[LAW-LIB:58411] Re: All CRS reports (up till now) freely available

From: Renee Rastorfer (rrastorfer@mac.com)
Date: Thu Mar 05 2009 - 08:22:33 PST

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    As you all know, the CRS are an amazingly rich source of research on the many issues congress has considered - and we've already paid for it!

    So just FYI:

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    >>>> On 3/5/2009 at 8:10 AM, in message <5A1348EE09195A48874E9DF562FAA64464C53F@its-exch2k3be1.FAMU.EDU>, "Anderson, Lorelle" <lorelle.anderson@famu.edu> wrote:
    >Happy Thursday, all! I found out this morning that all CRS reports up till now are freely and legally available to be downloaded. https://secure.wikileaks.org/wiki/Congressional_Research_Service
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    >They have been sent to Open CRS (http://opencrs.com) for hosting. Will any of you add these to your catalogs? If so, do you plan to print and bind them, or link to the site?
    >
    >I'd be very interested to see what effect this has on the effort to make CRS reports available to the public going forward.
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    >
    >Lorelle Anderson
    >Assistant Director for Public Services
    >FAMU College of Law Library
    >201 Beggs Ave.
    >Orlando, FL 32801
    >(407) 254-3288
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