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                                                InSITE

                                            Vol. 15, No. 2

                                    A Service of the Cornell Law Library

                                          Cornell University
                                          Ithaca, New York

                                          September 14, 2009

                                            ISSN 1521-9046

Welcome to InSITE-L, an extension of Cornell Law Library's
current awareness service, InSITE. InSITE highlights
selected law-related Web sites in two ways: as an annotated
publication issued electronically and in print; and, as a
keyword-searchable database. The law librarians at Cornell
evaluate potentially useful Web sites, select the most
valuable ones, and provide commentary and subject access to
them. This information can be accessed via the channels below,
in addition to this mailing list:

1. Searchable database or by browsing current and archived
                  issues on the web:

            InSITE home page:
( http://library2.lawschool.cornell.edu/insiteasp/ )

2. RSS feed:
(http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawlibrary/insiteasp/public/rss.asp )


3. Print format for the Cornell Law School community.
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Copyright Advisory Network
http://librarycopyright.net/wordpress/

Sponsored by the American Library Association
Office for Information Technology Policy, the
Copyright Advisory Network provides a forum in
which librarians may convene with copyright
experts to share dialogue concerning questions,
concerns, feedback and advice regarding copyright
issues.  The Network’s home page opens directly
to a blog that features one or two entries per
month about timely issues in copyright law that
are relevant to libraries.  Previous entries are
archived by date and category, an RSS feed is
available, and a simple, well functioning search
engine also provides access.  In addition to the
blog, a Q & A Forum is available in bulletin
board format.  Registration is required, but only
a username and an email address are
necessary.  Identification is not verified,
comments are not monitored, and contributions may
be posted anonymously in the interest of
preserving the value of an open forum.  Attempts
are made to answer all questions, but as the
forum is principally designed for use by
librarians, priority is given to copyright
matters related to libraries.  The forum
currently has nearly 5700 registered users who
have discussed almost 600 topics.  The site
further provides a wiki page containing a large
compilation of copyright law resources, including
links to sources of primary law, resources for
those teaching copyright law, links to
information pertaining to library services and
copyright, licensing and permissions, and much
more.  A more sophisticated search engine is
available for the discussion forum.  Another
excellent feature of this site are the copyright
tools that are designed to help librarians
retrieve answers regarding copyright law at a
glance.  For example, the “Public Domain Slider”
allows users to select a date of publication from
a scale and thereby determine at a glance whether
a work is protected by copyright and for how
long.  Another example is the “Section 108
Spinner” which allows users to determine, with a
spin and a glance, what kinds of copies libraries
are allowed to make in various
circumstances.  Other equally useful tools
include the “Exceptions for Instructors eTool”
and the “Fair Use Evaluator.”  Users are welcomed
to provide feedback regarding the technical
functionality and legal accuracy of the tools. [AE]


New Zealand Legal Information Institute
http://www.nzlii.org/

Legal information institutes world-wide are
fundamental in providing researchers, whether
lawyers or the general public, free access to the
law of many countries.  Another in the great
tradition of these entities, the New Zealand
Legal Information Institute (NZLII) is based on
the World Legal Information Institute and its
Australasian counterpart.  NZLII is a joint
project of the Australasian LII, and the
University of Otago and Victoria University of
Wellington Faculties of Law.  The NZLII makes
available a wealth of New Zealand legal
materials, including case law, legislation, law
journals, and treaties.  The case law collection
includes opinions from the Maori courts, the New
Zealand Employment Court, and the Intellectual
Property Office.  Depending upon the court,
opinions date from the early 2000s, the mid
1990s, or as far back as the 1950s.  The
collection of acts is comprehensive and extends
back to the 18th century.  For example, the Act
of Settlement of 1700 is available to users.  The
New Zealand Treaty Series is available covering
the years 1944 to 2004.  These documents are made
available in PDF.  Overall, the site is a
convenient resource for New Zealand law. [MM]


NFHA: National Fair Housing Alliance
http://www.nationalfairhousing.org/

The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) is a
consortium of more than 220 entities who share
the common goal of eliminating housing
discrimination in the United States.  Based in
Washington, D.C., NFHA has dedicated itself to
being “the voice of fair housing” through
leadership, education, outreach, membership
services, public policy initiatives, advocacy and
enforcement since 1988.  NFHA’s work is based on
the premise that protecting one’s individual
right to equal housing opportunity serves also to
protect the American dream in all its forms,
including access to a variety of employment
options for oneself and a quality education for
one’s children.  Among NFHA’s many programs are
education and outreach services through which
they strive to educate the housing industry and
the general public alike about fair housing laws
pertaining to renting, purchasing, financing and
insuring homes.  NFHA also provides enforcement
of fair housing laws through investigation and,
where necessary, litigation.  In addition, NFHA
is active in the development of public policy by
providing resources and testimony to Congress,
state legislatures, and state and local
administrative agencies.  The Fair Housing
Resources tab located at the top of the web page
is most helpful to researchers.  It provides a
well-organized and easy-to-navigate page replete
with links to copies of fair housing statutes,
committee reports, precedent-setting cases,
regulations, HUD memos, NFHA’s own trends
reports, and many other resources, many of which
are available in PDF format.  The site also
offers a search feature, but it functions much
better for retrieving fair housing news, event
information and contact information than for
research purposes.  Instead, a more successful
approach would be to directly visit the Resource
tab and select from the headings
provided.  NFHA’s resources are freely available
and are intended to be of assistance to anyone
seeking a clearer understanding of fair housing
laws, including individuals, organizations and governmental offices. [AE]

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InSITE contributors: A. Emerson, M. Morrison, J. Pajerek (editor)

The contents of this publication and any
recommendations therein are the opinions of the
authors and do not reflect the views of Cornell University.

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