Author Archives: Jenny Wondracek

RIPS-SIS All Committee Meeting Update

Posted on July 17, 2012

Newsflash! The RIPS-SIS All Committee Meeting in Boston has been moved to the Sheraton Boston Back Bay Ballroom B. It is still scheduled to take place on Monday, July 23, 2012, 5:45 – 6:30 pm.

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Fastcase Leads the Pack Again – Android App to be Released Tomorrow

Posted on June 4, 2012

By now, all of you probably know that I have just as much love for my Android phone as for my iPad.  I even posted in January about all of the things that I could do with my Motorola Atrix … Continue reading →

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North Carolina Fastcase/Casemaker Switcheroo and Its Consequences

Posted on May 31, 2012

A couple of weeks ago, I was perusing my news feed in Facebook, liking pictures of new babies and The Oatmeal’s How to Pet a Kitty, when a Fastcase post caught my eye (yes, I do actually have work related … Continue reading →

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Quick update on federal eBooks

Posted on May 8, 2012

I ran across an interesting email by Bert Chapman of Purdue University on the GovDoc-L listserv.  The United States Office of the Historian has started an “Ebooks initiative.”  The Office is starting to release the Foreign Relations of the United … Continue reading →

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Downloadable and Lendable Legal Ebooks…Hallelujah!

Posted on April 30, 2012

Last week, a student was lamenting to me that he wished his casebooks were available in a digital format that he could download. This is a familiar woe, and one that I have long shared. While some of the legal … Continue reading →

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RIPS Grants for CONELL and Annual Meeting

Posted on March 8, 2012

Annual Meeting Grants for Boston 2012 The purpose of the Research Instruction and Patron Services Special Interest Section (RIPS-SIS) Annual Meeting Grant is to assist individuals with registration expenses for the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting. Individuals chosen … Continue reading →

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Pondering Changes

Posted on February 27, 2012

There have been a lot of changes and upcoming changes in the legal information realm lately: Bloomberg purchased BNA. Thomson Reuters (West) has announced that they are selling their legal publishing division. Reed Elsevier may or may not be looking … Continue reading →

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