Yale Law Library - News and Events
Library Information for the Summer
Law Library Laptop Computers
During the exam period, May 9 – 23, 2008, there will be no overnight or long term loans of library laptop computers.
Summer Borrowing Privileges
Returning Law students may borrow circulating books over the summer. They will be due on September 10, 2008. Any book that has been recalled must be sent via First Class Mail to the Law Library. Please check with staff at the Circulation Desk for further details.
Carrel Assignments
Carrel Assignments for this academic year end on June 11, 2008. Please return all books to the lending library and remove all personal belongings. Personal belongings left behind will be discarded. If you wish to use a carrel during the summer, you may sign up in the Library Administrative Office.
Sign up for a carrel for the 2008-2009 academic year begins in early September in the Library Administrative Office.
Law Library Laptop Computers During Exam Period
As has been our practice, long term and overnight use of Law Library laptop computers is suspended during the Law School Exam Period. This year that begins on May 10 and runs through May 23, 2008.
Questions may be directed to staff at the Circulation Desk.
Law Library Access in April/May
Responding to requests from law students, the Law Library will again be open 24 hours a day during Law School reading/exam period (May 9 through May 23) and we will restrict non-law student access during this period and undergraduate reading/exam period.
Effective the evening of Monday, April 28 and continuing through the afternoon of Friday, May 23, admission to the Law Library will be limited to Law School affiliates, University faculty, and Law Library pass holders. (Passes will be given to non-law students doing legal research and presenting a letter from a faculty member or college dean.)
During this restricted period, law students must show their ID card with the Law School sticker every time they enter the library to gain admission to the Law Library.
The library monitors will be intending conscientiously to enforce this policy so please help them by having your card when you come to the library. If for some reason you do not have the Law School sticker on your card, you can get one from the Registrar's Office. In general, we ask for your cooperation with staff who will be implementing the rules in the stressful environment that exams create for all of us.
Restrictions must always be implemented with caution because we are committed to participating in the University community. If you have suggestions about these policies, please feel free to communicate them to me.
Fred Shapiro
Associate Librarian for Collections and Access
Lillian Goldman Law Library
Yale Law School
March 28: Georgia Harper Lecture on Digital Copyright
Georgia Harper, Scholarly Communications Officer at the University of Texas at Austin Libraries, will give a talk in Sterling Memorial Library's Lecture Hall (130 Wall Street) on Friday, March 28 at 9:30 a.m. She will speak about areas of digital copyright that are of particular concern for libraries, such as electronic resources and digital images. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Harper was formerly Senior Attorney and Manager of the Intellectual Property Section of the Office of the General Counsel for the University of Texas System. She is a nationally recognized expert in the area of intellectual copyright and was named a Fellow of the National Association of College and University Attorneys in June, 2001. She has a B.S. and J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Information Science, also at the University of Texas at Austin.
Iraq's Cultural Reconstruction
On Thursday, March 13 there will be a panel discussion at the
Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall on the projects related to the
cultural reconstruction of Iraq. As part of the Library's Exploration
and Adventure series, Charles Kolb of the National Endowment for the
Humanities (NEH) will talk about the goals, challenges, and success of
Recovering Iraq's Past, the NEH's recently ended initiative to
preserve, protect, and document Iraq's cultural heritage in the face of
looting and destruction. Ann Okerson, Simon Samoeil, and Elizabeth
Beaudin of the Yale University Library will also describe Iraq
ReCollection, the Yale's Library's two-year, grant-funded effort to
digitize some 100,000 pages of Iraqi humanities journals. Though a 2005
US Department of Education Title VI grant, the Library is also
developing A Middle Eastern Electronic Library (AMEEL), a Web-based
portal for the study of the Middle East, including its history,
culture, development, and contemporary face.
Charles Kolb, National Endowment for the Humanities
Ann Okerson, Simon Samoeil, Elizabeth Beaudin, Yale University Library
Thursday, March 13, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall, 128 Wall St.
Free and open to the public.
For information on the NEH's Iraqi projects visit: http://www.neh.gov/news/archive/20040408.html
For information on Iraq ReCollection visit: http://www.yale.edu/opa/v34.n20/story4.html
For information on AMEEL visit: http://www.library.yale.edu/ameel/
Mike Widener presents forum, "Race on the Stand"
Today,
the Standing Committee on Professional Awareness (SCOPA) sponsored the
forum, "Race on the Stand: African American History in the Law
Library's American Trials Collection," at the Sterling Memorial Library
Lecture Hall. Mike Widener, the Rare Book
Librarian for Yale's Lillian Goldman Law Library discussed the
Library's American Trials Collection and its importance to a variety of
topics in African American history. This
collection contains some particularly significant holdings related to
African American history, including various Abolitionist pamphlets
and records of the Amistad trials (1839-1840).

Above,
Mike begins his presentation to the Yale University Librarians and
Staff on the Law Library's American Trials Collection. Below, Mike
discusses the history of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue, one of the key
events within the Abolitionist movement leading into the American Civil
War.

If
you are interested in learning more about the Law Library's American
Trials Collection, please visit the Paskus-Danziger Rare Book Room on
L2 within the Law Library. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. During these hours, the room is used exclusively for
research using rare books, the door to the reading room is locked with
entrance permitted by buzzer only, and an attendant is always
present. It is advisable to call ahead to make sure the collection
will be available, contact Mike Widener at mike.widener@yale.edu or call (203) 432-4494.
Yale Law Library's new website!
Last week, the Lillian Goldman Law Library launched its brand new
website. In addition to a new layout, we've tried to bring you all the
same library resources you expect from us in an easy to use format. In
the months ahead, look for new pages and resources to be added. Also,
don't forget to check out our new Library Blog. Our law librarians will use the blog to bring you up to date on what's new in the world of legal information.
If you have questions or comments about the new site, please contact
Tom Boone, Reference Librarian for Electronic Services [thomas.boone
(at) yale.edu].
Blawg Links
To access all the materials from Monday evening's Research Refreshments on Blawgs, go to the website used during the session. It's now available at
http://jbnann.googlepages.com/blawgs.