Undergraduate workshop in Rare Book Room – Bernie Meyler U.S. Legal Research and free web sources for Dean of Qatar University and his students taught by Amy Emerson
Jean Pajerek, head of Information Management, will teach a workshop for CUL in May on RDA, Research Description and Access, the new unified cataloging standard, being planned for implementation at Cornell. Several hours of orientation to U.S. legal research were conducted by the Research Attorneys, led by Matt Morrison and Thomas Mills before the fall semester began. Sessions included lectures and Reading Room hands-on practice.
CountIt! statistics show x instruction sessions by the Research Attorneys this year, with y hours logged for preparation, teaching, grading, and working with students.
Technology Library mobile interface architecture has been developed for our web site. Implemented for Legal Research Engine, Library Hours, Contact Us, New Books, Library Search, Online Legal Resources. Legal Research Engine was completely redesigned and upgraded to an xml/ms sql/asp/IIS platform. Review and recreation of E-resources password list; creation of separate passwords list, new online passwords list for student access, active e-resources subscriptions spreadsheet (tracking new data including user statistics availability, subscription cost, acquisition date, and Online Legal Resources categories), created inactive e-resources subscriptions spreadsheet (tracking dates of acquisition and deacquistion), along with corresponding updates to Online Legal Resources. Skype set up and used for video conferencing with director while abroad. Camtasia training for librarians in preparation for video tutorial development