News from the law library
Allan Akizuki will be here next Wed. Feb 4 in the library’s computer lab to offer three drop in sessions on how to research using WestlawNext Canada.
12:00-12:45 open session 1
12:45-1:30 open session 2
1:45-2:30 faculty session
No need to rsvp, just drop in and enjoy.
Voyager, CED, Abridgment, Halsbury’s—sound vaguely familiar but could be Dr. Who characters as easily as Canadian legal research tools?
Then try to make it to one of our 30-minute legal research refreshers, presented by Michael Lines of the law library. Citations will also be covered.
All refresher sessions will be in the law library computer lab. Here’s the schedule:
Week 1 (emphasis research materials)
Tues. Jan 20, 12:00 and 12:30
Thurs. Jan 22, 12:00 and 12:30
Week 2 (emphasis citations)
Tues. Jan 27, 12:00 and 12:30
Thurs. Jan 29, 12:00 and 12:30
No preregistration required.
Also keep in mind the library’s legal research and writing guide: https://libguides.uvic.ca/lrw. There you can find a research strategy overview, links to sample research plans and journals, and primary and secondary legal research starting points.
Joseph Lenarcik, Assistant Curator of the CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum recently spent some time at the Law Library, and has published a brief article in issue 12(1) of the Museum’s newsletter Headway outlining Diana. M. Priestly’s life and work, and noting in particular her service in the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service in the second world war.
The museum kindly gave us permission to post the whole issue here.
Considering the last sentence of the article, it is timely and useful to note the announcement of the Diana M Priestly Memorial Scholarship, applications for which are accepted until Feb 1, 2015. This scholarship may be of interest to our current or future students.
Congratulations to our very own Kim Nayyer, newly appointed AUL Law, who stepped into her new role January 1, 2015! The Law library is very fortunate to be under Kim’s leadership as we shape our future. Her strong legal and teaching background, her deep connections to the law faculty and wider community, and her professional librarianship will set us all on a new course here in the Law library.