That's
where research librarians still hold the key.
Not exact matches
Where Inquiry Meets
Research: Teacher -
librarians can't help but be excited by the explicit focus on inquiry in all areas of education today.
Nicole Branch, MLIS, is a
research librarian at Holy Names University in Oakland, California,
where she provides
research support services and information literacy instruction to undergraduate and graduate students.
Nationwide,
research suggests that reading, writing, and graduation rates improve
where schools employ certified school
librarians.
GRS reader Nicole (with the assistance of her trusty
librarian Wendi) contacted the company and received this response: «After doing some
research with D&B, it turns out that someone made up the statement, and also made up the part
where D&B actually said that.»
Others I follow religiously include Overlawyered,
where Walter Olson keeps a critical eye focused on the legal profession; Legal Profession Blog, which is unparalleled in covering legal ethics; Real Lawyers Have Blogs,
where Kevin O'Keefe and his crew stay one step ahead of the social media curve; Law
Librarian Blog,
where Joe Hodnicki never misses a beat in tracking legal
research and information; and beSpacific,
where Sabrina Pacifici has consistently functioned as a virtual one - woman legal news bureau since 2002.
My early encounters with electronic legal researchbefore becoming a
librarian are quaint recollections — my law firm's one Lexis terminal, a behemoth console squirreled away in a tiny electrical closet
where searchers, wedged in the closet's doorway, gaveliteral expression to being at the threshold of computerized
research, or mind - boggling speculation that somedayeach lawyer, at least atthe most prosperous firms, might have a Lexis or Westlaw terminal at hervery own desk.
Before arriving at Osgoode, Mirando spent 15 years working as a
librarian for Torys LLP,
where he felt as though he had to start from scratch with articling students because they didn't know the
research skills they needed in practice.
Cecilia is a law
librarian at the University of Ottawa's Brian Dickson Law Library
where she is primarily involved in the coordination of the legal
research programme.
Although this rate is slower than the national average for all other jobs, the demand for
librarians will come from
research and special libraries
where their services and expertise will be needed to categorize all the available resources.