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NEWS and VIEWS Ruth
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Volume 2, Issue 2 IN THIS ISSUE
Law Librarians Receive Research Grant What Reference Librarians Do Library Displays Request Delivery – Self-Service Borrowing Law Library Hosts Two Library Science Interns Newspapers & Magazines Collection Remote Access to Legal
Resources Now Available United Nations Collection Update |
Special Library Hours Thanksgiving
Recess (November 24 – 26) Wednesday, November 24 Thursday, November 25 – Friday, November 26 CLOSED Exam Period (November 27 – December 20) Monday – Friday Saturday Sunday Winter Break (December 21 – January 17) Tuesday, December 21 – Thursday, December 23 Friday, December 24 – Sunday, December 26 CLOSED Monday, December 27 – Thursday, December 30 Friday, December 31 – Sunday, January 2 CLOSED Monday – Friday, January 3 – Friday, January Saturday, January Sunday, January Monday, January 10 – Friday, January 14 Saturday, January 15 Sunday, January 16 Monday, January 17 (MLK, Jr. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We wish success
to our students on exams and final
projects! |
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Please minimize distractions in the Reading Room and other study areas Headphones should be inaudible to others Cell phones are prohibited Keep conversations quiet & to a minimum |
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IU-I Law Librarians Receive Research Grant An Online
Bibliographic Services/Technical Services Joint Research Grant has been awarded
to Dragomir Cosanici, Head of Reference,
and Chris E. Long, Cataloging Librarian,
both at the Ruth Lilly Law Library at Indiana University School of Law,
Indianapolis. Their project, "Citation
Practices of the The grant provides support for technical services law
librarians to perform research that will enhance law librarianship in service
to our clients and is available each year. Applicants must be members of AALL
and must show evidence that the research will benefit technical services law
librarianship. The goal of the Joint
Research Grant Committee (JRGC) is to award grants in a single year
ranging in amount of no more than $1,000.
Library Displays "Thanksgiving
for the Abundance … of Exam Prep Resources" – November's lobby display –
features print titles on preparing for law school exams and printouts from
online exam prep websites. Please "Take One" of the handouts that
list all the websites included in the display. Each month this display area
has a new exhibit relevant to legal education and topics. Faculty publications are displayed in three exhibits in
the library. The largest exhibit is inside the main door of the library. The
other two are in wooden display cases adjacent to the stairs on the 2d and 3d
floors of the library. Please look at the variety of research topics of our
faculty. New titles added to the library's collection
within the past few months are promoted in display cases outside the Woodard
Room (lawyers' room) on the 1st floor. If you are interested in learning
about other new titles or in suggesting titles for the library to purchase,
please consult the Selected New Acquisitions Lists and suggestions link on
the library's website: |
WHAT DO REFERENCE LAW
LIBRARIANS DO?
Reference
librarians also provide group tours of the Law Library upon request. At
the Ruth Lilly Law, the Law Librarians participate in classroom legal
research instruction, and assist the law faculty with legal research
projects. If you have a research question related to one of your
courses or a project for a faculty member, seek to write a paper for a class
or law review, or have any additional reference questions; please do not
hesitate to ask. During
the school year, the reference desk (274-4026) is staffed Monday - Thursday, Do you need to borrow books from other Use Request Delivery! Try the Request Delivery system available when you log on
to IUCAT, IU’s
online catalog. If you aren’t sure how to use Request Delivery, ask at the
circulation or reference desks. (Note that Do you need to borrow material that isn’t available on IUCAT? Ask for a Book Request form or an Article Request form at the circulation desk. We’ll borrow the material for you. |
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Ryan T. Schwier is a circulation and reference
intern this fall. He graduates from SLIS in December. Ryan is Chief
Operations Officer at the law firm of Starkey Law Group, P.C. He hopes to
enter law school in fall 2005. |
SLIS Law Library Interns Two students from IU’s Law librarianship – especially a JD
combined with a masters degree in library science – offers professional opportunities
throughout the country in law schools, law firms, court libraries and other
settings. Talk to a librarian about this career path! |
Donna Close works with Government Documents. She will complete her MLS in May 2005 and may pursue a JD or PhD. Her professional experience is in real estate, property management and historic properties. |
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EXTRA, EXTRA…READ ALL ABOUT IT!!! Ready for a break from a hectic day? Want to browse some
current legal articles? Interested in reading some out-of-town newspapers? Stop by the library to take advantage of the variety of
newspapers and magazines in a relaxing atmosphere. In addition to popular daily newspapers,
the collection has professional/legal titles. And if there is a particular
title you would like to see in the collection, send your request to the
Library. The following titles are available
for your reading pleasure across from the Reference desk: Newspapers New
York Times Wall
Street Journal Legal/Professional titles Chronicle
of Higher Education Court
& Commercial Record (Marion Co., IN) Legal
Times Litigation
News National
Law Journal Magazines American
Lawyer US
News & World Report |
Remote Access to Legal Resources Now Available You can
access the Law Library’s databases from a new site – your home computer! Go to the When you
click on the title of a database, the Central Authentication Service (CAS) page
(below) pops up. Insert your ADS Domain User ID and password here and click
login for access to the databases. Please let Professor Anspach know if you
have any problems with this new service.
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United
Nations Collection Update The Ruth Lilly Law Library is a full United Nations
Depository. Thus, the library maintains an extensive collection of UN
monographs, statistics and electronic services. The United Nations collection
consists of three major parts which patrons can access: (A) the Mastheads, (B) microfiche and (C)
shelved publications. Electronic Access to
UN Materials Recently the library converted to the electronic United
Nations Official Documents System (ODS)
for the masthead collection, official records and United Nations reports
since 1992. The ODS URL is http://www.ods.un.org/ods/.
To receive an access password, please
come to the Reference desk or call 274-4026. To access this system from
the Law Library’s website, click on “Electronic Research” and either
“Databases by Title” or “Databases by Category” to find “United Nations
Research.” Select “Documents.” Other selected
documents, such as official records and United Nations reports, as well as
resolutions passed prior to 1992, are available in either monograph or
microfiche format. United Nations documents in Readex (the
library’s vendor) microfiche format are also available in the Law Library.
They are sent periodically ranging between 6 months to 2 years after the date
of official UN publication. For an electronic index of the Readex microfiche collection, please consult the Access
UN link on the library’s webpage under United Nations Research at http://www.indylaw.indiana.edu/library/unitednations.htm,
then select the Access UN (Readex) link. All Readex UN
microfiche are organized by year of publication, followed by the UN document
number. The UN microfiche resources are located in the microfiche area on the
1st floor. Locating
hardcopy UN Materials UN paper publications, which include but are
not limited to monographs,
statistics and reports, are located on the 2nd
floor in the compact shelving units, in the following order: Compact shelving
range 2-46 UN Mastheads 1980-1991 (1992 – current on microfiche) Official Records A/AC.96/575 – End. 1980 – current UN unclassified series, Alphabetical organization Compact shelving
range 2-47 Unclassified Series, Alphabetical organization (cont. to
End) Bound UN Periodicals: Major UN periodicals, such as Chronicle and the Journal of the UN are also available on Readex
microfiche from 1992. UN Treaty Series:
Bound hardback V804-End Unclassified Yearbooks Classified UN Document Numbered Collection: Publications
and reports, in soft or hardback form A32/88/Rev.1 through ID/257 Compact shelving
range 2-48 Classified UN Document Numbered Collection: (Cont.) ID/259
through End Bibliography and List of Documents For assistance in locating these
materials, ask at the Reference or Circulation desk. |