LISNews: Librarian News

Joe Hodnicki writes "Claire Germain, Edward Cornell Law Librarian and a Cornell Law School professor of law, was awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur medal, France's highest honor. See http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blo g/2007/07/cornell-law-l-2.html"

Gerard E. Dempsey and Janet N. Petsche Say the past few years have witnessed an increasing number of "employment discrimination" cases that formerly might have been viewed as extreme instances of individuals seeking to impose their personal choices on their employers, but that now are characterized as violating the employee's "protected" characteristics. This article will look at three areas: "tattoos," "body piercing," and general physical appearance.

Joe Hodnicki writes "Potentially systemic error: a proposed rule does not become a final rule, KeyCite begins to tag it as a "Former Proposed Regulation", even if it is still pending! Scary. See Here's More"

Joe Hodnicki writes "The oddest law books poll is based on nominations from law librarians, law profs and one law school dean but you don't have to fit one of those categories to vote! Place your vote at http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blo g/2007/04/vote_for_the_od.html"