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HeinOnline will be offering a free webinar on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 from 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m EDT.  This webinar will focus on using and searching HeinOnline’s Law Journal library. Topics to be covered include:

1. How to quickly pull up a journal article when you have a citation.
2. How to search for a journal article by article name
3. How to search for articles written by a specific author
4. Browsing or searching by subject, state, or country
5. Overview of Indexes and Finding Aids available
6. How to use the full power of Hein’s ScholarCheck tool to connect citations and view citation analysis
7. Finding coverage information for a journal title
8. And more!

Go to https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/760984123 to register.

The Utah State Law Library offers free HeinOnline access to all state employees from their work desktops at http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Welcome. Contact them at 801-238-7990 or library@email.utcourts.gov for more information.

The Utah State Law Library will mark National Library Week, April 12 through April 18, by hosting classes and tours.  More information is available on the Utah State Law Library blog.

For three years, the Division of Administrative Rules has been monitoring the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws process for revising the Model State Administrative Procedures Act. That process is scheduled to be complete by Summer 2009.

The following notice is provided by Commissioner Francis J. Pavetti, Chair of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws Model State Administrative Procedure Act Drafting Committee.

The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) is revising its Model State Administrative Procedure Act (MSAPA). NCCUSL invites organizations and individuals interested in state administrative agency processes to participate in this effort.

NCCUSL is a 117 year old national organization of lawyers, judges and law professors who are appointed to represent their states in drafting and seeking enactment of uniform laws to facilitate commerce and certainty in the law among the states. For more information about NCCUSL, visit http://www.nccusl.org/.

The goal of the MSAPA drafting committee is to make the administrative process more efficient, accessible and fair. The most recent draft of MSAPA is available at http://www.nccusl.org/Update/CommitteeSearchResults.aspx?committee=234. The drafting process will not be completed until the spring of 2009. The MSAPA drafting committee invites interested parties to attend committee meetings as an observer and make comments and suggestions at the meetings or by submitting them in writing. To become an observer, please contact Ms. Leang Sou at NCCUSL at (312) 915-0488 or at leang.sou@nccusl.org . Submit written comments about the MSAPA to Commissioner Francis J. Pavetti, 18 The Strand, Goshen Point, Waterford, CT 06385.

Utah agencies who have questions about the MSAPA may contact Ken Hansen (801-538-3777).

State Senator Ed Mayne passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2007. Among his many contributions, Sen. Mayne served as a member of the Administrative Rules Review Committee since 1999. Sen. Mayne will be missed for his voice of reason, his passion, and his ability to engage is often heated, but always civil, discussions about the issues. He always demonstrated respect for others, even those with whom he disagreed. He will be sorely missed.

Jessica Van Buren, State Law Librarian, indicates that the state’s HeinOnline subscription now includes the U.S. Congressional Documents library. This provides state agencies with access to the:

• Congressional Record (1873-1889 and 1992-2003, with more added each month),
• Annals of Congress,
• Register of Debates,
• Congressional Globe,
• American State Papers,
• Journals of the Continental Congress, and
• Territorial Papers of the United States.

Starting December 1, the state will also have access to the Federal Agency Decisions collection, which includes Comptroller General, Copyright, Patents, FCC, FTC, IRS Cumulative Bulletin, Interstate Commerce Acts, NLRB, NRC, SEC, Tax Court Reports, and Board of Tax Appeals.

These libraries are in addition to the law journal, U.S. Statutes at Large, CFR, Federal Register, U.S. treaties, legal classics and other libraries to which state agencies already have access.

State employees can access HeinOnline from their desktops at http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Welcome.

Thanks to the State Law Library, with assistance from the State Library, for access to this legal resource.

Agencies that reference Federal Registers, Supreme Court decisions, treaties, or law journals now have access to a valuable resource. The Utah State Law Library (formerly referred to as the Supreme Court Law Library) has announced desktop access to HeinOnline, a legal research database, for Utah state agencies.

To use the service, state employees must access HeinOnline from a computer with a state-assigned IP address. Access HeinOnline at http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Welcome.

The HeinOnline subscription includes:

• Law Journal Library, with access to more than 900 American, international, and non-U.S. legal periodicals. Most journal coverage begins with v.1 and is within a volume of the most current. By comparison, Lexis and Westlaw coverage generally starts in the mid-1980s.
• Treaties and Agreements Library, which includes all U.S. treaties and agreements in force and expired, in addition to explanatory materials.
• Federal Register Library, which includes the Federal Register (1936- ), Code of Federal Regulations (1938-1983), Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (1965- ), and U.S. Government Manual (1935- ).
• U.S. Supreme Court Library which includes the U.S. Reports (v.1- ) as well as books and journals about the court.
• U. S. Attorney General Opinions Library which includes the Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States (1791-1982) and the Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice (1977-1996).
• U.S. Federal History Library which provides complete legislative histories of dozens of major federal acts.
• U.S. Statutes at Large Library which provides coverage from the beginning of the set, v.1, through v.118 (1789-2004).
• Presidential Library which includes assorted compilations of the papers of the presidents (1896-2001), as well as Title 3 of the CFR (1936-2001).
• Legal Classics Library which includes hundreds of historical American legal treatises.

All documents are fully searchable PDF images, which include all charts, graphs and photos appearing in the original.

Visit the HeinOnline website at http://www.heinonline.org/ and select “Titles Currently Available or in Production” for a complete list of available resources.

Please contact Jessica Van Buren at the Utah State Law Library if you are prompted for a user name and password. You can reach her at 801-238-7991 or jessicavb “at” email.utcourts.gov.

Kudos and thank you to the State Law Library for making this important reference resource available.