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Selected Reading Summaries LawLib Listserv Report Assignments Legal Information Center - Report #1 Report #2 Report #3 Report #4 Automated System Report Research Paper
Students may chose from the readings in the Coursebook, in the ISB Library collection, or readings on reserve in the ISB library; and write a short summary of two readings and find a new reading in the law or library and information science literature for each of the topics to share with your classmates during each class period. The summaries should be typed on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper and double spaced. They should be submitted to the professor through the WebCT email at the SLIS 5366 WebCT classroom site by midnight of each class period. YOU ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE READ ALL OF THE READINGS FROM THE TEXTBOOK, PANELLA, MUELLER & KEHOE - HANDBOOK, DRAGICH & SCHANK - STAFF ORGANIZATION, MERSKY & LEITER - SPIRIT, BURCH & YOUNG, the COURSEBOOK, and ANY OTHER READINGS IDENTIFIED AS REQUIRED.
Everyone should join the LawLib Listserv at Washburn University School of Law - http://www.washlaw.edu/washburn.txt.html#ListservsTo subscribe:1) Send a message to the specific discussion group server:
Example: listserv@lawlib.wuacc.edu2) Message says: subscribe listname yourname groupname areaofinterest
Example: subscribe familylaw-l markfolmsbee lawlibrarian legislation
REPORT ASSIGNMENT #1 - LAW LIBRARY REPORTS
Legal Information Center
2. Private Law Firm Law Libraries
3. Corporate Law Libraries
4. Bar Association Law Libraries
5. Law Libraries of Federal Agencies or Departments
6. Law Library of Congress
7. Correctional Institution or Prison Law Libraries (County, State,
and Federal)
8. British Law Libraries
9. Canadian Law Libraries
10. Court Law Libraries (Federal, State, County and Local)
11. Public Libraries - Legal Information Collections
12. University Libraries - Legal Information Collections
12. U. S. Supreme Court Law Library
13. Health Sciences Libraries
14. Legal Information Broker
15. Virtual Law LibraryWrite a two - five page summary reporting your findings, and submit your notes showing the sources you used. Type your summary on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper, double-spaced. The paper should be submitted to WEBct email by midnight. DUE Monday, FEBRUARY 7, 2000
- History of the type of library
- Quantitative information such as statistics on number and size, function
- Major user groups
- Special collection requirements
- Nature of the law librarians employed there (including educational requirements)
- Any other relevant information you can find. (Use any resources - print, non-print, interviews with professionals, etc.) BE CREATIVE
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PLEASE TURN IN TWO COPIES OF ALL REPORTS AND PAPERS - LIBRARY REPORTS, POLICY STATEMENT
#2: Policy Project - Collection Development (DUE March 6, 2000),
REPORT ASSIGNMENT
#2, #3 & #4
#3: Public Services Policy (DUE March 27, 2000)
#4: Part 1: Internet Services Policy (DUE April 10, 2000)
#4: Part 2: Training Module Statement (DUE April 10, 2000)Write a policy statement for collection development, public services (information services or circulation) and internet services for the type of law library or information center that you examined in Report Assignment #1.
The purpose of this assignment is to point out the policy decisions that have to be made, how they are interrelated, and how they vary from one type of library or legal information environment to another. To get started, read the following materials:
For the Collection Development Policy -
For the Public Services Policy -
- The Relevance of Collection Development Policies: Definition, Necessity, and Applications, 33 RQ 65-74 (1993) and Strougal, Formal Collection Policy Needed for Development, National Law Journal (1990). (COURSEBOOK ON RESERVE)
For the Internet Services Policy -
- Mueller & Kehoe, Law Librarianship (sample policies are included in the chapter on public services);
- Anglim, Special Collections Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines: A Model Plan for the Management of Special Legal Collections, (1994)
- Studwell, Model Policies for Legal Information Service, 48 Bookmark 293-295 (Summer 1990). (ISB LIBRARY)
- Kovacs, Diane K., Barbara F. Schloman and Julie McDaniel, A Model for Planning and Providing Reference Services Using Internet Resources, 42 Library Trends 638-647 (Spring 1994). (ISB)
- Each student must also develop a training module for electronic and internet services in a type of law library environment.
The policies should be submitted to WEBct email by midnight of the date that the assignment is due.
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PLEASE TURN IN TWO COPIES OF ALL REPORTS AND PAPERS - LIBRARY REPORTS, POLICY STATEMENT
Report Assignment #5
AUTOMATED SYSTEM REPORT Each student should select one of the systems noted below (or a system of your choice with prior approval of the professor) and write a ten page paper. To get started, read literature from library and information science including; articles, books, newpaper articles, company annual reports, etc. Use the Internet, many automated system companies publish information about their systems on the Web.
Your paper should include useful information for someone not familiar with the system you are researching. Write or call for information from the vendor if you wish. Each student will make a fifteen minute report to the rest of the class on the system.THE PAPER MUST:- Discuss the history and development of the systemResources:
- Describe the system
- Identify and discuss the modules that are available
- Note its strengths and weaknesses for use in a law library
- Note its place in the world of automated library systems
- List law libraries or legal information collections that have implemented the system
- Include comments by law library users (librarians and others)
- Include an annotated bibliography of the discussion of the system in law, law librarianship and general library and information science literatureAUTOMATED SYSTEMS
- WebCATS http://www.lights.com/webcats/ (vendor index)
- Online Bibliographic Services - Links to Library Automation Sites http://www.aallnet.org/sis/obssis/obslinks.htm
- Integrated Library System Reports - http://www.ilsr.com/vendors/search2.cfm
- Automated Library Systems - http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/centoff/cmis/cat/mrr.htm
- Library Automation Vendors - http://staffweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/Breeding/vendorquery.html
- Ameritech Library Services (NOTIS - DYNIX - ConnectLib - Horizon) http://www.als.ameritech.com/
- Data Research Associates (DRA) - http://www.dra.com
- Endeavor Information System (Voyager) - http://www.endinfosys.com/main.htm
- EOSi International : GLAS -DataTrek and Tseries - Information Navigator - http://www.eosintl.com/
- GEAC Computers, Inc. - http://www.geac.com
- International Library Systems, Corp. (ILS) - SydneyPLUS - http://www.ils.ca/
- Inmagic - http://www.inmagic.com/
- Innovative Interfaces, Inc. - http://www.iii.com
- SIRSI Corporation - http://www.sirsi.com
- TLC - The Library Corporation - (BiblioFile) - http://www.tlcdelivers.com/tlc/
- VTLS, Inc. - http://www.vtls.com
- Athena - Sagebrush Technologies - http://www.nicholsinc.com./
REMEMBER!!!! -
PLEASE TURN IN TWO COPIES OF ALL REPORTS AND PAPERS - LIBRARY REPORTS, POLICY STATEMENT
Research Paper A research paper on some aspect of law librarianship is required of all students. It will determine forty percent of the final grade for each student.
I have listed some possible topics for your consideration. This list is not intended to be exhaustive or precise, rather merely suggestive, to provide you with current topics of interest in the field of law librarianship so that you can tailor the subjects to your own interest. You are strongly encouraged to pursue your own interests and stray far from this list. BE CREATIVE
The paper should be ten or more pages in length, plus either footnotes or endnotes. A bibliography should also be included in the report for all resources used in the preparation. A style manual should be used for this report. Please indicate the style manual that you selected in a note attached to the report. Please be consistent, points will be reduced from your grade if a consistent style is not used.
Recommended Style Manuals
1. Turabian, Kate L. A Manual For Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations.
2. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
3. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Themes and Dissertations
4. The Chicago Manual of Style
Suggested Research Topics
- Legal Information and Government Information
- Is a JD Necessary for Law Librarians?
- Outsourcing In Law Libraries
- Knowledge Management
- Licensing Databases for Law Libraries
- IntraNets for Law Libraries
- Status of Private Law Firm Librarians -- Professionals or Glorified Clerks
- Security for Internet Access and Services in Law Libraries
- Legal Informatics
- Fees-for-Service Implications in Law Libraries
- Legal Services to Special Categories of Users (e.g., prisoners, evening students, summer school students, pro se patrons, law practitioners, etc.)
- Faculty Status for Law Librarians -- Should There Be Different Considerations.
- Relationship Between Academic and Law Firm Libraries -- Should there be More Cooperation and Innovation?
- Marketing the Law Firm Library
- History of Legal Publishing
- Academic Law Library Autonomy -- Pros and Cons, Considerations and Implications
- Copyright Law Compliance and Law Libraries
- Early English Law Libraries - the Inns of Court
- Law Librarianship and Other Specialized Libraries - What differences have emerged, why, and with what consequences? Are there different philosophies, needs, goals.
- Preservation of Law Materials
- Law Libraries in Other Countries - Comparison to U.S. Law Libraries
- Malpractice Liability of Law Librarians (Unauthorized Practice of Law)
- Private Law Librarians and Litigation Support
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PLEASE TURN IN TWO COPIES OF ALL REPORTS AND PAPERS - LIBRARY REPORTS, POLICY STATEMENT
