Archive for the 'law libraries' Category
Law Library Fellow Brings New Blood to Brooklyn Court
March 10th, 2010Brooklyn Eagle – “The historic Brooklyn Supreme Court Law Library is flourishing, thanks to a fellowship program that’s bringing new blood to the stacks. The staff of the Law Library recently welcomed their first Nathan R. Sobel Kings County Supreme Court Law Library Fellow, Bacilio Mendez, an enthusiastic grad student from Pratt.”
Law Libraries Spurn Sizable Publisher Sponsorship
August 12th, 2009Library Journal – “Thomson-West, the staple supplier of resources for law librarians, for the first time in recent memory wasn’t a gold sponsor ($75,000+) at the recent American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) annual meeting, July 10-13, in Denver.”
Delaware County law library must refund $76,000 to local governments
November 22nd, 2008The Columbus Dispatch – “The Delaware County Law Library Association owes the county and city governments $75,980 in public money it collected but did not use in 2005 and 2006, a state audit has found.”
Opening the Book on the Storied Brooklyn Law Library
November 14th, 2008Brooklyn Daily Eagle – “Supreme Court Librarian Jacqueline Cantwell Speaks About Preserving Traditions in the Digital Age.”
Library Lemonade
March 23rd, 2008Connie Crosby – “I love the new Library Lemonade blog. It is about “the positive power of libraries and the good work of librarians†and meant to highlight and celebrate our successes. Terrific!”
Free Legal Research Sites!
February 26th, 2008JD Supra gets some love on the WSJ Law Blog.
The Firm Law Library as a Business
November 28th, 2007Nina Platt – “Today law firm library directors are finding their roles changing yet again as they, like the other administers in law firms, begin operating their departments as a business.”
IMO, this is a no-brainer. How could a corporate library NOT be run as a business?
LegalPubs.ca
November 1st, 2007Take a look at what Steve Matthews did. Very cool!
Closing The Law Libraries
October 17th, 2007Calvin Godfrey – “The county is closing law libraries faster than whorehouses.”
How To Read A Case
August 13th, 2007Orin Kerr – “The purpose of the essay is to help entering law students understand how to read a legal opinion. It covers what’s in a legal opinion, common terms, what to look for, and the role of the case method.”
Law library still in limbo
August 6th, 2007Florida Today – “Patrons say the three women who run the law library on the Viera courthouse’s first floor are lawyers, counselors, teachers and librarians all rolled into one. Between helping in-house customers, the librarians do research for judges and attorneys who are in trial or field thousands of calls — and some of the [...]
Law Libraries Still Exist
July 24th, 2007William P. Atkins, writing in the Legal Times – “Climbing atop a soapbox, I would like to suggest that the alluring attraction of online research is diminishing the application of comprehensive research in our field. Somewhere along the way, “finding” information became synonymous with “citing” and — even more dangerous — “understanding” information.” (via)
Future of Law Libraries
July 10th, 2007From Law Technology News via Law.com – “What does tomorrow hold? Increasingly, we will see more remote access and use of employees from around the world. We will have professional library functions performed off-site and centralized. These functions will encompass all areas of librarianship including research, cataloging/technical services, purchasing and the use of consortia. The [...]
