Law Librarians Abroad

Author : Janet Sinder
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317956662

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Law Librarians Abroad by Janet Sinder Pdf

Gain an international perspective on law library practices and precedents! Because law librarianship is an increasingly international field, working and learning abroad can enrich you culturally and professionally. Whether you visit for a few weeks or move halfway across the world for a year or more, Law Librarians Abroad gives you information about exchange programs, tips for adapting to a different culture, and ideas on how to make the most of a life-changing experience. Law Librarians Abroad explains a number of types of work you may find in other countries: US Information Agency or UN library programs informal visits formal exchange programs teaching clients or colleagues to use new technologies temporary library positions combining personal research with library work Some of the contributors to this exciting volume visited completely different cultures. Their new experiences included seeing snow for the first time and scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef. One went home to Korea after 25 years in the United States. Law Librarians Abroad offers practical suggestions as well: pitfalls and pleasures of living in a foreign country how to set up an exchange or plan a visiting librarian program how to build friendships with librarians abroad before you go In countries from Canada to Zimbabwe, on every continent except Antarctica, the authors of Law Librarians Abroad combined work and travel--and you can too!

Author : Roy Balleste,Lisa Smith-Butler,Sonia Luna-Lamas
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780810892330

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Law Librarianship in the Twenty-First Century by Roy Balleste,Lisa Smith-Butler,Sonia Luna-Lamas Pdf

Law Librarianship in the 21st Century, a text for library and information science courses on law librarianship, introduces students to the rapidly evolving world of law librarianship. With no prior knowledge of the law required, students using this book will find practical answers to such questions as: What is law librarianship? How do you become a law librarian? How does law librarianship interrelate with the legal world? Individual chapters provide a concise treatment of such specialized topics as the history of law librarianship, international law, and government documents. Standard topics are dealt with as they apply to the law library, including collection development, public services, technical processing, administration, technology, and consortia. The textbook also includes an explanation of the common acronyms and special terminology needed to work in a law library. This new edition updates the text throughout and adds two new chapters.

Author : Gordon Russell,Michael Chiorazzi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317955825

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Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age by Gordon Russell,Michael Chiorazzi Pdf

While the digital revolution has touched every aspect of law librarianship, perhaps nowhere has the effect been more profound than in the area of collection development. Many of the materials law libraries traditionally collected in print form are now available in electronic format. Digital technology has affected the way we select, order, and process legal materials. The World Wide Web has created an explosion of both commercial and private online publishing. The cost of electronic publishing has caused many traditional law book publishers to sell their companies rather than invest in the needed technologies to compete in the 21st century. Small publishers and book jobbers have been forced to reinvent themselves. The amount of legal information available and its costs continue to soar. Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age deals with these and other issues related to law library collection development. Chapters range from the theoretical to the practical. Inspired by Penny Hazleton’s seminal paper “How Much of Your Print Collection is Really on Lexis or Westlaw?” the editors and chapter authors of Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age endeavor to expand on professor Hazleton’s work, with examinations of: the role of law libraries in strategic planning for distance learning Web mirror sites trust vs. antitrust issues access vs. ownership issues how law libraries deal with electronic court records, dockets, and filings the growth of e-journals as they relate to legal publishing how the Hein Greenslips and Blackwell North America’s Bookservice cover legal materials past, present, and future roles of specialized book jobbers and more! Anyone interested in law librarianship or the information industry will find this book informative and useful. Make it a part of your professional collection today.

Author : Mark David Agrast,David M. Crane,American Society of International Law,Emily Schneider (Lawyer)
Publisher : American Society of Interna
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Law
ISBN : 0972942394

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Proceedings of the Ninth International Humanitarian Law Dialogs by Mark David Agrast,David M. Crane,American Society of International Law,Emily Schneider (Lawyer) Pdf

Author : Richard A. Danner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317028215

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The IALL International Handbook of Legal Information Management by Richard A. Danner Pdf

Around the world, legal information managers, law librarians and other legal information specialists work in many settings: law schools, private law firms, courts, government, and public law libraries of various types. They are characterized by their expertise in working with legal information in its many forms, and by their work supporting legal professionals, scholars, or students training to become lawyers. In an ever-shrinking world and a time of unprecedented technological change, the work of legal information managers is challenging and exciting, calling on specialized knowledge and skills, regardless of where in the world they practice their profession. Their role within legal systems contributes substantially to the administration of justice and the rule of law. This International Handbook addresses the policy and strategic issues with which legal information managers and law librarians need to engage in the context of the diverse legal environments in which they work. It provides resources, analysis, and considered studies on an international basis for seasoned professionals, those about to enter the field, and anyone interested in the evolution of legal information in the twenty-first century.

Author : Gary Hill,Dennis S Sears,Lovisa Lyman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317948056

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Teaching Legal Research and Providing Access to Electronic Resources by Gary Hill,Dennis S Sears,Lovisa Lyman Pdf

Teaching Legal Research and Providing Access to Electronic Resources is an essential guidebook to teaching lawyers and legal researchers how to find the information they need. Law librarians and reference librarians will welcome its timely, effective, and innovative techniques for facilitating their patrons’legal research. According to the MacCrate Report, legal research is one of the ten essential skills for practicing law, and educating users in research skills is a crucial part of the law librarian’s job. Teaching Legal Research and Providing Access to Electronic Resources provides you with techniques for training your patrons in effective search strategies. This comprehensive volume will help you offer much more than a list of information on where the data is located. This helpful volume covers the full range of both users and resources, from helping first-year law students find cases in print to helping attorneys learn to use new Web sites and search engines. Its range includes academic, company, and public law libraries. Teaching Legal Research and Providing Access to Electronic Resources discusses formal ways to teach the skills of research, such as scheduled workshops, one-on-one tutorials, for-credit courses in law schools, and CLE-credit courses in law firms. In addition, it offers hints for seizing the teaching moment when a patron needs help doing research. Teaching Legal Research and Providing Access to Electronic Resources presents practical advice for all aspects of patron education, including: the rival merits of process-oriented versus results-oriented learning strategies; coordinating library education programs with courses in legal writing; teaching foreign and international legal research; using learning style theory for more effective classes; helping patrons overcome computer anxiety; lower-cost alternatives to Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw; using technology to deliver reference services.

Author : Marc B. Silverman
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law libraries
ISBN : 0789014025

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Teamwork and Collaboration in Libraries by Marc B. Silverman Pdf

This practical book addresses the specific tasks of planning, organizing, and administering a successful library consortium. Teamwork and Collaboration in Libraries: Tools for Theory and Practice presents case studies of resource sharing within university library systems, between special interest libraries, and between academic and public libraries. Thoughtful analyses discuss the perils and benefits of consortia. This comprehensive book provides all the information you will need before undertaking a library collaboration.

Author : Lara Seven Phillips,Katherine G. Holvoet
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781440850226

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Taking Your MLIS Abroad by Lara Seven Phillips,Katherine G. Holvoet Pdf

This book explains how and why to get an international library job, what to expect when you arrive in your host country, and how to overcome challenges in your new home. For those who possess an ALA-accredited degree, there are opportunities to work in library settings around the world—and many of these attractive career options do not require non-English language skills or an EEC/Commonwealth citizenship. This guide to library work in countries outside the United States and Canada explains the benefits of taking on a library position in an international setting, how to find such a job, what to expect in working in a library outside of North America, and what strategies to employ to be successful and happy living and working in your host country. This guide answers all the questions that a librarian considering a position abroad would have, and it also covers subjects and concerns that might not be as obvious. Based on the direct experiences of the authors as well as anecdotal accounts from other librarians who have worked around the world, the book informs readers about common cultural differences with the application and interview process; explains how workplaces and working assumptions can be different from American expectations; profiles the different procedures, collection scope, curricular support, and intellectual freedom policies of libraries outside the United States and Canada; and describes the unique experience of moving to another country and living as an expat.

Author : John D. Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317951865

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Emerging Solutions in Reference Services by John D. Edwards Pdf

How can you enhance reference services without adding staff? Modern law librarians are under growing pressure to keep up with new technologies, deal instantly with the demands of patrons, keep the library safe and user-friendly, and generally offer the best possible service while keeping costs down. Emerging Solutions in Reference Services: Implications for Libraries in the New Millennium is a very practical guide for coping with rapidly changing technology and increasing demands for services. Its sane, well-researched advice and suggestions can help you deal with the hectic days and nights behind the reference desk. Emerging Solutions in Reference Services suggests up-to-date, innovative ways to deal with the traditional issues confronting librarians, including: handling problem patrons and ensuring security assigning reference responsibilities teaching patrons at the reference desk or on library tours drafting enforceable rules avoiding the unauthorized practice of law charging--or not charging--fees for services cross-training reference personnel Some of the traditional problems of law librarians are solved by computers; others are actually exacerbated by the new technologies available. In addition to finding ways that technology can help law librarians, Emerging Solutions in Reference Services offers solutions for the special problems posed by new technology, including questions of Web design, setting up online reference services, virtual library tours, Internet training for patrons, and ensuring technological competency of staff. In these days of decreasing budgets and increasing demands for services, Emerging Solutions in Reference Services is an invaluable resource for the librarian caught in the middle.

Author : Miriam Drake
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-05-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0824720784

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Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Second Edition - by Miriam Drake Pdf

A revitalized version of the popular classic, the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Second Edition targets new and dynamic movements in the distribution, acquisition, and development of print and online media-compiling articles from more than 450 information specialists on topics including program planning in the digital era, recruitment, information management, advances in digital technology and encoding, intellectual property, and hardware, software, database selection and design, competitive intelligence, electronic records preservation, decision support systems, ethical issues in information, online library instruction, telecommuting, and digital library projects.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UCAL:B3760082

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Law Library Journal by Anonim Pdf

Vols. 1- include Proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries.

Author : Michael F. Bemis
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838911853

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Library and Information Science by Michael F. Bemis Pdf

This unique annotated bibliography is a complete, up-to-date guide to sources of information on library science, covering recent books, monographs, periodicals and websites, and selected works of historical importance. In addition to compiling an invaluable list of sources, Bemis digs deeper, examining the strengths and weaknesses of key works. A boon to researchers and practitioners alike, this bibliography Includes coverage of subjects as diverse and vital as the history of librarianship, its development as a profession, the ethics of information science, cataloging, reference work, and library architecture Encompasses encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, photographic surveys, statistical publications, and numerous electronic sources, all categorized by subject Offers appendixes detailing leading professional organizations and publishers of library and information science literature This comprehensive bibliography of English-language resources on librarianship, the only one of its kind, will prove invaluable to scholars, students, and anyone working in the field.

Author : Barbara Bintliff,Lee F. Peoples
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Law libraries
ISBN : IND:30000116062880

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Public Services in Law Libraries by Barbara Bintliff,Lee F. Peoples Pdf

"Co-published simultaneously as Legal reference services quarterly, volume 26, numbers 1/2."

Author : Ellen G. Schaffer,Thomas R. Bruce
Publisher : Fred B. Rothman
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015021841435

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Directory of Foreign Law Collections in Selected Law Libraries by Ellen G. Schaffer,Thomas R. Bruce Pdf

This text originated from a survey regarding the foreign lawholdings of selected international organizations in the AALLForeign, Comparative and International Special InterestSection. It is divided into three sections: data bycountry, by international organization, and by library.

Author : Lara Seven Phillips,Katherine G. Holvoet
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9798216152408

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Taking Your MLIS Abroad by Lara Seven Phillips,Katherine G. Holvoet Pdf

This book explains how and why to get an international library job, what to expect when you arrive in your host country, and how to overcome challenges in your new home. For those who possess an ALA-accredited degree, there are opportunities to work in library settings around the world—and many of these attractive career options do not require non-English language skills or an EEC/Commonwealth citizenship. This guide to library work in countries outside the United States and Canada explains the benefits of taking on a library position in an international setting, how to find such a job, what to expect in working in a library outside of North America, and what strategies to employ to be successful and happy living and working in your host country. This guide answers all the questions that a librarian considering a position abroad would have, and it also covers subjects and concerns that might not be as obvious. Based on the direct experiences of the authors as well as anecdotal accounts from other librarians who have worked around the world, the book informs readers about common cultural differences with the application and interview process; explains how workplaces and working assumptions can be different from American expectations; profiles the different procedures, collection scope, curricular support, and intellectual freedom policies of libraries outside the United States and Canada; and describes the unique experience of moving to another country and living as an expat.