LMU - Duncan School of Law

Restoring Law and Order: Inventory Control in a Public Academic Law Library.

Jordan A. Gilbertson et al. — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:59:58 PST

The Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington is a large academic law library, open to faculty, students, alumni, attorneys, and members of the public. The library contains at least 450,000 print volumes and has 75,000 linear feet of filled shelf space. During the 2009-10 academic year we circulated over 24,000 items and shelved approximately 45,000 items. Svengalis recommends law libraries inventory their collections at least once a year. Our library began a pilot inventory control project to ensure our catalog accurately reflects what is on our shelves and identify any remaining unresolved issues stemming from automation and reclassification. We use the University of Illinois’s Library Stacks Management System, originally designed for the Voyager ILS, and modified by our systems librarian to work with Millennium. This poster covers the structure and workflow of our program and illustrates how we draw on the integrated nature of library departments to identify and resolve issues with missing items, as well as technical issues involving barcodes, call numbers, and discrepancies between physical items and catalog records. This poster highlights interdepartmental cooperation, project management, an innovative use of library technology, and collection development and analysis.

We Will Not Be Ignored: Integrating Fan-Created Works into the Traditional Copyright Classroom.

Jordan A. Gilbertson — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:49:45 PST

Fandom is a term used to describe a subculture of fans of a particular television program, movie, book, or artist, brought together by a love and desire to celebrate that show, movie, etc. With the advent of the internet fandom has physically manifested itself into various forms including fan fiction, fan art, fan craft, video mash ups, and charity screenings. In each of these categories fans "create" works which draw on, or occasionally, use completely, the characters, settings, and situations of the fandom. Such manifestations have implications in the intellectual property world. Works of the fandom communities should be utilized in teaching copyright and trademark law in traditional law school curriculum. Because these works are predominately created by female fans, incorporating such materials in the copyright/trademark classroom may broaden the appeal of the subject to female students.

Little Girls Lost: Can The International Community Protect Girl Soldiers?

Jordan A. Gilbertson — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:34:52 PST

The use of children as soldiers in international and internal conflict in developing nations has a long history. It is only recently that the plight of these children has come to the international legal community's attention. This article sheds light on the particularized plight of female child soldiers and analyzes whether the current legal climate is doing enough to protect these little girls lost.

Legal Research Update

Katherine Marsh et al. — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:06:00 PST

On the Road to a Pax U.N.: Using the Peace Tools at Our Disposal in a Post-Cold War World

Richard Gaines — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:30:28 PST

Judge Baumgartner - Discussion of Judicial Misconduct

Charles E. MacLean — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:04:31 PST

Judge Baumgartner - Discussion of Board of Professional Responsibility and Judicial Replacement

Charles E. MacLean — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:50:48 PST

Judge Baumgartner - Discussion of Judicial Diversion

Charles E. MacLean — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:33:46 PST

Prosecutorial Ethics: Private Decision Making in the Very Public Practice of Law

Charles E. MacLean — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:18:01 PST

The Basics of Drafting and Obtaining Search Warrants

Charles E. MacLean — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:16:14 PST