Here’s a couple things I believe: There are several providers of free legal information out there that are reliable enough to recommend to my patrons to use. Librarians need to collaborate and communicate more with information vendors – all information vendors…Wexis, ILS providers, independents and non-profits. Most legal research educational materials suck. They’re dry and the publisher ...
The following is the text of a 5 minute ignite speech that I gave as part of the CALI Conference Friday Plenary. The presentation slides appear here. The formatting will seem odd… those are my slide change breaks. CALI Ignite Speech Howdy. My name is Sarah Glassmeyer and I am a librarian. Don’t let the ...
A funny thing happened on my way to the Chicago Law.gov meeting… A little over a week ago, I got asked to look at local states’ online legal materials offerings so that I could give a brief spiel on them at the Chicago law.gov workshop. (I’ll tell you more about what I found in a minute.) ...
I’m currently investigating the whys/hows/best practices of digitizing law journals and creating an institutional repository. (Have I mentioned lately how much I like my new job? Because I really like my new job.) IRs and Open Access are topics that I really like in theory, but have very little actual practice with. So, it’s very ...
(Hey, remember when I said that I was taking a break from blogging? Well, I lied. I’m a liar. And, more to the point, a procrastinator. So I am blogging instead of packing for my imminent move to Indiana. La!) As I alluded to in my last post, we are at a magical time in ...
In Library 2.0 and Web 2.0 philosophies, there is a concept called “Radical Trust.” The idea behind Radical Trust is pretty simple: trust your patrons. Trust them to leave comments on your blogs. Trust them to edit wikis. Trust them to add tags to your Flickr photos or OPACs. Yes, ...