Month: April 2015

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Intersession and Summer Research Help

Congratulations, students, on completing your final term exams.

For continuing students, please note the library’s reduced hours during intersession, and our summer hours:

Intersession Thurs. Apr. 23-Sun. May 3
Mon-Fri 8:30 am to 4:00 pm
Sat-Sun Closed
Summer Mon. May 4 -Mon. July 27
Mon-Fri 8:00-6:00
Sat-Sun 10:00-5:30

And check or bookmark the UVic Libraries’ hours and location page for ongoing details of our hours of operation.

Our intersession and summer research help will be held in-office. Ask at the circulation desk for directions, or contact us for online and in-person help at lawref@uvic.ca, or 250 472-5023. Full contact details are available at our Contact Us page.

And remember, UVic law students, you need not be away from the law library even if you are away from campus during the break. If you find yourself longing for a look at one of our licensed databases, off-campus access is available to you throughout this time, as always. Simply access the libraries’ database list, and enter your netlink ID and password when prompted to do so.

Enjoy your summer and we’ll see you back in September.

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All SCC judgments published since 1876 now online

Did you know the collection of judgments on the SCC website was previously not quite complete? As of April 10, 2015, the gaps are filled.

From the news release of that day:

…all decisions published in the Supreme Court Reports dating back to 1876 are now available on the SCC Judgments website. Over the past 20 years, the SCC and Lexum have been working collaboratively, together with partners such as the Law Foundation of Ontario, the Law Foundation of British Columbia, the Alberta Law Foundation, the Centre d’accès à l’information juridique in Quebec, CanLII and others, to fill in gaps in the Supreme Court judgment database.

The free availability of judgments dating back to 1876 on the Web is part of the SCC’s commitment to making case-related information accessible. All of these newly-added SCC decisions can also be found in the CanLII database at www.canlii.org.

See a October 2014 post on Slaw from Daniel Poulin of Lexum for a prelude and some context. (Lexum is a legal information technology company which has long driven the content for the SCC judgments and CanLII.)

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UVic Libraries Student Scholarships

Continuing law students and grad students, have you made use of library resources in furtherance of a paper, project, or assignment?

(For example, did you complete a major paper, an open memo, or LAW 399?)

If so, consider applying for one of the new UVic Libraries Student Scholarships, open to applicants from any discipline, including Law.

April 1 to May 31 is the submission window.

  • DAVID HARRIS FLAHERTY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT LIBRARY SCHOLARSHIP
Established in 2014 and named for donor David Harris Flaherty, this scholarship is awarded to an in-course, academically outstanding undergraduate student in any discipline who can show how they have utilized library resources – be they print, archival, music, multimedia, digital, etc. – for a class project, assignment or research paper.
    • Eligible students must complete a 500 word essay explaining their use of library resources in an application.
  • WILLIAM PETRIE GRADUATE STUDENT LIBRARY SCHOLARSHIP
Established in 2014 and named for bequest donor William Petrie, this scholarship is awarded to an academically outstanding graduate student in any discipline who can show how they have utilized library resources – be they print, archival, music, multimedia, digital, etc. – for a class project, assignment or research paper.
    • Eligible students must complete a 500 word essay explaining their use of library resources in an application.

Please visit the Student Scholarships page for further details and application instructions.

And take note: The UVic Libraries Grants and Awards Librarian, Christine Walde, is opening her office from April 1 to May 27 for drop-in consultations to discuss these scholarships and other grants and awards. Meet with Christine on Wednesdays from 1-3 pm in Room 135e at the McPherson Library. All faculty, staff, and students are welcome.

More about the UVic Libraries Grants and Awards office:

The Grants and Awards Office in the University Librarian’s Office supports and enhances the research activities, advancement and community engagement priorities of UVic Libraries, specifically in the areas of grants funding and awards, as well as special projects related to community engagement.