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Evolving Roles And Realities In Canadian Academic Law Libraries, Yemisi Dina, Sharon Wang, Sooin Kim, Alexia Loumankis
Evolving Roles And Realities In Canadian Academic Law Libraries, Yemisi Dina, Sharon Wang, Sooin Kim, Alexia Loumankis
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Canadian academic law libraries are undergoing profound transformation, shaped by shifting university funding models, restructured institutional reporting lines, and the accelerating move toward digital legal information. This plenary session will explore how law libraries across Canada are responding to these pressures while continuing to support legal education, research, and access to justice.
A New Guide To Kf Modified: Kf Classification Modified For Use In Canadian And Common Law Law Libraries, F. Tim Knight, Janet M. Moss
A New Guide To Kf Modified: Kf Classification Modified For Use In Canadian And Common Law Law Libraries, F. Tim Knight, Janet M. Moss
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The revised and updated edition of the Guide to KF Classification Modified for Use in Canadian Law Libraries written by Janet M. Moss of the Gerard V. La Forest Law Library at the University of New Brunswick in 2004 and published in 2006 as an Occasional Paper by the Canadian Association of Law Libraries/L'Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit. This revision clarifies the use of KF Modified, incorporates the enhancements and improvements that have been applied to the KF Modified classification scheme during the intervening years, and contributes to the consistent use of this classification scheme in law libraries using …
Research Dissemination @ Osgoode Hall Law School: An Update, Yemisi Dina, Teodora Naydenova
Research Dissemination @ Osgoode Hall Law School: An Update, Yemisi Dina, Teodora Naydenova
Librarian Publications & Presentations
A presentation on research dissemination metrics for Osgoode faculty with statistics derived from the Osgoode Digital Commons, SSRN, and HeinOnline.
Visualizing Linked Data, F. Tim Knight
Visualizing Linked Data, F. Tim Knight
Librarian Publications & Presentations
Provides an introduction to linked data considering ways to visualize and get a better understanding of this relatively new concept. Linked data is a different way for our bibliographic data to interact with the data available on the Web.. It will hopefully enhance the information we already provide, make it easier for us to provide that information and allow libraries to integrate themselves better with other information sources on the web.
Working With Kf Modified: Changes And Enhancements, F. Tim Knight, Humayun Rashid, Darren J. Furey
Working With Kf Modified: Changes And Enhancements, F. Tim Knight, Humayun Rashid, Darren J. Furey
Librarian Publications & Presentations
Provides an overview of the KF Modified classification scheme, introduces some recent editorial changes and enhancements, and includes some interactive cataloguing exercises.
Cyberlaws And Cybercafés: Analysis Of Operational Legislation In Some Commonwealth Jurisdictions And The United States, Yemisi Dina
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This chapter will discuss the existing cyber laws in some commonwealth countries and the United States. It compares the various definitions accorded to cyber crimes in these countries. It examines and discusses when cyber crime occurs in the various jurisdictions regardless of where it originates, the laws that apply to pornographv, the significance of jurisdiction for Internet criminals in all these countries, as well as when cybercafe operators are liable in cyber related crimes.
Use Of The Elizabeth Moys Classification Scheme For Legal Materials In The Caribbean, Janice A. Modeste, Yemisi Dina
Use Of The Elizabeth Moys Classification Scheme For Legal Materials In The Caribbean, Janice A. Modeste, Yemisi Dina
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This chapter will give an historical background and account of the use of the Elizabeth Moys Classification Scheme in law libraries in the Caribbean. A questionnaire was administered to librarians and library staff of law libraries. Twenty-four questionnaire responses were received from participants. One of the results of the study is the suggestion that a separate number should be assigned for the entire Caribbean in the Moys Classification scheme because of the problems being encountered by librarians in assigning numbers.
Legal Information Institutes (Llls) - Free Legal Stuff, Yemisi Dina
Legal Information Institutes (Llls) - Free Legal Stuff, Yemisi Dina
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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.