FAULKNER UNIVERSITY, JONES SCHOOL OF LAW
THE LIBRARY LINK
Vol. 2007, No. 3 April 2007
LIBRARY EXTENDS HOURS
DURING FINAL EXAM PERIOD
Responding to your requests, the library will extend its hours during the final exam period. Our hours from Monday April 30 through Wednesday May 16 will be:
Monday through Thursday: 7:15 am to 12:00 midnight
Friday: 7:15 am to 9:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Sunday: 1:00 pm to 12:00 midnight
Please remember to be courteous to other library patrons during this often-stressful period. You can help everyone by paying special attention to library policies – including keeping things quiet, following the group study room reservation procedures, and taking cell phone conversations outside the library. Library policies are at: /jsl/library/policies.asp
UPGRADE RESEARCH SKILLS
WITH "DATABASICS REFRESHERS"
The end of the semester is upon us, but you can still take advantage of the library’s series of “Databasics” workshops is for you. These short informal sessions are held in our Computer Training Lab on the library’s first floor. Topics offered during the remainder of this semester are:
- Am I Blue? Anatomy of a Uniformly, Systematic Citation – Join Librarian Gigi Panagotacos as she leads you out of the ALWD work and into the land of the Blue Book. A must for students new to the law journal or working on their rigorous writing requirement! (Mon. 4/23 at 4:00p; Fri. 4/27 at 3:30p; Tues. 5/1 at 11:00a; Fri. 5/4 at 1:00p)
- The Finals Countdown II: Spring 2007 Databasics Recap – You may have missed them the first time, so they’re new to you. You may have enjoyed them before and are feeling nostalgic. For whatever reason, you’ve got another opportunity to relive the best “Databasics” sessions of 2007! Pick your topic, and we’ll go over it again just for you. (Thurs. 4/26 at 2:00p; Fri. 4/27 at 9:00a; Wed. 5/2 at 6:00p; Fri. 5/4 at 10:00a)
PLEASE WELCOME OUR NEWEST STAFF MEMBER
We would like to introduce you to our newest full-time library staff member, Matt Williams. Matt is our Technical Services Assistant. His duties include receiving and processing new materials, creating online catalog records, and filing supplements. Matt has a bachelor’s degree in English from Berry College and will begin work this fall on his Master’s Degree in Library and Information Studies through the University of Alabama’s distance learning program. If you see Matt, please welcome him aboard!
Matt joins our fine full-time library staff that includes: Elizabeth “DeDe” Bradsher, Bibliographic Services Librarian; Tim Chinaris, Library Director; LeeAnn Collier, Fiscal Assistant; Robb Farmer, Instructional/Research Librarian; Mary Hodge, Circulation Assistant; Gigi Panagotacos, Collection Development/Research Librarian; and Gary Selby, Circulation Assistant; and Ned Swanner, Electronic Services/Research Librarian. Please contact any of us in the library, by telephone, or via email (our contact information is listed on the library’s website at /jsl/library/personnel.asp).
SO YOU WANT TO BE A LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW LAWYER?
Are you are interested in becoming a labor and employment law lawyer? If so, complement your legal education by taking advantage of some of the law library’s excellent resources in this area. Foremost is the BNA Labor & Employment Law Library, the online successor to BNA’s highly respected labor and employment law print looseleaf. Whether print looseleafs or the online equivalents, research tools like these aim to be a one-stop shop for busy practitioners who need to stay abreast of highly complex areas of law. In one convenient resource, BNA has collected labor and employment law related content including statutes, cases, commentary, practice aids, regulations, and other administrative sources. In that the print looseleaf provided advance sheets for 6 standard reporters in this area (Americans with Disabilities Cases, Fair Employment Practices Cases, Individual Employment Rights Cases, Labor Arbitration Decisions, Labor Relations Reference Manual, and Wages & Hours Cases), it comes as no surprise that BNA’s online database integrates the looseleaf content with full access to the decisional law of these 6 reporters. Included in the practice aids section are checklists, forms, and model client letters and memos. Browsing and Terms and Connectors Searching are both available as options for accessing the content. BNA’s outstanding reputation is well-deserved, as their editors are among the finest in legal publishing. You may also be interested in their daily email highlights on labor and employment law such as the BNA Daily Labor Report, the Employment Discrimination Report, and many more. Just contact one of the reference librarians to take advantage of this daily email alert service.
Additionally, the law library furnishes access to Cornell’s Industrial and Labor Relations Review, an interdisciplinary periodical affording holistic treatment of the employment relationship. If you need assistance with these or other library resources, please ask our reference librarians.
KEEP IN TOUCH OVER THE SUMMER
Just because you are somewhere else during the summer, don’t think that we’ve left town too. If you have a reference question that our librarians can help you with, feel free to call or email us at the reference desk (386-7533; JSLreference@faulkner.edu). Don’t be a stranger!
Watch for the next issue of The Library Link!