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Law Librarians As Content Preservers And Mediators For Modern Legal Researchers, Austin Martin Williams
Law Librarians As Content Preservers And Mediators For Modern Legal Researchers, Austin Martin Williams
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Even though libraries have existed for thousands of years, one must wonder what role law libraries play and, more importantly, what roles law librarians play in supporting students, faculty, lawyers, and judges with so much information now available online? What value do law librarians add for today’s legal researchers?
At their core, law librarians continue to strive to perform two major functions: (1) “select, organize, and preserve legal information” and (2) help lawyers, judges, students, and faculty locate and use that information. This article hopes to explain just why it is important that law librarians continue to serve in these …
Georgetown University Law Library, Georgetown University Law Center, Austin Martin Williams
Georgetown University Law Library, Georgetown University Law Center, Austin Martin Williams
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
The story of the Georgetown University Law Library (Law Library) is one of exceptional growth, innovation, and change throughout its more than 100 years in existence. While the Law Library's history is rich in detail, it cannot be fully told without exploring the history of both the Georgetown University Law Center (Law Center) and Georgetown University (University).
In And Out Behind The Desk--In And Out Of The Country, Kimberli Kelmor
In And Out Behind The Desk--In And Out Of The Country, Kimberli Kelmor
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
In the fifteen-plus years I've been a law librarian, I've been in and out of the closet. Or, more accurately, I've been out, back in, and back out again. That status could change at any time.
A Law Library Development Project In Iraq: Looking Back Two Years Later, Kimberli Kelmor
A Law Library Development Project In Iraq: Looking Back Two Years Later, Kimberli Kelmor
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Sometimes you get a chance to work on a project so complex, even you don't come to fully understand its impact until years later. At least that has been the experience for me regarding the opportunity I had to work in Iraq with the International Human Rights Law Institute (IHRLI) from February 2004 to January 1, 2006. As I reported in a previous essay, IHRLI, an institute of the DePaul University College of Law headed by Cherif Bassiouni, received a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Higher Education and Development (HEAD) contract to work with three Iraqi law schools.' …