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Archive for the Category "Continuing Education - Librarians" « Older Entries Law Librarian Podcast Changes – New Name, New Platform by Connie Crosby on March 2nd, 2010 Changes are afoot with the Law Librarians podcast! We have moved to hosting and support by CALI (Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction). We have also taken advantage of this change to rename the show Law Librarian Conversations. More information is on the website at http://lawlibcon.classcaster.net/. This show was created and is produced by Richard Leiter, is [...] Posted in Continuing Education - Librarians, Legal Research, Librarians, Libraries, Web Applications \| No Comments »> Legal Research on the Web – March & April 2010 by Connie Crosby on February 17th, 2010 I periodically get asked what courses are available for getting up to speed on how to conduct legal research. Clare Mauro has been the instructor for the Legal Research on the Web course at the Professional Learning Centre, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, for a number of years now. The next sign up for [...] Posted in Articling Students, Canada, Conferences and Seminars, Continuing Education - Librarians, Legal Databases, Legal Research, Online Research Sources \| 3 Comments »> Legal research for library students by Shaunna Mireau on October 15th, 2009 For some years now I have been visiting the Information Resources and Services II class at my alma mater Grant MacEwan University. The two year diploma program in Library and Information Management (as it was called when I attended) has been delivered in Edmonton since the seventies and is a great jumping off point for [...] Posted in Conferences and Seminars, Continuing Education - Librarians \| No Comments »> The Law Librarian Podcast Rides Again! by Connie Crosby on August 3rd, 2009 I have talked in the past about The Law Librarian podcast on Blogtalk Radio, created by Richard Leiter and Brian Striman. They are starting the show back up again with the aim to make it a little more consistent, at least once a month to start. The next episode will be recorded live this Friday, August [...] Posted in Conferences and Seminars, Continuing Education - Librarians, Librarians, Libraries, United States \| No Comments »> Canadian Library Association – Emerging Technologies Interest Group & Library Camp by Connie Crosby on April 6th, 2009 A number of great things are emerging from “library land” following last week’s Computers in Libraries conference in D.C.. As a pre-conference event to the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference in Montreal May 29-June 1, 2009, the CLA Emerging Technologies Interest Group has organized some workshop sessions with prominent emerging technologies librarian Jessamyn West for [...] Posted in Canada, Continuing Education - Librarians, Continuing Education - Technology, Information Technology, Libraries \| No Comments »> 2009 CALL/ACBD Conference by Connie Crosby on March 9th, 2009 This year’s Canadian Association of Law Libraries conference will be taking place in Halifax, NS May 24-27, 2009 with business meetings on Sunday, May 23rd and sightseeing tours and a pre-conference workshop on Saturday, May 22nd. Read more… or Read more right here… » [...] Posted in CALL, Canada, Conferences and Seminars, Continuing Education - Librarians \| No Comments »> Screencasting triumph by Shaunna Mireau on November 13th, 2008 I attended an American Association of Law Libraries webinar on screencasting and podcasting this week. I heard about this session via Slaw and decided to attend to see if this tech would fit in nicely with our current Intranet offerings. Kerry Fitz-Gerald, Reference Librarian, Seattle University School of Law Library and Rita Kaiser, Reference Services [...] Posted in Conferences and Seminars, Continuing Education - Librarians, Web Applications \| 6 Comments »> Webinar on Screencasting & Podcasting for Training in the Law Library by Connie Crosby on November 3rd, 2008 I noticed this webinar from the American Association of Law Libraries and thought others might be interested: How to Train Without Showing Up Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 – register by November 5th. Time: 12:00 – 1:15 p.m. Central Time Find out how screencasts and podcasts can be created and used for educational purposes. Our speakers will share [...] Posted in Conferences and Seminars, Continuing Education - Librarians, Continuing Education - Technology, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, Software, Web Applications \| 3 Comments »> Michael Sauers on Creative Commons by Connie Crosby on October 22nd, 2008 I am currently at the Internet Librarian 2008 conference in Monterey, CA. Under the category of “I wish you were here” is the presentation by Michael Sauers, Technology Innovation Librarian from the Nebraska Library Commission. I caught the tail end of his presentation and unfortunately didn’t take notes, but here are his Lessig-esque slides. [...] Posted in Conferences and Seminars, Continuing Education - Librarians, Continuing Education - Technology, Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Law, Libraries \| 1 Comment »> Law Librarians and Virtual Worlds by Simon Chester on August 29th, 2008 While we’ve had discussions from time to time about Second Life, but we missed telling you about a novel virtual workshop on innovative forms of library services through virtual worlds. The workshop explored the benefits and challenges of operating a virtual world law library program, leading to practical advice on how to create and [...] Posted in Collaboration, Conferences and Seminars, Continuing Education - Librarians, Continuing Education - Technology, Global, Human Rights, Librarians, Visualization of Information, Web Applications \| 1 Comment »> Law Librarian Podcast – Margie Maes is Next Week’s Guest by Connie Crosby on August 1st, 2008 Law library podcast The Law Librarian is set to continue recording next Friday, August 8th at 3 pm CST. The show is hosted by Richard Leiter and Brian Striman, and we first made note of it back in May. Today’s guest is Margie Maes (some readers may know her as Margie Axtmann), Executive Director of [...] Posted in Continuing Education - Librarians, Continuing Education - Technology, Document Repositories, Librarians, Libraries, Usability \| No Comments »> Top Tech Trends Panel 2008 by Agnese Caruso on July 31st, 2008 The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), conducted the Top Tech Trends panel at the 2008 ALA Annual conference in July. Consisting of ten library technology experts, including two virtual participants, the key topics discussed included: Open source software and APIs Increasing demands on bandwidth and infrastructure from streaming audio and [...] Posted in Continuing Education - Librarians \| No Comments »> Copyright Conference at Queen’s by Simon Fodden on July 30th, 2008 If you’re planning to be near Kingston Ontario come August 7, 8 and 9, you might want to check out “copyright’s counterparts,” an academic workshop on the connection between copyright and creativity. From the “about” page: In some forms and circumstances, copyright, the main reference point for the workshop, can encourage creativity, promote and regulate the [...] Posted in Conferences and Seminars, Continuing Education - Lawyers, Continuing Education - Librarians, Copyright Law \| No Comments »> Web 2.0 Challenge for Law Librarians by Simon Fodden on June 24th, 2008 The AALL’s Computing Services Special Interest Section (CS-SIS — which does come off sounding a whole lot like our wholly different CSIS, no?) is offering a free online 5-week course for law librarians to introduce them to the new web technologies. The course will take a couple of hours a week, and the weekly outline [...] Posted in Continuing Education - Librarians, Continuing Education - Technology, Web Applications \| No Comments »> CALL 2008: Darlene Fichter on Practical Applications of Web 2.0 Technology by Connie Crosby on May 29th, 2008 One of the highlights of this year’s CALL conference was the presentation by Darlene Fichter on Web 2.0 which kicked off our conference program Monday morning. I was privileged to introduce Darlene, who is Coordinator of the Data Library Services at the University of Saskatchewan and Advisor on Emerging Technologies, as well as consultant and [...] Posted in CALL, Canada, Conferences and Seminars, Continuing Education - Librarians, Continuing Education - Technology, Impact of IT, Librarians, Libraries, Saskatchewan, Web Applications \| 5 Comments »> « Older Entries		Special Projects [ TOROG memos – mapping lawyers] Recent Comments Slaw Linkblog Follow Slaw [ on a mobile – via rss – via email – on twitter ] SlawNET Member Login This week's column is on: Rise Up! Your Dreams Lead the Way by Allison WolfAllison Wolf, President of Shift Works Strategic, is a certified executive coach with a focus on helping legal professionals reach their fullest potential. Allison has supported her clients in achieving success in a number of areas including: developing powerful rainmaking skills, launching profitable new practice areas and revitalising burned-out practices. Allison has helped clients with successful transitions to new law firms, new practice areas and new careers. [click on the author's name to go to email and web page links] March 8, 2010 Watching Canada win gold in men’s hockey and landing our nation the Olympic record for most gold medals won by any country in winter sports was an unforgettable experience. The national celebration and the pride and the joy we are all experiencing at being Canadian is something to savor. “Own the Podium” – never liked [...] READ: this column other columns on Rise Up! past columns on all topics TOROG memos and precedents Documents from the Toronto Opinions Group on third-party opinions. Mapping Canadian Lawyers A cooperative project to locate Canadian lawyers on a Google map. Dan Michaluk on Yosie Saint-Cyr Gary P. Rodrigues on Computerized legal research costs Simon Fodden on North Face vs. South Butt Verna Milner on Computerized legal research costs Angela Swan on Computerized legal research costs Peter Wu on Big Changes in Legal Outsourcing Joshua Gordon on The Future of WestLaw – A First Glimpse (Plus Update 1) Wendy Reynolds on Computerized legal research costs Technology Forum on PolicyTool: Policy for the Masses Wendy Reynolds on Recruitment 2.0 Skeptical on PolicyTool: Policy for the Masses David Stark on The Honourable Mr. Justice T. David Marshall Omar Ha-Redeye on Shakespeare in Court: A Play with Appeal John G on Shakespeare in Court: A Play with Appeal Susannah Tredwell on Recruitment 2.0 Who gets your passwords when you die? \| The Gazette (Montreal) Montrealer Adele McAlear has been studying the issue of digital legacy for several years. She says some websites have cropped up to offer services as digital executors, but few people seem to take advantage of them. Several lawyers have also added digital assets to the process of estate planning. Macmillan Stacking Sandbags Against e-Book Flood \| GigaOM Mathew Ingram explains the new agency book pricing model being adopted my publisher Macmillan and its background. Macmillan CEO John Sargent on the agency model, availability and price \| Macmillan blog Starting at the end of March, we will move from the “retail model” of selling e-books (publishers sell to retailers, who then sell to readers at a price that the retailer determines) to the “agency model” (publishers set the price, and retailers take a commission on the sale to readers). Shuuuuttt Uppp! Why Your Company Needs 'Quiet Time' \| The View from Harvard Business \| BNET Many companies are now going back to the days of installing “quiet time,” periods when workers are sequestered from interruptions to focus on the work at hand. NYRblog - Tony Judt on Identity "We are entering, I suspect, upon a time of troubles. It is not just the terrorists, the bankers, and the climate that are going to wreak havoc with our sense of security and stability. Globalization itself—the “flat” earth of so many irenic fantasies—will be a source of fear and uncertainty to billions of people who will turn to their leaders for protection. “Identities” will grow mean and tight, as the indigent and the uprooted beat upon the ever-rising walls of gated communities from Delhi to Dallas." Good and Boring \| Op-Ed Columnist \| NYTimes.com Iceland's meltdown made headlines; the remarkable stability of Canada's banks, not so much.Yet as the world’s attention shifts from financial rescue to financial reform, the quiet success stories deserve at least as much attention as the spectacular failures. We need to learn from those countries that evidently did it right. And leading that list is our neighbor to the north. Right now, Canada is a very important role model. Fraser Speirs - Blog - Future Shock What you're seeing in the industry's reaction to the iPad is nothing less than future shock. For years we've all held to the belief that computing had to be made simpler for the 'average person'. I find it difficult to come to any conclusion other than that we have totally failed in this effort. The iPad and publishers: A survey of early reaction - O'Reilly Radar the device is clearly built for media consumption. Movies, music, books, news -- the bread and butter content that keeps iTunes humming. That's good for Apple, obviously, but it also creates an interesting opportunity for publishers. They've got a new distribution mechanism and a new canvas. We don't need no stinking authority \| The Economist "[I]n the history of the discussion over whether or not the drone strikes in Pakistan are a good idea, I don't think I have ever heard anyone ask where the CIA or the president get the authority for them. Now, reports Spencer Ackerman, the ACLU is asking . . ." Time to stand up for Parliament (Editorial \| The Globe and Mail) It is time the rules governing prorogation changed. Canada's Parliament has shown itself vulnerable to an excessive concentration of power, and hence is hampered in fulfilling its role as the “ultimate sovereign body.” The prorogation of 2008 has now been followed by another, this time simply for partisan tactical convenience. 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