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The RIPS Law Librarian Blog is published by the Research, Instruction, and Patron Services Special Interest Section (RIPS-SIS) of the American Association of Law Libraries. All opinions expressed in the posts herein are those of the individual author and do not represent the opinions of RIPS-SIS or AALL.
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This Was All Predicted! The Future of Law Libraries.
I am at the point in my career where it is more common to sort through a pile of papers and throw out at much as possible versus filing things away. When it comes to books, I check to see … Continue reading
Posted in Library Collections, Planning, Predicting the Future, Uncategorized
Tagged change, future, law librarianship, law libraries, law schools
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Which Office Essentials are Actually Essential? I Relocated to the Conference Room to Find Out!
Hello and Happy New Year from my office home office temporary office/library conference room! January always brings new opportunities and challenges, but over here in NYC those challenges began at the end of 2022 when on Christmas Day three pipes … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Uncategorized
Tagged construction, law libraries, necessary items, work essentials
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The Reference Interview by Email
Guest Post by Bianca Randall, Senior Research Librarian, North AmericaBaker & McKenzie LLP Sometimes I find myself mildly jealous of the Live Chat representatives from my research platforms. They have a hard job performing research on-demand, but at least they … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged email, law firm libraries, law libraries, Reference Interview, research
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AI v. AI v. AI
If your newsfeed looks anything like mine, you’ve already been inundated with articles about Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, AI art, and the like. You’ve maybe even received warnings, cautioning about the potential for students to use such programs to plagiarize or … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Artificial intelligence, chatgpt, law libraries, plagiarism
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