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The Gaps Model And Faculty Services: Quality Analysis Through A “New” Lens, Alex Zhang, Sherry Xin Chen Jan 2020

The Gaps Model And Faculty Services: Quality Analysis Through A “New” Lens, Alex Zhang, Sherry Xin Chen

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Faculty service is an important function of U.S. academic law libraries. This article evaluates three types of faculty services programs using the Gaps Model to identify, analyze, and propose ways to fill four main gaps: knowledge, policy, delivery, and service quality.


Sustainable And Open Access To Valuable Legal Research Information: A New Framework, Alex Zhang, James Hart Jan 2019

Sustainable And Open Access To Valuable Legal Research Information: A New Framework, Alex Zhang, James Hart

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This article evaluates the current status of access to foreign and international legal research information, analyzes the challenges that information providers have experienced in providing valuable and sustainable access, and proposes a model that would help create and facilitate effective and sustainable access to valuable foreign, comparative, and international legal information.


Ask A Director: Reporting Accomplishments, Caroline L. Osborne Jan 2018

Ask A Director: Reporting Accomplishments, Caroline L. Osborne

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Securing Professional Development: Getting To Yes, Caroline L. Osborne, Carol A. Watson, Amy J. Eaton Jan 2018

Securing Professional Development: Getting To Yes, Caroline L. Osborne, Carol A. Watson, Amy J. Eaton

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Discovering The Knowledge Monopoly Of Law Librarianship Under The Dikw Pyramid, Alex Zhang Jan 2016

Discovering The Knowledge Monopoly Of Law Librarianship Under The Dikw Pyramid, Alex Zhang

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This article uses the Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom (DIKW) pyramid to help identify the exclusive knowledge base and practical skills that law librarians must possess to solve practical problems. Paragraphs 4–24 trace the historical debates on whether law librarianship is a profession, which focus on autonomy as a key component of a profession. The consensus is that autonomy boils down to two major issues: identifying problems and providing solutions through exclusive methods that are restricted to a profession. Both require a solid and exclusive abstract knowledge base. Paragraphs 25–77 discuss the epistemological approaches employed thus far to identify a knowledge basis for library …


Student Services In The 21st Century: Evolution And Innovation In Discovering Student Needs, Teaching Information Literacy, And Designing Library 2.0-Based Services, Frances M. Brillantine, Kumar Jayasuriya Jan 2007

Student Services In The 21st Century: Evolution And Innovation In Discovering Student Needs, Teaching Information Literacy, And Designing Library 2.0-Based Services, Frances M. Brillantine, Kumar Jayasuriya

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The authors discuss the changing library needs of law students as computers, technology, and legal publishing evolve. In order to track the evolving needs of students, the authors discuss ways that librarians can survey students and explain how focus groups and usability tests can provide further insights regarding students’ research skills and information needs. The article examines the literature regarding information literacy and suggests minimum standards for legal information literacy upon graduation, and the authors suggest new services that law librarians could create for law students. Next the authors examine the recent literature about Library 2.0 services, and offer suggestions …


Ucita Enacted In Virginia, Sarah K. Wiant Jan 2000

Ucita Enacted In Virginia, Sarah K. Wiant

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Tales Of Aall History (Stories Of "My First Annual Meeting"), Sarah K. Wiant Jan 1996

Tales Of Aall History (Stories Of "My First Annual Meeting"), Sarah K. Wiant

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Refining The Government Relations Program: The Final Report Of The Task Force On Aall's Government Relations Activities, Sarah K. Wiant Jan 1995

Refining The Government Relations Program: The Final Report Of The Task Force On Aall's Government Relations Activities, Sarah K. Wiant

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During the summer of 1993, Kay Todd, President Elect of the American Association of Law Libraries, named a special task force to review the Association's government relations activities, presenting it with a goal of achieving a better coordination of such activities. The charges to the Task Force on AALL's Government Relations Activities and the processes that the Task Force utilized in fulfilling these charges are outlined in the final and interim reports of the Task Force, which follow this introduction. The Interim Report of the Task Force was submitted to the AALL Executive Board prior to its April 1994 meeting …


Of Legislative Histories And Librarians, Stephen G. Margeton Jan 1993

Of Legislative Histories And Librarians, Stephen G. Margeton

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Professor Margeton outlines the history of federal legislative history research, tracing the achievements of Washington, D.C., area law librarians and the Law Librarians' Society of the District of Columbia in compiling legislative histories, creating cooperative programs, and improving access to congressional materials.


American Association Of Law Libraries Special Committee On The Future Of Aall 1983-1985, Final Report, November 1985, Sarah K. Wiant Jan 1986

American Association Of Law Libraries Special Committee On The Future Of Aall 1983-1985, Final Report, November 1985, Sarah K. Wiant

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The Special Committee on the Future of AALL, initially known as Special Committee on Professional Needs of the Legal Information Specialist of 2084, was created by President M. Kathleen Price during the summer of 1983. Its members are Philip C. Berwick, Ann M. Carter, Leah F. Chanin, Richard A. Danner, Marian G. Gallagher, Anne Grande, Kamla J. King, Steve Margeton, Phyllis C. Marion, Kate McKay, Peter C. Schanck, Margaret Shediac, Sara Sonet, Dennis J. Stone, Kay M. Todd, and Sarah K. Wiant, Chairperson. The Committee was asked to examine the law library profession and the American Association of Law Libraries …


Computer Uses In Law Libraries, Raymond B. Marcin Jan 1982

Computer Uses In Law Libraries, Raymond B. Marcin

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Toward A More Effective Continuing Education Of Law Librarians, Sarah K. Wiant Jan 1979

Toward A More Effective Continuing Education Of Law Librarians, Sarah K. Wiant

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