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Winter issue of of UB Law Links now available

The Law School has released a new (Winter) issue of UB Law Links, the Law School's e-mail newsletter. This issue can be found at:
http://law.buffalo.edu/ublawlinks/02-2007

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State of New York to Require Agencies to Webcast Meetings

This is from today's NY Supreme Court Criminal Term Library blog (an excellent source for NY legal news):

Source: Government Technology Executive News, February 28, 2007.

February 27, 2007 News Release

"New York State Gov. Eliot Spitzer's Executive Order Number Three requires that each state agency and public authority shall, by March 1, 'Submit to the secretary to the governor a plan that: (a) identifies all meetings of such agency or authority that are subject to the Open Meetings Law; and (b) specifies a timetable for ensuring that all such meetings are broadcast on the Internet.' The order contains provisions for exemption, but other than that: 'All agency and authority meetings that are subject to the Open Meetings Law shall be broadcast on the Internet commencing no later than July 1, 2007. Every agency and public authority shall submit a report to the secretary to the governor by December 31, 2007, setting forth the number of meetings webcast during the prior year, together with a summary of any comments received from the public regarding the webcasting, and any recommendations for changes or improvements to the program.' "

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Marilyn L. Haas Collection

In July 2001 the Law Library purchased a private collection of books and materials on the Haudenosaunee - People of the Longhouse, known to non-Indians as the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy. Marilyn was a member of the University Libraries faculty at the University at Buffalo from 1967 to 1992. As a Reference Librarian in Lockwood Library, she developed an expertise in American Indian sources. (more)

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Howard R. Berman Collection: Books and Papers

The Howard R. Berman Collection collection was received from Howard’s estate in 1997. Books may be identified by doing an EXPERT search, “wcl=LARCH and wrd=Berman", in the Libraries online catalog.

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Seneca Nation Land Claims Records

We recently received from Peter Sullivan of the New York Attorney General’s Office seven large boxes of records from the Seneca land claims cases. The collection includes official court filings and decisions, expert reports and maps, and background research materials prepared during the New York Attorney General’s defense of the Grand Island and Oil Springs Reservation land claims. Included in Series III is a microfilm copy of the Paul G. Reilly Collection held at Butler Library, State University of New York College at Buffalo. While this collection does not represent a complete record, it is a rich historical resource.

Link to Seneca Nation Land Claims Records finding aid

Posted on behalf of Karen Spencer, Archives & Special Collections Librarian

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New York Minute

Nicole Black, the queen of Western New York law bloggers at Sui Generis, has just introduced a new occasional feature, "A New York Minute." Nicole says "It will feature a short video clip of yours truly and I'll be commenting on interesting New York legal happenings from the past week and perhaps highlighting an entertaining law-related tidbit not yet discussed on Sui Generis." See the first entry here.

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Milles Interviewed about YouTube

Law Library director Jim Milles was interviewed by WIVB reporter Alysha Palumbo for a story about the use of YouTube in criminal investigations. A transcript and video of The Internet as Investigative Tool is available online at http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=6044851&nav=menu41_1

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New Law Library Databases

New Law Library Databases 

Gale's Eighteenth Century Collection Online - Law Module

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New Law Library blog

The Law Library has started a new blog, utilizing the University Libraries software. This blog will eventually replace the existing ublaw phoenix blog.

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