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L530 LEGAL BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LAW LIBRARY
ADMINISTRATION
L530 School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
Spring 2001
INSTRUCTORS: Keith A. Buckley, Linda K. Fariss and Colleen K.
Pauwels
EMAIL: buckley@indiana.edu; fariss@indiana.edu; pauwels@indiana.edu
CLASSROOM: Law School 122
TELEPHONE: 855-9666
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Berring, Robert C., Finding the Law, 11th Ed., St. Paul, MN:
West, 1999.
A Uniform System of Citation, 17th edition, Cambridge, MA:
Harvard Law Review Association,2000.
These and all other required readings will be on reserve at the Law
Library.
| Jan. 8 |
Introduction to Research:
government structure, reporters (Fariss)
Reading: Berring, pp.
1-62 |
| Jan. 10 |
Citation form (Buckley) Bring
A Uniform System of Citation to class
Reading: To be
assigned |
| Jan. 15 |
No Class |
| Jan. 17 |
Digests (Fariss)
Reading:
Berring, pp. 91-122 |
| Jan. 22 |
Digests (Fariss)
Reading:
Berring, pp. 91-122 |
| Jan. 24 |
Encyclopedias and ALR (Buckley)
Reading: Berring, pp. 122-126: 301-303 |
| Jan. 29 |
Constitutions and Statutes
(Pauwels)
Reading: Berring, pp. 134-172; 211-229 |
| Jan. 31 |
Statutes, Congressional Material
(Pauwels)
Reading: Berring, pp. 134-172; 177-210 |
| Feb. 5 |
Congressional Material (Pauwels)
Reading: Berring, pp.177-210 |
| Feb. 7 |
Administrative Regulations and
Presidential Documents (Fariss)
Reading: Berring, pp. 230-256;
262-269 |
| Feb. 12 |
Administrative Decisions, Govt.
Documents, Topical Reporters (Pauwels)
Reading: Berring, pp.
257-261; 52; 59. |
| Feb. 14 |
Shepard's (Pauwels)
Reading:
Berring, pp. 63-90 |
| Feb.19 |
Practicum (covering lectures
thru Feb. 5) |
| Feb. 21 |
Looseleaf Services (Fariss)
Reading: Berring, pp. 42; 52; 59; 127 |
| Feb. 26 |
Treatises, Restatements, Uniform
Laws (Buckley)
Reading: Berring, pp. 297-299; 303-304;
173-174 |
| Feb. 28 |
Court Rules, Federal Rules
Service, Appellate Briefs, Practice Aids (Buckley)
Reading:
Berring, pp. 270-295 |
| Mar. 5 |
Periodicals, Indexes,
Directories, Dictionaries, Words and Phrases (Buckley)
Reading:
Berring, pp. 299-300; 304-306; 310-311 |
| Mar. 7 |
International Law Materials
(Pauwels)
Reading: to be assigned |
| Mar. 19 |
English Legal Research and
Foreign Materials (Fariss)
Reading: to be assigned |
| Mar.21 |
Practicum (covering lectures
from Feb. 7 thru Feb. 26) |
| Mar. 26 |
LEXIS (Buckley)
Reading: to
be assigned |
| Mar.28 |
WESTLAW (Buckley)
Reading:
to be assigned |
| Apr. 2 |
Public Services (Buckley) |
| Apr. 4 |
Panel of Law Librarians. |
| Apr. 9 |
Legal Materials for Non-law
Libraries and Non-law Materials for Law Libraries (Fariss) |
| Apr. 11 |
Practicum (Comprehensive - 2
hours) |
| Apr. 16 |
Administration (Pauwels) |
| Apr.18 |
Evaluation |
| Apr. 23 |
No Class |
| Apr. 25 |
No
Class |
Grading
The grade will be calculated from a combination of Assignments and
Practicum scores. They will be determined by the following weights:
| Assignments |
45% |
| 2 Practicums @ 15% |
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| Final Practicum @ 20% |
50% |
| Reference Work and Class
Participation |
5% |
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100% |
Daily assignments should be returned on the date indicated by the
instructor when distributed. Late papers will be penalized 10 percentage
points per day.
Absence from a practicum will bring an automatic 0 for the practicum
unless there is an approved excuse and make-up practicum.
Practicums
There will be three practicums covering the legal bibliography segment
of the course. The last practicum will cover the entire course. They will
be as follows:
Monday, February19
Wednesday, March21
Wednesday, April 11
In order to allow the students the most flexibility, the first two
practicums will be held in two 1 1/2 hour sessions with half the class in
each session. The first session will be from
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. and the second will be from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
The final practicum will be in two-hour sessions. These sessions will
begin at 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. and
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Specific sign-up and further information on the
practicums will be given in class.
LEXIS and WESTLAW training
In addition to class lectures, each student is required to attend a
hands-on training session for each system. Times will be announced at a
later date. To make-up for attending these sessions, the last two class
periods of the semester will be cancelled.
Guest Speaker Panels
There will be a panel of guest speakers this year covering other types
of law libraries. Attendance at the panel discussion is
required.
Reference Requirement
Each member of the class is required to work three hours of reference
at the Law Library. These hours must be worked between March 22th and
April 19th. There will be day and evening hours available. Sign-up sheets
will be in the Reference
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