The Osgoode reference librarians wish to extend our thanks to all who attended our legal research workshop series over the past six weeks! If you weren’t able to make it to the workshop(s) of your choice, however, not to worry: we now have recordings of each presentation available for you to watch online via the […]
The 2013 CALL/ACBD (Canadian Association of Law Libraries/Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit) Research Grant of $3,000 has been awarded to Tim Knight, Head, Technical Services in the Osgoode Library, and Sarah Sutherland, Manager, Content and Partnerships at CanLII, for their project Exploring the Linked Data Application of KF Modified Classification. This project will “explore […]
Every first-year law student is taught the thin-skull principle, wherein the tortfeasor finds the victim as they find them, even if they have a pre-existing condition. I’ve been thinking about this over the past few weeks as I’ve been laid up at home recovering from a concussion and making the slow return to “normal” day-to-day […]
It’s that time of year – the end-of-term paper-writing and exam crunch. And for many of you who are graduating this spring, you’ll barely have time to catch your breath before launching headlong into your bar ads. In a nutshell, it’s a crazy, busy, stressful whirlwind of all-nighters, bleary eyes, summary writing, coffee consumption, and […]
Tim Knight, Head of Technical Services in the Osgoode Library, spoke on May 8 at the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL), currently being held here in Toronto at the Royal York. The topic of Tim’s presentation was “RDA: Coming to a Library Near You”. Tim’s partner in the program was […]
Tim Knight is of Head of Technical Services in the Osgoode library and a leading figure in developing standards for the cataloguing and classification of legal materials in Canada. His article about the new cataloguing rules, “Resource Description and Access: From AACR to RDA“, was recently published in the Canadian Law Library Review. The article […]
Louis Mirando, Daniel Perlin and myself will be joining our colleagues in Windsor, Ontario this weekend for the Canadian Association of Law Libraries/L’Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit (CALL/ACBD) annual conference. Activities begin tomorrow morning with a pre-conference on U.S. Legal Research for the Canadian Law Librarian delivered by Clare D. Membiela and Eric Kennedy […]
With the Febrary 2010 content release, the following titles – all published by LexisNexis Canada – have been added to the Quicklaw databases. As of February 7, they will also be available on the LexisNexis Academic service. As you can see from the list, a broad selection of classic titles is included, from texts (McGuiness […]
Yemisi Dina, Head of Public Services at the Osgoode Hall Law School Library, was a featured speaker at the 27th Annual Course on International Law Librarianship, held Nov.30-Dec. 3, 2008, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Annual Course in International Law Librarianship is the annual meeting and principal educational event of the International Association of […]