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The Ruth Lilly Law Library serves as the information resource center for the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law and also provides legal information to the IUPUI campus, federal, state, and local government agencies, and the citizens of Indiana.
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Item Recent Citation Practices of the Indiana Supreme Court and the Indiana Court of Appeals(2005) Cosanici, Dragomir; Long, Chris EvinThis study provides an empirical, practical measure of the citation practices of the two highest courts in the state of Indiana during a recent ten-year span (1994-2003). It focuses on the type of legal materials most frequently cited as authority, examining the importance of both primary and secondary sources. It also demonstrates the importance of housing and maintaining complete appellate briefs from the two highest courts in the state of Indiana.Item Understanding the Role of Public Libraries Under Indiana's Open Door Law.(2007) Cosanici, DragomirA review of the major roles and responsibilities of Indiana public libraries to the public under the Indiana Open Door Law.Item Bibliometric Study In The Heartland: Comparative and Electronic Citation Practices of the Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio Supreme Courts (1994-2004)(2007) Cosanici, DragomirThis study provides a bibliometric, comparative study of the citation practices of the state supreme courts in the common law jurisdictions of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio, USA during a recent ten-year span (1994-2004). It focuses on the type of legal materials most frequently cited as authority, examining the importance of both primary and secondary sources. It specifically analyzes the growing usage of electronic citations by the four supreme courts.Item Bridging the Gap in Digital Library Continuing Education: How Librarians Who Were Not "Born Digital" Are Keeping Up.(2008) Applegate, Rachel; Long, Chris EvinStudies on the continuing education pursuits of librarians are prevalent in library literature, but none has focused on the efforts made by librarians trained in the pre-Internet era to keep abreast of the skills needed in the digital library age. This study collected data from randomly solicited members of the Indiana Library Federation, a statewide library association including librarians from all types of libraries. Qualified respondents were those who received their M.L.S./M.L.I.S. prior to 1996. Participants were asked about the digital library-related topics they had studied in the past two years, the continuing education methods they had used, and how helpful they had found the activities in which they had engaged. Analysis of the responses reveal that a large majority of the librarians in this study see training in digital library skills as important and they seem to be making the acquisition of these skills a priority.Item Discretionary Justice: Looking Inside a Juvenile Drug Court(American Association of Law Libraries, 2012) Lemmer, Catherine A.Discretionary Justice: Looking Inside a Juvenile Drug Court by Leslie Paik. Piscataway, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2011. 226p. $25.95, paper. Sociologist Leslie Paik’s ethnography of a juvenile drug court in Southern California that diverts felony-level substance abusers into drug treatment programs rather than prison challenges the underlying “therapeutic orientation” message of this widely accepted model of alternative justice. Using data collected from fifteen months of participant observation and interviews with members of the drug court staff, juvenile participants and their families, Paik asks the reader to consider if “drug courts are truly therapeutic or are they simply a new form of punishment under the guise of help.” Paik advocates that the emphasis on individual accountability ignores the reality of social structures and systemic barriers that shape the juvenile’s ability to control his or her own actions. In the end, Paik argues that determinations of success or compliance based on a concept of individual accountability actually veil differential legal treatment based on race, class and gender.Item Law 101: Everything You Need to Know About American Law, 3d ed(2011) Lemmer, Catherine A.Law 101: Everything You Need to Know About American Law, Third Edition. By Jay M. Feinman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp, xii, 363. ISBN: 978‐0‐19‐539513‐6. US$27.95. Law 101 is an engaging work that informs and challenges the reader to question and evaluate legal process and theory, judicial opinions and society itself. At the end, the reader is left with a deeper understanding of the law as a living organism developed through a fine balancing of competing needs and interests. The goal of the book is to demystify the law and prepare the reader to make better judgments about what the law should be. For those readers trained in the law, reading Law 101 is an afternoon spent silently reminiscing (and maybe gently chuckling) with old friends such as Marbury, Palsgraf, Griswold, Yoder and International Shoe and with those about whom we still remain in awe: Marshall, Brennan, Blackmun, Cardozo, Hand, O’Connor, Kennedy and so many others. For other readers, it is an opportunity to expand his or her knowledge of the law and to develop an understanding of the political, social and historical influences that make it complex and subtle. In the end, the readers of Law 101 will be better educated about the U.S. legal system and able to understand the nuances and forces behind such actions as the U.S. Supreme Court’s reduction of Exxon’s punitive damages for the Valdez oil spill or the inability of communities to prevent protests by Fred Phelps and members of the Westboro Baptist Church at military funerals.Item The Challenge of Library Management: Leading with Emotional Engagement(American Library Association, 2012) Lemmer, Catherine A.The Challenge of Library Management: Leading with Emotional Engagement. By Wyoma VanDuinkerken and Pixey Anne Mosley, Chicago: American Library Association, 2011. 169p. alk. paper, $52.00 (ISBN 9780838911020). Authors VanDuinkerken and Mosley begin with the premise that the greatest challenge facing libraries is the recognition that, without change, our past strengths will become our liabilities. In nine brief chapters, the authors detail the unique challenges facing administrators and managers charged with leading change in a library environment. Through the translation and application of private sector corporate change management literature and research, the authors advise how to become an effective change leader in library environs. The structure of the book, well documented with over 150 sources, is effective for both new managers and seasoned managers in need of a refresher who may be charged with leading either small- or large-scale organizational changes.Item Review of Someday All This Will Be Yours: A History of Inheritance and Old Age(Legal History and Rare Book Special Interest Section, American Association of Law Libraries, 2013) Keele, Benjamin J.Reviews Hendrik Hartog's book on nineteenth and twentieth-century cases involving inheritance and care giving.Item Copyright and Research in Google Book Search(2011) Keele, Benjamin J.Many researchers—even trained professionals—often use the Google search engine to begin searches for information. Google’s many products enable researchers to search public websites, scholarly articles, and even patents. One vast area of information not yet thoroughly indexed by Google is print books. Google Book Search (also at times referred to as Google Books, Google Print and Google Library Project) is the company’s effort to digitize and index the world’s print literature.Item A Primer on Digital Object Identifiers for Law Librarians(2010) Keele, Benjamin J.Digital object identifiers have not received much attention by law librarians, but they may become more useful in the near future. This paper explains digital object identifiers and discusses how they are relevant to law librarians.