Molly Ivins would be 70 yesterday

Here is a great speech at Tulane a few years ago.

Friday Cat Pix

I'm working at home but there is a lot of sleeping around me.

Sleepyhead

PACER

CRIV blog explains some PACER junk. Love how "upgrades" result in less functionality, fewer resources, more cost.

Love me some Onion

Elderly Lobbyist Always Droning On About How Little Legislation Cost In His Day.

Women's Equality Day

This day commemorates when the 19th Amendment was certified as law, giving women the vote.  In Pathways to Equality you can view more info.

Like Topsy

Topsy has email alerts.  I haven't tried this out yet.

On this day - Washington burned

Interesting post from NARA's Prologue on the 1814 burning of Washington.

Reference book innovator obit

Didn't recognize the name Ruffner but most librarians know Gale.

Use images fairly

Check this chart for the best ways to use images you find on the web.

Friday Cat Pix on Friday!

Here it is. I got a million of 'em.

Rock on, Lil Kitteh

Politifact advice

Fact checking tips here.

Spacey

Here's something about space planning and law firms.

Magna Carta exhibit

The ABA recently opened an exhibit  MAGNA CARTA: ENDURING LEGACY 1215-2015.

Guide to the U. S. Federal Legal System Web-based Public Accessible Sources

There is an update to this guide by Gretchen Feltes, Faculty Services/Reference Librarian at New York University School of Law Library.

Friday Cat Pix

Double D'oh. Maybe it's destined to be Caturday Cat Pix. Here is Lil Kitteh sharing his thoughts.

You forgot again???

NTIS under attack

So they gave a cutesy, smart alecky name to a bill trying to kill NTIS.  Thought they were being smart but totally missed the point.  I was never a fan of the idea of paying for government research reports that you already paid for through taxes, but Congress would never give them money to survive otherwise. And I surely filed enough NTIS microfiche back in the day to make me hate them, but sometimes this was the best way to get your hands on important research studies.

Friday cat pics on Caturday

This is Big Kitteh looking shocked I missed my Cat Pix Friday already. AND it was World Cat Day yesterday.  D'oh!  Maybe I will remember my own routine soon.

Orly?!

Tools for the trade

Gotta love the name of this blog, Swiss Army Librarian, but it has some cool musings too.

Stuff you can't Google

Nice graphic that might help folks understand how much they can miss if they only Google "unsupervised" - here's the Tweet on it.

Google Scholar can teach

Musings About Librarianship had this piece a few weeks ago with Google Scholar tips.

Supreme Court records and briefs

For materials available at LOC, see this guide.

Let's start a new thing!

Friday cat pics  - this will amuse me, anyway.  Here Lil Kitteh is examining some of my books. From the back?  Well, I'm not saying he can read.

I can haz buks?

Indigenous Law Portal

This resource maps American Indian Constitutions and legal materials.