18 mai

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 03:20
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of May 1st to 15th, 2013 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information (...)

17 mai

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:10
  Daniel Caron Resigns as Head of Library and Archives Canada - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Daniel Caron, the head of Library and Archives Canada (LAC) who presided over the dismantling of many important services at the institution in the wake of extensive budget cuts, resigned yesterday. The CLA Govt Library & IM Professionals Network, a division of the Canadian Library (...)

16 mai

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:37
  Justice Canada 2013 Victims of Crime Research Digest - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Last week's issue of the Weekly Checklist of Canadian Government Publications lists the 2013 Victims of Crime Research Digest. Published by Justice Canada, it includes short, accessible articles on victims of crime research: "Welcome to sixth issue of the Victims of Crime Research Digest which (...)

15 mai

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:55
  International Association of Law Libraries 2013 Website Award - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Nominations are open for the International Association of Law Libraries' 2013 Website Award. The Award seeks to "recognise and promote free legal information websites that are authoritative, comprehensive, up-to-date, useful, and user-friendly." The selection panel for the 2013 Award is (...)

14 mai

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:06
  Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan Final Report on Waiver of Legal Fees for the Needy - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan published its final report on Access to Justice – Needy Person Certificates and Waiver of Fees: "As the costs of litigation and other legal services rise, concern about financial barriers to access to justice is increasing. Under The Queen's Bench (...)
• 00:02
  Saskatchewan Law Reform Commission Report on Civil Rights in long-Term care Facilities - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Saskatchewan Law Reform Commission has released its final report on Civil Rights in Saskatchewan Long-term Care Facilities: "Elderly people and others in long - term care are entitled to the same respect as other citizens. Violation of civil rights of long - term care residents is a form of (...)

13 mai

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:58
  CLA Government Library Network Interview With Dawn Bassett, Canadian Grain Commission - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The CLA Government Library and Information Management Professionals Network, part of the Canadian Library Association (CLA), has launched 13 Questions With..., a series on its website that profiles a member of the Canadian library and IM community every week. This week's interview is with Dawn (...)

12 mai

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 21:38
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of April 16-30, 2013 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information only." (...)
• 21:37
  Supreme Court of Canada Hearings Calendar for May 2013 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Supreme Court of Canada has published its calendar of appeal hearings for May 2013. To find out more about any particular case, the Court's website has a section that allows users to find docket information, case summaries as well as factums from the parties. All you need to do is click on (...)

10 mai

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:45
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries 2013 Conference - Redesigning Products and Processes - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
• 00:51
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries 2013 Conference - Being A More Effective Presenter - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The 2013 annual conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries ended earlier today. I will get to some of the main workshops on issues such as licensing and website/database redesign later this week. Right now, I want to discuss a presentation yesterday afternoon by Kate Bligh, a (...)

7 mai

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 17:57
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries 2013 Conference Annual Reports - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The 2013 conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries began today in Montreal. In preparation for the event, committees and special interest groups (SIGs) published annual reports about their activities last year. Yesterday, I wrote about committee reports. Today, here is information (...)
• 17:55
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries E-Books Roundtable - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  On Sunday afternoon at the 2013 annual conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) in Montreal, there was a group discussion on the challenges that e-books represent for collection development. There were many questions examined, including why types of books individual law (...)

6 mai

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 21:41
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries 2013 Conference Awards Luncheon - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  As part of its annual conference in Montreal, the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) held its Awards Luncheon earlier today. The winners of various CALL awards and scholarships were officially announced. Highlights: Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing: The Award (...)

4 mai

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 17:57
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries 2013 Conference - Annual Reports - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is beginning its 2013 annual conference tomorrow in Montreal. Annual reports of committees and special interest groups have been submitted in anticipation of the general meeting. Here are some of them: Archivist: Last summer, CALL donated $1,500 (...)
• 17:06
  New E-Book on Canada's Top Copyright cases - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  University of Ottawa Press has published The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law available in print and as a free download under a Creative Commons licence. Individual chapters or the entire book can be downloaded: "In the summer (...)

3 mai

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:05
  New CanLII Single Search Interface - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute, has launched a new beta search interface: "[It is] designed to unify the functionalities of its search engine under a single form that is at once easier and more powerful to use. This beta site allows our users to get comfortable with this new (...)

1er mai

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 18:50
  CLA Government Library Network Interview With Seneca Libraries' Graham Lavender - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The CLA Government Library and Information Management Professionals Network, part of the Canadian Library Association (CLA), has launched 13 Questions With..., a new series on its website that profiles a member of the Canadian library and IM community every week. This week's interview is with (...)
• 01:51
  New Study on Information Management in the Government of Canada - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Isla Jordan, of the Carleton University Library, and Ulla de Stricker of de Stricker and Associates have co-authored a report on Information Management in the Canadian Federal Government: Principles, Practices and the Role of Information Professionals. From the abstract: "Information management (...)
• 01:47
  April 2013 Issue of Connected Bulletin on Courts and Social Media - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The April 2013 issue of Connected is available online. The bulletin covers news about the impact of new social media on US courts. In this issue: AOCs [administrative offices of the courts] and high courts using social media: an updateOregon juror jailed for texting during trial Courts on (...)

30 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:36
  Twitter Hashtags for Upcoming Library Conferences - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The blog of the CLA Govt Library & IM Professionals Network, part of the Canadian Library Association, has published a useful post listing the Twitter hashtags for many upcoming library conferences. It missed one: the hashtag for the 2013 conference of the Canadian Association of Law (...)
• 00:29
  Statistics Canada Profile of Child-Related Family Law Cases, 2011/2012 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Juristat, a Statistics Canada publication, has published an article on the characteristics of civil court family law cases in 2011/2012 related to child protection, custody, access and child support: "Family law cases involving children are a particular concern for Canadians and Canadian (...)

25 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 19:02
  AALL Spectrum's 13th Annual Issue on Law Library Architecture - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The May 2013 issue of the AALL Spectrum, the monthly publication of the Association of American Law Libraries, is devoted to law library architecture south of the border. Nice pix. From the presentation: "The 13th annual architecture series features two new buildings and four (...)

24 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 13:40
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of April 1st to 15th, 2013 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information (...)

23 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 19:21
  Library of Parliament Updated Research Publication on Official Languages Act - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently updated its research publication The Official Languages Act: Understanding Its Principles and Implementation: "The Canadian Constitution does not contain any provisions relating to jurisdiction in matters of language. In a 1988 decision, the Supreme Court of (...)

22 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:44
  Supreme Court of Canada Justice Morris Fish Announces Retirement - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

21 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:28
  Authentication of US Legal Materials Moving Forward With Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  There is an interesting post on the In Custodia Legis blog of the Law Library of Congress about the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA). The Act was drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws as a model that state legislatures can adopt to designate (...)

19 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:02
  Library of Parliament HillNote on Under-Reporting and Low Conviction Rates for Sexual Assault - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament earlier this week published a HillNote on Under-Reporting and Low Conviction Rates for Sexual Assault. HillNotes are brief analyses of current or emerging issues: "In practice, the experiences of victims of crime depend not only on the laws and institutions in place, (...)

18 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:57
  Law Commission of England Consultation on Patents, Trade Marks and Design Rights: Groundless Threats - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Law Commission of England and Wales is undertaking a consultation on what are known as groundless threats in patent and trade-mark cases: "Intellectual property rights are a vital foundation of economic growth. Patents, trade marks and design rights ensure that innovation is rewarded and (...)
• 01:30
  Canadian Bar Association Paper on Access to Justice Metrics - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Bar Association's Standing Committee on Access to Justice has published a consultation document on Access to Justice Metrics. It is one of five discussion papers in its Envisioning Equal Justice initiative: "The Envisioning Equal Justice initiative aims to tackle four barriers that (...)

17 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:57
  What Would You Tell Your Past MLIS-Student Self? - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Last week, the SLA (Special Libraries Association) organized an #SLAtalk on Twitter. Participants were asked to go on Twitter and answer 4 questions relating to "What Would You Tell Your Past MLIS-Student Self?" People used the hashtag #SLAtalk. The SLA has summarized the results on its blog. (...)
• 01:48
  CLA Government Library Network Interview With Michelle Gabourie - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The CLA Government Library and Information Management Professionals Network, part of the Canadian Library Association (CLA), has launched 13 Questions With..., a new series on its website that profiles a member of the Canadian library and IM community every week. This week's interview is with (...)

16 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 03:00
  Law Reform Commission of Ireland Report on Jury Service - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Law Reform Commission of Ireland today published a Report on Jury Service. From the press release: "The Report forms part of the Commission's Third Programme of Law Reform and examines a number of topics concerning jury service including: whether qualification for jury service should be (...)
• 02:53
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries Letter on Federal Budget Cuts - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Annette L. Demers, President-Elect of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries, has written a letter to the Canadian government in which she argues that recent federal budget cuts could jeopardize long-term access to Canadian legal information: "Publications currently slated for migration to (...)

12 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:25
  Law Commission of England and Wales Analysis of Responses to Consultation on Unfitness to Plead - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  This is a follow-up to the Library Boy post of November 3, 2010 entitled Law Commission of England Consultation on Fitness to Stand Trial. The Commission has compiled an analysis of the responses: "We published our consultation paper on 27 October 2010, which contained our provisional proposals (...)

11 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:59
  Justice Canada Report on Economic Impact of Spousal Violence in Canada, 2009 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The most recent issue of the Weekly Checklist of Canadian Government Publications lists a 2012 study entitled An Estimation of the Economic Impact of Spousal Violence in Canada, 2009. It was published by Justice Canada: "The more Canadians understand about the costly and serious impact of (...)
• 00:32
  New United Nations Research Guides - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

9 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 20:32
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of March 16-31, 2013 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information only." (...)

8 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:26
  CLA Government Library Network Interview With Tanya Snook, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The CLA Government Library and Information Management Professionals Network, part of the Canadian Library Association (CLA), has launched 13 Questions With..., a new series on its website that profiles a member of the Canadian library and IM community every week. This week's interview is with (...)
• 23:22
  Supreme Court of Canada Hearings Calendar for April 2013 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Supreme Court of Canada has published its calendar of appeal hearings for April 2013. To find out more about any particular case, the Court's website has a section that allows users to find docket information, case summaries as well as factums from the parties. All you need to do is click (...)
• 01:07
  Canadian Library Association Feliciter April '13 Issue - Beyond Books - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The April 2013 issue of Feliciter, the monthly journal of the Canadian Library Association, is available on line. The issue's major theme is Beyond Books. From the guest editorial: "The theme for this issue of Feliciter is 'Beyond Books,' and it's dedicated to exploring the very meaning of that (...)
• 01:00
  The Right to Be Forgotten on the Internet - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

4 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 18:37
  Fair Use/Fair Dealing Handbook - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The infojustice.org website has just compiled a list of the fair use or fair dealing provisions in the copyright laws of 40 countries (including Canada). The infojustice.org site is part of a project dedicated to the free flow of innovation among creators and consumers, issues related to (...)

3 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 19:24
  Canadian Library Association Response to 2013 Federal Budget - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Library Association (CLA) has published its response to the recent federal budget: "In its written submission for the government's pre-budget consultation, CLA called for re-investment in federal libraries including Library and Archives Canada, support for broadband connectivity, (...)

2 avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 19:48
  International Comparison of Gun Control Laws - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Law Library of Congress in Washington has published a report entitled Firearms-Control Legislation and Policy: Comparative Analysis: "This survey describes the different legal approaches taken by eighteen countries and the European Union (EU) with regard to ownership, possession, and other (...)

1er avril

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 20:48
  Canadian Government Information Management Priorities for 2013-2014 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The CLA Government Library & IM Professionals Network, part of the Canadian Library Association, has compiled a list of information management related priorities developed by individual federal government departments and agencies. They are contained in the 2013-14 Reports on Plans and (...)

30 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:47
  English Law Commission Consultation Paper on Conservation Covenants - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The English Law Commission has published a consultation paper on whether England and Wales should adopt conservation covenants: "A conservation covenant is a voluntary agreement between a landowner and responsible body (charity, public body or local/central Government) to do or not do (...)
• 23:41
  Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan Consultation Paper on Foreclosures - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan has issued a consultation paper on Reform of The Land Contracts (Actions) Act: "This consultation paper on The Land Contracts (Actions) Act (the LCAA) is the first part of a larger project to review and update the law of mortgages in Saskatchewan. The (...)

28 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:47
  April 2013 Issue of AALL Spectrum - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The April 2013 issue of AALL Spectrum, a montly publication of the American Association of Law Libraries, is available. Among this month's selection of articles: Public Relations: Relationship Marketing by Frances M. Brillantine (Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law in (...)

27 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 22:50
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries Urges Reconsideration of LAC Code of Conduct - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Earlier this month, it was revealed that Library and Archives Canada (LAC) management was proposing a new code of conduct, a move that sparked a lot of controversy and some apprehension that information professionals were perhaps being muzzled at one of Canada's most important national cultural (...)
• 01:07
  New Zealand Law Commission Report on Regulation of the Media - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The New Zealand Law Commission has released a report on the Review of Regulatory Gaps and the New Media.The review was prompted by concern about the disparities in the legal and ethical standards that apply to news as a result of the emergence of new web-based publishers and the convergence of (...)

25 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 22:42
  Library of Parliament on Freedom of Religion and Religious Symbols in the Public Sphere - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently updated its research publication dealing with Freedom of Religion and Religious Symbols in the Public Sphere: "The issue of religious symbols in the public sphere has given rise to widespread debate on the scope of freedom of religion in various countries (...)
• 22:41
  Library of Parliament Research Publication on Courts and the Protection of Language Rights - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently published an updated version of its research publication on The Role of the Courts in the Recognition of Language Rights. It looks at: The Adoption of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and its Judicial Implications Recognition of Language Rights by (...)
• 22:27
  CLA Government Library Network Interview With Statistics Canada's Elizabeth Hostetter - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The CLA Government Library and Information Management Professionals Network, part of the Canadian Library Association (CLA), has launched 13 Questions With..., a new series on its website that profiles a member of the Canadian library and IM community every week. This week's interview is with (...)

22 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 18:48
  Susan Barker Becomes New Editor of Canadian Law Library Review - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Susan Barker, Reference and Digital Services Librarian at the Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto, has been appointed to the position of Editor, Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR), effective immediately. She takes over from Nancy McCormack, Librarian and Associate Professor of Law, (...)

21 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 17:40
  Full Collection of Digitized Federal Hansards by 2015? - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  I attended a presentation yesterday organized by the National Capital Association of Law Libraries (NCALL) where a representative from the Library of Parliament (LOP) outlined plans to make all older federal parliamentary debates available for free via PDF within the next few years. Currently, (...)

20 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:05
  Library Journal's Movers and Shakers 2013 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Library Journal has released its 2013 list of Library Movers and Shakers: "Awesome: that's the best way to describe the 2013 class of Movers & Shakers. This particular group may have more librarians working outside traditional libraries than ever before, attesting to the role librarians, (...)

19 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:01
  Law and Democracy Week Coming to Université du Québec en Outaouais in May 2013 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

17 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 18:16
  European Court of Human Rights Monthly Information Notes Now Easier to Find - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) based in Strasbourg has made it easier to find and search its Information Notes. These notes are a monthly round-up, in the form of legal summaries, of the most interesting judgments, decisions and communicated cases. Each summary has a headnote and is (...)
• 17:49
  Janine Miller Fellowship to Attend Law via the Internet Conference - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

16 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 17:15
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of March 1-15, 2013 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information only." (...)

14 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 18:34
  Nominations for Canadian Bar Association Awards for Excellence in Journalism - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Nominations are open until May 1, 2013 for the Stephen Hanson Awards for Excellence in Journalism (formerly the Justicia Awards) that reward "outstanding journalism that fosters public awareness and understanding of any aspect of the Canadian justice system and the roles played by institutions (...)
• 18:19
  European Court of Human Rights Guide on Forced Labour Case-law - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) based in Strasbourg has launched a new series of studies on its case-law relating to particular articles of the European Convention Of Human Rights. The most recent guide in the series deals with art. 4 on the prohibition of slavery and forced labour. (...)
• 18:13
  CLA Government Library Network Interview With Environment Canada's Ross Gordon - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The CLA Government Library and Information Management Professionals Network, part of the Canadian Library Association (CLA), has launched 13 Questions With..., a new series on its website that will profile a member of the Canadian library and IM community every week. This week's interview is (...)

13 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 17:55
  CALL Mentoring Program Applications Now Open - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Applications are now open for the Mentoring Program of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL). The program is for anyone who is a member of CALL, regardless of years in the profession or type of library. CALL aims to make matches between mentors and mentees based on self-selected (...)
• 01:00
  Latest Issue of Canadian Law Library Review - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The latest issue of Canadian Law Library Review is available in print and online. The journal is published by the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL). The online edition is available to CALL members in the members-only section of the CALL website. Some of the highlights of this issue (...)

11 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:46
  Supreme Court of Canada Hearings Calendar for March 2013 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Supreme Court of Canada has published its calendar of appeal hearings for March 2013. To find out more about any particular case, the Court's website has a section that allows users to find docket information, case summaries as well as factums from the parties. All you need to do is click (...)

7 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:57
  Aboriginal Inmates Now Almost One Quarter of Canadian Prison Population - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  In a special report tabled today in the House of Commons, the Correctional Investigator of Canada Howard Sapers found that the aboriginal prison population has jumped in the last decade and that correctional authorities have not been living up to their obligations. As well, the report, entitled (...) -- Report on Aboriginals over-populating prisons a wake-up call: Critics
• 23:39
  Upcoming Webinar on Resource Description and Access - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Library Association (CLA) is holding two webinars in the near future on Resource Description and Access, the new cataloguing standard and successor to AACR2. The two events are: What is RDA and why do I need to know? It's 2013 and RDA is being implemented. What does this mean for (...)

6 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:47
  Canadian Bar Association Access to Justice Project Paper on Underexplored Alternatives for the Middle Class - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) Access to Justice Committee is circulating a discussion paper on Underexplored Alternatives for the Middle Class. It is part of the CBA's Envisioning Equal Justice initiative announced at the 2012 Canadian Legal Conference in Vancouver. "This Discussion Paper (...)
• 23:37
  Law Day 2013 - Wednesday, April 17 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  April 17, 2013, is Law Day, an annual event organized by the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) to celebrate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Law Day is marked by projects and activities taking place across the country. Activities include lectures and education sessions on the law for (...)
• 23:33
  Nova Scotia Law Reform Commission Discussion Paper on Enforcement of Civil Judgments - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia has published a discussion paper on Enforcement of Civil Judgments: Exemption of Judgment Debtors' Income: "This Discussion Paper considers the extent to which a judgment debtor's income ought to be exempt from seizure to satisfy a civil money judgment. (...)
• 01:40
  March/April Issue of LawNow on Environmental Causes - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The most recent issue of LawNow is available online. The magazine is published by the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta. The current issue is devoted to environmental causes and the law: The Constitutional Right to a Healthy Environment Environmental rights enjoy constitutional (...)

4 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:36
  2012 Canadian Association of Law Libraries Research Grant - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The 2012 Research Grant of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) has been awarded to University of Victoria law librarian Kim Nayyer for her project on Resource-Sharing Options for Canadian Law Libraries: "The project will encompass a survey of resource-sharing arrangements in law (...)
• 23:12
  Supreme Court of Canada Statistics 2002-2012 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Supreme Court of Canada has published statistics on its activities for the period 2002-2012. The numbers outline the Court's workload during that period, broken down into 5 categories: Cases Filed: the number of complete applications for leave to appeal and notices of appeal as of right (...)

3 mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:45
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of February 16-28, 2013 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information (...)

1er mars

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:48
  2013 Law via the Internet Conference on Island of Jersey - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The 2013 Law Via the Internet conference will take place in late September 2013 on Jersey, one of the Channel Islands. The conference brings together people from the Legal Information Institutes (LIIs) from different countries and continents that together form the Free Access to Law Movement. (...)
• 00:43
  Online Registration Open for CALL 2013 Conference - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  It is now possible to register online for the upcoming 2013 conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries. The conference takes place in Montreal from May 5 to May 8, 2013 at Le Centre Sheraton Montreal. There is a pre-conference workshop on May 4. More details are available from the (...)

27 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 04:03
  British Columbia Law Institute Consultation Paper on Common-Law Tests of Capacity - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The British Columbia Law Institute has published a Consultation Paper on Common-Law Tests of Capacity. From the press release: "The consultation paper examines legislative reforms to judge-made rules governing when a person is determined to have the mental capacity to carry out a transaction or (...)

26 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:27
  Statistics Canada Report on Violence Against Women - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Statistics Canada today released a report on police-reported data about violence against women in Canada. Among the highlights: about 173,600 women aged 15 years and older were victims of violent crime in 2011. This translates into a rate of 1,207 female victims for every 100,000 women in the (...)

25 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 04:14
  Quebec Bar Association Report Card on Democracy and Rule of Law - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

23 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 03:52
  March 1 Ottawa Learning Fair for Information Management Specialists - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Library Association's Government Library and Information Management Professionals Network is holding an Information Management Learning Fair on Friday, March 1, 2013, 10:30 am to 2:00 pm, at 365 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa: "Representatives from participating organizations will be (...)
• 03:47
  February 2013 Issue of Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World newsletter, published by Library and Archives Canada (LAC), highlights issues pertaining to government and recordkeeping practices in the public and private sector. The February 2013 issue has just been published on the LAC website. It includes: (...)

21 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 21:06
  To Whom Does the Pope Send His Resignation Letter? - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  In Custodia Legis, the blog of the Law Library of Congress in Washington, has an interesting post on Canonical Rules on the Resignation of a Pontiff, and the Election of a New Pontiff (part 1 of 2 posted yesterday). It is written by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law (...)

20 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 18:55
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of February 1-15, 2013 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information (...)

19 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:01
  CLA Government Library Network Interview With Two Ex-McGillites Now in Australia - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The CLA Government Library and Information Management Professionals Network, part of the Canadian Library Association (CLA), has launched 13 Questions With..., a new series on its website that will profile a member of the Canadian library and IM community every week. This week's interview is (...)

18 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:56
  Upcoming Job-Hunting Webinars from Canadian Library Association - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Library Association (CLA) has a number of upcoming job-related webinars this winter: February 25, 2013, 7PM Eastern: The Job Interview - Projecting Competence, Confidence and Fit With Organizational Culture: "It's one thing to produce a superb resume and expertly crafted cover (...)

16 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:09
  Library of Parliament Publication on Canada's Approach to the Treaty-Making Process - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently made available an update to its research publication about Canada's Approach to the Treaty-Making Process: "In Canada, the negotiation, signature and ratification of international treaties are controlled by the executive branch of the federal government, (...)

15 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:44
  Interview With Library of Congress Librarian in the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  In Custodia Legis, the blog of the Law Library of Congress in Washington, has been running an interview series featuring members of the library staff. The series started in late October 2010. There are close to 100 posts in the series. This week's interview is with Rick Fitzgerald, a Librarian (...)
• 02:37
  CLA Government Library Network Interview With Emily Yearwood-Lee, Legislative Library of B.C. - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The CLA Government Library and Information Management Professionals Network, part of the Canadian Library Association (CLA), has launched 13 Questions With..., a new series on its website that will profile a member of the Canadian library and IM community every week. This week's interview is (...)

14 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:13
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries March 11, 2013 Webinar on Integrating Private Knowledge and Public Legal Information - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) will host a webinar entitled Tastier When Mixed: Integrating Private Knowledge and Public Legal Information on March 11, 2013 from, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT [scroll down to the last item in the webinar list]. The speaker will be Ivan Mokanov, (...)

13 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:05
  New Collection of Legal Materials from Open Access Repositories - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Publisher bepress recently launched The Digital Commons Network that "brings together scholarship from hundreds of universities and colleges, providing open access to peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original (...)

11 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:55
  Funding Help Available to Attend CALL 2013 Annual Conference - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Members of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) can apply to the Eunice Beeson Memorial Fund for financial assistance to attend the organization's annual conference. The Fund can help cover travel and/or accommodation expenses. Applicants are responsible for paying for the (...)

9 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 22:30
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries 2013 Conference Program - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

8 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:10
  CALL Student Groups to Meet at Montreal 2013 Conference in May - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  This is a follow-up to the January 23, 2013 post entitled Dalhousie's School of Information Management Launches CALL's First Student Group. Last November, the executive of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) approved the creation of the new Student Special Interest Group or SIG. So (...)

7 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:01
  Winter 2013 Issue of Law Library Journal Now Available - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Winter 2013 issue of Law Library Journal is available on the website of the American Association of Law Libraries. Among the many articles, the following attracted my attention: How Federal Statutes Are Named: "Given the number of public laws enacted since the First Congress began work on (...)

6 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:49
  Latest Issue of Feliciter on Digital Rights Management - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The February 2013 issue of Feliciter, the monthly journal of the Canadian Library Association, is now available online in 3 different formats: Online flip format PDF (7.7 MB)Screen Reader & Mobile (HTML) The main theme of the issue is digital rights management. Articles on the subject (...)
• 02:01
  Halsbury's Laws of Canada Legal Encyclopedia Completed - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Simon Chester reported yesterday at Slaw.ca that Lexis-Nexis Canada has completed the final volume of Halsbury's Laws of Canada, its Canadian common law legal encyclopaedia: "Halsburys is testament to the vision of Slaw's own Gary Rodrigues who launched the effort seven years ago thus: ' With (...)
• 01:48
  CLA Government Library Network Launches Series of Weekly Librarian Profiles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The CLA Government Library and Information Management Professionals Network, part of the Canadian Library Association (CLA), has launched 13 Questions With..., a new series on its website that will profile a member of the Canadian library and IM community every week. The first profile is that (...)

4 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 21:25
  Supreme Court of Canada Hearings Calendar for February 2013 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Supreme Court of Canada has published its calendar of appeal hearings for February 2013. To find out more about any particular case, the Court's website has a section that allows users to find docket information, case summaries as well as factums from the parties. All you need to do is (...)

2 février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 21:25
  Perspectives on E-Books - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
• 20:58
  January-February 2013 Issue of Canadian Bar Association National Magazine - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The January-February 2013 of National, the magazine of the Canadian Bar Association, is available online: A pathway to justice?: "Public interest litigants usually face a tough battle for standing, as the long fight to strike down Canada's prostitution laws has shown. In 2008, the Supreme Court (...)
• 20:44
  February 2013 Issue of AALL Spectrum - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The February 2013 issue of AALL Spectrum, a montly publication of the American Association of Law Libraries, is available. Among this month's selection of articles: The Art of Making Law Library Video by L. Cindy Dabney (Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington): "Videos can be an (...)

1er février

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:24
  Ireland Law Reform Commission Report on Missing Persons - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Law Reform Commission of Ireland has released its Report on Civil Law Aspects of Missing Persons. From the press release: "(...) the Law Reform Commission concludes that there is a need to have a statutory framework to deal with some immediate practical problems for family members (often (...)
• 00:51
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of January 16-31, 2013 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information (...)

30 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:34
  Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Canada Launches Government/Legislative Documents Portal - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Canada (APLIC) has launched the bilingual Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications Portal. It provides access to over 340,000 electronic provincial, territorial and federal government publications and legislative materials dating (...)
• 02:13
  Brief Library of Parliament Publication on Reforming the Indian Act - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament has published what it calls one of its HillNotes on Reforming the Indian Act: "While comprehensive reform or repeal of the Act has been elusive, the past two decades have seen significant legislative initiatives aimed at removing specific communities from the (...)

29 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:56
  Input Sought on Library and Archives Canada Inter-Library Loan Policy and National Union Catalogue - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Library Association (CLA) is seeking input on two issues: Interlibrary Loan (ILL) User Roundtable: "CLA has been participating in Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Interlibrary Loan (ILL) User's Roundtable, along with representatives from a number of other institutions and (...)

28 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:31
  Public Legal Education Webinars - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

26 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 22:59
  European Court of Human Rights 2012 Annual Report - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) based in Strasbourg has released its annual report for 2012. There are also some interesting statistical tables that come with the document. Among the highlights: The table of violations by country showed that the State with the highest number of (...)

24 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:48
  Dalhousie's School of Information Management Launches CALL's First Student Group - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Dalhousie University's School of Information Management in Halifax, Nova Scotia has launched the first Student Member Special Interest Group of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL): "Dalhousie will be one of potentially many Canadian Universities to have a satellite student-run (...)

23 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:48
  UK Supreme Court Launches YouTube Channel - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  This week, the UK Supreme Court launched a YouTube channel that highlights short summaries of judgments. According to a press release published by the Court: "Video of the five-minute summary given by the lead Justice in each appeal as they deliver their judgment will now be posted on the (...)
• 01:17
  Report on the Evolution of Human Rights in Canada - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The most recent issue of the Weekly Checklist of Canadian Government Publications features a report by the Canadian Human Rights Commission on The evolution of human rights in Canada: "How have Canadians' ideas of human rights evolved over time? Change begins when someone believes that they are (...)

22 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:22
  AALL Webinar on SharePoint - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) is hosting a webinar on February 28 at 11AM Central called SharePoint: A Look inside One Law Firm: "Join representatives from a large law firm library who are responsible for creating solutions in SharePoint to explore a variety of ways you can (...)

20 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 22:20
  Collection Development: Dealing With the Two 500-Pound Gorillas - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  In a recent Green Bag article, academic law librarians Julian Aiken, Femi Cadmus and Fred Shapiro discuss the pressures many of us feel when it comes to collection development. They discuss the experiences at their institutions, namely the Cornell and Yale law libraries: "While law libraries (...)

19 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:12
  CBC Interview on Courts and Tweets - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  In last week's episode of Spark, CBC Radio's show on digital culture, host Nora Young interviewed Patrick Cormier, CEO of the Canadian Centre for Court Technology (CCCT), about social media in the courtroom. The Cormier interview is at the beginning of the show and lasts about 12 minutes.The (...)
• 01:08
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of January 1-15, 2013 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information only." (...)

17 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:30
  AALL 2013 Day in the Life Photo Contest - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The 2013 Day in the Life of the Law Library Community Contest lasts until February 28, 2013. This is an annual photography contest organized by the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). It is open to AALL members only: "Sponsored by the AALL Public Relations Committee, the contest has (...)

16 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:37
  What To Do About the Developing Skill-Employment Disconnect in Law Libraries - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Sarah Sutherland, from the library at McMillan LLP in Vancouver, published a post on the blog On Firmer Ground about The developing skill-employment disconnect in law libraries and what to do about it: "Law library staff have been somewhat sheltered from the pressures experienced by those in (...)
• 00:26
  Primary Research Group Survey on Library Digitization Practices - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Primary Research Group is organizing a survey of special collection digitization efforts by museums and libraries: "We invite you to participate in our survey by filling out the survey form in exchange for a free pdf copy of the report when it is published. Your institution will be listed as a (...)

15 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:07
  Most Recent Issue of Information Standards Quarterly on Future of Library Systems - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Fall 2012 issue of Information Standards Quarterly, a journal published by the U.S.-based National Information Standards Organization, is devoted to the Future of Library Systems. The guest editor is library technology expert Marshall Breeding. Earlier Library Boy posts about Breeding: Top (...)

13 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 20:02
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries - Diana M. Priestly Memorial Scholarship - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The closing date for applications for the Diana M. Priestley Memorial Scholarship is February 1, 2013. The Scholarship. which is handed out by the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL): "is intended to support professional development in the field and is awarded to a Canadian citizen or (...)

11 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:18
  CanLII Teams Up With Montreal Agency to Translate Major Canadian Cases - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute, announced earlier this week that it will work with Montreal translation firm BG Communications to ensure that selected Canadian judgments are available in English and French: "Judgments selected for translation will be identified in consultation (...)
• 01:08
  Supreme Court of Canada Hearings Calendar for January 2013 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Supreme Court of Canada has published its calendar for January 2013. To find out more about any particular case, the Court's website has a section that allows users to find docket information, case summaries as well as factums from the parties. All you need to do is click on a case (...)

9 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:53
  Reminder - Canadian Association of Law Libraries January 16, 2013 Webinar on Foreign and Comparative Law - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) will host a webinar entitled Around the World in 90 Minutes: Adventures in Foreign and Comparative Law on Wednesday January 16, 2013 from, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT. The speakers will be Mary Rumsey , Foreign, International & Comparative Law (...)

8 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:37
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of December 16-31, 2012 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information (...)

7 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:52
  CALL for Nominations for Denis Marshall Memorial Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is seeking nominations for the Denis Marshall Memorial Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship: "This award is an honour bestowed upon a current member of CALL/ACBD who has provided outstanding service to the Association AND/OR enhanced the (...)

6 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:16
  2012 Blawggie Awards - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  This is a follow-up to the Library Boy post of January 3, 2013 entitled 2012 Clawbies – Canadian Law Blog Award. U.S. legal technology expert Dennis Kennedy has been awarding his own Blawggies or annual Best of Law-related Blogging Awards since 2004. Here are the 2012 Blawggie Awards: (...)

4 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:13
  2012 CLawBies – Canadian Law Blog Awards - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The 7th Annual Canadian Law Blog Awards (or Clawbies) were "handed out" on New Year's Eve: "In its first year, the Clawbies had the not-terribly-difficult task of choosing among exactly 43 Canadian law blogs. This year, that number has increased nearly tenfold: there are now more than 400 (...)
• 00:07
  Study Shows Many Self-Represented Litigants Treated With Contempt - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

3 janvier

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:55
  Upcoming Job-Hunting Webinars from Canadian Library Association - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
• 00:36
  Justice Canada Laws Website Gets New Look - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Justice Canada Laws website, where consolidated versions of federal Acts and regulations are published, got a facelift just before Christmas: "The website has been upgraded to conform with the new Standard on Web Usability. This standard mandates a basic structure for Government of Canada (...)
• 00:22
  Supreme Court of Canada Website Now Has All Decisions Back to 1907 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Supreme Court of Canada decisions website now contains all decisions back to 1907. Moreover, all the PDF versions of decisions up to 2010 are identical to the official version available in the Supreme Court Reports (i.e. French and English versions side by side). The site is maintained by (...)

21 décembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:18
  Seeking Nominations for the 2013 Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is accepting nominations for the 2013 Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing. It honours a publisher (whether for-profit or not-for profit, corporate or non-corporate) that has demonstrated excellence by publishing a work, series, (...)

20 décembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:44
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of December 1-15, 2012 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information (...)

19 décembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:40
  Will Library and Archives Canada Reestablish Inter-Library Loan Service? - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

18 décembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:52
  CBA National Magazine's Top 12 Stories of 2012 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Bar Association's National magazine has highlighted its top 12 stories for 2012. They cover everything from mental health problems in the legal profession to Supreme Court rulings on supervised drug injection sites.

15 décembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 21:38
  Research Libraries Association Statements on Aboriginal Knowledge, Open Government and Broadband Access - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Public Policy Committee of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) recently approved three new statements on traditional knowledge, open government initiatives, and access to broadband internet services: Traditional knowledge and cultural expressions : "The World Intellectual (...)
• 21:12
  CLA Member Advocacy Survey: The Impact of Federal Budget Cuts on Canada's Libraries - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Library Association (CLA) has released the results of its survey on the impact of federal budget cuts. From the Executive Summary: "In the spring of 2012 the federal government announced a series of budget cuts that raised serious concerns within the library community. Library and (...)

14 décembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:35
  Library of Parliament Comparison of Lawful Access Laws in Canada, US, UK and Australia - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently posted an updated version of a paper comparing Canadian legislative proposals relating to lawful access to the situation in the UK, the USA and Australia. "Lawful access" refers to a police investigative technique that allows for the interception of electronic (...)
• 00:13
  Top 10 International Drug Policy Stories of 2012 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The British website openDemocracy publishes a regular feature called the Drug & Criminal Justice Policy Forum that takes a critical reformist look at stories about the "war on drugs" and criminal justice issues. Its most recent item provides a round-up of some of the top international (...)
• 00:06
  Top Ten Business and Human Rights Issues in 2013 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The London-based Institute for Human Rights and Business has published its Top 10 List of Business and Human Rights Issues for 2013: "Just 18 months after the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, significant progress has been made in integrating human rights (...)

12 décembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:02
  Library Technology Forecast for 2013 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  In the December 2012 issue of Computers in Libraries, Marshall Breeding provides his Tech Review and Forecast for 2013: "As another year draws to a close, it's time to reflect on the trends in play related to library technologies and attempt to anticipate their trajectory going forward. We are (...)

11 décembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:53
  Law Commission of Ontario Final Report on the Law as it Affects Persons with Disabilities - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) has released its Final Report and Framework for the Law as it Affects Persons with Disabilities: "This was a multi-year, multi-stage project. It involved four stages of public consultation, including a very broad community consultation in 2010 that involved (...)

9 décembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 19:40
  Slaw.ca Article on The New JurisClasseur Québec Encyclopedia - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

7 décembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:14
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries January 16, 2013 Webinar on Foreign and Comparative Law - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) will host a webinar entitled Around the World in 90 Minutes: Adventures in Foreign and Comparative Law on Wednesday January 16, 2013 from, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT. The speakers will be Mary Rumsey , Foreign, International & Comparative Law (...)

6 décembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:28
  First Annual BAILII Lecture Given by President of the UK Supreme Court - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The First Annual BAILII Lecture was given on 20 November by Lord Neuberger, the President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. BAILII stands for the British and Irish Legal Information Institute, which makes English jurisprudence and statutes available for free via the Internet. Entitled (...)

5 décembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 03:13
  Nominations Open for 7th Annual Canadian Law Blog Awards - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Nominations are now being accepted for the 7th annual Canadian Law Blog Awards known as the Clawbies. The Clawbies recognize "the most thoughtful, useful, and timely law or legal industry-related blogs out there". There are three ways to nominate a blog: Tweet your nomination via Twitter with (...)

4 décembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:36
  November 2012 Issue of Connected Bulletin on Courts and Social Media - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The November 2012 issue of Connected is available online. The bulletin covers news about the impact of new social media on the courts. It is published by the Virginia-based National Center for State Courts and the Conference of Court Public Information (...)

3 décembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:47
  Annual Library Automation Perceptions Survey - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Library Technology Guides is collecting data for this year's International Library Automation Perceptions survey: "This is an opportunity for libraries to register their perceptions of the ILS product they use, its vendor, and the quality of support delivered. Is support getting better or (...)
• 00:39
  New European Court of Human Rights Factsheet on Protection of Journalistic Sources - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has published a series of Factsheets that describe important jurisprudence of the institution on a number of subjects. The ECHR recently published a factsheet on the protection of journalistic sources. The ECHR hears complaints from (...)

2 décembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 17:08
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of November 16th to 30th, 2012 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for (...)

30 novembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:37
  English Law Commission Consultation on Media and Comtempt of Court - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The English Law Commission has launched a consultation on the balance between the right to publish and the right of a defendant to a fair trial: "A number of high-profile cases involving contempt of court have recently highlighted the need for a review of this area of the law. These include: a (...)

29 novembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:38
  Canadian Association of Research Libraries Report on Digital Locks - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  In February 2012, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries assembled a working group to explore the impact of digital locks on the work of Canadian library staff. The report about digital locks in a changing copyright environment was made available recently on the association website: (...)

27 novembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:54
  European Court of Human Rights Guides on Case-Law - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) based in Strasbourg has launched a new series of studies on its case-law relating to particular articles of the European Convention Of Human Rights. The first guide in the series deals with art. 5 on the right to liberty and security. The ECHR hears (...)
• 23:46
  November 2012 Issue of Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World newsletter, published by Library and Archives Canada (LAC), highlights issues pertaining to government and recordkeeping practices in the public and private sector. The November 2012 issue has just been published on the LAC website. It includes: (...)
• 02:12
  New Zealand Law Commission Paper on Joint and Several Liability - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Law Commission of New Zealand recently released an Issues Paper on Joint and Several Liability: "Joint and several liability is most often compared or contrasted with an alternative rule usually called 'proportionate liability'. The difference in the two liability rules can be stated quite (...)

23 novembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:03
  Library of Parliament Paper on Omnibus Bills - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  So-called omnibus bills have been in the news this year. The 2012 federal budget that amended dozens of pieces of legislation was referred to by many commentators as an omnibus bill. What is this legislative creature? The Library of Parliament recently published a paper entitled Omnibus Bills: (...)

21 novembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:45
  Grants Available to Attend 2013 Joint Study Institute in Australia - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Joint Study Institute (JSI) provides law librarians from countries with similar legal systems an opportunity to discuss common, current and relevant legal issues. The next Joint Study Institute will be hosted by the Australian Law Librarians' Association and will be held February 13-16, (...)
• 00:36
  New Zealand Law Commission Paper on Civil Pecuniary Penalties - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Law Commission of New Zealand has released an Issues Paper on the use of financial penalties by enforcement agencies to punish corporations and individuals for breaches of the law: "Chapters 1 and 2 of the Issues Paper set out the existing landscape. The Commission notes that a first (...)

20 novembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:49
  Canadian Legal Publisher Price Trends - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Vendor Liaison Committee of the Canadian Association of Law Librarians (CALL) has compiled some preliminary information about price trends for Canadian law publications in the upcoming year. Carswell (Westlaw): Online – 3 – 5%, subject to change based on firm dynamics and size (...)

15 novembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 18:33
  Report on Supreme Court of Canada on Quebec Bar Association TV Series - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
• 18:32
  Interview With Law Library of Congress Legal Reference Librarian - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  In Custodia Legis, the blog of the Law Library of Congress in Washington, has been running an interview series featuring members of the library staff. The series started in late October 2010. There are more than 90 posts in interview the series. This week's interview is with Robert Brammer, (...)
• 18:25
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of November 1st to 15th, 2012 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for (...)
• 00:25
  Updated Canadian E-Discovery Case Law Digests - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Ontario Bar Association website has updated its Canadian E-Discovery Case Law (Common Law) Digests collection: "This digest is maintained by the members of the Sedona Canada Working Group (WG7); it was originally created by the members of the eDiscovery sub-committee of the Task Force on (...)

14 novembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 16:03
  Report Proposes Changes to Federal Court Rules - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  A committee representing the judiciary, court personnel and lawyers in private and government practice is proposing changes to the rules of the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal [press release] to make things easier for self-represented litigants: "The study proposes new tools to (...)

12 novembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 21:26
  Updated Research Guides From GlobaLex - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  GlobaLex, the electronic collection created by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law, recently updated a number of its excellent research guides. Here are some of them: A Guide on the Harmonization of International Commercial Law (by Duncan E. Alford is (...)

9 novembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:18
  November/December 2012 Issue of LawNow - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The most recent issue of LawNow is available online. The magazine is published by the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta. The current issue is devoted to the two topics of elections law and privacy law. LawNow provides credible legal information and interpretation to help Canadian (...)

8 novembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 03:39
  Canadian Library Association Webinar on Proving Value - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Library Association (CLA) is hosting a webinar on November 19th, 2012 at 2PM Eastern on Becoming Indispensable: The Value Proposition: "Information professionals' intercollegial story telling often involves variations of 'SharePoint is perceived to be the solution to every (...)

6 novembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:08
  Quebec Bar Association Teams Up With Montreal Radio Station for Weekly Debate Show - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

3 novembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 21:49
  Library of Parliament Paper on Criminal Charges and Parliamentarians - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently released a paper in its "In Brief" series on Criminal Charges and Parliamentarians. The series consits of short briefings prepared by the Parliamentary Information and Research Service on current issues. "In Canada, all citizens are subject to the ordinary (...)
• 21:32
  Library of Parliament Paper on Canadian Regulatory Review of Pipelines - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently released a research publication entitled Pipelines: Government Decision-Making: "Recent proposals by Canadian companies to build the Keystone XL Pipeline from Alberta to Texas, and the Northern Gateway Pipeline from Alberta to the British Columbia coast, have (...)

1er novembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 22:26
  Nominations for Library Movers and Shakers of 2013 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Library Journal is calling on people to nominate Library Movers and Shakers: "50 or more up-and-coming individuals from around the world who are innovative, creative, and making a difference". Deadline for nominations is November 7, 2012. The 2013 Movers and Shakers will be highlighted in the (...)
• 22:13
  October 2012 Issue of Connected Bulletin on Courts and Social Media - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The October 2012 issue of Connected is available online. The bulletin covers news about the impact of new social media on the courts. It is published by the Virginia-based National Center for State Courts and the Conference of Court Public Information (...)
• 00:09
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of October 16 to 31, 2012 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information (...)
• 00:06
  Library and Archives Canada Terminates Inter-Library Loan Service - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The CLA Govt Library & IM Professionals Network, part of the Canadian Library Association, has published an announcement from Library and Archives Canada (LAC) that the institution is putting an end to its inter-library loan service in the next few weeks. The LAC's service has been an (...)

30 octobre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:18
  Canadian Centre for Court Technology Guidelines on Social Media in the Courtroom - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Last week, the Canadian Centre for Court Technology (CCCT) held its Forum 2012 in Montreal. The Centre brings together justice system partners such as the Canadian Judicial Council, the Canadian Bar Association and the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Deputy Ministers of Justice to enhance (...)
• 00:56
  Supreme Court of Canada Hearings Calendar for November 2012 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Supreme Court of Canada has published its calendar for November 2012. To find out more about any particular case, the Court's website has a section that allows users to find docket information, case summaries as well as factums from the parties. All you need to do is click on a case (...)

29 octobre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:29
  CTV Interview With Canada's Chief Justice - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin gave a rare television interview Sunday on the CTV network program Question Period in which she discussed court backlogs and delays: "To ease the judicial process along, McLachlin suggested that more pre-trial planning could take place so (...)

26 octobre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:01
  Law Library of Congress Report on Bioethics Legislation in Selected Countries - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Law Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. occasionally publishes reports that compare the laws on a given theme in a number of countries. Earlier this month, the Library published Bioethics Legislation in Selected Countries: "This report examines the field of bioethics from an (...)

25 octobre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 03:49
  Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan Consultation Paper on Crown Immunity - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan has published a Consultation Paper on the Presumption of Crown Immunity: "At common law, 'the king can do no wrong.' In 1905, Halsbury's Laws of England could still state the general rule that 'no remedy lies against the Sovereign' unless an express (...)

24 octobre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:09
  Lawyers Weekly Profile of Canadian on Court of Arbitration for Sport - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  This week's issue of The Lawyers Weekly features the article Quick, high-stakes decisions can make for Olympian task. It profiles Toronto lawyer Graeme Mew, an Olympic Games arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport: (CAS) "As one of only 12 people chosen from around the world as (...)
• 01:08
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries November 22 Webinar on Copyright - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) will host a webinar on Copyright Excess and Access on November 22, 2012 at 1PM Eastern. The speakers will be Mary Hemmings, Chief Law Librarian at Thompson Rivers University, and Howard Knopf, Chairman of the Copyright Policy Committee of the (...)
• 00:57
  CanLII Offers New Commentary Text on Exclusion of Evidence - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute) recently added to the new commentary section on its website by publishing The Supreme Court of Canada on S. 24(2) of the Charter by Hon. Gerard Mitchell, the retired chief justice of Prince Edward Island: "Section 24(2) of the Canadian Charter of (...)

21 octobre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 20:34
  Library of Parliament Legislative Summary of Bill C-37: Increasing Offenders' Accountability for Victims Act - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament has published a legislative summary of Bill C-37: Increasing Offenders' Accountability for Victims Act. The bill was referred last week to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights: "The purpose of the bill is to double victim surcharge (...)
• 20:24
  Library of Parliament Research Publication on Role of the Courts in the Recognition of Language Rights - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently published a revised version of its research publication The Role of the Courts in the Recognition of Language Rights: "In 1988, a revised version of the Official Languages Act was passed. The current Act takes into account the new constitutional order imposed (...)

20 octobre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:17
  March 2013 Symposium on Legacy of Retired Supreme Court of Canada Justice Louise Charon - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The University of Ottawa will host a symposium on March 22-23, 2013 Celebrating the Contributions of Justice Louise Charron. Madame Charron retired from the Supreme Court of Canada recently: "This Symposium, like past events, provides an important opportunity for diverse members of the Canadian (...)

18 octobre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 03:00
  New White Paper on Skills Needed By Today's Law Librarians - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) have co-published a white paper called The New Librarian that looks at the new skills that today's law librarians need to have or acquire to do well and survive. It is full of examples of (...)

17 octobre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:48
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of October 1st to 15th, 2012 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information (...)

16 octobre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:42
  House of Commons Hansard Gets Social Media Facelift - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The electronic Hansard, the official record of federal parliamentary debates of the House and the Senate, is undergoing a major change, at least on the House side: "Now, video clips pop up next to a transcript of the speech, alongside links to share content on Facebook and Twitter or subscribe (...)
• 02:26
  Canadian Lawyer Magazine Overview of Cases With Social Media as Evidence - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Canadian Lawyer magazine today published an article by James D. Cuming and Craig Gillespie that shows that courts all across Canada have been finding that information on people's Facebook and other social networking accounts is highly relevant to litigation. The authors, who are law partners in (...)
• 02:14
  Lawyers Weekly Profile of New Supreme Court of Canada Justice Richard Wagner - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The current issue of The Lawyers Weekly offers a profile of Richard Wagner, who was recently confirmed as the newest appointee to the Supreme Court of Canada. The article is entitled ‘Practical' justice Wagner aces confirmation hearing -Supreme Court's newest addition wins praise for his (...)

14 octobre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 19:47
  Youth and Adults in Correctional System - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Last week, Statistics Canada published 2 releases dealing with correctional services: Youth correctional services, 2010/2011: "On any given day in 2010/2011, there were about 14,800 young people aged 12 to 17 under the supervision of Canada's correctional system. Of these, just over 13,300 (...)

11 octobre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:50
  Twenty Year Evolution of Free Access to Law - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The 2012 Law Via the Internet conference took place last week at Cornell University Law School in Ithaca, New York. The conference is organized by the Legal Information Institutes (LIIs) from different countries and continents that together form the Free Access to Law Movement. Many of the (...)
• 02:07
  Alberta Judge Takes Aim at Abusive Self-Represented Litigants - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
• 02:06
  Privacy Commissioner Tables 2011-2012 Annual Report on Privacy Act - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Last week, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddart, tabled her annual report to Parliament on the Privacy Act. The Act covers the personal information-handling practices of federal government departments and agencies Stoddart outlined a number of issues: her office accepted 986 (...)

8 octobre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 19:59
  Library of Parliament Papers on Gender-Sensitive Parliaments - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently published two papers on gender-sensitive parliaments. They are: Gender-Sensitive Parliaments: 1. Advancements in the Workplace: "This paper will examine gender-sensitive parliaments from the perspective of the parliamentary workplace; specifically, how a (...)
• 19:54
  Library of Parliament Research Publication on Canada's Changing Federal Environmental Assessment Process - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently published a research publication on Canada's Changing Federal Environmental Assessment Process: "Canadian environmental assessments have evolved over time. Following the influential 1977 Berger Report on the proposed Mackenzie Valley Pipeline in northern (...)

5 octobre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:02
  U.S. National Security Archive Guest Blogs on Free Government Information Blog - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The U.S.-based blog Free Government Information was launched a few years ago by a group of academic librarians who wanted to raise public awareness of the importance of better access to all forms of government information. They occasionally have guest bloggers and this month's guest will be a (...)

4 octobre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:54
  October 2012 Issue of Feliciter - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The October 2012 issue of Feliciter, the official magazine of the Canadian Library Association, is now available online. This number has a feature section on library strategic planning.
• 00:10
  Library of Parliament Legislative Summary of the Prohibiting Cluster Munitions Act - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament has published its legislative summary of Bill S-10: An Act to Implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions: "The purpose of the bill is to implement Canada's international obligations under the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in order that Canada may ratify the (...)
• 00:02
  Canada's Information Commissioner Launches Public Consultation on How To Improve Access Law - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada, which acts to ensure that federal institutions respect the Access to Information Act, has launched a public consultation on the modernization of the legislation. The process will end on December 21, 2012. "We are soliciting your input and (...)

2 octobre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:46
  Supreme Court of Canada Hearings Calendar for October 2012 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Supreme Court of Canada has published its calendar for October 2012. To find out more about any particular case, the Court's website has a section that allows users to find docket information, case summaries as well as factums from the parties. All you need to do is click on a case (...)
• 23:41
  September 2012 Issue of Connected Bulletin on Courts and Social Media - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The September 2012 issue of Connected is available online. The bulletin covers news about the impact of new social media on the courts. It is published by the Virginia-based National Center for State Courts and the Conference of Court Public Information (...)
• 02:46
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of September 16-30, 2012 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information (...)

29 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 17:49
  Library of Parliament Legislative Summary of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability Act - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently published its legislative summary of Bill C-42: An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act: "Bill C-42 essentially repeats the provisions of former Bill C-381 by amending the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act ... to establish a new, independent (...)

28 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:24
  September 2012 Campaign Update of Save Library and Archives Canada - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) launched a campaign this year called Save Library and Archives Canada (LAC) because of its fear that recent federal budget cuts would hamper the institution's many collections and activities. The campaign has just published a September 2012 (...)
• 00:09
  Library of Parliament Legislative Summary of Immigration and Refugee Protection Amendment Bill - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently published its Legislative Summary of Bill C-43: An Act to Amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act: "Bill C-43 focuses on the inadmissibility-related provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), which determine who may not enter or (...)

27 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:35
  Interview With Library of Congress Information Architect Meg Peters - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  In Custodia Legis, the blog of the Law Library of Congress in Washington, has been running an interview series featuring members of the library staff. The series started in late October 2010. There are more than 80 posts in interview the series. This week's interview is with Meg Peters, an (...)

26 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:56
  Two Federal Privacy Commission Studies on Citizens Watching Other Citizens - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has published two independent studies it commissioned on the legal implications of the use of social media by private citizens to report on other private citizens: "In June 2011, bystanders documented the scene as a riot broke out in downtown (...)

25 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:41
  Call for Proposals for 2013 Conference of Canadian Association of Law Libraries - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Programming Committee of the 2013 conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is calling on all members to submit session proposals for next year's annual meeting in May 2013 in Montreal: "The committee has selected three themes or tracks. Each Plenary session will focus (...)

23 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 20:30
  CALL Webinar October 9 - 60 Sites in 60 Minutes - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Webinar Subcommittee of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is hosting a webinar on October 9, 2012 at 1:00 - 2:30 PM Eastern on 60 Sites in 60 Minutes: "Hot on the heels of their presentation at SLA 2012, we are bringing John DiGilio and Gayle Lynn-Nelson together online to (...)
• 20:21
  Library of Congress Launches Beta Version of Congress.gov - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The US Library of Congress recently launched the new Congress.gov, which is still in "beta version". It will eventually replace / incorporate the THOMAS legislative information service. There is more background on the In Custodia Legis blog of the law Library of (...)

22 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:57
  Library of Parliament Legislative Summary of the Safe Food for Canadians Act - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently published a legislative summary of of Bill S-11: Safe Food for Canadians Act: "The bill consolidates the Meat Inspection Act (MIA), the Fish Inspection Act (FIA), the Canada Agricultural Products Act (CAPA)and the food provisions of the Consumer Packaging and (...)
• 00:44
  Canadian Library Association 2012 -2013 Webinar Series - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

20 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:38
  SLA Webinar Next Week: Libraries & Knowledge Management - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Legal Division of SLA (Special Libraries Association) will present a reprise of its hit program, Libraries & Knowledge Management: Taming the KM Monster on Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 2 – 3 PM ET: "Learn how librarians are using their expertise to develop connections within their (...)
• 00:30
  New Issue of Information Technology and Libraries - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The most recent issue of the journal Information Technology and Libraries is available. Since March 2012, it has been an open-access, electronic-only publication. Of particular interest to me are the following articles: Extending IM beyond the Reference Desk: A Case Study on the Integration of (...)
• 00:20
  September 2012 Issue of Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World newsletter, published by Library and Archives Canada (LAC), highlights issues pertaining to government and recordkeeping practices in the public and private sector. The September 2012 issue has just been published on the LAC website. It (...)

19 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:04
  New Factsheets from the European Court of Human Rights - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has published a series of Factsheets that describe important jurisprudence of the institution on a number of subjects. The ECHR recently added new Factsheets on the right to life, companies and taxation. They include key cases and pending (...)

16 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 17:36
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of September 1-15, 2012 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information (...)

14 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:41
  Interview With Law Library of Congress Special Assistant to the Assistant Law Librarian for Collections - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  In Custodia Legis, the blog of the Law Library of Congress in Washington, has been running an interview series featuring members of the library staff. The series started in late October 2010. There are more than 80 posts in interview the series. This week's interview is with Penelope Fay (...)

13 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:06
  LawNow Sept/Oct 2012 Issue Available - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Sept/Oct 2012 issue of LawNow is available. The magazine is published by the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta. As of this issue, what used to be a subscription-based publication is completely free online. The current issue is devoted to "sex and taxes". LawNow provides credible (...)

12 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:29
  Over 100 years of Supreme Court of Canada Judgments Available Free on CanLII - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) now offers a nearly complete collection of over 9,000 decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada dating back to 1907. This is thanks to a joint initiative of the Court and Lexum Inc.: "The Supreme Court of Canada, Lexum and the University of (...)

11 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:16
  What Librarians Should Wear to Interviews If They Want to be Hired - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Hiring Librarians blog is reporting on the results of its survey of library hiring managers on what candidates should wear. The survey is still open but the blog provides a description as well as graphs of the responses from more than 150 people who have answered so far. The vast majority (...)

7 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:35
  Interview With Legal Research Specialist at Law Library of Congress - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

6 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:31
  New Reports Released by National Action Committee on Access to Justice - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters this week released two reports asking for public feedback. The reports are: Report of the Court Processes Simplification Working Group that identifies initiatives that reduce delays, minimize costs and have the (...)
• 02:19
  August 2012 Issue of Connected Bulletin on Courts and Social Media - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The August 2012 issue of Connected is available online. The bulletin covers news about the impact of new social media on the courts. It is published by the Virginia-based National Center for State Courts and the Conference of Court Public Information (...)
• 02:16
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of August 16 to 31, 2012 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information (...)

5 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:08
  New Work-Related Factsheet from European Court of Human Rights - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has published a new Factsheet on Work-related rights. The ECHR has published a series of Factsheets that describe important jurisprudence of the institution on a number of subjects. The ECHR hears complaints from individuals living in any (...)

2 septembre

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:30
  List of Law-Related Listservs - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Lyonette Louis-Jacques, librarian at the University of Chicago Law School, has written a piece on Slaw.ca about law-related listservs (e-mail dicussion lists): "The best listservs are for information sharing among professionals in the same field. There are good listservs for law library (...)

31 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:25
  Cowper Report Calls for Major Overhaul of British Columbia Criminal Justice System - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Vancouver lawyer Geoffrey Cowper today released his final 175-page report into reforms to improve the British Columbia criminal justice system: "In his report, A Criminal Justice System for the 21st Century, Geoffrey Cowper, QC, chair of the Justice Reform Initiative, offers recommendations to (...)
• 00:04
  Webinar - Mother Said There'd Be Days Like These: Dealing Professionally & Elegantly With the Unforeseen at Work - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Library Association (CLA) is hosting a webinar on September 17, 2012 called Mother Said There'd Be Days Like These: Dealing Professionally & Elegantly With the Unforeseen at Work: "In any workplace, routine will be interrupted by events arising from internal or external (...)

29 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:49
  Call for Program Submissions for 2013 Canadian Law Libraries Conference - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Programming Committee for the 2013 conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) has set a deadline of Oct. 15, 2012 for members to submit session proposals for next year's annual meeting. There is a submission form on the CALL website. The 2013 CALL conference will take (...)

27 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 20:16
  Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction Goes to Thriller Writer Michael Connelly - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The 2012 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction goes to thriller writer Michael Connelly for his book, The Fifth Witness. The prize, which is sponsored by ABA Journal and the University of Alabama School of Law, is intended to recognize a work of fiction that “best exemplifies the role of (...)

26 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:49
  Alberta Law Reform Institute Report for Discussion on Arbitration - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Alberta Law Reform Institute has released a Report for Discussion 24: Arbitration Act: Stay and Appeal Issues: "Many legal disputes are arbitrated outside the court system using the Alberta Arbitration Act. These arbitrated cases can include commercial, consumer, family and community (...)
• 23:42
  Alberta Law Reform Institute Final Report on Criminal Appeal Procedures - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Alberta Law Reform Institute has released its final report on Criminal Appeal Procedures: "The challenge accepted by the Alberta Law Reform Institute, and taken up by its working group of judges, prosecutors, defense lawyers and academics, was to bring clarity and logic to this complex (...)

24 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:00
  Alberta Law Reform Institute Releases Final Report on Criminal Trial Proceedings - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Alberta Law Reform Institute has released its Final Report 100: Criminal Trial Proceedings. The Institute examined three areas: Charter Issues – The content of a notice of Charter application is not clearly specified. As a result, notices often do not contain enough information for (...)

23 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:04
  Tasmania Law Reform Institute Proposes Banning Circumcision - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Tasmania Law Reform Institute released a report this week on Non-Therapeutic Male Circumcision. Among its recommendations are: A general prohibition on the circumcision of incapable minors with an exception for well-established religious or ethnicity-motivated circumcisionsEnactment of (...)
• 00:49
  Library of Congress Report on Online Privacy Laws - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Congress has published 2 reports comparing the data protection laws of the European Union and of selected foreign countries (including Canada): "They describe the constitutional foundations of data privacy and the statutory requirements that must be met in order for data to be (...)

22 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:17
  LawNow Magazine Completely Free as of September 2012 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  LawNow, a magazine published by the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta, will become completely free as of September 2012. LawNow appears 6 times a year and provides credible legal information and interpretation to help Canadian citizens understand law and better protect their interests. (...)

21 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:40
  Supreme Court of Canada Justice Thomas Cromwell Leads Access to Justice Initiative - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The most recent issue of The Lawyers Weekly features an article on an access to justice initiative being led by Supreme Court of Canada Justice Thomas Cromwell: "Since 2010, the soft-spoken Supreme Court of Canada judge from Nova Scotia has spent many of his waking 'off' hours spearheading a (...)

19 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 21:44
  Quebec Bar Association TV Series 3rd Season Begins in September - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

18 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:31
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of August 1-15, 2012 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information only." (...)
• 00:29
  Law Commission of Ontario Interim Report on Vulnerable Workers - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Earlier this week, the Law Commission of Ontario released its Interim Report on Vulnerable Workers and Precarious Work for public feedback. Vulnerable workers work at jobs characterized by low wages with few or no benefits, little job security and minimal control over work conditions. They tend (...)
• 00:20
  Summer 2012 Issue of Law Library Journal Now Available - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Summer 2012 issue of Law Library Journal is available on the website of the American Association of Law Libraries. Among the many articles, the following attracted my attention: How Librarians Can Help Improve Law Journal Publishing The Long Tail of Legal Information: Legal Reference (...)

16 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:26
  Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice October Conference in Calgary - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice (CIAJ) is holding its next annual conference in Calgary from October 10th to 12th, 2012. The conference theme is The Courts and Beyond: The Architecture of Justice in Transition: "Changes in the administration of justice pose challenges (...)

15 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:35
  Tasmania Law Reform Institute Paper on Protecting Anonymity of Sexual Crime Victims - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Tasmania Law Reform Institute in Australia has released an issues paper on Protecting the Anonymity of Victims of Sexual Crimes: "Victims of sexual crimes often wish to remain anonymous, or at the very least not have people they know, or the wider community know about the fact that they (...)
• 00:46
  International Federation of Library Associations Endorses Code of Ethics - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) recently endorsed and adopted a Code of Ethics for Librarians and Other Information Workers. The final text is the result of extensive consultations in 2011 and 2012 with hundreds of IFLA members and non-members. The (...)

14 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:50
  English Law Commission Consultation on Scandalising the Court - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Law Commission of England has launched a consultation on Scandalising the Court as part of its wider project on contempt of court: "A well-publicised case in spring 2012 highlighted the historic common law offence of scandalising the court. This offence covers conduct likely to undermine (...)
• 01:45
  Lawyers Weekly Interview With Retiring Supreme Court of Canada Justice Marie Deschamps - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The most recent issue of The Lawyers Weekly features an interview with Justice Marie Deschamps who is retiring from the Supreme Court of Canada: " 'I think one message about ‘true ethics' that can be conveyed is that, yes, individual rights have to be protected and safeguarded, but life (...)

9 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:29
  Quebec Bar Association Steps Into Election Campaign - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

8 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:31
  Two New Releases from Association of Research Libraries: Strategic Planning & Digital Archives - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently released 2 issues of its publication Research Libraries Issues. Issue 278: "This issue of RLI features strategies for managing time from Shirley K. Baker, recently retired from Washington University in St. Louis. Her insights stem from years (...)
• 02:03
  Providing Walk-In Access to E-Resources at the University of Bath (UK) - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The most recent issue of Ariadne features an article on Walk-in Access to e-Resources at the University of Bath: "Licence restrictions imposed by publishers define and limit access rights and librarians have increasingly taken on the role of restricting access on behalf of the publisher, rather (...)
• 01:38
  Video Tutorial for U.S. Official Document Site FDsys - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Government Printing Office, the official publisher of the U.S. government, has published the first in a series of video tutorials on how to search the FDsys site. FDsys is the Federal Digital System that provides free online access to authenticated official publications from all three (...)

4 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:15
  First Online-Only Issue of Canadian Library Association's Feliciter Magazine - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Library Association has published its first online-only issue of its magazine Feliciter. It includes many features on the association's recent annual conference in Ottawa.

2 août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:17
  July 2012 Issue of Connected Bulletin on Courts and Social Media - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The July 2012 issue of Connected is available online. The bulletin covers news about the impact of new social media on the courts. It is published by the Virginia-based National Center for State Courts and the Conference of Court Public Information Officers. One of this month's items is about a (...)
• 00:13
  Supreme Canada of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of July 1-31, 2012 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information only." (...)

1er août

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:34
  Library of Parliament Legislative Summary of Bill S-7, the Combating Terrorism Act - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently published its legislative summary of Bill S-7, the Combating Terrorism Act (short title): "It is a 30-clause bill which: amends section 7(2) of the Criminal Code, which describes acts or omissions in relation to aircraft, airports and air navigation systems (...)

31 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:35
  Materials from AALL 2012 Conference - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) held its annual conference last week in Boston. I wasn't there (a colleague attended) but AALL always tries to make as many of its conference-related materials as possible available online. These include: handouts for sessionsrecordings (...)

27 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:15
  Updated Library of Parliament Research Publication on Federal Public Sector Whistleblowing - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament has updated its research publication entitled Federal Public Sector Whistleblowing: "Disclosing wrongdoing in the public sector and protecting public servants who make disclosures is not new. It has been the subject of task forces, policies, codes, reports, studies and (...)

26 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:58
  Global Commission on HIV and the Law Report on Risks, Rights & Health - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Global Commission on HIV and the Law, an independent body established by the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, has published its final report HIV and the Law: Risks, Rights & Health. The Commission undertook 18 months of extensive research, consultation, analysis and deliberation (...)
• 01:38
  Australasian Colonial Legal History Library - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  AustLII, the Australasian Legal Information Institute, has launched the Australasian Colonial Legal History Library, a free online collection of databases containing legal information from the colonial period of Australia and New Zealand. A recent article explaining the project, Digitising and (...)

25 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:10
  Library of Parliament Publication on Parliamentary Committee Review of Regulations - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament has recently updated its research publication on the Parliamentary Committee Review of Regulations. From the summary: "Since the 1980s, Parliament has improved its ability to review regulations. The Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations has the power to (...)
• 01:01
  Statistics Canada Reports Lowest Crimes Stats Since 1972 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Statistics Canada today released Police-reported crime statistics, 2011 that shows the overall volume of crime in Canada declined by 6% in 2010. The crime rate is now lower than it was in 1972. However, some crimes increased in volume last year: "The drop in crime was seen throughout the (...)

24 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:00
  Three Years of the Google Book Settlement - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Walt Crawford devotes the entire August 2012 issue of his Cites & Insights publication to what happened to the proposed Google Book Settlement. Google has been digitizing millions of books to create a massive online library / bookstore but the plans ran into legal difficulties when US (...)

21 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:22
  OCLC Report on Regional Print Mega-Collections - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  OCLC, the library research and services corporation based in Dublin, Ohio, has published a report on Print Management at "Mega-scale": A Regional Perspective on Print Book Collections in North America: "The future of print book collections has received much attention, as libraries consider (...)

19 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:54
  English Law Commission Project on Defences of Insanity and Automatism - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Law Commission of England has published what it calls a scoping paper on insanity and automatism: "When should a person not be criminally liable because of their mental condition at the time they committed an alleged offence? This is the question posed by what is called the defence of (...)
• 00:12
  English Canadian Lawyers Missing Out on Quebec Decisions - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The listserv of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries often has messages from members looking for English translations of Quebec court rulings. Yesterday's Financial Post had an article entitled Court decisions may be lost in translation that explains some of the potential consequences when (...)

18 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:09
  July/August 2012 Issue of LawNow Looks at Corporate Social Responsibility - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The most recent issue of LawNow Magazine takes a look at corporate social responsibility. Feature articles examine corruption, the complexity in determining what is and what is not corporate social responsibility, as well as three (3) cases: the British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon disaster, (...)
• 02:08
  Comparative Law Resources on Class Actions - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Lyonette Louis-Jacques from the University of Chicago Law School has written a piece on Slaw.ca on The Rise (And Fall?) of Class Actions: Comparative Law Resources. In it, she identifies the sources of information for researching the laws of different jurisdictions pertaining to class actions. (...)

17 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:18
  Library of Parliament Legislative Summary of Bill C-15 on Military Justice - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently made available its legislative summary of Bill C-15, the Strengthening Military Justice in the Defence of Canada Act: "Bill C-15, An Act to amend the National Defence Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (short title: Strengthening Military (...)

15 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 22:03
  Alberta Law Reform Institute Final Report on Joint Ventures - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Alberta Law Reform Institute has released its final report on joint ventures: "Joint ventures by business entities have become increasingly common and increasingly important to the economic life of Canada and other countries. They are prevalent in the construction industry for large (...)
• 21:41
  UK Government to Implement Law Commission Report on Adult Social Care - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  I post frequently about the work of various law reform commissions in Canada and abroad. I sometimes receive e-mails asking whether these commissions ever have any real impact. In fact, many of them do and I was informed of a very recent example just a few days ago. Last week, the UK government (...)
• 21:28
  Updated Canadian Law Blogs Search - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Slaw.ca has updated the search engine that powers its Canadian Law Blogs Search. As Simon Fodden writes: "It now searches all 359 glorious Canadian law blogs listed in Stem Legal's Lawblogs.ca."Library Boy is on the list.

13 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:24
  SLA 2012 Chicago Conference Program and Handouts - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The 2012 annual conference of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) begins this weekend in Chicago. SLA is an international association of information professionals with members in dozens of countries, including Canada. The conference program as well as many presentation handouts are (...)

11 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:07
  New Website for Canadian Judicial Council - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Judicial Council recently launched a new website. There are explanations on how the Canadian judiciary works, publications on judicial ethics, as well as summaries of how complaints against federally appointed judges have been handled in the past. The Council is a federal body (...)
• 00:02
  Canadian Human Rights Commission Report on Equality Rights for People With Disabilities - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Commission Human Rights Commission has released a Report on Equality Rights of People with Disabilities. The report compares Canadians with disabilities to those without disabilities across a spectrum of indicators, such as education, employment, economic well-being, health, and housing. (...)

10 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 03:03
  U.S. Supreme Court 2011-2012 Term Highlights - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell Law School has posted an article outlining the major decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States for the 2011-2012 term. From the introduction: "The 2011-2012 Supreme Court Term marks the first time in three years that there was not a new (...)

8 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:24
  Annual Report of the Nova Scotia Law Reform Commission - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia has released its 2012 annual report covering its activities for the period of April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012. The Commission's job is to review the laws of Nova Scotia and to make recommendations for improvement, modernization and reform. This may (...)
• 01:17
  Quebec Gazette Now Available for Free Online - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
• 01:11
  CanLII Video Tutorials - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

6 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:20
  Canadian Bar Association Administers Proust Questionnaire to Eugene Meehan, Q.C - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  In the July 2012 issue of Intra Vires, the newsletter of the administrative law section of the Canadian Bar Association, Eugene Meehan, Q.C. answers a modified version of the Proust Questionnaire: "Welcome to our version of the Proust Questionnaire, a form of interview which is designed to (...)

5 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:06
  July 2012 Issue of Quebec Bar Association Journal - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The July 2012 issue of the Journal du Barreau, the monthly publication of the Quebec Bar Association is available online. Among other things, it includes extensive coverage of the Association's recent annual meeting in Quebec City. Material is in (...)

4 juillet

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:38
  June 2012 Issue of Legal Information Management on Sports Law - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The most recent issue of Legal Information Management, a journal of the British and Irish Association of Law Libraries, is devoted to the Olympics and sports law. From the editorial: "The opening article, by Jack Anderson of Queens' University Belfast, defines the subject of sports law and (...)
• 01:12
  Library of Parliament Publication on Proposed Federal Securities Regulator - Part 2 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  This is a follow-up to the Library Boy post of June 19, 2012 entitled Library of Parliament Publication on Proposed Federal Securities Regulator. The Library of Parliament recently published the second part of its document on federal securities law, Proposed Federal Securities Regulator 2. (...)

30 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 22:50
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of June 16-30, 2012 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information only." (...)

29 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 04:09
  Canadian Association of Research Libraries E-lert for Jume 29, 2012 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) publishes a weekly E-lert, a current awareness bulletin that links to material on "research, innovation, scholarly publishing, scholarly communication, scholarly journals, electronic journals, copyright and access to published government (...)

28 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:29
  July 2012 Issue of AALL Spectrum Available - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The July 2012 issue of AALL Spectrum, the monthly publication of the American Association of Law Libraries, is now available. It contains a few articles about library marketing and promotion that might interest readers in a time of austerity: Public Relations: Marketing Through the Ordinary . (...)
• 01:23
  June 2012 Issue of Connected Bulletin on Courts and Social Media - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The June 2012 issue of Connected is available online. The bulletin covers news about the impact of new social media on the courts. It is published by the Virginia-based National Center for State Courts and the Conference of Court Public Information Officers. Most of the stories are about the (...)

26 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 18:35
  New Case Database for European Court of Human Rights - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The European Court of Human Rights has launched a new version of HUDOC, its database of case-law. The new interface is intended to be more intuitive and to allow for easier filtering of search results by various facets such as country, relevant article of the European Convention of Human (...)

23 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 18:31
  English Law Commission Annual Report 2011/12 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The most recent annual report of the Law Commission of England is now available. The report includes highlights of the past year's work. In particular, the Commission saw two pieces of legislation that derive from its work reach the statute book: the Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule (...)
• 18:15
  Canadian Library Association 2012 Conference Materials - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Canadian Library Association recently held its 2012 annual conference in Ottawa. Many of the presenters have provided materials from their sessions, including PowerPoint slideshows, handouts, resource lists. Additional presentations will be added to the page as they are (...)

22 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:24
  Updated European Court of Human Rights Factsheets - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has published a series of Factsheets that describe important jurisprudence of the institution on a number of subjects. The ECHR recently updated its Factsheets on hate speech,the treatment of the Roma minority, and child protection. The (...)

21 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:08
  Slaw.ca Adds New Group of Intellectual Property Columnists - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The online law blog/magazine Slaw.ca has announced that it is adding a new group of intellectual property columnists. The new writers come from a range of law firms as well as from the University of Toronto.

20 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:47
  Library of Parliament Publication on Proposed Federal Securities Regulator - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently made available a new publication entitled Proposed Federal Securities Regulator - 1. Economic Aspects: "Over the years, a number of interests have promoted the creation of a federal securities regulator. Others, while working towards a greater harmonization of (...)
• 00:39
  Quebec Bar Association Annual Meeting Presentations Available - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

19 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:31
  Annual Report of the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Mario Dion, the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada, tabled his 2012-2012 annual report last week in the Canadian Senate. The role of the Commissioner is to investigate: disclosures of wrongdoing in the federal public sector from public servants or members of the public; and (...)

17 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 20:48
  June 2012 Issue of Information Technology and Libraries - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The June 2012 issue of Information Technology and Libraries is available. Since March 2012, it is been an open access, e-only publication. I find the following articles of particular interest: Resource Discovery: Comparative Survey Results on Two Catalog Interfaces: "Like many libraries, the (...)
• 20:37
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of June 1-15, 2012 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information only." (...)

15 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 02:47
  May 2012 Issue of Connected Bulletin on Social Media and the Courts - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The May 2012 issue of Connected is available online. The bulletin covers news about the impact of new social media on the courts. It is published by the Virginia-based National Center for State Courts and the Conference of Court Public Information Officers. According to the inaugural April 2011 (...)

13 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 23:52
  Law Society of Upper Canada Launches Family Law Site for General Public - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Law Society of Upper Canada has launched Your Law: Family Law in Ontario, a site that contains free legal information about child custody and access: "Are you considering separating or divorcing from your spouse? Are you concerned about what will happen to your children after the break up? (...)
• 23:47
  Community Legal Education Ontario Launches Podcast Series - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) has launched a series of podcasts that people can subscribe to for free via iTunes. So far, the available episodes deal with: telephone and mail agreementsdomestic disputesviolence against womenhousing law in Ontarioimmigrationphone (...)
• 02:51
  National Post Series on Ontario's Crowded Justice System - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The National Post newspaper has published a three-part series on the challenges facing the court system in the province of Ontario: Courting disaster? The long, long wait for justice in Ontario (June 9, 2012): "Despite efforts by the provincial Ministry of the Attorney-General to speed up the (...)
• 02:42
  Survey on Law Libraries Dropping Vendors - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Private Law Libraries (PLL) and Knowledge Management Special Interest Groups of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries are jointly carrying out a survey. The aim of this survey is to find out how many law libraries have switched (or are planning to switch) to having only one of (...)

8 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:17
  Statistics Canada Report on How Often Police Solve Crimes - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Statistics Canada has published an article in its Juristat publication on Police-reported clearance rates in Canada, 2010. The article shows that police are solving more crimes than in the past. Among the highlights: In 2010, three-quarters of homicides were solved by police. Clearance rates (...)
• 00:06
  Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Titles - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of May 16-31, 2012 is now available on the Court website. The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials from this list, which is provided for information only." (...)

7 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:17
  University of Windsor Law Prof Finds Self-Represented Litigants Going Through "Real Trauma" - Michel-Adrien Library Boy

6 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 00:11
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries: June 15 Deadline for James D. Lang Memorial Scholarship - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  June 15 is the next deadline for applications to the James D. Lang Memorial Scholarship, awarded three times a year by the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL): "The scholarship is designed to support attendance at a continuing education program, be it a workshop, certificate program (...)
• 00:00
  Library of Parliament Research Publication on Prostitution - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament recently updated its research publication on Prostitution in Canada: International Obligations, Federal Law, and Provincial and Municipal Jurisdiction. From the introduction: "Canada's approach to dealing with prostitution beyond its borders and within them is a (...)

5 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 01:49
  Program Announced for 2012 Law Via the Internet Conference - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The list of speakers and presentations has been published for the upcoming Law Via the Internet conference to be held October 7-9, 2012, at Cornell Law School in Ithaca, New York. The Law via the Internet conference is organized by the Legal Information Institutes (LIIs) from different (...)

3 juin

Library Boy http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/

• 22:00
  Ten-Country Comparison of Government Access to Cloud Data - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The law firm Hogan Lovells recently released a white paper providing an analysis across ten jurisdictions of government access to data stored in the cloud. The paper was written by Christopher Wolf, co-director of Hogan Lovells' Privacy and Information Management practice, and Paris Office (...)
• 21:31
  May 2012 Issue of Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World newsletter, published by Library and Archives Canada (LAC), highlights issues pertaining to government and recordkeeping practices in the public and private sector. The May 2012 issue has just been published on the LAC website. It includes: news (...)
• 21:21
  Library of Parliament Legislative Summary of Protecting Canada's Seniors Act - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  The Library of Parliament has made available its legislative summary of Bill C-36: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (Elder Abuse): "Bill C-36, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (elder abuse) (short title: Protecting Canada's Seniors Act), was introduced in the House of Commons on 15 March (...)
• 21:11
  Adult Criminal Court Statistics in Canada, 2010/2011 - Michel-Adrien Library Boy
  Last week, Statistics Canada published an article in its publication Juristat entitled Adult criminal court statistics in Canada, 2010/2011: " ... this Juristat article presents information on the characteristics of criminal court cases involving adults (18 years and older). More specifically, (...)