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- Program A - Western Legal History 101: Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-State Research Guide
- Program B - Games We Don’t Want to Play: Negotiating Electronic Resources Contracts
- Program C - Lawyer in the Library Program : Assisting Pro Se Patrons in County and Court Libraries
- Program D - Tag You’re it: UNLV’s Experience with RFID
- Program E - Gaming the System: Interactive Teaching Strategies for Law Librarians
- Program F - Web-based Legal Research Instruction: Does It Work?
- Program G - Substantive Law: The Sex Industry in Nevada
Program A - Western Legal History 101: Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-State Research Guide
Las Vegas is the place to learn about early legal research in the West. Three recent co-authors and a co-editor of Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-State Research Guide (Haworth Press, 2005) will speak on historical and territorial research of various Western states. They will also share tips on writing a legal bibliography and getting it published.- Galen Fletcher (Moderator), Howard W. Hunter Law Library, BYU Law School
Seeing the Elephant: Twelve Western Legal History Sources (pdf)
How to Compile a State Legal Bibliography [Part 1] (pdf) - Michael Chiorazzi, University of Arizona College of Law Library; editor of Legal Reference Services Quarterly
Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-State Research Guide (pdf) - Debbie Person, George W. Hopper Law Library, University of Wyoming College of Law
- Joe Stephens, State of Oregon Law Library
- Lee Warthen, S.J. Quinney Law Library, University of Utah College of Law
Program B - Games We Don’t Want to Play: Negotiating Electronic Resources Contracts
Does the thought of negotiating an electronic resources contract make you squirm? How much bargaining power do we, as librarians, actually have? Join the experts for a discussion on the types of contract clauses that can and can't be negotiated, tips on the art of negotiating and the advantages of consortial involvment in the negotiation and licensing process.- Kara Phillips (Moderator), Seattle University Law Library
- Barbara Holt, Perkins Coie LLP
- Tracy Thompson, New England Law Library Consortium
Program C - Lawyer in the Library Program : Assisting Pro Se Patrons in County and Court Libraries
Sandy Marz of the Washoe County (NV) Law Library discusses her institution's "Lawyer in the Library" program in which local attorneys meet weekly in the library with pro se patrons looking for a little guidance.- Sandy Marz, Washoe County (NV) Law Library
Program D - Tag You’re it: UNLV’s Experience with RFID
Librarians from the Law Library and the University Libraries discuss the benefits and costs associated with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology.- Tom Boone, Wiener-Rogers Law Library, UNLV School of Law
Tag! You’re It! UNLV’s Experience with RFID (ppt) - Jennifer Fabbi, UNLV Curriculum Materials Library
UNLV Libraries & RFID (ppt) - Bobbie Studwell, Wiener-Rogers Law Library, UNLV School of Law
RFID Tags: The Costs – Price and Privacy (ppt)
Program E - Gaming the System: Interactive Teaching Strategies for Law Librarians
There is no better place than Las Vegas, the home of electronic gaming, to find out why and how best to teach using interactive classroom technologies. Audience members will have the opportunity to fully participate as the benefits of interactive learning strategies are demonstrated and explored before your very eyes.- Robert Truman, Boley Law Library, Lewis & Clark Law School
Program F - Web-based Legal Research Instruction: Does It Work?
Four librarians share their experiences using web-based tools to teach legal research by discussing the specific methods they employed.- Tom Boone, Wiener-Rogers Law Library, UNLV School of Law
- John DiGilio, Thomson West
- Stacey Gordon, Wm. J. Jameson Law Library, University of Montana School of Law
Sources of American Law: A Tutorial in Basic Legal Research - Rita Kaiser, King County (WA) Law Library
Web-based Legal Research Instruction: Does It Work? (ppt)
Program G - Substantive Law: The Sex Industry in Nevada
The only state where prostitution is legal, learn about the history and regulation of this industry.- Prof. Ann McGinley, UNLV School of Law