BIALL HAS AN OPL GROUP ON LINKEDIN

The British and Irish Association of Law Libraries has set up a group on LinkedIn just for solo librarians. Great idea!

URL: http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/1811987/

And don't forget to check their website/blog at http://biallsolos-omb.blogspot.com/

LOOKING FOR UK OR IRISH BLOGS?

Peter Marshall [University of East London, UK] has compiled a non-exhaustive list of blogs in the UK and Ireland. He calls it “a snapshot of the sort of things that librarians are doing with blogs in 2008.” It is published in SCONUL Focus (Society of College, National, and University Libraries) (43):7-15, Spring 2008.

URL: http://www.sconul.ac.uk/publications/newsletter/43/3.pdf

PUBLIC LIBRARY BLOGS: 252 EXAMPLES, BY WALT CRAWFORD

Walt Crawford has self-published a new book, Public Library Blogs: 252 Examples. From the description: “The 299-page paperback features descriptions and sample posts for a wide range of blogs from 196 public libraries of all sizes, in the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand. If your library is considering a blog, this book should help you find blogs from comparable libraries to consider as examples. If your library has a blog and is considering more (or revising the ones you have), this book should help you find interesting examples--the public library blogging community is remarkably diverse!"

To order the book:
Cites & Insights Books store at Lulu.com: printed on 60lb. cream book stock, http://www.lulu.com/content/1117701
After 14 September, from Amazon.com, ISBN 978-1434805591

SEARCH ENGINE FOR LAW FIRM NEWSLETTERS

Linex Legal is a new search engine that allows you to search the newsletters put out by "over 1,000 leading law firms and government organisations" in in ten countries: Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK, and the USA. Specialty areas include: product liability, international arbitration and mediation, employment, health and safety, pensions, property, planning and construction, and European Competition law.

This looks to be a very useful and unique tool--and it is free.

URL: http://www.linexlegal.com

BLAWG (Legal Blog) DIRECTORIES

Australian Law Blogs: mostly IP related, but there are others, URL: http://www.djacobson.com/australian_law_blogs/

InfoLaw: mostly UK, but some from Ireland, by type of law, directories, job blawgs, newsfeeds, URL: http://www.infolaw.co.uk/lawfinder/browse_type.asp?typ=Blogs

BlawgSearch: lists the most popular, by categories, recent posts, etc. URL: http://blawgsearch.justia.com/

Law Library Blogs and Blogs by Law Librarians or Law Library Associations, from the University of Wisconsin Law Library, includes 113 blogs with sponsoring library or association, very current, URL: http://library.law.wisc.edu/wisblawg/blogslistpublic.htm

Blawg.com newly updated, lists in same categories as BlawgSearch, URL:http://www.blawg.com

Observatory of the Legal Blogosphere: from Portugal, links to law-related blogs in many languages and from many countries, URL: http://www.estig.ipbeja.pt/%7Eobsblogjur/homepageeng.html

Juriblogs: directory of French-language blawgs, URL: http://juriblogs.juridiconline.com/

Blogs juridiques: list on international law portal, Droit, URL: http://droit.francophonie.org/df-web/listeRessources.do?categoryId=89

Thanks to Michel-Adrien Sheppard (Library Boy, Supreme Court of Canada) for this information. (http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/2007/04/australian-blawg-directory.html)