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Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit, book burglar
Ralfy the rabbit wants to read books all the time even if it means he has to steal them, and soon his obsession sends him spiraling into a life of crime.
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Law Library usage for Legal Information Seeking among the Law Students in Public Sector Universities: An Empirical Study
Objectives: The primary purpose of this study was to determine the Law Library usage patterns of law students in the public sector universities of Punjab, Pakistan. It analyzed the legal information needs of law students along with the purpose of their visits, availability of services, and major problems faced by law students in the law libraries. Methodology: This empirical study was conducted while using a survey design. A structured questionnaire was distributed among the participants of the study using a convenience sampling technique. Collected data was analyzed and interpreted through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS V23). Descriptive statistics were used and data was presented in form of frequencies, modes, standard deviation, and percentages. Findings: The study revealed that the majority of law students visit the law library once a month. It also transpires that the main purpose of visiting the law library is to work on class assignments and preparation for exams. The study pointed out major problems faced by the law students in law libraries that included the non-availability of a law librarian, non-availability of online databases, and non-availability of legal research journals. The study also recommends reforms to improve the situation in law libraries which ultimately help to raise the legal education standards in Pakistan.
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The Advocates Library, Edinburgh
In this article Sara Berry provides an account of some of the history relating to the Advocates Library in Edinburgh. She explains how the Advocates Library played a key role in the Scottish Enlightenment and acted as Scotland's national library up to the foundation of the National Library of Scotland in 1925. The article also looks at the library's integral role in supporting Faculty Members and the Scottish justice system through history to modern day. The last section looks at some of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on Members, library staff and working practices.
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AI System to Generate Context-Based Answers to Questions from Legal Bibliographic Text in Law Libraries
AI-based Question-Answering (QA) systems offer an efficient means of retrieving information from legal bibliographic datasets. This study proposes a content-based selector model that extracts minimal yet relevant contextual responses to user queries. By incorporating theories of reference service, particularly Bernard F. Vavrek’s holistic approach and S.R. Ranganathan’s principles, this research contextualises AI-driven solutions within traditional library services. The findings demonstrate the robustness of AI in enhancing reference services, supplementing but not replacing human librarians.
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Yemisi Dina
Yemisi Dina, the President of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries/ Association Canadienne des Bibliothèques de Droit (CALL/ACBD), talks to LIM co-editors Mike and Jas Breslin about her globetrotting career, the challenges facing the profession both in Canada and the rest of the world, strengthening the links between CALL/ACBD and BIALL, and why we should treat new technology such as AI as an opportunity rather than a threat.
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The journey of establishing the Law Library for Bhutan's first law school
Established in 2015 by Royal Charter, the Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law (JSW Law) opened to students in 2017 and is Bhutan's only law school. This article describes the author's journey in establishing JSW Law's library. From earning an MLIS to finalizing construction plans and purchasing materials, the author's journey was complex and challenging. However, the JSW Law Library is now open and provides faculty and students with a modern space for research and study.
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The Law Library at the University of Edinburgh: a Criminal History, a Troublesome Future
This article, by SarahLouise McDonald, is an examination of the history and recent refurbishment of the Law Library located at the Old College campus at the University of Edinburgh. This article describes notable incidents in the history of the School of Law, and explores how these have combined to create a multifaceted identity for the Law Library. The author considers the challenges which library staff have faced during the latest upgrade to facilities and how this has affected daily operations. Finally, the effect of recent global events on the library's approach to service delivery is discussed, and opportunities for positive growth are identified amongst a complex landscape of resource purchasing and access.
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Advancing the frontiers of justice to the under represented in Nigeria through public law library legal clinics: issues for consideration
PurposeThe research sought to explore the role of public law libraries in advancing the net of persons who could access justice, using the law clinic in Nigeria as a gateway. It also examined how public law libraries could fit in drawing justice closer to the people using law clinics.Design/methodology/approachIn achieving the research intentions, the researcher adopted mixed research approach. For the doctrinal method, the study embraced a desktop review of relevant literature on law clinic, access to justice and law libraries. For non-doctrinal method, the researcher brought to bare, his observation, experience and participation in clinical legal education, law clinic and law librarianship for a period of almost a decade. The literature and the experience of the researcher formed the basis on which the paper was developed.FindingsThe findings from this research reveal that access to justice is constrained by a number of factors that make it impossible for many Nigerians to access justice. The study further brings to the fore the role of law clinics in widening the gap of access to justice. In addition, the place of public law libraries in expanding the frontiers of access to justice is further underscored.Originality/valueNot minding the potentials of public libraries in advancing access to justice world over, perusal of literature reveals that there is dearth of literature on the role of public law libraries in advancing access to justice through the instrumentality of law clinics in Nigeria. This research appears to be pioneering research in this regard.
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The Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (aka The SSC Society)
In this article Christine Wilcox describes the library of the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, otherwise known as the SSC Society. She looks at the history of the library, its work and how the library has evolved. She also describes how things have changed in the last few decades and, most recently, what the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have been on the service.
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The Signet Library
In this article James Hamilton, Research Principal at the Society of Writers to HM Signet in Edinburgh, describes the history of the Signet Library as it approaches its 300th anniversary. He writes about some of the changes that have taken place over those three centuries and he also mentions some of the challenges for the library as the nature of the legal profession has altered, not least those presented recently by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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