Category Archives: Just for librarians

Meet Our AALL 2015 Orbitz Gift Card Winner: Nicole Dyszlewski

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Tell me a little about yourself?  Why did you become a librarian?

I am the new Research/Access Services Librarian at Roger Williams University School of Law in beautiful Bristol, RI. I just moved to Southern New England in January from Maine in hopes of avoiding some of the snow. I became a librarian because I like working with patrons.  

 

What do you like most about your job as at Roger Williams University School of Law?

My patrons, of course! My second favorite thing about RWU is that we are surrounded by water on nearly every side of the campus.

 

What is the most common research question of law students?

I am fairly new to RWU and I don’t think I have a good sense of what the most common questions are here, yet. Surprisingly, I have not gotten a single question about the father of religious freedom, Roger Williams!  

 

Have you used PLI publications for your own research? Which ones?

I particularly like the Answer Book Series. It is like Yahoo Answers…but written by actual experts…

 

What did you think of AALL 2015? Did you do any sightseeing in Philadelphia?

The AALL Annual Meeting was great. I really enjoyed some of the presentations. As a tourist, I visited Eastern State Penitentiary (at http://www.easternstate.org/) and The Franklin Fountain ( at http://www.franklinfountain.com/).

 

Tell me about your best vacation ever.

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

 

Where do you plan on traveling with your Orbitz gift card?

I don’t know. I’m hoping somewhere relaxing!

 

Win a Free Ancestry.com World Explorer Package at AALL

Join us on Smagnifying-glass-68204_640unday, July 19th at 7:30AM at the Philadelphia Marriott for a breakfast discussion on Discover PLUS historical content.

During the breakfast, we will offer a participant the chance to explore their very own history: attendees will be placed in a drawing for a chance to WIN a FREE World Explorer Ancestry.com package

Please RSVP to libraryrelations@pli.edu, and we’ll include location details in your confirmation.

PLI Librarian Advisory Breakfast at AALL 2015

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Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding a Librarian Advisory Breakfast at the AALL 2015 Annual Meeting & Conference in Philadelphia.

At PLI, we recognize that past practices greatly affect future dealings and decisions, and we’re working hard to upload our vast archived content to PLI Discover PLUS, our eBook library containing our authoritative Treatises, Answer Books, Course Handbooks, Program Transcripts, and Legal Forms. Since PLI has been publishing authoritative secondary sources on legal matters since 1933, we are in a unique position to be able to provide our subscribers with a treasure trove of expert opinions. By the end of 2014, we had released over ten years of Course Handbook content going back to 2004, and we are continuing to provide subscribers with more archived titles every week.

During a breakfast discussion on Discover PLUS historical content, we will offer a participant the chance to explore their very own history: attendees will be placed in a drawing for a chance to WIN a FREE World Explorer Ancestry.com package
($224 value).

We will also demonstrate the exciting future enhancements that are currently planned for Discover PLUS.

SUNDAY, JULY 19
7:30 – 8:30 AM
Philadelphia Marriott

Please RSVP to libraryrelations@pli.edu, and we’ll include location details in
your confirmation.

We hope to see you in Philadelphia!

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And the 2015 Webby Award for Best Law Website goes to….

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perma.cc Built & Run by Libraries

The 2015 winner of the Webby Award for best law website goes to Harvard Law School Library – Innovation Lab for the beta site perma.cc.

According to a study by Harvard Law, approximately 70% of all citation links published in law journals from 1999 to 2011 are now defunct.  perma.cc plans to prevent all future broken links in legal citation through perma.cc’s three step approach: create, vest, archive.

Create: A user enters a URL creating a Perma Link associated with a temporary archive.

Vest:  A Vesting User, someone affiliated with one or more Vesting Organizations such as law journals or courts, reviews and approves the Perma Link making the archive permanent.

Archive: An archive type is chosen (Live Page View, Screen Capture View, Archived Page View.

Visit https://perma.cc/ to learn more!

Perma.cc is powered by libraries because we’re in the forever business. We’re already looking after printed materials. It’s time we did the same for links.”

 

Training: The Most Effective Communication Activity for Law Librarians

Earlier this year, the American Association of Law Libraries published a report on The Economic Value of Law Libraries .  The report emphasized the need for law librarians to communicate their libraries’ worth to their organizations and outlined best practices and strategies for doing so.

Electronic databases were ranked as the number one valued library service and training topped the list as the most effective communication activity across all respondents including users, library directors and stakeholders.

PLI Library Relations offers free in person and WebEx training sessions to our library customers.   Our training sessions showcase PLI Discover PLUS,  PLI’s electronic database of treatises, answer books, course handbooks, downloadable forms and program transcripts of PLI’s nationally acclaimed seminars.

To schedule a training, email libraryrelations@pli.edu or call 877-900-5291.

For additional training check out our Discover PLUS Training Center right here on this blog!

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Happy National Library Week & National Library Workers Day from the PLI Library Relations Team!

 

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Back Row Andrew Lissenden, Christina Davis, Olivene White, Stephanie Sica, Jennifer Stefanic, Zehava Brickner, Katie Hut

Front Row Allison Grillo, Lauren Rodriguez, Elizabeth Beller, Cory Goetze, Alexandra Stoilas, Alexa Robertson

Photo taken by Cia de Lawrence

 

Celebrate National Library Week with PLI

Happy National Library Week!  

Unlimited Possibilities @ your library, Unlimited Possibilities @ PLI Discover PLUS

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In celebration of National Library Week, Practising Law Institute is offering a 20% discount on all Treatises and Answer Books from April 12 – April 18.

The Library Relations team would also like to encourage you to access our online publications through a subscription to PLI Discover PLUS.  A subscription to PLUS gives you access our Course Handbooks, Treatises and Answer Books. You can also search for PLI Forms to provide legal templates for your day-to-day tasks, and transcripts to many of our PLI programs and seminars.

 

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From the Library Relations team at PLI, enjoy the
recognition you and your library deserve!

The Library Ledger, February 2015, Vol 3. Issue 1

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Our latest edition of the Library Ledger is now available on the blog! Read up on PLI Discover PLUS news with this most current edition which provides you with updates on the new titles on Discover PLUS; utilizing your ‘Viewing History’ on Discover PLUS; search tips on locating archived titles; and a letter from PLI’s Library Relations Manager Katie Hut. Read all of our newsletters on the Library Ledger page.

Vote for the Next PLI Librarian YouTube Channel Video!

The PLI Library Relations team has put together tips on the functionality of Discover PLUS, along with some research topic tutorials.  In an effort to provide you with the search assistance you need, what kind of videos would you like to see in 2015?

Check out our current videos on the PLI Librarian YouTube Channel