Professional Reading: Law Library Services for Students

Kumar Percy Jayasuriya, Georgetown Law Library, and Frances M. Brillantine, Catholic University of America, Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library, have deposited Student Services in the 21st Century: Evolution and Innovation in Discovering Student Needs, Teaching Information Literacy, and Designing Library 2.0-Based Services, Legal Reference Services Q. (forthcoming), in NELLCO. Here's the abstract:

The authors discuss the changing library needs of law students as computers, technology and legal publishing evolve. In order to track the evolving needs of students, the authors discuss ways that librarians can survey students and explain how focus groups and usability tests can provide further insights regarding students’ research skills and information needs. The article examines the literature regarding information literacy and suggests minimum standards for legal information literacy upon graduation, and the authors suggest new services that law librarians could create for law students. Next the authors examine the recent literature about Library 2.0 services, and offer suggestions on incorporating Library 2.0 principles into law library services.

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