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Duncan Alford, Setting The Bar For Collegiality And Professionalism, Caroline L. Osborne

Law Faculty Scholarship

Duncan E. Alford (1963 – 2023), lawyer, librarian, scholar, colleague. This essay documents the significant contributions our colleague, Duncan E. Alford, University of South Carolina School of Law made to his profession. Professor Alford’s is remembered for his significant contributions.

Demonstrating Law Library Value Through Mission-Centered Assessment, Amanda Watson, Amanda Karel, Amanda Runyon, Leslie Street

All Faculty Scholarship

This paper presents a history of evaluation in U.S. academic law libraries, shares survey results about our collective professional mindset, and offer practical steps for law libraries that are ready to abandon a pervasive culture of evaluation.

2021-2022 Annual Report, Caroline L. Osborne

Law Library Annual Reports and Assessments

No abstract provided.

You Have The Right To Remain Powerless: Deprivation Of Agency By Law Enforcement And The Legal And Carceral Systems, Marco Maldonado, Michael Onah, Jennifer Merrigan

St. John's Law Review

(Excerpt)

The charges against Philadelphia Police Officer Phillip Nordo read like an episode of The Shield. The grand jury presentment, should you have the stomach for it, is closer to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. For over twenty years, Officer Nordo groomed, sexually assaulted, and used crime reward funds to pay off vulnerable men in Philadelphia. Whether in his transport van, prison visiting rooms, or police interrogation rooms, he regularly exploited his unfettered access to and absolute control over vulnerable individuals. Though he was not convicted until 2022, the communities he stalked and preyed upon knew exactly …

2020-2021 Annual Report, Caroline L. Osborne

Law Library Annual Reports and Assessments

No abstract provided.

Law Library Usage For Legal Information Seeking Among The Law Students In Public Sector Universities: An Empirical Study, Jibran Jamshed, Muhammad Kashan Jamshaid, Iram Saleemi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objectives: The primary purpose of this study was to determine the Law Library usage patterns of law students in the public sector universities of Punjab, Pakistan. It analyzed the legal information needs of law students along with the purpose of their visits, availability of services, and major problems faced by law students in the law libraries.

Methodology: This empirical study was conducted while using a survey design. A structured questionnaire was distributed among the participants of the study using a convenience sampling technique. Collected data was analyzed and interpreted through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS V23). …

Spring 2021 Newsletter: The Docket, Emma Wood

Law Library Newsletter

Copy of the Spring 2021 issue of the UMass Law Library Newsletter, The Docket.

2019-2020 Annual Report, Caroline L. Osborne

Law Library Annual Reports and Assessments

No abstract provided.

Roi’S Can Validate Your Library’S Value, Robert H. Hu

Robert Hu

The Return-On-Investment (ROI) rate, when determined and positively proven, may be the most effective tool for marketing a library. ROI is a cost-and-benefit analysis that determines whether money spent on the library produces a positive return. Proving and communicating a library's value to its governing board or constituents is increasingly necessary for law libraries to survive and flourish. A ROI analysis may be difficult to undertake if the library works in a not-for-profit setting, and requires a set of criteria different from those used for libraries in the for-profit setting. Although the ROI is a time-consuming and difficult analysis, libraries …

2018-2019 Annual Report, Caroline L. Osborne

Law Library Annual Reports and Assessments

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Academic Law Library Director Perspectives: Case Studies And Insights, Adeen Postar

Adeen Postar

No abstract provided.

Everything From Soup To Nuts: The Full Plate Of Academic Law Library Directorship, Ronald E. Wheeler

Shorter Faculty Works

Inspired by "A Day in My Law Library Life,' Circa 1997," this compilation collects descriptions of a day in the lives of law librarians in 2018. The descriptions provide a current snapshot and historical record of the law library profession, with similarities to, and differences from, the profession of 1997.

Alexander Campbell King Law Library Strategic Plan, 2018-2019, University Of Georgia Law Library

Strategic Plan Documents

In 2018 a strategic plan emerged from UGA Law Library, having been revised in 2017. This two year plan set a short time frame for guidance due to the expiration of the School of Law's strategic plan from 2009 in 2019. The University of Georgia as a whole was also gearing up for an institution-wide strategic planning push in 2019 to launch in 2020. This 18-19 plan from the library was more succinct than ever before, and in keeping with the previous plan iteration, generated a text version for the website and an infographic-style version for print.

Freeing The Law, Khelani Clay

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

No abstract provided.

Library Budgeting For Law Librarians: A Selected Bibliography, 1965-1986, Dwight B. King

Dwight B. King

This annotated bibliography of selected books and articles published from 1965-1986 lists sources from the general library literature and law librarianship of methods of budget preparation and presentation, library costs and performance measures as they relate to budgeting, and library bookkeeping and budget management.

User Surveys: Libraries Ask, "Hey, How Am I Doing?", Dwight B. King

Dwight B. King

Mr. King offers suggestions on how to create and use surveys effectively to assess the quality of a library.

User Surveys: Libraries Ask, "Hey, How Am I Doing?", Dwight B. King

Dwight B. King

Mr. King offers suggestions on how to create and use surveys effectively to assess the quality of a library.

Library Budgeting For Law Librarians: A Selected Bibliography, 1965-1986, Dwight B. King

Dwight B. King

This annotated bibliography of selected books and articles published from 1965-1986 lists sources from the general library literature and law librarianship of methods of budget preparation and presentation, library costs and performance measures as they relate to budgeting, and library bookkeeping and budget management.

Library Budgeting For Law Librarians: A Selected Bibliography, 1965-1986, Dwight B. King

Dwight B. King

This annotated bibliography of selected books and articles published from 1965-1986 lists sources from the general library literature and law librarianship of methods of budget preparation and presentation, library costs and performance measures as they relate to budgeting, and library bookkeeping and budget management.

User Surveys: Libraries Ask, "Hey, How Am I Doing?", Dwight B. King

Dwight B. King

Mr. King offers suggestions on how to create and use surveys effectively to assess the quality of a library.

Book Review: Academic Law Library Director Perspectives: Case Studies And Insights, Adeen Postar

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Alexander Campbell King Law Library Strategic Plan, 2016-2017, University Of Georgia Law Library

Strategic Plan Documents

Shorter and simpler than the two previous iterations, the University of Georgia Law Library's 2016-2017 strategic plan is a single page. It includes elements from the last version such as mission, vision and values. It still includes goals, but limits them to three and trims the text of each into straight-forward bullet-list objectives including: 1. Services, 2. Resources, and 3. Expertise. This year was also the first that the law library created a counter-part infographic version of their strategic plan. It is attached below as an additional document.

Faced With Crisis: The Importance Of Establishing A Comprehensive Crisis Management Plan, David E. Matchen Jr., Jason Hawkins

All Faculty Scholarship

By now, the story surrounding the death of Baltimore man Freddie Gray while in police custody is common knowledge. A series of protests afterward and emergency responses by state and local governments turned the lives of many of Baltimore’s residents upside-down for more than a week in late April and early May, including the staff at the law libraries at the University of Baltimore School of Law (UB Law) and the Thurgood Marshall Law Library at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (Carey Law). The mood got progressively uglier as the days wore on until, just …

Law Library Blog (August 2015): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

No abstract provided.

Outcomes In The Balance: The Crisis In Legal Education As Catalyst For Change, Beau Steenken

Law Faculty Popular Media

In this article, the author discusses how changes in the legal education market can force legal research teachers to focus their energies on meaningful assessment.

Tribute To Gail Zwirner, Paul Birch

Law Faculty Publications

A tribute to professional law librarian Gail Zwirner on her retirement from the University of Richmond Muse Law Library.

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing: Students, Scholars, And Sources In The Law Library, Jeanne Price

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

Dedication To Dean Timothy L. Coggins: "A Goodbye, And Thank You, To Tim Coggins", W. Clark Williams

Law Faculty Publications

At the close of the 2014-15 academic year, the law school will say goodbye to one of our most valued faculty colleagues and administrative leaders, as Associate Dean for Library and Information Services Timothy Coggins retires. Dean Coggins has made some of the most significant contributions in recent memory to the enhanced stature of the law school. His impact has been deep and profound, not only within the law library and the delivery of information services, but more broadly throughout the law school community.

In Memoriam: Peter S. Nycum, David B. Rosengard

Animal Law Review

No abstract provided.

Library Director As Opportunity Identifier, Ronald E. Wheeler

Faculty Scholarship

A successful contemporary law library director should seek opportunities to insert the law library, wherever possible, into projects that benefit the law school and its mission and that draw on the talents and expertise of the law librarians. The goal of the modern law library director should be to make the law library an integral part of each and every undertaking within the law school community. Every facet of the law school and its various departments and offices can benefit from either law library research and instructional services or the creative thinking and analytical orientation that librarians bring to the …