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Legal Writing and Research

Librarians' Articles

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Bouvier's, Black's, And Tinkerbell, Mary Whisner Jan 2000

Bouvier's, Black's, And Tinkerbell, Mary Whisner

Librarians' Articles

A patron's complaint about the location of a dictionary leads Ms. Whisner to ponder the nature of cognitive authority and its impact on how we assess reference tools.


Keeping Up Is Hard To Do, Mary Whisner Jan 2000

Keeping Up Is Hard To Do, Mary Whisner

Librarians' Articles

An article encouraging librarians to read newspapers to improve their reference service causes Ms. Whisner to think about the value of current awareness reading for law librarians. this leads to speculating about the proper use of the all-too-limited time available to today's busy librarian


On Asking For Help, Mary Whisner Jan 2000

On Asking For Help, Mary Whisner

Librarians' Articles

Women will ask for directions, but men won't. Whether that stereotype is true or not, it is certainly true that while some library patrons will ask for help, many others will not. Ms. Whisner suggests that there is a range of reasons for not asking and that librarians should keep these in mind when devising ways to assist their patrons.


Reference Librarians Do Not Work In Steel, Mary Whisner Jan 2000

Reference Librarians Do Not Work In Steel, Mary Whisner

Librarians' Articles

Reference librarians do not work in steel; when they leave work at the end of the day, there are no tangible structures to show what they have accomplished. Nonetheless, Ms. Whisner suggests, reference librarians make lasting contributions in the lives of their patrons-they do not need to work in steel to take pride in their work