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New Legal Skills Textbooks from Carolina Academic Press

13 Jan

Federal Legal Research by Mary Garvey Algero, Spencer L. Simons, Suzanne E. Rowe, Scott Childs, Sarah E. Ricks Forthcoming January 2012 Federal Legal Research explains how to conduct research in the U.S. Constitution and in federal cases, statutes, and administrative…

 

Opening: Public Services Librarian, Alaska State Court Law Library

20 Dec

The Alaska Court System (ACS) Law Library is seeking an Anchorage-based Law Librarian to provide legal research and general reference assistance in person, on the phone, and by email; and to develop training materials to assist library patrons in the…

 

The New Search Model: "Everyone plugs into the search engine, only a few understand how it works"

17 Nov

A definition of the algorithm: The algorithm is an effective method expressed as a finite list of well-defined instructions. And that is the problem today’s new legal search engines present for users and instructors of online legal research in the…

 

ACRL Signs Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and the Humanities

20 Oct

Quoting from ACRL Insider: ACRL has long supported open access to scholarship as a central principle for reform in the system of scholarly communication. In ACRL’s new strategic plan, the plan for excellence, the goal in the area of research…

 

New and Updated GlobaLex Research Guides

20 Oct

New research guide: Nuclear Law Research Guide by Linda Tashbook Updated guides: An Introduction to Sources for Treaty Research by Mark Engsberg and Mary Beth Chappell Intute: Law – the What? Why? How? Where? and Who? by Steve Whittle The…

 

Will the PACER Fee Increase Change Your Research Habits?

19 Sep

Erika Wayne is conducting a quick survey on Legal Research Plus here. [JH]

 

Reminder: LawLibCon’s Teaching Legal Research: By the Book or Off the Cuff? Today at 3:00 PM EDT

16 Sep

LawLibCon is back from summer break. Today’s topic is “Teaching Legal Research: By the Book or Off the Cuff?” From the announcement: A discussion and debate about whether, when and how to use a textbook for teaching a legal research…

 

Opening: Electronic Legal Information Specialist, Bilzin Sumberg, Miami, FL

25 Aug

Description: Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axel is seeking a tech savvy Legal Information Specialist with strong interpersonal skills. Reporting to the Director of Library and Knowledge Management, the successful candidate will conduct basic legal research as well as advise…

 

Opening: Reference and Electronic Technologies Librarian, Northern Illinois University College of Law

22 Aug

DAVID C. SHAPIRO MEMORIAL LAW LIBRARY NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW POSITION: Reference and Electronic Technologies Librarian ACADEMIC RANK: Assistant Professor, Law Library DUTIES: Provide reference service to faculty, students and other library users. Teach legal research to students…

 

CRS On The Debt Limit

20 Jul

What with all the goings on about the need to raise the debt limit and the implications for doing so, or not, the Congressional Research Service has issued a report entitled The Debt Limit: History And Recent Increases. It doesn’t…