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Association of Law Teachers March 2005
Why do I need the law library if I’ve got ?
Edwina Higgins, Laura Tatham, Nicola Wakefield,
Manchester Metropolitan University
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A familiar story?
The 3rd year dissertation student
What skills did this student lack? Why did the student lack these skills?
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Implementing information skills
1. identify the skills
3. developmaterials
4. embed inprogrammes
2. identify delivery
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Identifying the information skills Planning a search
Planning searches using appropriate databases Understanding the reason for searching
Finding materials Sources of law – printed and electronic Locating secondary sources Using the library catalogue Using legal encyclopaedias
Evaluating information Tracing the status of a case/statute Evaluating the quality of materials Evaluating/abstracting materials
Organising and using information Utilising materials within own tasks Correct acknowledgement of use of other materials
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Information skills projects
Printed library tasks Electronic database tutorials BLIS PoLeR InfoSkills Internet Detective Plagiarism tutorial Legal Citing Proficiency Test
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Printed Library Tasks
Worksheets & exercise books
All courses
Library orientation Halsbury’s Laws of
England Halsbury’s Statutes Halsbury’s Statutory
Instruments Current Law The Digest
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Basic Legal Information Skills
BLIS Graduate Diploma
in Law Electronic database
searching skills
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Working Partnership
Roll out Instructing students
Control Tracking Selected release of course areas
Evaluation Students, staff and project team
Review
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Embedding the skills
Embedding with students: Locating within units Link to PDP Reinforcement – e-learning allows flexible
approach Note that WebCT allows control through
conditional release
Embedding with staff
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Reflections and plans
Why is it important? What benefits have we seen from these
initiatives? What do the students think of it? How can we develop the strategy?