The University of Baltimore Law Library Weblog

2007-05-09T13:38:00.000-04:00

The University of Baltimore Law Library Weblog is now at its new WordPress location:

http://ublawlibrary.wordpress.com

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2007-04-30T09:26:00.000-04:00

From Collectanea comes the news that the Library of Congress has a blog.

2007-04-27T17:03:00.000-04:00

This is probably old hat to librarians, but Ernie points out a nifty site that lets you feel like you have a voice on pending legislations: Keeping up with legislation, cyberstyle.

2007-04-25T10:31:00.000-04:00

This is something I'll be keeping an eye on:Law School Innovation: A notable journal-blog cooperative. Providing a source for feedback and follow up to published law review articles sounds very Web 2.0ish.

2007-04-25T10:25:00.000-04:00

The ABA's The Legal Research Jumpstation has a wealth of online legal research links. For you Second Life law library folks, this whole site would make a great notecard.

2007-04-23T13:32:00.000-04:00

EXAM INFO

Final exams start on Monday, May 7th and finish on Friday, May 18th.

The Law Library will have extended hours during the exam period. Here is the schedule:

Sunday May 6: 9:00AM to 2AM
Monday May 7 through Friday May 11: 7:30AM to 2AM
Saturday May 12: 7:30AM to midnight
Sunday May 13: 9:00AM to 2AM
Monday May 14 through Thursday May 17: 7:30AM to 2AM
Friday May 18: 7:30AM to midnight

For those using the exam software on their laptops, an FAQ page has been posted on the library’s website:

http://law.ubalt.edu/compsupp/examfaq.html

We expect the usage of the library’s conference rooms to increase during the study and exam periods, and would like to reiterate the policy governing those rooms: They are for groups of law students, and cannot be reserved or held for a study group that is not currently using the room. The library does not have individual study rooms. Anyone using a conference room as an individual study room can be asked by a group to vacate the room. If the request is refused, library staff may be asked to enforce the rule, but the policy is enforced in the first instance by the group seeking to use the room.

Electronic copies of old exams are on the network S drive, which can be accessed via the MyUB Portal (sign on at http://myub.ubalt.edu). Look for the Law Library folder, then the Exams subfolder.

Good luck!

2007-04-23T11:14:00.000-04:00

What kind of learner are you? Lawsagna has a hint for each type in, 8 times smarter : learning with multiple intelligences.

2007-04-23T11:10:00.000-04:00

beSpacific: 2008 Presidential Campaign to Include First Cyberspace Moderated Debates. Is this the start of Campaign 2.0?

2007-04-20T12:13:00.000-04:00

I'm taking a look at Twitter and Jaiku. I'm on both for now (as hmorrell), but if anyone out there has an opinion of why one is better than the other, I'd love to here it.

Update: I've figured out how to stream my Twitterings onto Jaiku, so I only have to enter my ramblings in one place to hit both systems.

2007-04-20T08:46:00.000-04:00

Good news for people doing international law research: beSpacific: Global Legal Information Network Now Searchable Via World Legal Information Institute.

2007-04-18T08:54:00.000-04:00

beSpacific: Use of Text Messaging for Emergency Alerts on the Rise. This truly makes sense to me.

2007-04-16T09:43:00.000-04:00

Thanks to Law Faculty 2.0, I now have a better grasp of what MySpace and Facebook are all about.

2007-04-14T11:08:00.000-04:00

Legal Education and IT: Oasis or Mirage? | Teknoids This post helps me to formulate what I've been thinking for the past couple of years - that the schools who go beyond technology for technology's sake, the ones who actually put the technology to use in serving their clients (students, faculty and staff), are the true innovators. Having the latest and greatest is not the be all and end all if you don't put it to use. I wish I was able to go to the conference.

2007-04-13T10:50:00.000-04:00

Could Copyright Law Advance the Cause of Plagiarism? Seems some students are suing the plagiarism software company used by UB.

2007-04-13T10:43:00.000-04:00

This one's for Prof. Oppenheimer: Out of the Jungle: Laptops in class -- again! The debate about laptops in the classroom is one that just won't go away. As in most things in life, context is all.

2007-03-28T09:51:00.000-04:00

Vista and Exam Compatibility | Teknoids. Looks like Extegrity (the exam software used here at UB) won't work with Vista this Spring, so if you're on the fence about upgrading to Vista, don't do it. Better yet, get a Mac.

2007-03-28T09:46:00.000-04:00

New Member Pictorial Directory: 110th Congress. Get your pictures of the new members of Congress. There is also a link for the whole Congress.

2007-03-26T09:33:00.000-04:00

A summary of what's New on LLRX.com for March 2007, courtesy of the folks at beSpecific.

2007-03-21T09:23:00.000-04:00

From Teknoids comes this collage of some of the law school outline websites:

This harkens back to John Mayer's previous post on the topic of online classroom note swapping. John's post does a great job of discussing some of the issues involved.

2007-03-19T10:22:00.000-04:00

beSpacific: New on LLRX.com for March 2007. More online goodies. Yum yum.

2007-03-14T11:07:00.000-04:00

Law School Innovation: What kind of career do you want your students to have?

2007-03-13T15:01:00.000-04:00

beSpacific: 2006 Judicial Business of the United States Courts

2007-03-06T13:48:00.000-05:00

English Reports (full reprint) online edition is now available in HeinOnline.

HeinOnline is one of the databases available from the Research Databases link on our homepage. This acquisition provides easy access to material that was previously (at UB) available only on microfiche, which means that any UB student, faculty or staff member can check on those obscure English citations that pop up in American case law and secondary sources. Thank you, Hein.

2007-03-05T12:18:00.000-05:00

Wired News: Top Secret: We're Wiretapping You. Ha ha ha.

2007-03-02T09:18:00.000-05:00

Law School Innovation: Scholarship on the evolution of scholarship Res Ipsa.