The Garbrecht Law Library is participating in The MaineInfonet Downloadable Books Project. What a great way to spend your semester break--reading for pleasure! Explore the growing collection of downloadable audiobooks and use your library card barcode to download audiobooks to your personal computer, transfer them to an MP3 player, or burn selected titles onto a CD for listening on the go.
You may have a maximum of 2 titles checked out from the Digital Library.Downloaded titles are checked out for 7 days and are automatically returned to the library after the 7 days.
To get started go to: http://download.maineinfonet.org"
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Welcome
The staff at the the Garbrecht Law Library would like to welcome the Class of 2012 to Maine Law. Please come to visit us on the 3rd floor of the law building. Reference staff is available from 8:30am-6:00pm Monday-Thursday and 8:30-4:30 on Fridays. You can also contact us via email at lawref@usm.maine.edu. We look forward to working with you this year and throughout your law school career! Good luck.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Recap the Law: Better Access to Public Records
A new Firefox extention has been created that allows you better access to court records available through PACER. To learn more visit the website RECAP - Turning PACER around online at http://recapthelaw.org .
RECAP is a free extension for Firefox that improves the experience of using PACER, the electronic public access system for the U.S. Federal District and Bankruptcy Courts.
Using RECAP allow you to:
* Helps give back by contributing to a public archive hosted by the Internet Archive
* Save by showing you when free documents are available, and;
* Keeps you organized by providing you better filenames and more useful headers
From the RECAP site:
Transparency is a fundamental principle of our legal system. Since the 1980s, the cutting edge of judicial transparency has been PACER, an electronic system that allows attorneys and the general public to access millions of federal court records. PACER was a big step forward when it was originally created, but lately it has begun to show its age. At a time when the other two branches of government are becoming ever more subject to online scrutiny, the judicial branch still requires citizens to provide a credit card and pay eight cents a page for its documents. For reasons we detail on our "Why It Matters" page, we think this needs to change, and the sooner the better. Today we’re excited to release the public beta of RECAP.
RECAP is an extension to the popular Firefox web browser that gives PACER users a hassle-free way to contribute to a free, open repository of federal court records. When a RECAP user purchases a document from PACER, the RECAP extension helps her automatically send a copy of that document to the RECAP archive. And RECAP saves its users money by notifying them when documents they’re searching for are already available for free from the public archive.
RECAP is a project of the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University. It was developed by Harlan Yu, Steve Schultze, and Timothy B. Lee, under the supervision of Prof. Ed Felten. Some of the key ideas that inspired RECAP are described in this paper, written by Harlan, Ed, and two of their colleagues. The RECAP repository is hosted by the Internet Archive, a world-renowned online library. With the help of RECAP users, we want to build the nation’s most comprehensive public archive of freely-available federal judicial records.
RECAP is looking for partners to help them build the archive more quickly and find new, innovative uses for the information. They are already working with Justia and public.resource.org to integrate the public records they already have into RECAP's archive. A video on RECAP's website provides a quick demonstration of RECAP in action.
If you’d like to be a RECAP beta tester, please check out our privacy policy and then go to their installation page to get started.
RECAP is a free extension for Firefox that improves the experience of using PACER, the electronic public access system for the U.S. Federal District and Bankruptcy Courts.
Using RECAP allow you to:
* Helps give back by contributing to a public archive hosted by the Internet Archive
* Save by showing you when free documents are available, and;
* Keeps you organized by providing you better filenames and more useful headers
From the RECAP site:
Transparency is a fundamental principle of our legal system. Since the 1980s, the cutting edge of judicial transparency has been PACER, an electronic system that allows attorneys and the general public to access millions of federal court records. PACER was a big step forward when it was originally created, but lately it has begun to show its age. At a time when the other two branches of government are becoming ever more subject to online scrutiny, the judicial branch still requires citizens to provide a credit card and pay eight cents a page for its documents. For reasons we detail on our "Why It Matters" page, we think this needs to change, and the sooner the better. Today we’re excited to release the public beta of RECAP.
RECAP is an extension to the popular Firefox web browser that gives PACER users a hassle-free way to contribute to a free, open repository of federal court records. When a RECAP user purchases a document from PACER, the RECAP extension helps her automatically send a copy of that document to the RECAP archive. And RECAP saves its users money by notifying them when documents they’re searching for are already available for free from the public archive.
RECAP is a project of the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University. It was developed by Harlan Yu, Steve Schultze, and Timothy B. Lee, under the supervision of Prof. Ed Felten. Some of the key ideas that inspired RECAP are described in this paper, written by Harlan, Ed, and two of their colleagues. The RECAP repository is hosted by the Internet Archive, a world-renowned online library. With the help of RECAP users, we want to build the nation’s most comprehensive public archive of freely-available federal judicial records.
RECAP is looking for partners to help them build the archive more quickly and find new, innovative uses for the information. They are already working with Justia and public.resource.org to integrate the public records they already have into RECAP's archive. A video on RECAP's website provides a quick demonstration of RECAP in action.
If you’d like to be a RECAP beta tester, please check out our privacy policy and then go to their installation page to get started.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Associated Press to Use Twitter and Blog To Cover Confirmation Hearings
Web 2.0 meets the United States Supreme Court with the confirmation of Judge Sotomayer. The Associated Press plans to use Twitter and it's blog to inform us about what is happening at the Sotomayer confirmation hearings, which start Monday. Connie Crosby, writes about the AP's plans on slaw.ca.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Filling Justice Souter's Seat
Filling Justice Souter's seat will be one of President Obama's biggest tasks, early in his Presidency. The following resources will enable you to follow the developments as they happen.
The Ninth Justice Blog: Provides news and analysis on the search to fill the Supreme Court Seat. You can also follow on Twitter at http://twitter.com/9thjustice.
Blogrunner's Supreme Court Topic Page: This site collects the most recent and influential stories and blog posts on the topic.
The New York Times Supreme Court Page, is another excellent resourse for information on the happenings at the United States Supreme Court.
For an excellent research guide on Supreme Court Nominations and the nomination process, I recommend the one created by the staff at the Georgetown University Law Library.
As always, SCOTUS Blog, will provide continuing coverage of the nomination process and all other Supreme Court related happenings.
The Ninth Justice Blog: Provides news and analysis on the search to fill the Supreme Court Seat. You can also follow on Twitter at http://twitter.com/9thjustice.
Blogrunner's Supreme Court Topic Page: This site collects the most recent and influential stories and blog posts on the topic.
The New York Times Supreme Court Page, is another excellent resourse for information on the happenings at the United States Supreme Court.
For an excellent research guide on Supreme Court Nominations and the nomination process, I recommend the one created by the staff at the Georgetown University Law Library.
As always, SCOTUS Blog, will provide continuing coverage of the nomination process and all other Supreme Court related happenings.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
A new Database to Search Journals Online
Check out Jurn if you are looking for scholarly journals on the internet. Jurn searches 2,374 scholarly / intellectual ejournals in the arts & humanities. JURN indexes ejournals that are either free, or offer some substantial free content. You can use it just like Google. JURN is running on a Google Custom Search so it is speedy, and you can use all the usual Google search modifers, such as intitle:”your phrase” and filetype:pdf. There is also a Firefox plug-in and an RSS feed.
The entire list of available resources is available on the site or in PDF format here.
Source: The Centered Librarian
The entire list of available resources is available on the site or in PDF format here.
Source: The Centered Librarian
Monday, May 11, 2009
LexisNexis ASPIRE Program
If you are a new associate and your firm has deferred your employment you may be interested in the LexisNexis ASPIRE program.
You may qualify for this program if you have accepted Associate positions at law firms, but 1) are experiencing a deferred fall 2009 start date, and 2) are taking on public interest work during their deferral period.
The LexisNexis’ ASPIRE Program offers:
Free access to a LexisNexis menu consisting of federal and state case-law, codes, regulations and law reviews. The Martindale-Hubbell Career Center which provides access to non-profit interest and pro-bono job opportunities. Online training and materials to be better equipped for public interest work. Non-profit companies can post job opportunities for free on the site.
ASPIRE Program details. Qualifying students can register here.
Source: Law Librarian Blog
You may qualify for this program if you have accepted Associate positions at law firms, but 1) are experiencing a deferred fall 2009 start date, and 2) are taking on public interest work during their deferral period.
The LexisNexis’ ASPIRE Program offers:
Free access to a LexisNexis menu consisting of federal and state case-law, codes, regulations and law reviews. The Martindale-Hubbell Career Center which provides access to non-profit interest and pro-bono job opportunities. Online training and materials to be better equipped for public interest work. Non-profit companies can post job opportunities for free on the site.
ASPIRE Program details. Qualifying students can register here.
Source: Law Librarian Blog
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Article of Interest To New Clerks
For those of you who will be clerking either this summer or in the Fall, the following article may be of interest!! I hope it helps.
Sheppard, Jennifer. The "write" way: a judicial clerk's guide to writing for the court. 38 U. Balt. L. Rev. 73-163 (2008).
Christine
Sheppard, Jennifer. The "write" way: a judicial clerk's guide to writing for the court. 38 U. Balt. L. Rev. 73-163 (2008).
Christine
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