Ballad in Plain E

The 2008 edition of the Canadian Law Blog Awards (CLawBies) is off to a great start – check out the growing list of blogged nominations at Steve Matthews’ Vancouver Law Librarian Blog.

I approach the nominations from the point of view of a law firm library technician.  The heavyweights that have already been nominated multiple times (Slaw, Law21, Library Boy, etc.) are all must-reads, but I wanted to focus on some other blogs that are just as deserving of some recognition.

So, without further ado, here are my 2008 CLawBie nominations!

1) I had to laugh (and feel honoured) when I looked at my feed reader earlier today and saw that Karen Sawatzky of Library Technician Dialog had nominated Ballad in Plain E, because I’m also nominating her! Karen and Brenda Wong are both law library technicians who write on a variety of topics and themes, not always law-specific, but always thoughtful and relevant. (Karen and I both work at Winnipeg law firms and I think we may be the only two legal bloggers in the province. We’d sure love to see some Manitoba lawyers start blogging – it’s a small market, but there’s definitely a need for more Manitoba commentary.)

2) Law & Style, which has both fun and helpful content, but I chose mainly because of the infinitely helpful “Wednesday Roundup”. (For those of you who don’t know about the Wednesday Roundup, it’s a summary of – and direct links to – the content featured in the Globe & Mail’s Law Page and the National Post’s Legal Post.) If you hear about it in the elevator, chances are it’s in the Wednesday Roundup – this quick & dirty way to find out what people are talking about is a law librarian’s secret weapon! (On a related note, I sure miss the old, deliciously snarky Fashionista!)

3)  I’m going to second Connie’s motion for a nomination for Steve (full disclosure: I work for Stem Legal, but have no role in the CLawBies). He was a big part of the reason I started blogging and his Law Firm Web Strategy blog consistently offers practical, timely, and down-to-earthy guidance on, well, web strategies for law firms and lawyers. I think Steve’s blogs (Law Firm Web Strategy and Vancouver Law Librarian Blog) have done so well because of his sense of humour and cut-to-the-chase style and tone. I know he won’t consider his own blogs for the CLawBies, but I also know I’m not alone in wanting to recognize his significant contributions to the Canadian legal blogosphere.

That’s it for me; who will you nominate?

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