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- Law Library Staff Self-Care: A Collaborative White Paper June 19, 2017
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- Reflections on Teaching ALR: Modeling as Feedback June 5, 2017
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“Can I check out the Ping-Pong paddles?” Unique yet popular items that patrons crave
by Kris Turner Obviously, the most common requests in law libraries revolve around serious research. Be it books, databases, microfilm, or whatever format, law libraries are saturated with critical tools for study. But law students often require a break in their … Continue reading
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Finals – My favorite time of year
by Christina Glon Finals have started here at Emory Law and, while we can all feel the tension in the library, this is still my favorite time of year. Not because my class is over and all I have to do … Continue reading
Library Marketing to Showcase Relevance
by Jamie Baker The AALL rebranding initiative has revealed the trouble with library marketing in the digital age. Many law libraries are trying to prove a positive ROI during a time of increased budget pressures. Couple budget cuts with the fact that law … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, Mail Chimp, marketing, patron services, rebranding, relevance, ROI
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A “Catalog of Ideas”
by Cynthia Condit Pinterest has been called a social scrapbooking site, a social media network, a content sharing platform, and a visual bookmarking and discovery platform. For many, it brings to mind crafts, recipes, and weddings. But in an interview … Continue reading
Interlibrary loan: Marketing the unmarketable, or avoiding the deer in the headlights
by Kris Turner At the last AALL conference, I was fortunate enough to take part in the Future of ILL: A Debate, a program that aligned two groups of librarians against each other, one side feeling ‘warm’ towards ILL and the … Continue reading
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Interview with an Outreacher
by Cynthia Condit Once upon a time in a law library in the great desert southwest, a law librarian sat pondering. She wanted to reach out to law students but didn’t know what to do. Fortunately, she had a fairy … Continue reading
Connecting with Alumni
In the fall of 2016, the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and the Ross-Blakley Law Library will move from their current suburban locations in Tempe, Arizona, to the Arizona Center for Law and Society in the heart of downtown … Continue reading
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