Just Because I\u27m Paranoid Doesn\u27t Mean I\u27m Not Being Followed: Using Tracking or Rather Do Not Track Features

Provides guidance on the technology competency standards in the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, and offers practical tips for protecting personal privacy and professional documents

The State of the States : Online Resources for State Legal Research

Finding state and local laws can be challenging. Here are some best-bet websites to help find state and local law online

Rule 1.1 Duty of Competency and Internet Research

Basically the world has changed and technology is the primary driver. The legal industry has changed and yet many lawyers still brag about their lack of technology skills. These skills are not advanced programming and software design. I am talking about the competent use of basic office applications. Service providers like RocketLawyer and LegalZoom prepare wills, contracts and articles of incorporation. It’s estimated that these providers are now at least an $8 billion industry. People that used to hire local attorneys are now using these services. Potential clients are also using online service to find and evaluate lawyers. The days of non-transparency are dead. Lawyers must be knowledgeable about these services and how they use technology to deliver services

The Changing Landscape of Digitization and Preservation

Digitization and the preservation of digitized materials presents many complex legal questions, like ownership, copyright, and conflicting laws. Digital materials may be subject to many levels of legal restrictions like copying, storage, access, and modification of content. The speaker will probably confuse things even more by talking about some issues that are coming over the hill including legally enforceable duties of stewardship, loss of academic scholarship and legal authority, and arguments against strict enforcement of copyright law. It’s also time to move from collaborations, because they’re good idea, to legally established partnerships, because they have teeth

Program Report Law Librarians and Online Security: Transforming Talk into Action

Sharon Bradley summarizes the Law Librarians and Online Security session from the recent AALL annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in July 2019. Technical Services Law Librarian (ISSN 0195-4857) is an official publication of the Technical Services Special Interest Section and the Online Bibliographic Services Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries. https://www.aallnet.org/tssis/resources-publications/technical-services-law-librarian

Paper Chase: Resources to Organize Your Papers and Bibliographies

Shares data and information management software that is freely available on the Internet for personal and professional use. Includes overviews of Zotero, Evernote, and Mendeley, which enable users to format bibliographies as well as share and save important information as documents, photographs and audio files

Online Resources to Enhance Your Job Search

There are a host of online resources to help you find jobs and prepare for interviews. Law students were invited to learn more about them in Classroom C of Hirsch Hall at 12 noon. For additional information including resource links visit the related guide online at: http://libguides.law.uga.edu/caree

What the Japanese, the Swedes, and the Minimalists Can Teach Us About Library Instruction

The presenter summarizes the lessons to be learned and applied to instructional efforts from a number of popular organizing schemes. Participants will learn how these various productivity and lifestyle programs can help librarians: Declutter and better organize our presentations. Develop a syllabus or lesson plans filled with things we love. And help our patrons or students: Develop practices and procedures to get things done. Find joy as well as relevant information. There will be an online guide with tips and suggestions. Anyone doing any kind of instruction will be interested in this program and there is no advance knowledge needed