Tag: Reference

Welcome 2019!

Written on January 10, 2019.

If you haven’t had the opportunity in a while, come down and visit our law library to meet some new and friendly faces (specifically my own). As your new Legal Reference and Instruction Librarian, I am eager to assist with your legal research needs. A few highlights from my life include a JD from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law and bachelor’s at the University of California, Irvine. I have practiced law in Southern California since 2012 and enjoy way too much science-fiction...

Technology Competency in Legal Practice

Written on August 9, 2018.

For the record, I am not a technophobe, but I sometimes feel like a technosaur. That feeling is not uncommon in the legal field. Until a couple of years ago, most articles about law and technology were about how the legal field is slow to adopt technology. As much as it might be true that the legal field was slow on the uptake, I think it’s equally true that now we are working hard to make up for lost time. From the use of Artificial Intelligence to conduct legal research to chatbots that...

Everything you need in one place

Written on July 13, 2017.

At the Riverside County Law Library, we try to provide help to every patron who comes through our door. Occasionally, we also receive questions from the public over the phone. These calls often serve as scouting missions that provide us with the opportunity to explain the resources which our library has to offer. I was recently called by a gentleman who had become frustrated in his attempts to print a section of the penal code at home. He complained that he had tried several sites but the printed...

Librarians know it all

Written on June 11, 2015.

Have you ever had the experience where you find yourself standing somewhere and you can’t remember why you’re standing there? See, the other day, I was helping no less than 8 people find things simultaneously (no chance of confusion, there). Suddenly, I looked up and found myself standing in a isle devoted to all things intellectual property and I whilst holding Volume 6 of Nimmer on Copyright. Thing is, I could have sworn I was helping someone find something about landlord tenant...

The Internet is a Trap

Written on July 31, 2014.

A problem with the Internet age is that people seem to think that if they didn’t find it on the Internet, it’s not worth using. More to the point, if they can’t find it on Google.com, then it isn’t worth searching. The problem with this is that, as with most things, you get what you pay for. It’s sad, then, that people have to keep thumping their heads upside the proverbial wall whenever they have to file anything legal. Too often I have people coming up to...