Reminder: Interim Library Hours
The last day of scheduled Law School exams is Friday, December 19.The Law
Library will have shortened hours during the interim break.
Date
|
Library
|
Reference
|
Copy Center
|
| Dec. 22, Mon |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
| Dec. 23, Tue |
8 am - 5 pm |
10 am - 5 pm |
8 am - 5 pm |
| Dec. 24, Wed |
8 am - 5 pm |
10 am - 5 pm |
8 am - 5 pm |
| Dec. 25, Thu |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
| Dec. 26, Fri |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
| Dec. 27, Sat |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
| Dec. 28, Sun |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
| Dec. 29, Mon |
8 am - 5 pm |
10 am - 5 pm |
8 am - 5 pm |
| Dec. 30, Tue |
8 am - 5 pm |
10 am - 5 pm |
8 am - 5 pm |
| Dec. 31, Wed |
8 am - 5 pm |
10 am - 5 pm |
8 am - 5 pm |
| Jan. 1, Thu |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
| Jan. 2, Fri |
8 am - 5 pm |
10 am - 5 pm |
8 am - 5 pm |
| Jan. 3, Sat |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
| Jan. 4, Sun |
12 noon - 5 pm |
1 pm - 4 pm |
12 noon - 5 pm |
| Jan. 5, Mon |
Winter Quarter begins and regular hours resume. |
Alternative Study Locations
Admittedly, our new Law Library provides some of the most inviting study facilities on
campus. Notwithstanding, there may arise an occasion in which you simply want a
change of pace or scenery, and if so, there are a number of alternative study
locations nearby for you to consider.
Suzzallo Library provides a prime example. Did you know that it was originally dubbed
the "Cathedral of Learning"? Gather up some law books, walk across Red Square
to the heart of the original UW campus, find your way into the Suzzallo reading
room, and sit for a while. It will not take you long to figure out why that
nickname was (and remains) so apt. If your plans include a visit to Suzzallo
Library, you might first want to check out its Autumn Quarter and Interim Hours
Schedules at
http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/hours/suz.html.
If you are looking for something a little more down to earth and need a place to study
through the night, you might consider Odegaard Undergraduate Library (OUGL).
OUGL is literally just a couple of minutes' walk from Gates Hall, on the
northwestern boundary of Red Square. It has a large number of study locations
and carrels, as well as a Computer Commons with hundreds of computers for word
processing, email, and Internet research. OUGL is regularly open 24 hours a day,
from Sunday at 1:00 pm through Friday at 6:00 pm, and 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on
Saturday. Importantly, access is limited to UW students, faculty, and staff from
10:00 pm through 6:00 am during the week, so don't forget to bring your Husky
card with you. OUGL has posted special weekend (extended) hours during finals,
as well as during the Thanksgiving Holidays, which you can find at
http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/hours/ougl.html.
Campus maps of
all of the UW Libraries are available at the Circulation Desk and Reference
Office. Additionally, information about the UW Libraries---including hours and
maps---can be found online at
http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/hours/default.html#o.
Book of the Week: Be Careful Who You SLAPP
Michelangelo Delfino & Mary E. Day, Be Careful Who You SLAPP. KF4770.D45 2002 at Classified Stacks.
If you are looking for some interesting and law-related reading for the holidays ahead,
Delfino and Day's book about modern American corporate shenanigans and Internet
hyperbole may just fit the bill.
SLAPP stands for Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, and it refers to a corporate
(or governmental) strategy to dispel public criticism and deflect attention from
possibly unethical or criminal behavior by suing individuals and community
groups (usually for nuisance, defamation, conspiracy, etc.) who oppose them on
issues of public concern. Defending such lawsuits can be costly for
individuals, creating a chilling effect on individuals' participation in public
debates.
Be Careful Who You SLAPP is the true story of the authors' resistance to a SLAPP lawsuit that a Fortune
500 company (Varian, the authors' former employer) brought against them for
Internet postings that were openly critical of Varian executives. Relying upon
a constitutional right to free speech and upon the fact that they were
publishing only truth, opinion, and hyperbole, Delfino and Day posted thousands
of allegedly derogatory messages about Varian and its executives on the Internet
and vowed to continue the postings "until they died."
The litigation
involving these parties is slowly making its way up through the California State
court system. Interestingly, the California Court of Appeal just handed down
its judgment, largely against the authors (Varian Medical Systems, Inc. v.
Delfino, ___ Cal.Rptr.3d ___, 2003 WL 22679654, Cal. App. 6 Dist., Nov 13,
2003). Whether the authors will appeal remains to be seen. Notwithstanding the
verdict, so to speak, Delfino and Day have brought attention to an issue of
growing social and legal concern by recounting their story in Be Careful Who
You SLAPP.
Closing Thoughts: On Libraries
I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real
education, the superstructure, the details, the true architecture, I got
out of the public library. For an impoverished child whose family could
not afford to buy books, the library was the open door to wonder and
achievement, and I can never be sufficiently grateful that I had the wit
to charge through that door and make the most of it.
Now, when I read
constantly about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I
can only think that the door is closing and that American society has
found one more way to destroy itself.
— I, Asimov. New York: Doubleday, 1994 |
