Information Literacy in Law

Comment by Kumar Percy Jayasuriya on May 21, 2008 at 5:07pm

Here is an interesting blog about web 2.0 applications in the classroom:
No Shrink Wrap

Comment by Christine I. Hepler on May 22, 2008 at 8:17am

Hi Everyone, I am looking for new ways to make 1L legal research more interesting to the 1L's...aren't we all. Any suggestions welcomed! Thanks.

Comment by Dennis Kim-Prieto on May 23, 2008 at 3:15pm

Well, I'd like to take advantage of this space to invite everyone in this group to attend the following alt-education SIS program at AALL this July:

Evolving Research Instruction: Exploring Law Student Information Literacy to Energize Instructional Programming
Sunday, July 13 • 3:00 p.m. − 4:00 p.m.
Through a variety of active learning techniques, role-play exercises, presentations of original AALL/Aspen Grant funded information literacy research, and applications of strategies to language from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), this panel will demonstrate the paradigm-shifting importance of information literacy for law librarians.

This program will feature Kumar, Molly Brownfield, Rachael Smith and myself, and is scheduled to happen at the conference hotel (is that right, Kumar?) . . . at any rate, I'm hoping that folks will bring any conversation we start here to our program!

Comment by Lyonette Louis-Jacques on July 17, 2008 at 5:23pm

I enjoyed this session, Dennis and Kumar!:

Evolving Research Instruction: Exploring Law Student Information Literacy to Energize Instructional Programming
Sunday, July 13 • 3:00 p.m. − 4:00 p.m.

Thanks for presenting on this topic and I hope there's follow-up or similar programming at AALL2009 in D.C.!

Comment by Rebecca L. Stanley on August 10, 2008 at 6:43pm

We're eager to raise the library's profile in the firm during the next year, and this group should provide a fine resource.

Comment by Richard Leiter on September 26, 2008 at 2:24pm

Why is it that law firm librarians believe that Lexis and WL are free in law schools? It's not, and I wish they'd stop repeating that myth. While academics pay on a different model, the fact is, we still pay. And it ain't cheap....

Comment by John Adkins on May 25, 2009 at 10:53am

I think that is an important idea. I am working out a method of sending "bills" to our students for their wexis usage as a way of keeping their research activities and methods reality-based.

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