Law Librarian Conversations

Law Library Statistics, Ranking and the "Value" of Law Libraries

April 28, 2017 19:00 - 1 hour - 88.2 MB

Special guests will include, Scott Pagel, Teresa Miguel-Stearns, Frank Houdek, and Darin Fox, current and past members of the ABA Data Policy and Collection Committee and noted experts in law library data and statistics. Regular line up of co-hosts and pundits includes: Ken Hirsh, Elizabeth Farrell Clifford, Roger Skalbeck, Mandy Lee, and Greg Lambert. By some objective measures, academic law libraries are “disappearing” before our very eyes. The ABA Annual Questionnaire may have no law lib...

Diversity Committee Town Hall

February 03, 2017 20:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MB

Hosted by Richard Leiter, host of Law Librarian Conversations, this episode will focus on a general discussion of issues of concern to the Diversity Committee of the American Association of Law Libraries.

Special PLLIP Town Hall

December 16, 2016 20:00 - 1 hour - 80.2 MB

The PLLIP Board invites everyone to a town hall to discuss status of PLLIP.

The State of State Law: Accessing, Distribution, Preservation & Beyond

November 18, 2016 20:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MB

Our panelists will discuss issues about how citizens access primary state legal material. Our democracy presupposes an informed and educated citizenry, but modern technology has thrown some unexpected monkey wrenches into system and we're all - librarians, citizens, courts and states themselves are working out methods for providing free, unfettered access.

Teaching Technology Competencies to Law Students

October 21, 2016 19:00 - 1 hour - 82.6 MB

Ever increasing number of states that now call for tech competency in their rules of professional conduct. What should law librarians be doing in this sphere. What is our role in teaching technologies that are out of the sphere of legal research? Our panel of experts includes Darin Fox, University of Oklahoma School of Law, Michael Robak, Univesity of Missouri Kansas City, Ken Hirsh, University of Cincinnati, Greg Lambert, Jackson Walker, LLP. The conversation will be assisted by co-hosts Ro...

Law Librarian Conversations Rides Again!

September 16, 2016 19:00 - 1 hour - 82.6 MB

LawLibCon welcomes a new regular co-host, Elizabeth Farrell Clifford. She joins Roger Skalbeck and Richard Leiter in this months "reunion" episode. Mandy Lee joins Richard in studio in the chat room. Special guests this month are Greg Lambert and Jean O'Grady. The discussion ranges over regular news in the field and ends with a discussion of librarians' roles as gate keepers or innovators.

Law Librarian Conversations, Philly Edition - Day Three

July 21, 2015 21:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MB

Join us in our final recap of the AALL Annual Meeting.

Law Librarian Conversations, Philly Edition - Day Two

July 20, 2015 21:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MB

Join us for a re-cap of Day Two of the AALL Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

Law Librarian Conversations, Philly Edition - Day One

July 19, 2015 21:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB

First in a series of daily wrap-ups from the Annual Meeting.

Preservation, Net Neutrality & AALL News

April 24, 2015 19:00 - 1 hour - 83.6 MB

Our panelists will discuss Preservation Week activities and issues, the latest on Net Neutrality and other topics from around the world of law librarianship. Guests include AALL President, Holly Riccio, AALL Board Member Greg Lambert, Emily Feltren and Elizabeth Holland of AALL's Government Affairs Office, Sarah Glassmeyer, CALI, Melissa Bernstein, U of Utah, Elizabeth Farrell, Florida State U and Marcia Dority Baker and I of University of Nebraska, College of Law.

The Future of Technical Services in Law Libraries

March 20, 2015 19:00 - 1 hour - 82.6 MB

As the numbers of print titles continues to decline law libraries, libraries must address the question of how to re-structure technical services departments' staffs to meet the needs of largely non-print libraries. The names of departments are changing, the nature of the work is changing and the sizes of tech services departments are changing, too! The panel will discuss all these issues and more.

Conversation with the Masters: Hazelton & Chiorazzi on Law Library Education

October 17, 2014 19:00 - 1 hour - 79.4 MB

This month we'll talk with Professors Penny Hazelton and Mike Chiorazzi about law librarianship as a career and about law library education. NOTE to new listeners: For this episode, I used a new microphone set up and it picked up lots of paper shuffling - and it's annoying. We've identified the problem and future shows will be much cleaner and easier to listen to. This one is worth it, despite the distractions. I apologize for the sound.... RL

Catching Up: News, Reviews and the New School Year

August 15, 2014 19:00 - 1 hour - 21.2 MB

Roger, Marcia and Rich will review developments for 2014 - we're catching up after an extended break. We will be joined by regular panelist, Sarah Glassmeyer of CALI. Together we'll be welcoming special guests, Holly Riccio, President of AALL and Emily Feltren, AALL's Director of Government Relations. We're excited to hear how Holly is adapting to life as President, and to hearing from Emily how congress plans to "simplify" distribution of government information.

"PLL" What's in a Name? 'Librarian,' that's what!

October 23, 2013 17:00 - 1 hour - 18.2 MB

The PLL Board will discuss the challenges facing today's firm librarians. Among those challenges, we'll discuss whether the term "librarian" is still a good label for what information professionals do in their firms.

CALI, AALL & Tech Training for Law Students.....

June 03, 2013 16:00 - 1 hour - 20.9 MB

Our panel will welcome Elmer Masters from CALI to discuss tech training of law students. We'll also discuss the recent spate of retirements in the law library world, the Edicts of Government Amendment and, talk generally about new developments in the world of legal bibliography and law libraries.

Google+, Thomson-Reuters and Metadata in Free Law

February 01, 2013 18:00 - 1 hour - 20.9 MB

Today's topic include Thomson Reuters' recent announcements regarding business emphases, FreeLaw developments & metada, Google+ and much more. Special Guests, Jean O'Grady (Library Director at DLA Piper) & Elmer Masters (Director of Internet Development at CALI), will join Hosts Richard Leiter, Marcia Dority Baker and Panelists, Ken Hirsh, Sarah Glassmeyer & Elizabeth Farrell to discuss these topics and other law library news....

Summer 2012 Wrap-up/Fall Look Ahead

September 21, 2012 18:00 - 1 hour - 20.7 MB

The panel will be discussing news and issues of general interest to law libraries: Fall conferences and activities, PLL-Summit, UELMA, vendor developments.

All Things Private Law Libraries....

May 25, 2012 19:00 - 1 hour - 20.7 MB

Guests Jeremy Sullivan, Jean O'Grady and Joan Axelroth will join me to discuss the upcoming PLL-Summit and all things PLL.

Law Libraries + Law Journal Publishing and Bloomberg BNA

April 20, 2012 19:00 - 1 hour - 20.5 MB

Lou Andreozzi, Chairman of Bloomberg Law will be a special guest on the podcast and will briefly discuss the BNA acquisition and integration with BLAW. Michelle Pearse, Ben Keele & Valeri Craigle will also join our panel to discuss ways that law libraries and law librarians are uniquely equipped to help academic law journals become all that they should become in the digital world. The missing link in the Durham Statement has always been how law journals should become digital, and, in the...

2011/2012 Year in Review and in the Crystal Ball

January 20, 2012 20:00 - 1 hour - 19.8 MB

Our panel will review developments in legal bibliography and law librarianship in 2011 and prognosticate about what to expect in 2012.

Summer Preview/Spring Wrap Up

June 20, 2011 19:00 - 1 hour - 21.5 MB

The panel will discuss various developments since our last conversation and look forward to what's happening this summer: CALI, AALL and more?

The Future of Law Libraries

April 15, 2011 19:00 - 1 hour - 20.6 MB

A special panel of guests will be on hand to discuss the future of libraries from many different angles. John Palfrey, Ken Hirsh, Sarah Glassmeyer, Greg Lambert, Elizabeth Farrell, and others will take the conversation wherever it will go.... We'll also discuss the ABA's proposed new tenure standards for library directors, and progress on the NCCUSL draft rules for electronic statutes.

AALL Vendor Colloquium 2011

March 10, 2011 20:30 - 1 hour - 20.3 MB

Panelists AALL President Joyce Janto, AALL Vendor Liaison Margi Maes, law librarian blogger extraordinaire Greg Lambert, and Cincinnati/Hamilton County Law Library Director and CRIV member Mary Jenkins will discuss AALL's Vendor Colloquium held recently in Chicago.

Law Library News

February 19, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 20.5 MB

Greg Lambert, Ken Hirsch and Mark Estes are special guests for a discussion of WestlawNext. Keith Ann Stieverson calls in for a discussion of the Draft NCCUSL Authentication and Preservation of State Electronic Legal Materials Act. Margie Maes and Roger Skalbeck join host Richard Leiter and Co-host Marcia Dority Baker on this week's podcast.

Happy Birthday, Durham Statement!

February 04, 2010 16:00 - 1 hour - 20.7 MB

We'll discuss the development and impact of the Durham Statement with two of the statement's champions, John Palfrey and Dick Danner.

Google/China, Google, Free Law and The Future of Libraries

January 15, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 20.6 MB

Bob Berring, Connie Crosby, Roger Skalbeck, Marcia Dority Baker and Richard Leiter discuss some of the important issues of the day.

Year in Review: Kerfuffles, Googles and All that Jazz

December 21, 2009 16:00 - 1 hour - 21.1 MB

Connie Crosby, Marcia Dority Baker, Tracy Thompson Pryzluki, Roger Skalbeck and I will discuss this year's developments in the world of legal bibliography and law libraries - we'll also look ahead and try to forecast what to expect next year.

Google Scholar Legal Opinions and Journals: A Conversation with Anurag Acharya

December 04, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 20.7 MB

This month we'll discuss Google Scholar's new Legal Opinions and Journals, xyggy.com and more.

Preserving Digital Collections

November 06, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 16.2 MB

Carl Malamud, of Public.Resource.org will be our guest. We'll discuss Law.Gov and other digital preservation and open access issues.

Social Media and Law Libraries

October 02, 2009 19:00 - 1 hour - 20.8 MB

We'll discuss how to use, and why we should or shouldn't use in libraries Twitter, Facebook, Martindale-Hubbell Connect, WorldCat.org, Plurk, and all the other social media tools.

What's Real in the Real World?

September 03, 2009 19:00 - 1 hour - 20.6 MB

We're going to be talking to a group of firm librarians about what resources are being used in law firms today.

Annual Meeting Review

August 07, 2009 19:00 - 1 hour - 21.4 MB

We'll discuss highlights of this year's Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. [NOTE: This show features some annoying interruptions, such as a fire alarm going off halfway through the show just outside the office where we were recording. And a dog barking. I apologize for inconvenience. Not for the levity. RL]

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