Wednesday, September 2, 2009

InfoBrief: Library Liaisons

The Law Library has as its highest priority the support of your scholarship and classroom teaching.  A Research Attorney, with a J.D. and an advanced degree in information science, is assigned to be your liaison for any information questions and projects you have.  This is a special library service for tenured and tenure-track faculty at Cornell Law School. Click here for the list, to see who your liaison is.
 
Your liaison will work with you on any of your information needs for your research and scholarship.  For courses where students write major papers, your liaison will offer to present a workshop for the class on the resources and strategies needed to do the research.  We can train your research assistants and your administrative assistant, helping them to retrieve information for you.  We will also help you keep up-to-date with a variety of current awareness tools that can automatically bring you the latest news, blogs, articles, books, and more in your field.
 
Other faculty, clinics, projects, and offices in the Law School work with specific Research Attorneys who provide Outreach Services.  That list for this fall will be distributed soon.
 
Look for your liaison to be in contact with you soon.  Let us know how we can help you.  Best wishes for a productive academic year!
 
Pat Court
Associate Law Librarian
pgc1@cornell.edu