The Guardian – Musician Cosmo Sheldrake is on a mission to highlight the loss of UK birdlife with an album of avian chatter: “…Birds live on a different time axis,” says 30-year-old Sheldrake. “There’s a spectrum of relationships with time – we look at birds and think they’re very ‘other’, but when you slow their… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2020
A Great Wave of Hokusai Drawings Resurfaced at the British Museum
Atlas Obscura – “In 1829, when the celebrated Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai was almost 70 years old, he created more than 100 drawings of a dazzling array of subjects: playful cats, serene landscapes, even severed heads. Hokusai’s fame continued to grow after his death in 1849, and the suite of small, elaborate drawings was last… Continue Reading
The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor
CRS Report – The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor, Updated December 7, 2020: “Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution set sa term of office of two years for all Members of the House. One House ends at the conclusion of each two-year Congress, and the… Continue Reading
One-quarter of the world may not get a Covid-19 vaccine until 2022
Stat -“As wealthy governments race to lock in supplies of Covid-19 vaccines, nearly a quarter of the world’s population — mostly in low and middle-income countries — will not have access to a shot until 2022, according to a new analysis. As of mid-November, high income countries, including the European Union bloc, reserved 51% of… Continue Reading
After Searching for a Decade, Legendary Hollywood Research Library Finds a New Home
Internet Archive Blogs: “Need to know what an Igloo really looks like? How about a Siberian hut? Or the inside of a 15th Century jail? For 50 years in Hollywood, generations of filmmakers would beat a path to the Michelson Cinema Research Library, where renowned film researcher Lillian Michelson could hunt down the answer to… Continue Reading
Most Republicans Approve of Trump’s Post-election Messaging, but About a Third Say It Has Been Wrong
Partisans differ on whether social media companies’ decisions had a major impact on the election – “In this starkly atypical year, the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election has been similarly out of the ordinary – with President Donald Trump thus far refusing to concede to President-elect Joe Biden (as of publication on Dec. 15). But a new… Continue Reading
What’s Fauci Reading? We Take Another Look at Celebrity Bookshelves
The New York Times – “This year is finally coming to an end, so here is one last peek at the books behind Chris Rock, Jeff Bezos, Jemele Hill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and more. As 2020 winds down and we look back at our pandemic year, it’s possible, through the murk of loneliness and illness, to… Continue Reading
CI Takes Time
Via LLRX – CI Takes Time – Research Attorney Caren Zentner Luckie discusses the many aspects of competitive intelligence and business development, importantly stating that it takes time to perform the work, and it takes even more time to learn which sources to use to find the information. She notes that CI also takes money to… Continue Reading
The Value of an Academic Law Library in the 21st Century
Klinefelter, Anne, The Value of an Academic Law Library in the 21st Century (2020). pp. 3-20, in ACADEMIC LAW LIBRARIES WITHIN THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF LEGAL EDUCATION: A PRIMER FOR DEANS AND PROVOSTS, (Joan S. Howland, Michelle Wu, Ronald E. Wheeler, and Scott Pagel, eds., Hein, American Association of Law Libraries Publication Series #84, 2020,… Continue Reading
2021 Predictions: The Market View
Artificial Lawyer: “What a year it has been! Even beyond the impacts of the pandemic there have been plenty of significant changes in the legal tech sector and across the legal world as a whole. But what of next year? What will 2021 bring? Artificial Lawyer asked a range of experts what they think will… Continue Reading
Research Guides in Focus – Guide to Law Online: U.S. States and Territories
In Custodia Legis: “This is a guest post by senior legal reference librarian Emily Carr. The Law Library of Congress is pleased to announce the launch of a redesigned Guide to Law Online: U.S. States and Territories at its new Library of Congress Research Guides location. This project originally started in 1999 as an outgrowth… Continue Reading
7 Websites to Find Beautifully Bound Books You Would Love to Own
MakeUseOf: “A book can be an object of desire. Here are some of the best sites for books that are beautifully designed and bound.Books stacked on a bookshelf horizontally and vertically Whether it’s the style of the cover illustration, the material of the binding, or the staggering attention to detail, a beautifully bound book can… Continue Reading
