Category: Faculty
Updated on July 8, 2015
Law librarians share words of wisdom with graduating class
I have worked here at the University of Kansas Wheat Law Library for just over three years. Technically, I, too, am a 3L. The first class I taught was the 2007 summer starters, but really that was a …
Updated on July 8, 2015
New HeinOnline resource opens door to world’s constitutions and more
HeinOnline now has available World Constitutions Illustrated: Contemporary & Historical Documents & Resources. World Constitutions Illustrated is now available as an a la carte library which introduces a brand new legal research platform that brings together constitutional documents, …
Updated on July 8, 2015
National Library Workers Day
Today, thousands of communities will celebrate National Library Workers Day (NLWD), a time when library staff, patrons, administrators and Friends groups will recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers. You are invited to name a “Star” …
Updated on July 8, 2015
National Library Week at the Wheat Law Library
National Library Week is observed this year from April 11 through April 17 with the theme “Communities thrive @ your library.” The first sponsored National Library Week was in 1958, and the American Library Association (ALA) has continued …
Updated on July 8, 2015
Legal research? There’s an app for that
Picture these scenerios: Oh man! What was that case again? I know it was in Virginia and it had something to do with comic books and obscenity law. Grrrr… You know what would rock? If I could make …
Updated on July 8, 2015
Wheat Law Library’s Five Laws of the Law Library
Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (1892-1972) was considered the father of library science in India. He developed what has been widely accepted as the definitive statement of ideal library service. His “Five Laws of Library Science” (1931) is a classic …