Among other EJC and pre-conference programs, there is one for Access to Justice (A2J) professionals,
public law librarians, and those who are interested public law library or public library legal reference services and A2J (access to justice) issues:
At first, their services were extended primarily to judges, legislators, and attorneys, but in the last part of the 20th century, the public came to rely on
public law librarians to locate information to assist them in handling their own cases, without the assistance of counsel.
We get a lot of calls for people who need to talk to a Washington STATE
public law librarian.
Not exact matches
The goal of this pro-bono state - level support project is to ensure that each state's ESSA Implementation Plan has school library stakeholders at the table during development, a robust professional engagement during
public comment to support the stakeholder objectives, and that every avenue to expand the role and stature of school
librarians in each state is, as authorized under federal
law, explored.
This session will bring together a privacy
law professor who is thinking about a world without intellectual privacy, an academic
librarian who worked with an ALA committee to create Library Privacy Guidelines for E-book Lending and Digital Content Vendors, and a
public librarian working on a grant - funded project to help library professionals increase their knowledge of digital and data privacy concerns to better serve the patrons who access their library's technological resources
Upon the dissolution of the association known as the New Jersey Association of School
Librarians, Inc., the Board of Trustees will, after paying or making provision for the payment of all of the liabilities of the Association, distribute the remaining assets to such organization or organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, religious, or scientific purposes as will at the time qualify as an exempt organization or organizations under section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal Revenue
Law), as the Board of Trustees will determine, or to a state, federal or local government for a
public purpose.
In some provinces, the
public is offered a minimum of service (basic directional services from a
librarian, access to print resources only) only at the central
law society library, clearly out of reach of the vast majority of the population.
Our justice departments, attorneys general,
law societies and bar associations must not overlook the potential of courthouse libraries as the space where their access to justice initiatives connect with the
public, with the courthouse
librarians acting as the trained ambassadors.
Connie Crosby, President of the Canadian Association of
Law Libraries (CALL), has written a letter to The Honourable Judy M. Foote, Minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada, explaining the many concerns law librarians have about the idea of discontinuing the paper publication of the annual Statutes of Cana
Law Libraries (CALL), has written a letter to The Honourable Judy M. Foote, Minister of
Public Services and Procurement Canada, explaining the many concerns
law librarians have about the idea of discontinuing the paper publication of the annual Statutes of Cana
law librarians have about the idea of discontinuing the paper publication of the annual Statutes of Canada.
The challenge for
law society
Librarians is budgetary — we do have our budgets from the Members» fees and as such our collections must support their work, there isn't the money to have a general
public collection of materials that those not trained in the
law can use and databases comes with licenses that prevent us from allowing the
public to use them.
This is where I come in, as a
librarian at a government
law library that is open to the
public!
It was great to hear at CALL about
law librarians helping their ereader loving clients with their recreational ebook reading (how to find content they want, borrow from their
public library, buy online, download to their devices).
Author: Keith Buckley, Assistant Director for
Public Services; Ralph Gaebler, Foreign
Law Librarian; Ashley Ahlbrand, Assistant
Librarian for Educational Technologies and Adjunct Lecturer in
Law; Cindy Dabney, Outreach Services
Librarian; and Lara Little, Archive and Digital Preservation Specialist.
The panelists were all from the San Francisco area: two
law firm
librarians, one
law school
librarian, and one
librarian from a
public law library.
Whether you're an artist, teacher, scientist,
librarian, policymaker or just a regular citizen, Creative Commons provides you with a free,
public, and standardized set of tools and licenses that create a balance between the reality of the Internet and the reality of copyright
laws.
Osgoode Hall
Law School has vacancies for two full - time
librarians, a Head of
Public Services who will undertake a major rebuilding of that area here, and a reference
librarian.
Public - facing
law librarians are treading a very dangerous path.
This section will be geared towards those who conduct legal research, including lawyers with firms, the courts, government, corporations and
law reform and other legal institutions, contract research lawyers, and
law librarians in the private and
public sectors.
Yes, I know that a lot of the program is
public libraries oriented, but there are many themes and sessions which will resonate with
law librarians.
Primary sources of
law being now available from different paying services and free
public Web sites providing access to resources as well, what will happen of
librarians?
Noting that two of the group had previously used the school's
law library and had been assisted by the school's law librarians, Dean Cameron underlined Windsor Law's commitment to make its library accessible to the publ
law library and had been assisted by the school's
law librarians, Dean Cameron underlined Windsor Law's commitment to make its library accessible to the publ
law librarians, Dean Cameron underlined Windsor
Law's commitment to make its library accessible to the publ
Law's commitment to make its library accessible to the
public.
NH
Law About... serves as a «one stop» resource for public librarians with links to reliable and authoritative legal information resources on New Hampshire l
Law About... serves as a «one stop» resource for
public librarians with links to reliable and authoritative legal information resources on New Hampshire
lawlaw.
Judges,
public interest lawyers, and
law librarians have a special interest in this European equivalent to a First Amendment battle.
Supported by the
Law Foundation of British Columbia, LawMatters is Courthouse Libraries BC's outreach program for
public librarians.
The review was prepared by our Senior
Law Librarian for
Public Access, Theodore Pollack
SUBJECT: Information storage and retrieval systems
Law Congresses;
Law Study and teaching Congresses; Communication in learning and scholarship Congresses;
Law libraries Congresses;
Law librarians Congresses; Academic libraries Congresses;
Public services (Libraries) Congresses.
Longer answer: The two professional
law librarians currently posting to this blog serve a county of 500,000 + residents (and the rest of Oregon — and other states and countries on occasion) and run a
public law library so we just don't have the time to answer everyone's questions.
In Friday's
Law Librarian Conversations podcast (formerly the Law Librarian podcast) we talked about the up - take of this week by academic law libraries, especially considering that the focus tends to be on public librari
Law Librarian Conversations podcast (formerly the
Law Librarian podcast) we talked about the up - take of this week by academic law libraries, especially considering that the focus tends to be on public librari
Law Librarian podcast) we talked about the up - take of this week by academic
law libraries, especially considering that the focus tends to be on public librari
law libraries, especially considering that the focus tends to be on
public libraries.
The case
law seems to suggest that, rather than deciding
public access policies based solely on considerations of the
public or private nature of their universities, the amount of
public funding received, or their library's depository status,
librarians can consider the individual characteristics of their own universities — the university's mission, their patrons» needs, their financial circumstances, and the place they see for their academic library in the larger community.
Now, as a
public services
librarian in an academic
law library, I do little targeted legal research.
This week's interview is with Ann Hemmens, a legal reference
librarian with the
Public Services Division of the
Law Library of Congress.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, other work - related experiences might include managing a local
public library, serving as a technical service
librarian, working as a media specialist at a high school or serving as an information professional at a
law firm, hospital, museum or government agency.