Hello LLNE Members –
The next issue of the LLNE News in is the works. We are calling for submissions for our new issue! Feel free to choose any topic, and email us with your ideas.
Also, please continue to forward any news about our members such as recent publications, new jobs, achievements, etc. Thanks to those who have sent member news the past few months!
We need your materials by Nov. 20th!
Thanks,
Kyle K. Courtney & Susan Vaughn
Fellow law librarians,
Don’t miss an interesting breakfast program being hosted by ABLL on Wednesday, October 21st, at Suffolk University Law School.
Betsy McKenzie and Susan Vaughn will present on their research into how computer assisted legal research may be affecting how lawyers do legal analysis. Following this brief presentation, we will have a round table to explore how firm and academic librarians can work together to better prepare new associates for the demands of real world research.
Academic librarians – come and learn what firm librarians think we should be teaching! Firm librarians – come and hear about programs academic librarians are working on to teach students research skills!
For more details, see the ABLL announcement at: http://www.abll.org/pdf/abllinviteoct2009.pdf
10-K Wizard is now Morningstar Document Research. The new Document Research platform goes beyond the US annual filings (10-K form) to enable streamlined global company research. Its new name is intended to reflect the breadth of the offering.
While the name has changed, Morningstar Document Research continues to provide the full-text search capabilities, real-time alerts, and robust data extraction tools that are a vital resource for clients who conduct in-depth research. We are also planning to take advantage of additional features and functionality we’ll be able to offer as part of a larger, global organization.
For questions, please call 1-800-365-4608 or visit us at http://documentresearch.morningstar.com or www.10kwizard.com.
Submitted by: Katie Bayer, Marketing Coordinator, Morningstar Document Research
Check out the Website for the LLNE Fall 2009 Meeting!
From BlogTalk Radio:
Announcing an upcoming episode of The Law Librarian, on BlogTalkRadio, with special guest, Tracy Thompson-Przylucki, Executive Director of NELLCO.
Please plan on joining Brian Striman and I as we chat with Tracy about NELLCO and it’s many projects and services. We’ll also discuss the role of Consortia in law librarianship. The “show” will air live at 2:00PM (Central) on Wednesday, July 1. While we’re live we will be able to take call-in or chat-in questions.
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Announcing the Web 2.0 Challenge 2009: A Free, Online Course to Introduce Law Librarians to Web 2.0 Technologies
Last year the AALL Computing Services Special Interest Section sponsored the first Web 2.0 Challenge, an online course to introduce law librarians to social software and how to use it in their libraries. The course was so popular CS-SIS is sponsoring it again in 2009.
The Web 2.0 Challenge will provide a free, comprehensive, and social online learning opportunity designed for law librarians that incorporates hands-on use of these technologies. The course is intended for law librarians who have little experience with these technologies but are interested in learning more.
The online course will take place between August 3 and September 6. The five week course will cover these areas:
Week 1: Blogs & RSS
Week 2: Flickr & Social Bookmarking Software
Week 3: Social Networking Software and Twitter
Week 4: Wikis and LibGuides
Week 5: Web 2.0 @ Your Library
Participants will be required to complete a series of weekly activities, including viewing an instructional screencast; completing hands-on exercises based on the lesson; weekly blogging about their experience; and participating in a weekly small group chat session. The course will culminate with each participant developing a proposal for implementing a specific social software tool in their library.
Full enrollment will be limited to approximately one hundred participants. However, course content will be freely viewable to anyone who wishes to follow along. Enrolled participants who complete all activities are eligible for final prize drawings (prizes provided by CS-SIS). Certificates will also be awarded to all participants who complete the course.
We anticipate opening enrollment June 22nd. There is no charge for this course and enrollment will be offered on a first come first served basis.
For more information, visit the CS-SIS website. If you have any questions, you can contact Meg Kribble (mkribble AT law.harvard,edu) or Sally Irvin (irvinsa AT wfu.edu).
Hello LLNE Members –
The next issue of the LLNE News in is the works. We are calling for submissions for our new issue! Feel free to choose any topic, and email us with your ideas. Also, please continue to forward any news about our members such as recent publications, new jobs, achievements, etc. Thanks to those who have sent member news the past few months!
We need your materials by June 1st so we can get the issue out before people head off to the AALL meeting in Washington D.C.
Thanks,
Kyle K. Courtney & Susan Vaughn
Greetings LLNE Members! Make sure to save the date October 23, 2009 for the LLNE Fall 2009 Meeting at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
“Advancing the Ball – Advancing the Law: Making Points in Sports Law on the Court and in the Courts”
This meeting will feature a host of guest speakers including:
Domenic J. Sarno, Mayor of the City of Springfield; Prof. Glenn M. Wong, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Prof. Curt Hamakawa, Western New England College; Jeffrey Monseau, College Archivist at Springfield College; and more!
Some of the topics covered at this meeting will include:
The Politics of Olympic Bidding, Gender Discrimination in Sports, Recent Developments in Sports Law, and a tour of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
If you have any questions, please contact Katherine Coolidge kcoolidge@bulkley.com (413) 272-6275
LLNE Spring Meeting
April 17, 2009
Cascade Banquet Facility
Hamden, Connecticut
Hosted by Quinnipiac University Law Library Staff
Registration Deadline Extended!
If you have not registered for the LLNE Spring Meeting yet, you’re in luck! The deadline has been extended and we have room for a few more people if you would like to attend. This meeting on Animal Law promises to be a thought-provoking and informative day. We hope you will join us.
Register here: http://law.quinnipiac.edu/llneregistration.xml
If you need accommodations, call the Clarion Hotel & Suites. The group rate of $99 is still available. You will need to make your reservation by phone at (203) 288-3831 and tell them this is for the Law Librarians of New England meeting hosted by Quinnipiac University School of Law Library.
Contact Mike Hughes at (203) 582-3318 if you have any questions.
Animal Law
LLNE Spring 2009 Meeting Hosted by Quinnipiac University School of Law Library
Who should attend?
Academic, court, and firm librarians will benefit from learning about this emerging area of law. Today, there are 104 law schools in the US and Canada (including Quinnipiac, Harvard, UConn, Suffolk, Northeastern, and Boston University) that offer course selections in Animal Law. In a few short years, these law students will be advocating for your firms’ clients, prosecuting animal cruelty cases in your courthouses or teaching in your law schools about this new area of law.
What is it?
The Animal Legal Defense Fund describes animal law as a combination of statutory and case law in which the nature – legal, social or biological – of non-human animals is an important factor. Animal law encompasses companion animals, wildlife, animals used in entertainment, animals raised for food, and animals used in research. It permeates and affects torts, contracts, criminal law, trusts and estates, family law, and international law. This emerging legal specialty reflects the changes in attitudes that have evolved over the past thirty years towards our animals, food, and environment.
More about our program!
We’re going to start the day (after coffee of course!) with QUSL Professor Gail Stern’s “Biophilia and the Bookworm.” Biophilia is the instinctive bond between human beings and other living systems as defined by Pulitzer Prize winner naturalist Edward O. Wilson. Professor Stern will discuss how the body of laws we have today evolved.
Following Professor Stern’s presentation, a panel will be about bioethics and the use of laboratory animals. Featured on this panel will be Dr. Herbert J. Van Kruiningen from the University of Connecticut, Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, and QUSL Professor John Thomas. Professor Thomas, QUSLs Health Law expert, will take a pro animal tack. While we can’t guarantee it, JT as he’s locally known, is a talented and erudite guitarist and may be persuaded to add a musical note to our day.
After our vegetarian lunch, we’ll have a panel on Connecticut law. Mr. Kerry Patton, a Quinnipiac law student, authored “Justice of Animals, the State of the Law in Connecticut” in the October 2008 issue of the Connecticut Lawyer. In his article Kerry discusses the link between violence against animals and violence against humans; in particular, the role animal abuse plays in domestic violence cases. Kerry will discuss the topics in his article for our panel and talk about ongoing legislative efforts to deal with this issue.
QUSL Professor David Rosettenstein will also participate on this panel. Professor Rosettenstein, a long time advocate for animals, will bring his passion and dedication to us in his discussion of the controversial leg hold traps.
Our third speaker on this panel will be attorney Eric Annes from the Connecticut Fund for the Environment. Attorney Annes will discuss open space initiatives and their impact on wildlife.
Our last speaker of the day will be QUSL Professor Linda Meyer who has both her law degree and a doctorate in philosophy from University of California Berkeley. Professor Meyer will bring a sensitive and intellectual approach to the issues involving factory farms and our food supply system.
Last but not least you’re invited back to the QUSL Library for tours and refreshments.
We hope you’ll join us.
Register here: http://law.quinnipiac.edu/llneregistration.xml
