• Legal Research

    Law Library Value

    by  • February 22, 2012 • Books, Case Law, Collection, Database, ebooks, Knowledge, Legal Research, Legislation, Management, Management, Organization, Publishers, Research • 0 Comments

    Imperial Roman coin by clarita at Morguefile.com

    There is no reliable way to provide an adequate measure of a law library based on outputs.  This creates a tension when we are planning what we need as far as resources and understanding what has been a good investment and what hasn’t.  Law firms have opportunities that other organizations don’t, in that they...

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    Useful (Mostly) Sites for Solo Law Librarians

    by  • October 19, 2011 • Australia, Books, Business, Canada, Case Law, ebook Readers, ebooks, Featured, Financial, Law Library, Legal Research, Odds & Ends, Presentation, Solo, Technology, U.S., Windows • 0 Comments

    Blurred Train by iainharper at Morguefile.com

    The Ontario Courthouse Librarians’ Association (OCLA) met today in Toronto and asked me to give a presentation following the sites/minutes pattern.  We’ll see if they do THAT again!  They are peers and friends of mine from across the province, 48 libraries strong ranging from solo part-time librarians to multi-staff libraries with libarians who are...

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    Digging for Social Media for Litigation

    by  • October 13, 2011 • Canada, Featured, Large Firm, Law Firm, Legal Research, Mid Size Firm, Small Law Firm, Solo • 0 Comments

    Excavator by taleisin at Morguefile.com

    You are a lawyer and you have a new case where there may be some online evidence.  Where do you start?  What social media sites – like Facebook, Twitter, etc. – do you focus on?  The presentation I gave the Manitoba Bar Association‘s Legal Research section looked at how to unearth information related to...

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