News from the law library
Posts about the UVic Law Library: hours updates, library news, events, etc.
Please join the Appeal editorial team in the Law Library on March 17th from 5 – 7 pm for the launch of Volume 21 of Appeal: Review of Current Law and Law Reform.
Brief presentations will be given by Dean Jeremy Webber, as well as authors published in Volume 21 with a reception to follow.
Please RSVP to appeal@uvic.ca
Watch this space regularly for updates of new print and electronic titles received in or for the law library. We’ll supply the author, title, and call number information, as well as a link to the catalogue record where you can find out more about each title.
Ideafest is an annual festival of research that celebrates some of the brightest minds and ideas on campus. Running from March 7-12, this year’s festival showcases 50 FREE outstanding events. Here are some highlight that may be of interest to law students and Law Library users:
Reminder: This year’s 1L Community Conference is today.
What: This year’s annual 1L Community Conference:
“draws together four distinct fields of inquiry – youth law, elder law, mental health, and Indigenous law and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission – around this common thread. We will ask: What challenges do youth and the elderly face when navigating the legal system and what resources are available to them? How are these challenges compounded or altered when questions of mental illness come into play? What gaps and barriers exist in the legal system today, particularly in the context of Canada’s colonial legacy and the role of the legal system in violently repressing the agency of Indigenous peoples?”
When: This afternoon from 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm. The conference will include an intermission snack break and a make-your-own taco buffet dinner.
Where: Room 159, Fraser Building
Speakers:
For more details visit the conference event page on Facebook: 1L Community Conference
Watch this space regularly for updates of new print and electronic titles received in or for the law library. We’ll supply the author, title, and call number information, as well as a link to the catalogue record where you can find out more about each title. This update includes titles on criminal law and evidence:
Watch this space regularly for updates of new print and electronic titles received in or for the law library. We’ll supply the author, title, and call number information, as well as a link to the catalogue record where you can find out more about each title.
Canadian legal researchers disenchanted with the McGill Guide will note with interest the publication of a rival to Harvard’s Bluebook:
Sprigman et anon. al. Baby Blue’s Manual of Legal Citation (Public.Resource.Org, 2016).
For the background, which includes not only the question of whether a citation system can be copyrighted under US law, but also an investigation into the facts of the Bluebook’s origins, see
Today Allan Akizuki, Regional Training Supervisor & Solutions Specialist with Carswell will demonstrate WestlawNext Canada research techniques in the law library computer classroom. He will offer two drop-in sessions:
12:30 – 1:15: International Content on WestlawNext Canada.
1:30 – 2:30: Understanding billing and cost-recovery with WestlawNext Canada in Law Firms.
Watch this space for regular updates of new print and electronic titles received for the library. We’ll supply the author, title, and call number information, as well as a link to the catalogue record where you can find out more about each title. Once again, this week’s list includes a number of titles that arrived over the last several weeks.
The Diana M. Priestly Law Library has just opened a new Adaptive Technology Room, making computing easier for students, faculty and staff with diverse abilities.
Similar to the Adaptive Technology Rooms in the McPherson Library and the software available at the UVic Resource Centre for Students with a Disability, the Law library Adaptive Technology Room (FRA 172) contains two adjustable-height workstations with a collection of specialized software and hardware:
Workstation 1:
Jaws (Job Access With Speech)
* Reads screens aloud, as well as assisting with navigation for those who cannot use a mouse
* Provides speech and braille output
* Optical Character Recognition feature interprets text in pdfs scanned as graphics
Kurzweil 1000
* Text-to-speech in a variety of voices and languages
* Enables users to add bookmarks, text notes and annotations to documents
MindMaple
* Mindmapping software enables users to connect multiple ideas for brainstorming, project planning, note taking, presentations and more
Workstation 2:
Dragon Naturally Speaking
* Dictation and transcription software that adapts to a user’s tone and speech patterns
* Allows user to control a computer using only voice commands
Kurzweil 3000
* Text-to-speech in 18 languages and dialects with a variety of voices
* Reads locked texts such as images or pdfs
MAGic
* Screen and text magnification software that works with individual documents and online
MindMaple
* Mindmapping software enables users to connect multiple ideas for brainstorming, project planning, note taking, presentations and more
Scanner Drive 3800
* Document scanner with flatbed extended to the edge of the unit so documents can be easily aligned by feel
Network printing is available from both computers, and a headset with microphone and volume control can be borrowed from the Law Loan Desk for use with the software. The Adaptive Technology Room is open to all UVic students, faculty and staff during law library hours, with priority given to those who require use of the technology in the room.
