I had the great privilege of attending the Law via the Internet conference this week in Ithaca, NY. This conference brings together people from all around the world involved in putting law online – LIIs, academics, non-profits and even some civic minded hackers. For me, this was one of those truly transformative conference experiences and… Continue reading Reflections on LVI2012
Author: Sarah
The Culture of Curation
This is the type of blog post I don’t like to write because basically all I’m doing is complaining about something. In my world, complaining is the first step in a multipart process. First you complain, then you look for soluti0ns, then you implement the solutions and finally review the results. Repeat as necessary. Essentially… Continue reading The Culture of Curation
2011 DLC – Teaching & Training: Reaching Out in Creative Ways
In an alternative universe, I’m a Gov Docs librarian at a large state school turning young minds onto the joy of statistics and 1950s government created comic books about how to deal with nuclear war fallout and communists. But this is this universe. And I’m me. And the closest I get to come to that… Continue reading 2011 DLC – Teaching & Training: Reaching Out in Creative Ways
Legal Information Providers Merger Graphic
Earlier this week, I saw a report about Thomson closing Banks-Baldwin’s Cleveland office. That got me thinking about all the mergers that have taken place in the legal information world over time and, being of the USA Today Infographic Generation, I was hoping that there would be a visual representation out there of them, similar… Continue reading Legal Information Providers Merger Graphic
QR Codes
Earlier this week, Google changed their logo into a barcode to celebrate the 57th anniversary of the first barcode patent. (As an aside, it’s amazing how many anniversaries, birthdays, other events from history, etc. I learn about from the Google Logo. ) That, combined with seeing this pic of Maurice that Michael P. posted in… Continue reading QR Codes