http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/index.html The Maryland State Law Library provides legal information to the State's appellate courts and other branches of State government and serves as a resource center for Circuit Court libraries throughout the State. We are open to the public, and we encourage the use of the Library's many resources, including laws, general reference materials, state and federal government documents, and state and local histories. en-us mirabyte Feed Writer Outreach Services has updated the Master List of Superseded Volumes of Michie’s Annotated Code of Maryland. This list was compiled by cross-checking the collection of the Maryland State Law Library against the list provided in "Pimsleur’s Checklists: Basic American Legal Publications." Updated volumes are highlighted in bold type. http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/researchtools/guides/mdsupersededcodes2009.pdf Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:51:26 -0500 The MSLL's Outreach Services has updated the Library's list of Maryland Recommended Treatises. The list is arranged by topic including: Administrative Law, Appellate Procedure, Civil Procedure, Elder Law, Evidence, Family Law, Mediation, and Torts. http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/audiences/cclib/rectreatisesmd2009.pdf Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:17:33 -0500 H. W. Wilson's version of "Index To Legal Periodicals" now includes the ability to listen to many articles. Their ReadSpeaker tool converts the databases' HTML full-text articles into MP3 audio files. You can pick a male or female voice. The quality is good. It does read the abbreviation "No." as the word "No" but overall the voice quality is quite good. In the most recent issue of the Library's newsletter Findings, Steve Anderson, the Library's director, discusses how library staff works to connect people with resources. http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/aboutus/findings/findings2009q3.html#1 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:29:46 -0500 It is not done yet, but many issues of the Baltimore Sun from 1837 to 1985 are now available online at the Library. For a list of available issues see the "Issues currently available" link at http://tinyurl.com/nqxm5u. http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/researchtools/databases.html#News Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:13:18 -0500 The Fall/Winter 2009 issue of the Georgetown Law Alumni Magazine includes an excellent article on the Chesapeake Project, "a digital preservation effort spearheaded by the Georgetown Law Library in conjunction with the state law libraries of Maryland and Virginia. http://tinyurl.com/yep6bf8 Thu, 8 Oct 2009 17:39:31 -0500 Need an unreported opinion, section of a superseded code, or chapter from a treatise? Just fill out our Document Delivery Request Form or call 410-260-1430. The cost per page is 50 cents and the Library accepts both Visa and MasterCard. http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/services/documentdelivery.html Tue, 6 Oct 2009 01:43:43 -0500 The library recently received two new photocopiers with lots of great new features including: a color copy option, a feeder for making large numbers of copies, and the ability to save "copied" material to a USB flash drive. The price is unchanged at 25 cents per page. There is currently no charge for saving materials to a USB flash drive. http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/aboutus/whatsnew.html Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:21:03 -0500 The Maryland People's Law Library at http://www.peoples-law.org/housing/ltenant/llt.html is a great source for information on Maryland Landlord Tenant Law. The side includes easy to understand explanations, links to forms and the Maryland Code. http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/aboutus/whatsnew.html Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:11:55 -0500 MSLL has bill files from 1976 until 1996/1997. http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/aboutus/whatsnew.html Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:26:42 -0500