InfoBrief: Research Fellows Available to Assist Faculty Research

The law library has recently hired two Research Fellows to assist faculty with your research.  This support is in addition to the services already provided by your library liaison. 

The library Research Fellows are law students who, under library supervision, provide research assistance to Cornell faculty, including those who encounter additional research needs while their personal research assistant is occupied. Research fellows can:

• Compile subject bibliographies
• Create multi-state surveys
• Complete literature searches used in updating texts and casebooks
• Research historical materials
• Fulfill other research needs that may arise

As always, your library liaison is available to train your personal research assistant for specific projects you may have.

Please direct any questions about or requests for this service to your library liaison. 

Cheers,
Julie

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Julie M. Jones, JD, MLIS
Research Attorney and Lecturer in Law
Cornell Law Library
340B Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, New York  14853
607.255.5858

InfoBrief: Justin Wolfers

Justin Wolfers will be the next presenter at the Faculty Workshop on Friday, February 8.  His topic is "The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness."  You can link to his article here. 
 
Since he is not a law professor, he may not be known to some of you in the same way as many of our presenters, so you may like to look at his personal home page.  His publications for the National Bureau of Economic Research are available on the web in full text, including probably his most well-known study: �Racial Discrimination Among NBA Referees.�

Cheers,
Julie

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Julie M. Jones, JD, MLIS
Research Attorney and Lecturer in Law
Cornell Law Library
340B Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, New York  14853
607.255.5858

InfoBrief: Podcasting for Law Professors

Podcasting is one of the newest technologies available to help professors communicate more effectively with students.  It allows the audio recording of classes to be made available online for future reference.   It also allows the recording of class summaries or follow-up thoughts post-class.

Why podcast?  If students know a class is being recorded, they tend to not take dictation on their computers during class, freeing up their minds for greater engagement with the material and class discussion, thus learning more.  Some students need repetition.  Others may mentally miss a portion of class due to stress or distractions. 

To support law students and faculty, CALI has created ClassCaster which allows professors to record and post their classes on blogs for future listening by students.  Of course, these blogs may be used for purposes other than podcasting, possibly as an alternative or supplement to TWEN or Blackboard.  FAQs about ClassCaster are answered here.

More law school podcasting info is available online:

• Professor Ken Kristl at Widener recently discussed the pedagogical power of podcasting here. 
• A discussion of potential resistance to law prof podcasing is here .
• A description of ClassCaster which discusses pros and cons is available here. 
• Law student reactions to podcasting in the classroom is available here. 

Please feel free to contact Cornell Law Library's CALI coordinator, Julie Jones, with any questions.

And I hope everyone is staying safe on the roads today!

Julie M. Jones, JD, MLIS
Research Attorney and Lecturer in Law
Cornell Law Library
340B Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, New York  14853
607.255.5858