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6 May 2015, 5:03 am
Earlier this week at its annual conference in Moncton, the Canadian Association of Law Libraries announced that the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History book series was the winner of the 2015 Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing. [read post]
5 May 2015, 1:38 pm
At the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries taking place right now In Moncton, I caught a talk earlier today by University of Moncton law professor Michel Doucet on language rights in Canada.Doucet provided a rapid overview of the constitutional guarantees for official minority language communities (Francophones outside Quebec and Anglophones in Quebec) as well as a summary of how the Supreme Court of Canada has interpreted those… [read post]
5 May 2015, 10:05 am
LBThe opening keynote speech at this year's annual of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries was given yesterday by Fred Headon of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA).The conference is taking place in Moncton and continues until tomorrow.Headon led the CBA Legal Futures Initiative, a lengthy consultative exercise to analyze the challenges facing the legal profession and how to respond to them.The challenges are many as we all know,… [read post]
5 May 2015, 7:32 am
In his presentation at the Canadian Association of Law Libraries Conference subtitled Triangulating Legal Literature, Paul McKenna offered that the idea of three is prevalent … Something that resonated with me as a process improvement professional. [read post]
4 May 2015, 4:12 pm
Earlier today, the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) awarded the 2015 Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing to the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History book series (University of Toronto Press).The announcement was made at the CALL annual conference in Moncton, New Brunswick. [read post]
4 May 2015, 7:28 am
Thomson Reuters demo'ed some of its product enhancements this morning at a breakfast session held at the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries in Moncton, New Brunswick.Among the highlights that attracted my attention were a number of recent or upcoming enhancements to the WestlawNext research platform:- international content will soon be migrated to the platform from the old legacy platform- the financial research tool LiveEdgar will… [read post]
3 May 2015, 5:53 pm
Two of the vendor demos earlier today at the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries taking place in Moncton, New Brunswick were those by SOQUIJ and Wolters Kluwer.SOQUIJ, a Quebec para governmental corporation, presented its "Recherche juridique" legal research platform that is gradually replacing the existing Juris.doc suite of databases. [read post]
3 May 2015, 11:30 am
Vendors presented new products this afternoon at the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries taking place in Moncton, New Brunswick.Here are a few highlights from the presentation by UK-based Justis Publishing.On May 1, that is the day before yesterday, the new JustisOne platform was launched. [read post]
3 May 2015, 11:19 am
This afternoon, at the 2015 conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries, a number of vendors presented demos of their newest products.I was able to see the presentations by HeinOnline, Justis Publishing, SOQUIJ and Wolters Kluwer.Here are some of the highlights for HeinOnline. [read post]
1 May 2015, 1:24 pm
The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is beginning its 2015 annual conference this weekend in Moncton. [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 3:47 pm
The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is beginning its 2015 annual conference this weekend in Moncton, New Brunswick.Annual reports of committees and special interest groups have been submitted in anticipation of the general meeting.Here are summaries of some of them: Professional Development Committee (PDC):Ideas coming out of the work of a Law Librarians Competencies Working Group will be presented at the conference. [read post]
29 Apr 2015, 5:17 pm
"The Canadian Association of Law Libraries will unveil the winners of its many awards scholarships at its annual conference starting this weekend in Moncton, New Brunswick. [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 7:19 am
That is a story for another post, and also for a lightening talk at next weeks Canadian Association of Law Libraries Conference in Moncton. [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 4:00 am
The American Library Association has declared the week of April 26-May 2 to be Preservation Week. [read post]
22 Apr 2015, 5:45 am
The TPP is nearing the end game and the U.S. is still demanding many changes to Canadian copyright law, including copyright term extension for all works (not just sound recordings). [read post]
20 Apr 2015, 2:16 pm
Every year, the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) hands out the Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing. [read post]
20 Apr 2015, 2:10 pm
Every year, the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) hands out the Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing.It honours a publisher that has demonstrated excellence by publishing a work, series, website or e-product that makes a significant contribution to legal research and scholarship.The nominees for this year are: BC Laws (British Columbia Queen’s Printer) CanLII Connects (CanLII) Centre de documentation et de… [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 6:24 am
Author’s Rights, Tout de Suite, introduces author’s rights with reference to relevant online documents and resources Using the SPARC Author Addendum to Secure Your Rights as the Author of a Journal Article, guidance from the Canadian Association of Research Libraries to ensure the “widest possible distribution and impact in the scholarly community. [read post]
9 Apr 2015, 9:41 am
The Canadian Association of Law Libraries has had reduced membership fees for students for quite some time, offering the same 30% reduction that the Association gives its retired members. [read post]
6 Apr 2015, 2:26 pm
The Canadian Library Association (CLA) has been discussing a major reorganization in recent months.The CLA is proposing a new model based on the concept of a federated "association of associations" to replace the existing direct membership model that is seen as inadequate and obsolete. [read post]
