Have you registered yet for the 4th Northeast Regional Law Libraries Meeting (NE2007)?? Time is running out!

Our theme is Libraries Without Borders 2, and it is gearing up to be THE outstanding law library learning, networking, must-attend event for 2007. Just a few of the many highlights:

• A grand opening reception at the Legislative Building at Queen’s Park. This is home to the Ontario Legislative Assembly, and an impressive building built in 1893, surrounded by park and University of Toronto campus.
• Keynote by Michael Ignatieff, internationally renowned academic, journalist, commentator, intellectual, and specialist in human rights

To complement our current column by Kelly Friedman on E-Discovery, I thought I’d point folks to a primer on that topic by NASCIO (National Association of State CIO’s), “Seek and Ye Shall Find? State CIOs Must Prepare Now for E-Discovery” [PDF]. The brief closes with this observation:

Since e-discovery efforts hold promise for serving as a strong motivating force for state records management and digital preservation initiatives, NASCIO will address in a forthcoming Research Brief ways in which State CIOs can start and move forward records management and digital preservation initiatives while improving the states’ ability to deal with e-discovery