AALL Program Preview: Implement/Access an E-Book Collection in a Law Library

July 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Over the next couple days, CRIV will be highlighting some of the vendor relations-themed offerings at AALL in Seattle…

G6: Implement/Access an E-Book Collection in a Law Library
Time: 10:15am – 11:45am
Location: 618-620
Description:

Apple has sold more than 40 million iPads, and Amazon now sells more Kindle titles than print books. E-books have reached the tipping point. Libraries are watching the demand for e-book borrowing steadily rise and are responding by rolling out new e-book initiatives. Learn how to compare and evaluate e-book platforms, the ins and outs of pricing models-including demand-driven acquisitions, functionality unique to this format, and vendor types, as well as the questions you should ask about technical requirements. Become knowledgeable about the key challenges and benefits of launching an e-book initiative in your law library, as well as alternatives to purchasing e-books.

Takeaway 1: Participants will understand the various e-book vendor types, sales and pricing models- including demand-driven acquisitions, and functionality of major e-book packages.

Takeaway 2: Participants will be able to create an informed list of questions about content, functionality, and technical requirements of e-book packages to submit to vendors.

Takeaway 3: Participants will also become knowledgeable about alternatives to purchasing e-books.

Who should attend: Reference and acquisitions librarians; library administrators

Track(s): Library Management, Reference, Research and Client

Presenters:

Ellyssa Kroski, Director of Information Technology, New York Law Institute
Ralph A. Monaco, Executive Director, New York Law Institute
Jeremy Sullivan, Manager of Library Research Services, DLA Piper
David Swords, EBL—Ebook Library/ProQuest
Jacob Sayward, Head of Electronic Services, Fordham Law Library

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AALL Program Preview: Mass Digitization in the Law Library

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F5: Mass Digitization in the Law Library: Obstacles and Opportunities
Time: 8:30am – 9:45am
Location: 615-617
Description:

Copyright law is one of the greatest obstacles to mass digitization; the Google Books and HathiTrust cases vividly illustrate the problem. This session will explore those legal challenges, and will discuss new approaches to enabling mass digitization and access. The session will highlight how fair use and best practices can be used to address orphan works (i.e., works whose copyright owners cannot be located), and will explain strategies for how law libraries can more realistically balance the risk of copyright infringement against the risk of failing to provide users with effective digital access to the incredible wealth of materials in their collections. For more information about the research work of these scholars, see http://www.law.berkeley.edu/bclt.htm.

Takeaway 1: Participants will be able to identify the core copyright obstacles facing law libraries that seek to digitize and make available their collections to users.

Takeaway 2: Participants will be able to locate and employ resources, such as best practices, to help make decisions about digitization and use of copyrighted works in their collections.

Takeaway 3: Participants will be able to more accurately assess and balance the risks of using copyrighted works as weighed against the mission risk of failing to provide users with digital access to the library’s historical holdings, a critical part of the collection that retains untapped value in today’s “digital-plus” world.

Who should attend: All law librarians who access historical information in digital format and need to understand the major challenges to making historical material available in such formats; all law librarians who want to stay apprised of the timely, cutting-edge developments in this field

Track(s): Library Management, Information Technology, Reference, Research and Client Services, Collection Development and Cataloging

Presenters:

Victoria K. Trotta, Associate Dean for Information Technology and the Ross-Blakley Law Library, Arizona State University

Dean Rowan, Reference & Research Services Director, University of California School of Law Library, Berkeley

David Hansen, Reference Librarian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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AALL Program Preview: Rethinking the Way We Teach Cost-Effective Legal Research

July 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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A7: It’s All About the Money: Rethinking the Way We Teach Cost-Effective Legal Research
Time: 11:15am – 12:15pm
Location: 606-607
Description:

This session is designed to help legal research instructors teach cost-effective research in a more informed way, so as to prepare law students for the complexities of the real-world practice of law. Often, cost-effective research instruction is based solely on the retail pricing provided by vendors. However, law firms must consider more than the retail cost of research – ultimately, they must determine how much, if any, of the total research cost is recoverable. Most academic law librarians are not well-versed in the process of cost recovery and what role cost-effective research plays in the process. A moderated panel of three law firm librarians will describe the law firm library’s role in cost recovery, discuss the challenges of teaching new associates how to conduct research so the costs are recoverable, and offer approaches as to how academic law librarians can incorporate the idea of cost recovery into cost-effective research instruction.

Takeaway 1: Participants will identify the law firm library’s role in the complex cost-recovery process.

Takeaway 2: Participants will recognize the role cost-effective research plays in increasing cost recovery.

Takeaway 3: Participants will be able to design training on cost-effective research that better prepares students for the practice of law.

Who should attend: Librarians who teach legal research; academic law librarians who are interested in the realities of law firm practice; law firm librarians who want to see how other firms approach recovering research costs

This independently produced SIS program is sponsored by the ALL-SIS.

Track(s): Teaching, Reference, Research and Client Services

Presenters:

Kathleen Darvil, Access Services and Reference Librarian, Brooklyn Law School Library
Sara Kasai Gras, Reference Librarian, Brooklyn Law School Library
Caren Biberman, Director of Library Services, Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Cheryl Lynn Niemeier, Director of Library Services, Bose McKinney & Evans LLP
Mark A. Gediman, Director of Information Services, Best Best & Krieger LLP
Connie Smith, Director of Library, Research & Competitive Intelligence Services, Morgan Lewis

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AALL Program Preview: Understanding Vendor Statistics

July 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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A1: Making Sense of the Numbers: Understanding Vendor Statistics
Time: 11:15am – 12:15pm
Location: 4C1-2
Description:

Online usage statistics can be deceptively straightforward. Before relying on them to make decisions, you must fully understand what the column headers mean, how data is collected, and how local configurations affect the data. Participants will review statistics tables available from common data providers such as Lexis, Westlaw, Serials Solutions, Gale, HeinOnline, Onelog, and Lookup Precision.

Takeaway 1: Participants will understand the three most common terms found in aggregator- and vendor-supplied statistics.

Takeaway 2: Participants will be able to identify at least two ways in which Internet Protocol (IP) and proxy configurations affect the data in aggregator- and vendor-supplied statistics.

Takeaway 3: Participants will know at least three key elements of the COUNTER statistics reporting standards and protocols.

Who should attend: Library staff who need to track and evaluate statistical data to make better informed collection development, customer use, and funding decisions

Track(s): Information Technology, Reference, Research and Client Services, Collection Development and Cataloging.

Presenters:
Suzanne R. Graham, Cataloging Services Librarian, University of Georgia School of Law Library
Jean P. O’Grady, Director of Research Services, DLA Piper
Jacob Sayward, Head of Electronic Services, Fordham Law Library

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