This Issue:
Welcome New and Returning Students by Timothy L. Coggins
Electronic Reserves - Coming to a Computer Near You!
Library Policy Reminder [Drink; cell phones]
Library Fines - a Reminder!
Muse Library Facts
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Wirrell, James

English

University of Richmond

University of RichmondUR Scholarship RepositoryMuseletter Muse Law Library8-2002Museletter: August 2002James WirrellUniversity of RichmondFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.richmond.edu/museletterPart of the Other Law CommonsThis Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Muse Law Library at UR Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion inMuseletter by an authorized administrator of UR Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact scholarshiprepository@richmond.edu.Recommended CitationWirrell, James, "Museletter: August 2002" (2002). Museletter. Book 61.http://scholarship.richmond.edu/museletter/61::: / I ,._~' r.' I THI.$ ISSUE: Welcome Electro11ic Reserves , . . Library's {i11e Sysle; Drink/ Cell Pol~cies !;_. 'My Acco11nt" 011 Viry17ger - ---\ -.~ - Fa}l 2002' __ ~egu!~u­Library 1-f our~_ Sunday lO:OO_a.m. - Midnight .Mon.-Thurs. 7:30 a.m. - Midnig~t " Friday_ - 7:30 ~.m.- 9:00 p.m;· Saturday .9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p~~-1 ' • -1 ~ Fal!, Break {Oct,_11-tS) 1-2 3 3 -I ,j 4 Friday Oct. ti / 7:30 a.ni.-10:00 p.m. Sat & Sun~ Oct. 12-13 8:30 a.m.-7:00 p.nL Mon~ay Oct. 14 7:30 a.m.~:00 p.in. Tuesday Oct. 15 Resume regular hours .L '_ August 2002 1-- ---j r -1 \ I ' ' -.. I . ' ~ -I : .- - =' -_ • _ The ·library, and technology _staff ~nd 1-welcome tll:.mc:JIC;~ all new and Jeturning law students_ to the Muse Law Li-brary. We are excile9 about the coming •year anc:I the , ,, -opportunities to assist you with your legal. research and computer· needs and questions. , Our goal ,is make/cer,.. 11\i•=:;~~~ tairL that you receive the assistance in the library and technology areaslo help you comelete successfully your _ - ~ classroom and other law school related projects. Do riot ,. ' -.,_ t - • J hesitate to: contact us if yoii:have any questions.- -i · Before I introduce you to ' the staff, -let me men-tion several new development~_ from this ,summer. /. -· - \ ' / • - E'lectroaic Reserves: The library has implemented the -~Tectronic reserves compo-nent -of its Voyager d_nline 1catalog. systeni. This means t_~at now professors ca'n -ask that the library place articles on ~lectroriic reserve eithecas·a hyperlink t6 an I I - afti9le accessiqle on the internet, cLexis or Westlaw, -·or as_a scarrned el~ctronic · documenr -Students can access _and print these articles directly from thellbrary's onlihe public access catalog after logging in as-an-authoriz_ed user: Students no '-longer have to, yitait for _the ,next avail~b~e CORY at th~··circulatipn de~k as, ~n , t~e past. For more information on electronic resel"\les, see the accompanying article in t 1 th is ~'Museletter. ,,, \ • Wireless Network Access: ·A _wireless. transceiver was ins~a!led last year oear the fro,nt of the- library, The wlreless: transceiver .·allows yeu to connecLand remain connected to the network wirelessly from the LawSchool atrium, to the main stair--- well in the llbrary. In fact, access-through. the wireless transceivers installed in the Moot Cpurt Room last year, combined with. ~ccessihrough . the· transceiver' in tile library, allows you to .remain cgn-nected to :the netWork from outside ,classrooms 1 I 101 .& 102 to-the main Stairwell fn the library, as Well. aS tfle plaza at the entrance , to-the Law School. Electrical outlets under the three tables between the Reference , Desk ana the Merhige Special Collections Room were added this summer. -1 L op-, tion one computers have a wireless card installed; other students need fo borrow ja wireless card from the ,Circulation Desk.an<!_ make certain that the card-is ready to be accepted by y_olir computer. ) ' _ , . ~ • Law School Web Site: When you arrive or_~hortly ther~after, 1you-Will see a·.new -front page cfor the law S_c,hool website. The · ~aw Sc'!_ool ·has been' working this summer with a website designer to. modernize and update; the law school's:-first - ' . _web p~ge. Take, a look at the, new page and let lJS know what you thLnk. During '-! ,, \ \ -- _, ~~~~~~~~~~~ .... ,....~~~--~~~~~,..---,;< :r ' -: : \. _; I•' ·or 'I \ ,;; \ ~ I_,,, Page 2 ,--Volu·me 17, ·Issue 1., -·- ' )7-' · -I I subsequenf months the rest of the pages of the-web s~e- will be updated and incorporate- features -from the new design :- - · - ..o. · · · · ~ - ,. ' Staff ,-' --'· . Vert soon. in your law ~chooj care~1yoa· will need help with research and tech~ofogy . . The Ii- _ r·. brary'srReference/Research Services Librarians, Gail Zwirner and John Barden, are available to help , . - you with both traditional and electronic:_legal research. Other librarians, Paul Birch, Timothy Coggins, ~ ' Joyce Manna Janto, Sally Wambola, and James -Wirrell; assist with· refer.Snce_and researdh assis-tance as well an9 handle other-responsibilities, in£1Uding tea~hing in the first year tawyE?ing Skills pro- -gram ·· ._ - - -· - · - _ _ - - 1- --:' • ·.:_.. -= ; -T'he _CircJJlation Desk ~taff will help-yol!. with reserve materials, checking out libr~ry materials, _ - -·photdg_opier-qoestions, location of materials, and other related issue§. James Wirrell isJhe_ library's · , -i I I· .I ~-Circulation/Reference Services Librarian. He oversees.the.qperations of tbe Circulation D~slS. -s.uper­vises the ~tuaent ~ssistants at ;the d~sk, provides reference~ assistance, anc:I teache!? in }he first year 1-[awyering Skills program. W; Lois. Brown and Kathy Sagan-Sal_andro, Circulation Libr€!JY.~ssistants·, , can as_sist you with circuJation, reserve, ,and other issues. Kathy is avaiJ~ble duriog the day, while Lois _::-\ \. js available to assist yc;>u during everimg hours. Paul· Bir-ch 1$..th_e library's Computer Services Librar-- -~ \ I ----,, l --:: -· iao. !;-le works atJhe Reference Desk and p~ovides technology_ assistance to fac;.ulty.wno aje integrating _ technology into tne classroom. Kimberly \ll{iseman, Computer Services Assis~ant, is responsible for training arid supe.i:vi.sion of the_Computer Help Desk operations. She also troubleshoots .hardware and ··softwa.re problems, solves many problems herself,-but refers other problems to Paul and others~ Al-.ison -Merner, the library's Network Administrator, _manages the Law School's -servers and:netWork. Law and undergraduate students stafHhe Corhputer Help Desk. They, along with !he permanli!nt staff, , _ ,, _ are happy to help-~ou ~ith softwar~ an.d tlardlJ'-'.are questions and/o__i:pr.oblems. I . - I . ' I -- '\. - I - \' ,. - } ~ - / - ·\_ ~ -· I \ I! - -'' - The library's Technical Services division ,organizes the collection to guarantee that you -can find what you- needJor,.your _co1,.1rse~ and resea_[ch-.- Jhe staff orders library material§. catalogs· and classi-- fiesihe hew materials._ and hand.les marjy other relatem dutie&:, ' including th.e distribution ~f newspapers ~ and magazines, .the· shelving of library materials, binding,_ and looseleaf filing. _ Tedhnical Services staff 1 includes Sally Wambold, .:fechnical Services Libra1ian; Janette: Alsworth -and Timothy. Edwards, Li-. brary Asso~iates; Amanda Surovy and Bob Weertman, Library -Assistants ~ John Bric. and Scott _-,..,. - -L. ~ - - Kay,_ pai:t-:time Library Assistants, are responsible for ·filing anp stack_maintenance. ~taff at the'Circula-.-tioA and Reference Desks.wUI dir~ct you to the offices of Technical Services per~o_!lnel. · ~.,..-. Admin'istrative ~taff of the-library are Timoth,y 1L. Coggins, Director & Assoc.iate Professor of Law, Joyce Manna Janto, Deputy Director, 18hd Deborah Barlett, Operations Manager,_ Tim dffects and teaches in, theJirsf year Lawyering S~ills prograJll. Joyce also teaches- in the Lpwyering Skills pro-gram ano teaches Professional Responsibility .. during sur!mier school. -Deborah is-responsible forover-seelng· the maintenance of the library and assigning library carrels. --If you have questions and/or issues associate~ with your carrel, please see her, · ' · · -· ._ ,, - -- - -..... - -/. . J _ If you have any qu~stions about library policies, inGluding ho.Urs, operation's, · and laptop re- · I - - quirements,-or any suggestions and recor:n~~hdations, ' do ,not -~esitate te ~ontaCJ:t any of us. - l I I Enjoy,the coming yea,~: WeJcome again!. ,-\ \ T1mothy L. Coggins, Director & Associate· Professor of Law ' / I -' / --. / ' r -/ I/--..... -= I -_. ---:-' I • ., ..... ; -/ "; I / I I ,"-' -- :-/ -· / .' --· I Museletter EL,ECTRONfC R:E>SERVES-COMING-c.TO-- A -!- ' ' -COM :PUT~R NEAR YOU! . -- I, In years past, professo(s ~ho wanted st~dents)o read an article 'for class would place a-few copies on -reserve in the library and students w9ylCI have to wait in line at th~ circula-' tion desk until a copy of the ' article came available. - · I . ,,_ . -· . I -- -ThiS- p~st sum_mer, the law library implemented the ·~Electroni~ ·ReseiVes" component of its new Voyager computer system. This system_ seeks tq.make articles a,vailable to stu-dents electronically. If the article_ is availabfe on the internet or on Lexis or Westlaw, the LJbrary can create a hyperlink to it. Otherwise, the-article can_be scanned into PDF formaf ahd qe made_, accessible electrc>nically. - ---. 1 I Studen,ts access electronic reserves from thef library's online catalog wbich can be found at.any of the law library's Online ' Public Access Catalog terminals ·, or at http://library: -ric_hmond.edu/. _ On_ce at the main se.arch screen; -~e "CourseReserye" 'tab should be se-:. lected. This will allow students to search. fqr cour§ies by course name or -instructor. If the student selects their professor's name only, then all reserve items for that professor will be-Stlown. u the-student selects the-course name, . then all reserve items for that course will come up. Both-electronic items and print items will be retrieved. The student then clicks on thq_se items they are Interested in and the catalog wil! telLthem if they< need-.to go ·to the circulation desk or if the item is_ availabl9'electronically. '-,. -- _ ...... - >j. ._ /'' • .:::. - If the item is available electronically, the st.udent will need to log-in Jo tti,e system as an - aUthorized user before bejng-permitted-to access any. electronic reserve item. If the hy-pe(link is to Lexis or Westlaw, the .student would also have to sign in to that service ·as _required. ' ~ ·- - --- - - .' - -' _ --- -- - - - . l ~ Page 3 Muse ~· _ • - -.J -Library -I I Facts ·· 1 , I ln -1994 the Law J chool wasdh§ first zn..the North America to r~quire in_coming students-trr own a -?aptop computer. ----------lmll!!!llll~--.---------- -~ By 1995, all-..._ - I - Library Policy Remlnder Dri11k~: Please; use spill resistant~ontainers in the library. Pall tops, s~rew . . tops,_ covered containers from commercial vendors are considered aqcept-l~iiiil~ able. People -us,ing open cans or1glasses will · be asked to take theni, out-of -the library. Thank~ for your consideration. - . 1. _ - · .:.._ - . -- .:'.'>1 ' - ~--/ :. ,,, . I J \l.• - 1',~ Cell phones: -·so you don't disturb people tryinQ:.to-study, please turn of( l~~ the ringer on cell phones, and take any calls received outside the library. --\1 Thank yeu. ' - -Librant Fines-A ~emin'der! - I -Remember ,the liprary'.s fine structure an'd avoid incurring unneces--sary charges. Fines for overdue books will now be 5.0 cents per day. Reserve items will be fined at a rate Df 50 cents per hour, with a maxi-mum_fine of $25.0_0. The 1.ibrary normally sends co~rtesy notices \' about books-coming due and overdue notices for items rece-ntly over-' 0 _due, howe_yer, it is every patron's respons_!!:>ility to-return materials o_n QO> __ .,, time. - - · ·/, stuqeni Carrels in - -th~ LllV Libraryc -,. · - ' I I were wired to - '< _,_ .-- -- -.allow access to-the i law }chod! -I -\ ' ' .r I -• I .. I .. ... - I-/ I ( -. I --:' . ---r J J • I I - "My Account" an Voyager - -'1' ~~anage Your Library Accou~t_ Online J JI I Students, staff and facµtty don't have to wait till they come to the library to team more abouflheir library acco~nt or fo renew books. J,hey-can access their library accounLonline from any cqmputer that is _connected to the internet. _ . / -- ' --.From "My Account" on Voyager, you ca_n see what oosks you have charged, see what fines you owe, and renew -items. ' · - · · . . · - -- - ' _ -=-- ·-' _ -::- '.. , I l_ __ ...:... Here's how to do it: rl . -1-: Go to http:i/library.richmon_d,edu. This is the main page for, the library's Voyager-system. - • I 2. Select,"My Account" from the top toolbar. - , 1 - - , 3. Typ~ in your Social Security Number arid Last Name i_!1 the boxes provided and click "log in". This takes you to ,-your personal page and includes several important pieces of inforlJlation~. _ · I - -The information available to you is: , - -~ I ' - I - I 'Personal lnfo.rmation - you-r'permanent address and telephone number as listed-in the_system. , 1' - - - ·- --Ch,arged Items - items charged to your account including when they are due and if they have been previously 're--newe~ : ¥ou-will be able to ren_~w any of your charg~d ite1T1,s by chec;king the box ne~t to tnat item aAd then clicking on "Renew Items". -Note that items that have already Ileen renewed once ,may not be renewe_d again. - --. - --~ ' ~ - -- --- - - 1' ' ./ ~-< . --Request Information - informatior;i on any holds y9u may ~ave placed. I - - - ' -- / i\ Fines and Fe!_s: your eurrentfines and fees. ' I J -. - - ~ - --r , If any of the information on your "My Account" page is-incorrect or if you need further assistanc~. please cotne-oy th\3 Circulation Desk. ' - _ , - "" _ _ ' - ' _ _I , I- -! \ : James WirreH, Editor -~ . I --Mus~letter } -Law Library, School of La~ - University .ofRichmond .. -J -- I -I ~·-' --- I I" - Richmond, V ~ 23173 ' 1, , I -~ The Musel~ is the official newsletter of the· William Taylor Muse Law Library at the Scho,ol of , Law of the University or Rich~ond, Rlfh"'ond, - VA23173. I I ,-I I I -'1 • I , I -- I;.-I'- II l .. /'! Editor. James Wirrell _ <;ontributors: Timothy Coggins __ 1_ , . {;. I ' I -1 - I --' ., - I ---1 I A.,\ 

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