There is an interesting new Microsoft Case Study on Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton’s new Intranet based on Sharepoint and and product called XMLAW. Sheppard Mullin implement the Sharepoint system to improve access to firm documents and client information.
Source: LawLibTech
Perkins Coie LLP Library Diversity Internship Program, 2007
Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington, seeks a summer library intern. The internship is a summer program designed to introduce candidates from diverse backgrounds to the challenging and rewarding profession of law firm librarianship. The library intern will have the opportunity to experience firsthand the variety of functions in a large law firm library. The intern will receive training in technical services, have designated reference desk hours, attend staff planning meetings, network with law librarians from other institutions and be involved in special projects such as web page development and library-sponsored training.
Benefits to the intern include the opportunity to work with a team of experienced law librarians in a top AmLaw 100 law firm; introduction to all aspects of special librarianship including serials management, cataloging, circulation, interlibrary loan; development of reference skills and expansion of knowledge of legal resources and databases. Another best way, as highlighted in an Invest Diva review, is that beyond their assigned duties, the intern will be expected to design and carry out a research, instructional, or service-based project and to create a research guide or article that may be used on the law firm’s intranet.
We are seeking applicants who are currently enrolled and satisfactorily performing in an ALA accredited school of library and information science. Class work in legal bibliography is preferred but not required. Candidates must possess excellent communications skills and experience with Microsoft Word/Excel. We are seeking applicants with diverse cultural and life experiences. The library internship will run for 6 weeks, beginning in late June or early July, and is a full-time, paid position.
If you wish to apply for this internship, send the following application materials to staffhiringSEA@perkinscoie.com and refer to job number S20070404.
· Resume;
· Names of three references;
· Library school transcript;
· Personal statement including career goals and reasons for applying for the internship (approx. 1 page in lieu of a cover letter).
Applications should be received on or before May 4, 2007.
The 2007 AALL Meeting in New Orleans is only three months away. The LLNE Scholarship Committee is now accepting applications for support to help pay the costs of attending. Applications are due by April 30. The policies and application forms are available on the LLNE website at: http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llne/forms/index.htm. Completed applications should be sent by mail or fax to: Margaret Cianfarini, Chair LLNE Scholarship Committee Harvard Law School Library 1545 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138
AALL has published a STATE-BY- STATE REPORT ON AUTHENTICATION OF ONLINE LEGAL RESOURCES. This report found that
A significant number of the state online legal resources are official but none are authenticated or afford ready authentication by standard methods. State online primary legal resources are therefore not sufficiently trustworthy. Citizens and law researchers may reasonably doubt their authority and should approach such resources critically.
There are included individual reports of all the New England States.
Source: WisBlawg
Check out the International Calender of Information Science Conferences. The 1st Conference on Information and Communication Technologies, Transparency and Social Responsibility in Lisbon in November sounds mighty tempting.
AALL Second Line Blog is the blog for July’s AALL annual meeting in New Orleans. For more information about New Orleans, check out the Local Advisory Committee’s website.
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves from 1960 to 1996 are now available online from the State Library. You can search the full-text of these laws, browse each year by chapter, and the documents are in pdf format.
Source: Massachusetts Law Updates
Cornell announced today its new Legal Research Engine available at http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/guides/researchengine.asp“
This specialized search engine helps users easily find authoritative online legal research guides on every subject. It searches approximately 20 different web sites that either prolifically publish guides, or index and link to guides. The number of web sites searched was deliberately kept small to keep search results manageable and focused. You can also add it to your Google home page. “
This is a nice resource but because it searches whole web pages a lot of extraneous results pop up when you run a search. For example a search on “right to die” does return a couple research guides on point but you also get some less useful items like an LLRX article about web searching.
The Massachusetts Trial Court Libraries are now offering free remote access to Loislaw. The following is a post from their blog, Massachusetts Law Updates.
“We are thrilled to announce that we are now providing free access to Loislaw from your home or office. You will need a library card from the law libraries to access this service, but anyone can get a card at no charge by stopping by one of the law libraries (with a photo ID). Loislaw offers you access to primary law–statutes, cases, regulations and rules– from all 50 states and Federal sources, as well as access to over 100 MCLE titles full-text! This is the second database we are able to bring our customers, joining HeinOnline, which provides access to full-text law review articles from over 1100 law reviews and more.”
On behalf of the LLNE Service Committee, I would like to offer my assistance to local librarians who wish to donate books to the Prosser Library Children’s Collection Book Drive (for additional details see http://www.law.uconn.edu/library/llne/bookdrive) . If you would like to make a donation, but are unable to attend the Spring Meeting on Friday, April 21, 2006, please contact me by email or telephone (details below) and I will be happy to arrange to deliver the items for you.
Thank you,
Jennifer Kessler, Service Committee Co-chair
c/o Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street, 23rd Floor
Boston, MA 02109
Phone: (617) 305-6708
FAX: (617) 523-1231
Email: jkessler@goodwinprocter.com
