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Legal Information Institutes (Llls) - Free Legal Stuff, Yemisi Dina

Librarian Publications & Presentations

Multi-disciplinary and comparative approach to legal studies implies that research should go outside the conventional research sources and consult a variety of options. Open access to legal information is made possible by legal information institutes worldwide. In the early 1990s, the Australian Legal Information Institute (AustiLII) initiated this unique medium of disseminating free legal information.

The Evolution Of The Reference Interview, Courtney L. Selby

Faculty Publications

While the reference interview remains the vehicle whereby librarians are able to understand the information needs of users in order to assist them, the ways in which the reference interview is conducted have changed with time and technology. This chapter provides a brief history of the evolution of the reference interview, from the face-to-face transaction to the current trends of e-mail and chat software mediated reference interviews, and examines application of these current trends in virtual reference services. While the methods of conducting the reference interview have certainly changed, the ultimate goal of meeting the information needs of the user …

Rebuilding The Profession: Recommendations For Librarians Interested In Becoming Academic Law Library Directors, Barbara A. Bintliff, Laura N. Gasaway, Penny A. Hazelton, Frank G. Houdek, Janis L. Johnston, Martha Dragich Pearson, Charles Ten Brink, Michelle Wu

Articles

Based on papers presented at a 2005 workshop for individuals interested in becoming academic law library directors, this article begins by exploring the duties of academic director jobs—administrative skills and faculty responsibilities—before examining how to build credentials in preparation for such jobs. It concludes by focusing on the skills and knowledge needed to interview for director jobs.

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Michele Villagran

Faculty Publications

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw is one of the nation’s largest corporate law firms with offices in seven US cities and eight cities overseas. The firm, founded in 1881, has headquarters in Chicago, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Charlotte, Washington D.C. and Palo Alto. Overseas offices are in London, Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne, Shanghai and Beijing. The firm has more than 1300 attorneys and 566 partners. We spoke with Michelle Lucero, Legal Information Manager and Director of the Houston Office.

Oclc: Worldcat Collection Analysis Service And The Desert States Law Library Consortium, Michelle Rigual

Faculty Scholarship

Looking and benefits and best practices of WorldCat Collection Analysis in a subject-specific consortium.

In November, 2005, the eight libraries of the Desert States Law Library Consortium (University of New Mexico, University of Arizona, Arizona State University, University of Colorado, University of Denver, University of Utah, Brigham Young, and University of Nevada Las Vegas) licensed OCLC's WorldCat Collection Analysis Service (WCA). WCA is designed to provide objective information concerning the makeup of a library's collection, including subject coverage, age of materials, languages of publication and material types and audience level. Multi-institution comparisons provide detail and summary views of how two …

Southeastern Law Librarian December 2006, Seaall

Newsletters

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A Constitutional Amendment To Reform Kentucky’S Courts, Kurt Metzmeier

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Responding to a confused patchwork of trial courts with overlapping jurisdiction, uneven justice around the state, and a growing backlog of appellate cases, voters in Kentucky went to the polls on November 4, 1975, to approve a sweeping constitutional amendment that radically revised Kentucky’s court system. Although reformers had decried Kentucky’s confusing court system since the 1940s, the real roots of the revision of the judicial article can be found in the failed movement in the late 1960s to replace Kentucky’s 1891 constitution. Unbowed by the defeat, judicial reformers immediately set out to pass a separate amendment reforming the courts, …

Letter To Jack Bissett Regarding Donation By Seaall, November 16, 2006, Marilyn Norris

Correspondence

A letter from Marilyn Norriss to Jack Bissett thanking SEAALL for donating to the Florida Library Association to aid with hurricane relief.

Letter To Jack Bissett Regarding Donation By Seaall, October 24, 2006, Beverly Laughlin

Correspondence

A letter from Beverly Laughlin to Jack Bissett thanking SEAALL for donating to the Louisiana Library Association Disaster Relief Fund.

Letter To Jack Bissett Regarding Donation By Seaall, September 13, 2006, Sol Hirsch

Correspondence

A letter from Sol Hirsch to Jack Bissett thanking SEAALL for donating to the Florida Library Association's hurricane fund.

Southeastern Law Librarian Summer 2006, Seaall

Newsletters

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Letter To Jack Bissett Regarding Donation By Seaall, June 16, 2006, Claire Germain, Susan Fox

Correspondence

A letter from Claire Germain and Susan Fox thanking Jack Bissett and SEAALL for a donation to the AALL Scholarship Fund and the Centennial Fund.

Letter To Jack Bissett Regarding Donation By Seaall, June 2, 2006, Claire Germain, Susan Fox

Correspondence

A letter from Claire Germain and Susan Fox thanking Jack Bissett and SEAALL for a donation to the AALL & West/George A. Strait Minority Scholarship Endowment.

Southeastern Law Librarian Spring 2006, Seaall

Newsletters

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Frederick C. Hicks: The Dean Of Law Librarians, Stacy Etheredge

Articles

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Configuration Of The Law Library Of The Future, Penny Hazelton

Chapters in Books

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Building A Chinese Law Collection In The Academic Law Library: Challenges, Alternatives, And Trends, Tom Kimbrough

Law Library Staff & Faculty Works

Chinese law collections are now all but required in many American law schools. The author provides a collection development plan for those libraries seeking to add Chinese legal materials to their collections.

Southeastern Law Librarian Winter 2006, Seaall

Newsletters

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Seaall Bylaw Revision Materials, 2006, Seaall

Administrative Materials

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Underwood Law Library Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 2 – Spring 2006, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School Of Law, Underwood Law Library

Law Library Newsletter (1989-2006)

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Our Oldest Alumna: Viola Bird, Peggy Roebuck Jarrett

Librarians' Articles

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Redefining Open Access For The Legal Information Market, James G. Milles

Journal Articles

The open access movement in legal scholarship, inasmuch as it is driven within the law library community over concerns about the rising cost of legal information, fails to address - and in fact diverts resources from - the real problem facing law libraries today: the soaring costs of nonscholarly, commercially published, practitioner-oriented legal publications. The current system of legal scholarly publishing - in student-edited journals and without meaningful peer review - does not face the pressures to increase prices common in the science and health disciplines. One solution to this problem is for law schools to redirect some of their …

Nothing Dismal About It: Researching Environmental Law Without Getting Swamped, Jennifer Sekula

Library Staff Publications

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Southeastern Law Librarian Fall 2005, Seaall

Newsletters

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Southeastern Law Librarian Summer 2005, Seaall

Newsletters

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Southeastern Law Librarian Spring 2005, Seaall

Newsletters

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Out Of The Jungle, James G. Milles

Other Scholarship

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Expand Your Online Research Abilities, Laura K. Justiss

Law Library Staff & Faculty Works

As a summer clerk or full-time associate at a law firm (or as a solo practitioner), you are likely to encounter research projects for which neither Lexis nor Westlaw is a good option. Perhaps the material isn't available on these databases at all. Or, your firm may have a limited subscription that excludes the information you need. You also may find that some content on Lexis or Westlaw costs more than your firm or client is willing to pay. In these circumstances, it's important to know that the two most prominent databases used by lawyers are not the only ones …

Handling Legal Questions At The Reference Desk And Beyond, Newkirk Barnes

E-JASL: Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship (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.

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 …