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The Promise And Perils Of Massive Open Online Courses: Moocs And The Role Of Law Librarians, Sara Sampson, Leslie A. Street

Library Staff Publications

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A Century’S Worth Of Access: A Historical Overview Of Cataloging In Law Library Journal, Ellen T. Mcgrath

Law Librarian Journal Articles

Ms. McGrath surveyed all articles dealing with the topic of cataloging that have appeared in the Law Library Journal since its inception in 1908. The articles have been categorized, placed in chronological order within each category, and briefly summarized.

Southeastern Law Librarian Winter 2014, Seaall

Newsletters

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Order Matters: Typology Of Dual-Degreed Law Librarians, James M. Donovan

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

To a great extent law librarianship has regarded the dual-degreed librarian as too familiar and uncomplicated to merit extended attention. The present discussion challenges this assumed simplicity. The nature of professional education is to work on deeper personal levels to create a particular identity and to inculcate specific values necessary to the successful practice of the vocation. Such fundamental effects are neither easily erased nor superseded by a later professional indoctrination. Understood in this way, professional education produces an outcome that defies the commutative property. Order matters. Librarians who go to law school (i.e., “libyers”) should be discernible from lawyers …

Innovation The Google Way: Implementing Google’S 80/20 Program In Your Library (Program Review), Brian T. Detweiler

Law Librarian Other Scholarship

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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

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The Accidental Archivists: Lessons Learned From A Digital Archive Project, Robert Linz, Karen Selden, Georgia Briscoe

Faculty Articles

This article tells the story of the University of Colorado Law Library's successful effort to develop its first digital archive. The sudden death of the law school's dean was the catalyst for this project, with a goal to unveil the archive at a memorial symposium scheduled nine months in the future. The University of Colorado Law Library staff had never tackled a project of this type or scale before. This article discusses the technological, cataloging, and management issues that were encountered during the project. It also provides advice and tips on how librarians in their own institutions can accomplish such …

Race And The Reference Librarian, Mary Whisner

Librarians' Articles

Ms. Whisner examines how race arises in the day-to-day work of law librarians, and discusses how law librarians can foster cultural competence and create more welcoming environments in diverse institutions.

The Diy Digital Exhibition Experience At Tarrant County College, Ayyoub Ajmi

Faculty Works

The Northeast Campus Library of Tarrant County College District in Texas used a Title III Grant to support an innovative project consisting of repurposing old laptops as digital exhibition platforms available to students, faculty and staff. A small number of the frames are used for library promotion displaying FAQs, new acquisitions, and events. The rest of the digital frames are used for exhibition purposes. The project’s mission is to promote student success by increasing library attendance, promote the use of library services by building dynamic and long-term partnerships with other departments, and provide exposure and recognition to students, faculty and …

Legal Education In Crisis, And Why Law Libraries Are Doomed, James G. Milles

Journal Articles

The dual crises facing legal education - the economic crisis affecting both the job market and the pool of law school applicants, and the crisis of confidence in the ability of law schools and the ABA accreditation process to meet the needs of lawyers or society at large - have undermined the case for not only the autonomy, but the very existence, of law school libraries as we have known them. Legal education in the United States is about to undergo a long-term contraction, and law libraries will be among the first to go. A few law schools may abandon …

Collection Development, Acquisitions, And Licensing, Frederick W. Dingledy, Benjamin J. Keele, Jennifer Sekula

Library Staff Publications

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W&L Law Fall Scholarship Celebration 2013, Nora V. Demleitner

Library Events

On November 14, 2013, the Washington and Lee Law Library hosted a first-of-its-kind Fall Scholarship Celebration. The event took place in the Law Library's main reading room from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

On display were dozens of scholarly articles, books, chapters, and amicus briefs authored by the W&L Law faculty and student body during 2012 and 2013, with hundreds of additional works accessible online through the Scholarly Commons institutional repository.

Faculty, librarians, staff, and administrators mingled with law students over hors d'oeuvres and wine to peruse the formidable scholarly output of the W&L Law community. Spouses, alumni, faculty from …

Southeastern Law Librarian Fall 2013, Seaall

Newsletters

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Review Of 2013 Aall Diversity Symposium, Affirmative Action, Banned Books, And Mexican American Studies: The Current State Of Diversity And Education In America, Michele Lucero

Faculty Publications

The Diversity Symposium offered an overview of how affirmative action and multi-cultural studies affect diversity in the professional world. The Symposium began with Ulysses N. Jaen, Ave Maria School of Law Library’s Head of Public Services, discussing how the need for diversity continues to be an element that the legal profession and library schools struggle with – with low numbers of diverse individuals within the profession. We have resources such as mentoring, scholarships, affirmative action, and ethnic studies, which help raise awareness but are not the definitive solution. Many people have differing viewpoints and ideas on what diversity is, with …

The Tools Of Our Trade, Richard Leiter

Marvin and Virginia Schmid Law Library: Faculty Publications

During the past 30 years, computers and other digital tools have evolved from scientific curiosities that promised to make our lives easy and paperless and threatened to make libraries go away to ubiquitous means of communication, research, entertainment, news, and much, much more. Access to technology for librarians today is as critical as having access to leather-bound books once was for the earliest librarians. In order to communicate with peers, patrons, and colleagues and to conduct legal research and create scholarship, today we need a device that lets us “see” the communication or information. This article explores the changing role …

What Users Want: A Contextual Overview Of Open Access Legal Resources In The United States, Brian T. Detweiler

Law Librarian Other Scholarship

Paper presented at the Law via the Internet Conference, Jersey, Channel Islands, September 26-27, 2013.

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Books?, James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

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Southeastern Law Librarian Summer 2013, Seaall

Newsletters

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Thinking About Technology - Lawyers Can’T Be Luddites Anymore: Do Law Librarians Have A Role In Helping Lawyers Adjust To The New Ethics Rules Involving Technology, Darla Jackson

Other Faculty Publications

It is understood and well documented that technology affects almost every aspect of the practice of law. In August 2012 the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates, recognizing the influence of technology, voted to amend the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Legal professionals have begun to comment on how such changes may affect lawyers in every area and size of practice. Although many lawyers have expressed the sentiment that they did not become lawyers to learn about technology, the changes to the standards of professional conduct will necessitate that attorneys have some basic technological competence. Those attorneys desiring …

New Trends And Concepts In Law Library Services: Institutional Repositories, Lauren Seney

Library Staff Publications

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