I was never convinced that where one attends library school was all that important, and by important I mean, had any measurable effect on whether or not one found employment after graduation. So I was very interested to see ...
How, when, why and with whom do libraries (law and otherwise) collaborate successfully? What can libraries adapt from outside of the library world to further their collaboration efforts?
In recent years the role of clinical experiential learning has become increasingly relevant within law schools as questions arise regarding the most appropriate method of delivering legal education and training lawyers. Should it focus on classroom-d
In recent years the role of clinical experiential learning has become increasingly relevant within law schools as questions arise regarding the most appropriate method of delivering legal education and training lawyers. Should it focus on classroom-d
The LexisNexis acquisition of Ravel Law wasn’t much of a surprise within the legal community, especially from the library and information center. Our own John DiGilio, Research Director at CCM sister company LibSource, said the signs were pointing in that direction. According to John
The Reference/Technical Services Librarian will provide legal reference services to the students and faculty of the law school, the University community, and the public. S/he will instruct students in legal research including teaching Advanced Legal Research or similar courses. The position will also involve administrative duties within the law library as needed as well as participate on law school and University committees as assigned.
In the spirit of improving access to justice, a project out of the University of Saskatchewan's College of Law has highlighted the important role libraries play in providing legal information for the public.
Visabot, TagDox, Separate.us, Ping, and JuriLytics chosen after rigorous evaluation of 40+ applicants LexisNexis today announced the first five participants in its new Silicon Valley lega
University of Alberta Copyright Librarian Amanda Wakaruk is asking people to sign the petition she started to get the Canadian government to fix Crown copyright. Her text has been shared widely in the past few days on social media and on various libr
Dr. Wolfgang Alschner, Dr. Suzanne Bouclin, Prof. Thomas Burelli, Dr. Mary Cavanagh, Prof. Jena McGill and Prof. Amy Salyzyn have been appointed Faculty Member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa.
New York, NY (PRWEB) June 08, 2017 -- LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, part of information and analytics provider RELX Group, today announced its acquisition
The BIALL Legal Journals Award 2017 has been awarded to Family Law, pictured above. Jonathan Cailes and Samantha Bangham received the award from the BIALL
Our argument being.. with the rise and rise of legal tech start ups the acquire to improve quarterly revenues model just had to be on the way out .... didn't it
LexisNexis has acquired Ravel Law and I’ve been seeing it discussed from every angle in both the general business press as well as my favorite sources for library and legal news. Ravel Law’s data algorithms, predictive analytics and data visualizatio
Squire Law Librarian Mr David Wills has been awarded the Life Membership award by the British & Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) at the Association's annual conference dinner which took place at the Principal Manchester hotel on Friday. Life Membership is awarded to current members of BIALL who have had distinguished careers within law librarianship and who have been substantially involved with the activities of the Association. David began his career at the Home Office Library and Information Service before joining the Squire Law Library at the University of Cambridge in 1993. He has been Squire Law Librarian since 1996 and is also a senior manager at Cambridge University Library where he is currently the Acting Head of Collection Development & Description. Despite a busy work life he has been consistently active in BIALL for some twenty years. David hosted in Cambridge the inaugural Joint Study Institute in 1998 and has been a member, and Chair, of the Conference Committee and the Awards and Bursaries Committee, as well as a being a member of the adjudication panel for the Wallace Breem Memorial Award. He was a member of BIALL Council in 2008-2009, President Elect in 2009-2010 and was President of the Association in 2010-2011. Whilst serving as BIALL President he also became the editor of Legal Information Management (LIM) which is published quarterly by Cambridge University Press. He has recently agreed to continue in that role for a further three years. Responding to his award, David said: "I feel very honoured to have received this recognition from the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians. I have always greatly valued my connection with the Association as well as the support of the many professional friends that I have gained through BIALL over the last 20 years."
Twenty-five years ago the LII at Cornell showed the world that access to the law via the Internet for all is possible. It is not only possible, but can be cheap, even free. And that “free” can be sustained. It was and continues to be illuminating, even in the remotest places in Africa. The importance [...]
To be successful in today’s competitive legal environment, lawyers need to make faster, more informed decisions, based on data that is incorporated into their natural workflow, says Jeff Pfeifer, vice president of product management at LexisNexis, in a post for Legal IT Insider that, while undoubtedly self-promotional, gives an insight into some of the thinking behind Lexis' acquisition of Ravel Law and its vision of the data-driven lawyer.
This is a follow-up to the Library Boy posting of April 18, 2017 called Legal Information Preservation Alliance Webinar on Open Access Law Repositories. It described a webinar about LaxArxiv, a new open access site for legal scholarship that is the result of a collaboration between the Legal...
The workshop on free access to legal information was opened on 29 May 2017 by the Secretary General of the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire, Mr. Latte Ahouanzi. Organized jointly by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL), this workshop will enable librarians to share their experiences and knowledge on the development of their profession. It should be noted that Sonia Poulin and Michel Fraysse are taking part in this workshop during which several themes will be discussed. This includes free access to legal information; The evolution of documentary resources; Open access in higher education and scientific research in Côte d'Ivoire from the project of the virtual library; Free legal resources in Côte d'Ivoire. The workshop will end on 30 May 2017. See news on the National Assembly of Ivory Coast website here See as well article by Ténin Bè Ousmane, "Access a l'Information Juridique: Les Capacités du Plusieurs Acteurs Institutionnels Renforcées", Nord-Sud Quotidien, No. 3562 du mercredi 31, mai 2017.
The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) officially announced that Melody Lembke, associate law librarian for collection services at the University of California, Irvine School of Law's library, will be one of its 2017 Hall of Fame Award inductees.
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