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Organized For Service: The Hicks Classification System And The Evolution Of Law School Curriculum, John L. Moreland Jan 2022

Organized For Service: The Hicks Classification System And The Evolution Of Law School Curriculum, John L. Moreland

Articles by Maurer Faculty

This article traces the origins and development of the Hicks Classification System, an in-house organizational scheme used by the Yale Law Library from the late 1930s to the 1990s. It explores the relationship between the Hicks Classification System and the changing pedagogical methods of the law school curriculum during the early part of the 20th century. It provides a brief biographical sketch of Frederick C. Hicks, creator of the scheme, the need for a legal classification system, a detailed analysis of Hicks’s scheme, its finding aids, and a discussion of the inherent cultural biases in the system.


Research, Interrupted, Jan B. Bissett, Margi Heinen Oct 2021

Research, Interrupted, Jan B. Bissett, Margi Heinen

Library Scholarly Publications

No abstract provided.


Research Mash-Up: Disparate Approaches, Jan B. Bissett, Margi Heinen Mar 2018

Research Mash-Up: Disparate Approaches, Jan B. Bissett, Margi Heinen

Library Scholarly Publications

No abstract provided.


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

Ask A Director: Reporting Accomplishments, Caroline L. Osborne

Scholarly Articles

None available.


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

Scholarly Articles

None available.


A Major Renovation And Addition -- The Wolf Law Library, College Of William & Mary, Stephen G. Margeton, James S. Heller Jan 2017

A Major Renovation And Addition -- The Wolf Law Library, College Of William & Mary, Stephen G. Margeton, James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Library Director As Negotiator/Horse Trader: Analysis Two, James S. Heller Jan 2015

Library Director As Negotiator/Horse Trader: Analysis Two, James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Like Mark Twain: The Death Of Academic Law Libraries Is An Exaggeration, Kenneth J. Hirsh Jan 2014

Like Mark Twain: The Death Of Academic Law Libraries Is An Exaggeration, Kenneth J. Hirsh

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

At the 2013 CALI Conference on Law School Computing, Professor James Milles, professor and former library director of the SUNY Buffalo Law School, presented his draft paper positing that academic law libraries are doomed. The author presented his contrasting viewpoints in the same session. This paper is based on his presentation and has been updated to account for adoption of the revised law school accreditation standards approved by the ABA Council on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar in 2014. While the author agrees with the underlying observations set out by Professor Milles, he envisions a scenario where law …


Not Just For Scouting Anymore: Digital Badges For Legal Research Skills, Alcasid Hannah, Susan David Demaine, Catherine A. Lemmer, Benjamin J. Keele Jan 2014

Not Just For Scouting Anymore: Digital Badges For Legal Research Skills, Alcasid Hannah, Susan David Demaine, Catherine A. Lemmer, Benjamin J. Keele

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Marketing And Outreach In Law Libraries: A White Paper, All-Sis Task Force On Library Marketing And Outreach, Amanda Runyon, Carol A. Watson, L. Cindy Dabney, Liz Mccurry Johnson, Emily Lawson, Shira Megerman, Jamie Sommer, T. J. Striepe, Michele Thomas Jan 2013

Marketing And Outreach In Law Libraries: A White Paper, All-Sis Task Force On Library Marketing And Outreach, Amanda Runyon, Carol A. Watson, L. Cindy Dabney, Liz Mccurry Johnson, Emily Lawson, Shira Megerman, Jamie Sommer, T. J. Striepe, Michele Thomas

Librarian Scholarship at Penn Law

In recent years, libraries have turned to marketing and outreach to better educate library users about services and resources while gaining an understanding of their needs. Marketing and outreach are relatively new concepts in academic law libraries, and librarians tasked with these functions have found resources and examples of this type of work to be lacking. Though focused on academic law libraries, the article identifies the challenges facing all law libraries, explains why libraries need marketing and outreach plans, and provides examples of marketing and outreach successes.


From Oxford To Williamsburg, Ruth Bird, James S. Heller Dec 2012

From Oxford To Williamsburg, Ruth Bird, James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


From Oxford To Williamsburg: The Evolution Of Legal Education And Law Libraries Across The Pond, James S. Heller Jun 2012

From Oxford To Williamsburg: The Evolution Of Legal Education And Law Libraries Across The Pond, James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Things In Common: Challenges Of The 19th And 21st Century Librarians, Femi Cadmus Jan 2011

Things In Common: Challenges Of The 19th And 21st Century Librarians, Femi Cadmus

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Who Let The Dog Out? Implementing A Successful Therapy Dog Program In An Academic Law Library, Julian Aiken, Femi Cadmus Jan 2011

Who Let The Dog Out? Implementing A Successful Therapy Dog Program In An Academic Law Library, Julian Aiken, Femi Cadmus

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Betwixt And Between: Of Legal Publishing, Executive Orders, And The Library Of Michigan, Jan B. Bissett Oct 2010

Betwixt And Between: Of Legal Publishing, Executive Orders, And The Library Of Michigan, Jan B. Bissett

Library Scholarly Publications

No abstract provided.


Finding The Middle Ground In Collection Development: How Academic Law Librarians Can Shape Their Collections In Response To The Call For More Practice-Oriented Legal Education, Leslie A. Street, Amanda M. Runyon Jul 2010

Finding The Middle Ground In Collection Development: How Academic Law Librarians Can Shape Their Collections In Response To The Call For More Practice-Oriented Legal Education, Leslie A. Street, Amanda M. Runyon

Library Staff Publications

To examine how academic law libraries can respond to the call for more practice-oriented legal education, the authors compared trends in collection management decisions regarding secondary sources at academic and law firm libraries. The results of their survey are followed by recommendations about how academic and firm librarians can work together to best provide law students with materials they will need in practice.


Leveraging A Library Collection Through Collaborative Digitization Ventures, Femi Cadmus, Fred Shapiro Jan 2010

Leveraging A Library Collection Through Collaborative Digitization Ventures, Femi Cadmus, Fred Shapiro

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Law And Heidegger’S Question Concerning Technology: Prolegomenon To Future Law Librarianship, Paul D. Callister Jan 2007

Law And Heidegger’S Question Concerning Technology: Prolegomenon To Future Law Librarianship, Paul D. Callister

Faculty Works

Following World War II, the German philosopher Martin Heidegger offered one of the most potent criticisms of technology and modern life. His nightmare is a world whose essence has been reduced to the functional equivalent of a giant gasoline station, an energy source for modern technology and industry. "This relation of man to the world [is] in principle a technical one . . . [It is] altogether alien to former ages and histories. For Heidegger, the problem is not technology itself, but the technical mode of thinking that has accompanied it." Such a viewpoint of the world is a useful …


Book Review Of Canadian Association Of Law Libraries Newsletter/Bulletin, James S. Heller Jan 1989

Book Review Of Canadian Association Of Law Libraries Newsletter/Bulletin, James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Book Review Of Microcomputer Software Selection For The Law Library -- Part I: General Business Software, James S. Heller Jan 1988

Book Review Of Microcomputer Software Selection For The Law Library -- Part I: General Business Software, James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Questions And Answers, James S. Heller Apr 1983

Questions And Answers, James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Questions And Answers, James S. Heller Oct 1982

Questions And Answers, James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.