On behalf of the Legal Division, it is with great pleasure to announce the recipients of our 2013 travel grants to the San Diego conference! Thomson Reuters Westlaw U.S. Law Librarian New Member Grant – Sonya M. Durney, Business and Government Team Leader at the Portland Public Library in Portland, Maine. Sonya is a member [...]

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On behalf of the Legal Division, I would like to congratulate Joan Thomas, Samuel Wiggins, and Marilyn Bromley as winners of the Legal Division’s 2013 awards for innovation, new member contribution, and career achievement, respectively. Joan Thomas, Technology & Library Systems Senior Manager at Bryan Cave LLP in Kansas City, Missouri, is the 2013 winner of [...]

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What are libraries best known for? The willingness to share, of course!  This month we are looking at COLLABORATIONS! THE PRIME DIRECTIVE – To establish and expand your network of colleagues. Become involved in library organizations on all levels – locally, statewide, nationally, and internationally. Get to know the librarians whose organizations are located near [...]

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It is time for another report from your ethics ambassador! In a break from tradition, rather than simply pointing you to resources this update poses two questions to get you thinking about ethics in libraries and information services. Quite a lot has happened in the wider world regarding ethical practice of late; Australian sport was shocked [...]

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Hi, I am Anneli Sarkanen, your new SLA Legal Division International Relations Committee Chair. I am an Information Officer at Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP in London. I wish to thank my predecessor Sara Batts, who was chair of this committee in 2012. This month saw the start of the new lunar year and the Year of [...]

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More and more of our collections, not to mention our budgets, consist of Online Resources. Here are a few tips to keep in mind when managing these valuable resources: Find out the terms of the license upfront: Is it a single user license or a five concurrent user license? Any restrictions by location? Copyright restrictions? [...]

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After an unintended hiatus, the Legal Division’s “Get to Know an SLA Chapter” has returned!  This time, we have Georgia on our mind. The Georgia Chapter celebrated their 60th anniversary in 2012 and is over 100 members strong. Crack open some peanuts and get to know our members from the Empire State of the South. [...]

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In honor of African American History Month, the Legal Division is saluting the accomplishments of African Americans in the legal community. This is just a sampling of information that we hope you find to be educational and insightful. Unless otherwise noted, the citations for the information written below are contained in the hyperlinked terms. First [...]

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The Legal Division is proud to feature Howard E. Trivers in its February/March Profiles in Law Librarianship series: A Little Bit About Howard: Howard E. Trivers has been a librarian for 18 years at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP (formerly Baker & Daniels, LLP) in Indianapolis, Indiana.  He started as a Reference Librarian – when we [...]

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SLA’s Legal Division will begin giving three awards this year. Nominations will be accepted until 11:59 pm Eastern on March 1, 2013. Self nomination is acceptable and encouraged. Please find descriptions below. Thomson Reuters Westlaw Award for Career Achievement The Thomson Reuters Westlaw Award for Career Achievement is designed to recognize a member who has [...]

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