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Nothing Dismal About It: Researching Environmental Law Without Getting Swamped, Jennifer Sekula
Nothing Dismal About It: Researching Environmental Law Without Getting Swamped, Jennifer Sekula
Library Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Alexander Campbell King Law Library Strategic Plan, 2005-2007, University Of Georgia Law Library
Alexander Campbell King Law Library Strategic Plan, 2005-2007, University Of Georgia Law Library
Strategic Plan Documents
This nine page document last revised in December 2005 served as the strategic plan for the University of Georgia School of Law's Library. It contains goals, objectives and strategies. This document served as an approximately three-year guide for the librarians, staff, their services, and library resources. until the next set of revisions took place in March 2007. In 2006 the library did a cumulative review for the first time of the progress so far on this 2005 strategic plan. It is attached here as an additional document. In subsequent years the library would repeat this review process for 2007, 2008 …
Southeastern Law Librarian Fall 2005, Seaall
Southeastern Law Librarian Summer 2005, Seaall
Southeastern Law Librarian Spring 2005, Seaall
Out Of The Jungle, James G. Milles
Handling Legal Questions At The Reference Desk And Beyond, Newkirk Barnes
Handling Legal Questions At The Reference Desk And Beyond, Newkirk Barnes
E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)
Abstract
This article offers reference librarians practical advice on how to approach legal information requests that arrive via the reference desk, as well as through e-mail and chat. It suggests how to avoid the unauthorized practice of law by focusing on the activities reference librarians can safely perform when faced with legal questions from both their on-site and virtual users. The article discusses how reference librarians can conduct effective legal reference interviews both in person and online. Additionally, it suggests ways to include instruction in legal reference encounters, and possible sources for referral of questions that require professional legal assistance.
Book Review Of The Process Of Legal Research, 6th Ed., Paul Hellyer
Book Review Of The Process Of Legal Research, 6th Ed., Paul Hellyer
Library Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Assessing The Influence Of Computer-Assisted Legal Research: A Study Of California Supreme Court Opinions, Paul Hellyer
Assessing The Influence Of Computer-Assisted Legal Research: A Study Of California Supreme Court Opinions, Paul Hellyer
Library Staff Publications
Mr. Hellyer reviews the literature regarding CALR and identifies several hypotheses regarding quantitative differences in the results of print-based research and CALR. He then analyzes California Supreme Court opinions to determine CALR's effect on the quantity, recency, and types of legal authority cited by the court. The data fail to support the commentator's hypotheses.
Southeastern Law Librarian Winter 2005, Seaall
A Tribute To Viola A. Bird On The Occasion Of Her 100th Birthday, Patrick E. Kehoe
A Tribute To Viola A. Bird On The Occasion Of Her 100th Birthday, Patrick E. Kehoe
Librarians' Articles
Consists of a biographical sketch and reminiscences of Mrs. Bird by former students and co-workers.
On Not Doing Research, Mary Whisner
On Not Doing Research, Mary Whisner
Librarians' Articles
Even though her usual business is "looking up," Ms. Whisner explores a variety of situations in which it is professionally appropriate not to engage in research.
Book Review: The Lawyer’S Guide To Fact Finding On The Internet, Michele Lucero
Book Review: The Lawyer’S Guide To Fact Finding On The Internet, Michele Lucero
Faculty Publications
Do you ever want or need to find research information on the Internet, but feel as if you don't know where to begin? The Lawyer's Guide to Fact Finding on the Internet by Carole A. Levitt and Mark E. Rosch is just the resource. Two distinctive individuals have come together to create this useful tool. Levitt is no stranger to the legal research field being an attorney and former law librarian. Rosch is a marketing expert who certainly knows the Internet from his web developing skills.
Law's Box: Law, Jurisprudence And The Information Ecosphere, Paul D. Callister
Law's Box: Law, Jurisprudence And The Information Ecosphere, Paul D. Callister
Faculty Works
For so long as it has been important to know what the law is, the practice of law has been an information profession. Nonetheless, just how the information ecosphere affects legal discourse and thinking has never been systematically studied. Legal scholars study how law attempts to regulate information flow, but they say little about how information limits, shapes, and provides a medium for law to operate.
Part I of the paper introduces a holistic approach to medium theory - the idea that methods of communication influence social development and ideology - and applies the theory to the development of legal …