

COLAJ: Canadian Online Library and Archives Journal

Intro music: Tamara Nile, Get Together
Technical Services Challenge Invitation is still on!
Podcasters Across Borders, Kingston, Ontario, June 23-24, 2006.
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Episode 026: Doing the Cross-Disciplinary Conga in Edmonton

Fri, 12 May 2006 00:50:00 GMT

Episode 026: Doing the Cross-Disciplinary Conga in Edmonton
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Playing time: 1:30:00

A program presented at the 2006 CALL/ACBD (Canadian Association of Law Libraries) Annual Meeting in Edmonton, Alberta, on Tuesday, May 9, 2006.

Speakers:

Annette Demers, Reference Librarian, Paul Martin Law Library, University of Windsor.
Anne Crocker, Law Librarian, Gerard V. La Forest Law Library, University of New Brunswick.
Beatrice Tice, Chief Librarian, Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
Judith Garber, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta.
Bonnie Preece, Manager, Academic Relations- Online, Carswell.

Intro music: Tamara Nile, Get Together
Technical Services Challenge is still on!
Podcasters Across Borders, Kingston, Ontario, June 23-24, 2006
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Episode 025: West Publishing Pricing and Web 2.0 Smackdown

Wed, 3 May 2006 01:59:00 GMT

Episode 025: West Pricing and Web 2.0 Smackdown
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Playing time: 30:00

Intro music: Tamara Nile, Get Together

Kendall Svengalis on Westlaw price increases

Interlude: Thea Gilmore, Avalanche

Remember Episodes 010, 011, and 012?
Web 2.0 Smackdown from Nora and Cathi at The Sniffer

Outro music: Thea Gilmore, This Girl Is Taking Bets

Technical Services Challenge is still on!
Podcasters Across Borders, Kingston, Ontario, June 23-24, 2006
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Episode 024: Greater Toronto Area Podcasters Meetup

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 03:13:00 GMT

Episode 024: Greater Toronto Area Podcasters Meetup
Monday, April 24, 2006
Playing time: 28:43

Listen in on the Greater Toronto Area Podcasters Meetup at The Imperial Pub. A good time was had by all.

Podcasters represented:

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Exit music: Warsaw Village Band, The Owl
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A Goof-up and an Improvement

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:55:00 GMT

I was so pleased to have Thea Gilmore's song on last night's episode that I introduced it twice!

Actually, the episode came together pretty well, but what with all the tracks I was using, I goofed and included two takes of my introduction of Thea Gilmore towards the end. I suppose I could fix it, but my podcasting motto is "Never look back!"

I've also made an improvement to your podcast listening experience. For those of you who prefer listening on your computer, I've added the Podtrac streaming player. One of the nice features is that it lets you pause, replay, or skip ahead, without having to replay from the beginning. Enjoy!

Episode 023: The Inevitable GenX/GenY Coup

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:26:00 GMT

Episode 023: The Inevitable GenX/GenY Coup
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Playing time: 56:02

The March 15, 2006 issue of Library Journal includes an article, The Inevitable Gen X Coup, by Brian S. Mathews of the Georgia Institute of Technology Library & Information Center. In this episode I interview Brian about his views on the need for Gen X librarians to assume leadership roles. A virtual panel of Gen X and Gen Y law librarians and library students (Jennifer Behrens, Johanna Braciak, Stacey Delahunt, Nancy Gistover, Andrew Kloc, and Jennifer Marshall) shares their thoughts on being younger members of the profession.

Intro music: Tamara Nile, Get Together
Special outro music: Thea Gilmore, Goodnight Copenhagen
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Episode 022: All Music

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:10:00 GMT

Episode 022: All Music
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Playing time: 25:43

Jill Sobule, Put Him in the Hall of Fame (via Evil Genius Chronicles and The Huffington Post)
Tamara Nile, Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime? and Trees
Beth Thornley, Mr. Lovely and Once
Jonathan Coulton, Re Your Brains

Intro and outro music: Tamara Nile, Get Together
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Episode 021: Law and Film; Podcasting and Citizen Media

Wed, 5 Apr 2006 03:16:00 GMT

Episode 021: Law and Film; Podcasting and Citizen Media
Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Playing time: 26:31

The Impact of Film on Law, Lawyers, and the Legal System, U of Maryland School of Law
- Using films in the classroom:
  - Students making films: Robert Percival, U of Maryland, Environmental Law Program
  - Showing films in the classroom
  - Court TV & Active Voice original film: Chasing Freedom, on asylum cases and pro bono lawyering
- Law professors as filmmakers
  - Marilyn Berger, Prof of Law, Seattle U: documentary film on 9/11 and the Victim Compensation Fund
- Films as visual persuasion
  - Richard Sherwin, Prof of Law & Director, Visual Persuasion Project, NYLS
    - Tobacco litigation: computer animation of how ammonia in cigarettes increases absorption of addictive nicotine in the brain
    - Digital images are a two-edged sword: see Rodney King case
  - Jessica Silbey, videotaped confessions: article in 29 Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts 107 (2006)
- Issues of class, race, gender
  - Rennard Strickland, Prof of Law at U of Oregon: slide show on images of the American Indian in film
- Copyright and parody: Brokeback to the Future
- Films in the classroom are increasingly popular

Featured music: Beth Thornley, Birmingham

Kevin Lim on the Singapore podcasting ban
Rabble Podcast Network
Uplifter Movement: Dave Slusher, Evil Genius Chronicles

Podcasting events
- Greater Toronto Area Podcasters Meetup
- Podcasters Across Borders

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Episode 020: St. Louis for Law Librarians, Podcasting Advanced Legal Research

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:20:00 GMT

Episode 020: St. Louis for Law Librarians, Podcasting Advanced Legal Research
Monday, March 27, 2006
Playing time: 25:56

AALL in St. Louis: Preview
- Mount Pleasant Winery and the Missouri wine country (and the Mid-America Buddhist Association)
- City Museum
- The Gateway Arch
- St. Louis Zoo
- Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tours
- Grant's Farm
- The Muny's free seats for The Wizard of Oz
- The Missouri Botanical Garden: Dale Chihuly exhibit
- Sauce Magazine
Interview with Lee Peoples

Intro and outro music: Tamara Nile, Get Together
Jimmie Bratcher, Bad Religion
theHipnotics, Plannin' an Accident
The New Leads, We Don't Know
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Episode 019: Projecting Law and Local Governance

Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:23:00 GMT

Episode 019: Projecting Law and Local Governance
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Playing time: 59:01

New "Projecting Law" Working Group, Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy
Dr. Kathryn Foster, UB Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth
Canadian Corner with Connie Crosby
The Technical Services Challenge continues

Intro and outro music: Tamara Nile, Get Together
Musical interlude: Ninja, by 7 Seconds of Love
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Episode 018: Jim and Kevin Do a Workshop

Tue, 7 Mar 2006 04:46:00 GMT

Episode 018: Monday, March 6, 2006
Playing time: 50:23

This week's episode includes the highlights of a workshop I did today with Kevin Lim, of the University at Buffalo's ETC (Educational Technology Center), on podcasting in education. If you're interested in starting your own podcast, there may be some useful tips. Enjoy!

Episode 017: Teaching Legal Research and Turning the Table

jim.milles@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 02:26:00 GMT

Episode 017: Monday, February 27, 2006
Playing time: 49:17

A New Course: Teaching Legal research
Canadian Corner with Connie Crosby
The Technical Services Challenge continues

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Canadian Corner Theme: All Girl Summer Fun Band, Canadian Boyfriend
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Episode 016: Teaching Law Library Administration, and Life Lessons from a Master Knitter

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:48:00 GMT

Episode 016: Teaching Law Library Administration, and Life Lessons from a Master Knitter
Monday, February 20, 2006
Playing time: 34:38

Teaching Law Library Administration
Musical Interlude: Cheney's Got a Gun, from The Bob Rivers Show
Brenda Dayne, Crouch We Here a While and Lurk (from Cast-On)
Listener Email
Issuing the Technical Services Challenge

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Episode 015: Undisclosed Locations and Shady Law

jim.milles@gmail.com — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:51:00 GMT

Episode 015: Monday, February 13, 2006
Playing time: 45:12

What I've Been Up To Lately
Matt Lubniewski, Shady Law Podcast
Canadian Corner with Connie Crosby

Wrap-up:

Intro and outro music: Tamara Nile, Get Together
Canadian Corner Theme: All Girl Summer Fun Band, Canadian Boyfriend
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Tulane Law School Unscathed?

jim.milles@gmail.com — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:01:00 GMT

Law Professor John K. Eason reports today on TaxProf Blog: Eason on The Impact of Katrina on Tulane Law School:

Overall, the University suffered about $200-$250 million in physical damage and an approximate $150 million operating loss. The physical damage will ultimately be covered by insurance, and some creative financing has spread the operating hit out over several years, leaving the endowment in tact. Needless to say, the University has taken a serious look at its core mission and made some strategic decisions. The law school has fortunately emerged from this strategic restructuring virtually unscathed. The administration has even restored our faculty-wide discretionary book and travel allowance for the Spring semester. Although we like to think that these and similar lagniappes resulted from the law schoolâs longstanding status as an effective and efficient operating unit within the Universityâs business model, we certainly didnât mind loaning Dean Ponoroff to the University President for a few months to help guide these decision. [Emphasis added.]

Episode 014: Tulane Law Library

jim.milles@gmail.com — Mon, 6 Feb 2006 01:30:00 GMT

Episode 014: Sunday, February 5, 2006
Playing time: 56:57
The devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina may have receded from the national headlines and the public consciousness, but for those affected the story is not yet over. Tulane University recently released its renewal plan, eliminating several programs and laying off 230 faculty members, 65 of whom are tenured. Among those let go are several members of the Tulane Law Library. This week I talk with Lance Query, University Librarian and Interim Director of the Law Library. I also talk with Ray Lytle, former Head of Public Services at Tulane Law Library.
Tonight's Links:

Brian Williams, A Word About Our Katrina Coverage
Body and Soul: Flood
ABC News: State of the Union Address Angers New Orleans
Law Librarian Blog
- On the Current (and Future) State of the Tulane Law Library
- Damage Control at Tulane Law Library
Out of the Jungle

Wrap-up:

Nina Cascio is the winner of the Logo Contest.

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Logo contest winner!

jim.milles@gmail.com — Fri, 3 Feb 2006 20:42:00 GMT

We have a winner for the Check This Out! Logo Contest! Nina Cascio, International Law Librarian right here at UB Law Library, submitted the winning entry--already posted up at the top of this blog page. A lovely coffee mug emblazoned with the new calligraphic logo is on its way to Nina.

Episode 013: Justinian's Code and Canadian Elections

jim.milles@gmail.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:06:00 GMT

Episode 013: Monday, January 30, 2006
Playing time: 41:27
This is a special all-interview podcast. First I talk with Tim Kearley, Professor of Law and Director of the Law Library, University of Wyoming College of Law. He has recently won an AALL Research Grant for a project to digitize a unique translation of Justinian's Code. After that I chat with our new Canadian Correspondent, Connie Crosby , who explains the recent Canadian elections.
This is your last week to submit an entry for the logo contest!

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Mentioned in This Episode:

Todd Wong's website GungHaggisFatChoy (host of Gung Haggis Fat Choy, Toddish McWong's Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner held January 22, 2006)
Rick Mercer's blog (Canadian political satire)
Rick Mercer Report (Rick Mercer's show on the CBC - lots of video satire of the election)
Elections Canada
Political parties in Canada (from Elections Canada)
Canadian Election 2006 results (from Elections Canada)
Review of Party Platforms (from Canadian Library Association):
Gomery Commission
Book: The Laws of Government: The Legal Foundations of Canadian Democracy by Craig Forcese & Aaron Freeman. Toronto: Irwin Law Inc., 2005.

Episode 012: Law Library 2.0 and Icelandic Canada

jim.milles@gmail.com — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 01:52:00 GMT

Playing time: 51:50

Law Library 2.0: Wrap-up
- T. Scott Plutchak
- Walt Crawford
- Travis Ennis's Weblog

Canadian Half-Hour
- Musical Guest: Stina Agust
- Library Guest: Johanna Sigurdson, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Closing comments
- AirFerg #39
- CTO Logo contest update
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- Email: jim.milles@gmail.com
- Comment line: 716-989-4422

Episode 011: Law Library 2.0 and Musical Librarians

jim.milles@gmail.com — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 05:25:00 GMT

Playing time 32:23

Law Library 2.0: Social Computing
- Collaborative authoring
  - Wikipedia
  - IMDB
  - Gracenote (CDDB)
  - Pandora
  - Library Thing
  - Writely
- Social tagging and folksonomy v. taxonomy
  - Intentional or voluntary

Automatic or "default"
- Amazon
- Netflix
- Library catalogs?
Privacy vs. sharing

Musical guests: Jean Dickson and Keith Woodin
Closing comments
- CTO Logo contest update
- Blog: http://cto.libsyn.com
- Email jim.milles@gmail.com
- Comment line 716-989-4422

More on perpetual beta

jim.milles@gmail.com — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:35:00 GMT

Alert listener Nina Cascio had some questions about my comment in Episode 010 regarding Google, "perpetual beta," and the idea that new features are rolled out several times a day. Looking more closely at my source, I see that statement was attributed to "a web developer at a major online service," and it's not certain that it was Google. At any rate, here is the original from Tim O'Reilly's article:

The open source dictum, "release early and release often" in fact has morphed into an even more radical position, "the perpetual beta," in which the product is developed in the open, with new features slipstreamed in on a monthly, weekly, or even daily basis. It's no accident that services such as Gmail, Google Maps, Flickr, del.icio.us, and the like may be expected to bear a "Beta" logo for years at a time.
Real time monitoring of user behavior to see just which new features are used, and how they are used, thus becomes another required core competency. A web developer at a major online service remarked: "We put up two or three new features on some part of the site every day, and if users don't adopt them, we take them down. If they like them, we roll them out to the entire site."

Cal Henderson, the lead developer of Flickr, recently revealed that they deploy new builds up to every half hour. This is clearly a radically different development model! While not all web applications are developed in as extreme a style as Flickr, almost all web applications have a development cycle that is radically unlike anything from the PC or client-server era. It is for this reason that a recent ZDnet editorial concluded that Microsoft won't be able to beat Google: "Microsoft's business model depends on everyone upgrading their computing environment every two to three years. Google's depends on everyone exploring what's new in their computing environment every day."

Episode 010: Library 2.0--Now with Show Prep!

jim.milles@gmail.com — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 04:58:00 GMT

Playing time 32:21

What is Web 2.0? Library 2.0? Law Library 2.0? An introduction to RSS. Canadian Minute: Tim Hortons. Intro/outro music: Meltdown Man, by Derek K. Miller; musical interlude: Merrigans Reel, by Jim Fidler (both from Podsafe Music Network). Canadian Minute music: Polska fran Glava, from the CD Trad, by Barry Phillips (from Magnatune.com).

Episode 009: Happy Holidays!

jim.milles@gmail.com — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 00:51:00 GMT

Playing time 13:30

This is a short end-of-the-year episode for the holidays, featuring a Radical Militant Librarian poem by Robert Ryan, a story of sledding, lost gloves, and sharing from Quirky Nomads, and a shout-out to all my peeps at the UB Law Library. Merry Christmas to one and all! Special quiet edition music: The Angels Know, by Steffen Coonan.

Episode 008: Law Student Filmmakers and Radical Militant Librarians

jim.milles@gmail.com — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:09:00 GMT

Playing time 54:48

I talk with Profesor Teresa Miller of the UB Law School about her course on immigration law, Documenting Law in Action. After a mention of some format changes, I introduce a new occasional feature: Radical Militant Librarian Chat. The Canadian Minute comes courtesy of Quirky Nomads. Intro and outro music: Meltdown Man, by Derek K. Miller. Background music for Radical Militant Librarian Chat: Have a Dream, by Steffen Coonan. Featured music: Goodbye, by Endless Blue.

Radical Militant Librarians Unite!

jim.milles@gmail.com — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 03:42:00 GMT

Let the world know you're a radical militant librarian! Buy a button from the new Check This Out! webstore. I didn't include any markup on the $1.25 price for the buttons, so I don't get any money for this. It's just for fun, and a public service.

Episode 007: Bar Exam, Wikis, and the Quest for the Spear

jim.milles@gmail.com — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 05:00:00 GMT

Playing time 30:50

The Week In Blogs: Bar Exam

Do bar prep courses cost too much?

New York Times

Daniel Solove: why not abolish it? Here , here , here , and here.

Library World News: Let's Talk About Wikis

What is a wiki?
- Wiki.org
- Wikipedia
Wikis for lawyers
- The Illinois Trial Practice Weblog (and here )

Goldman's Observations

Wikis and fake information: the Siegenthaler case

Concurring Opinions (and again)
Workplace Prof Blog

Music: Allison Crowe, In the Bleak Midwinter

A Canadian Holiday Minute (courtesy of AirFerg.com)

Librarians in Film: The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

Episode 006: Distance Learning, PATRIOT Act, and White Margarine

jim.milles@gmail.com — Sun, 4 Dec 2005 17:30:00 GMT

Playing time 1:09:49

This week's episode is a little long, but filled with chewy content goodness. Enjoy!

Interview with John Mayer, Executive Director of The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI), on distance and online learning in law schools (recorded via ClassCaster)

CALI: http://www.cali.org
CODEC: http://codec.cali.org/
ClassCaster: http://www.classcaster.org/

Halftime music: Betty, by The Lascivious Biddies, from Biddycast

Interview with Leah Sandwell-Weiss, Reference Librarian & Adjunct Assistant Professor of Legal Research (recorded via Skype)

Leah Sandwell-Weiss, A Look At the USA PATRIOT Act Today, AALL Spectrum, July 2005, Vol. 8, No. 9, at 10.
AALL Action Alert on the Reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Reform the PATRIOT Act Blog
Sabrina I. Pacifici, BeSpacific

Canadian Minute: White Margarine, courtesy of The Catfish Show

Intro and Outro Music: Meltdown Man, courtesy of Derek K. Miller, Penmachine Podcast

No podcast this weekend

jim.milles@gmail.com — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:10:00 GMT

Sorry folks, but the Thanksgiving holiday got away from me, and I didn't do a podcast this weekend. I'll have a special episode this coming weekend, though--another interview, a special Canadian Minute, and for Librarians in Film, Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn in Desk Set. Don't miss it!

Episode 005: Live from Vanuatu!

jim.milles@gmail.com — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 20:51:00 GMT

Playing time 34:27

In this week's episode I report live from Vanuatu, where I attended the 7th Annual Conference on Law via the Internet, sponsored by AustLII and PacLII. This is a conference for the various Legal Information Institutes around the world, all of them committed to publishing primary legal information for free access on the Internet. See WorldLII for more.

I spoke with delegates from Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, and I share some of those conversations with you.

Janine Miller, Project Manager, CanLII
Philip Chung, Executive Director, AustLII
Anne Gras, President de tribunal administratif et de cour administrative d'appel, Nouvelle-Caledonie
Karl Charbonneau, LexUM
John Haea, Wilma Marakan, Roslyn Hoping, and Julie Hulama, Papua New Guinea
Peter Murgatroyd, Law Librarian, University of the South Pacific

My deepest thanks to everyone who took the time to talk with me, and thank you for listening!