This week's interview is with Ann Hemmens,
a legal reference librarian with the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress.
Before accepting this position, I only had a vague sense of what being
a legal reference librarian entailed.
I just wanted to be the world's greatest general
legal reference librarian (ah, youth!).
A user wants
a legal reference librarian who is aware of the context and can give answers that draw on their extensive knowledge of the relevant resources suitable to the question and the user.
The world's greatest
legal reference librarian, because, if you're going to do something, why not excel at it?
I was going to be
a legal reference librarian.
Not just
any legal reference librarian.
Could the greatest
legal reference librarian be, a robot?
What makes a great
legal reference librarian?
Is there satisfaction for
the legal reference librarian in just being a source for answers?
Should I, to become the great
legal reference librarian I seek to be, become, finally I, Robot?
I think you are a GREAT
legal reference librarian.
So, to become the great
legal reference librarian I aspire to be, do I deepen my knowledge, the artificial intelligence?
Not exact matches
Is
legal reference librarianship just like being an AI law
librarian to users — just a source for answers, or is there more?
As online
legal research resources become more personalized and sophisticated, it is increasingly important that lawyers outside of major urban centres be offered such training and have access to the
reference services of a trained law
librarian at the local level, especially if they are to be expected to offer competent and competitive
legal services to their clients.
She also provides
legal research services to patrons, both at the
reference desk in the Law Library Reading Room and via the Law Library's Ask a
Librarian service.
As I worked as a
reference librarian in a few public libraries, I noticed a similar wear - and - tear evident in the demeanor of folks who came to the library hoping for help with
legal issues.
According to
reference and electronic services
librarian Bonnie Shucha, the blog will report on new Web research resources and technologies,
legal research news, announcements of local workshops and events, and more.
For
librarians and
legal researchers, the ideal would be to move seamlessly from
reference source to
reference source, irrespective of who the publisher might be.
Today I'm thinking about theology — not a typical concern in my job as a
reference librarian in a
legal library, but a friend quoted paleontologist and Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to me on how spirit is infused into material life, and I feel like exploring that a bit.
The site is operated by Infosources Publishing, a New Jersey company that publishes
reference materials for lawyers, law
librarians,
legal researchers and information professionals.
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:
Reference Librarians will help in finding and using resources but they can not do homework, do the actual research, or give
legal advice.
J. 575, 578 (2011)(suggesting that «law
librarians with recent practice experience» can «draw on their experience in a contemporary
legal research practice setting to enhance their instruction»)(citing Nolan L. Wright, Standing at the Gates: A New Law Librarian Wonders About the Future Role of the Profession in Legal Research Education, 27 Legal Reference Services Q. 305, 332 — 33 (2008)-
legal research practice setting to enhance their instruction»)(citing Nolan L. Wright, Standing at the Gates: A New Law
Librarian Wonders About the Future Role of the Profession in
Legal Research Education, 27 Legal Reference Services Q. 305, 332 — 33 (2008)-
Legal Research Education, 27
Legal Reference Services Q. 305, 332 — 33 (2008)-
Legal Reference Services Q. 305, 332 — 33 (2008)-RRB-.
Reference Librarians with law degrees are available to assist with research and reference for students, faculty, and members of the Orlando legal c
Reference Librarians with law degrees are available to assist with research and
reference for students, faculty, and members of the Orlando legal c
reference for students, faculty, and members of the Orlando
legal community.
I've had less reason to find US books, but the «
Legal Treatises» chapter of the annual
Legal Information Buyer's Guide and
Reference Manual by Kendall Svengalis has been useful — although aimed at US
librarians who are purchasing titles, its annotated list of titles for 61 topics provides a good starting point.
My
reference to law students in particular was based on feedback that I received from university law
librarians and
legal research instructors that it was difficult to encourage law students to use CanLII when they have free access to the commercial services.
Panelists included lawyer /
librarian Matthew Braun,
Legal Reference Specialist at the Law Library of Congress in Washington, DC, Sara Sommarstrom, Program Director, Minnesota Justice Foundation, and Prof. Nanette Elster, Vice President, Spence & Elster and Adjunct Faculty, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL.
I have described how financial realities have reduced our academic law libraries from comprehensive library environments to a rump body of
librarians (or a single
librarian) in a law school doing library
reference duties and obsessing about teaching
legal research.
This post is coauthored by Barbara Bavis, instructional
librarian, and Robert Brammer, senior
legal information specialist We frequently receive
reference requests for resources related to the administration of an estate.
This post is coauthored by Barbara Bavis, instructional
librarian, and Robert Brammer, senior
legal reference specialist.
Reference librarians may assist patrons in selecting and using
legal materials, but we can not, by law, give
legal advice or interpret
legal authority.
Objective: Looking for a law
librarian position in a reputed
legal firm to use my researching and acquisition skills of
legal reference materials, including analyzing the
legal resources.