LiRN is thrilled to announce that Vicki Whitmell has joined the Board of Directors! Vicki is a librarian with extensive strategic and operational experience in the management and provision of legal and legislative information and the technologies that support its access and preservation. Her portfolios have included law firm, courthouse and academic libraries. For 18 … Read more
LiRN has made an impact on equity of access to legal information and resources in 2022. Some of our key impacts are shown below, and learn more in the full report.
Our 1st Annual Learn with LiRN Conference was a great success! The conference (formerly known as COLAL) was held Oct 13 – 14, 2022 at the Toronto Eaton Centre Marriott Hotel. Tailored to courthouse library staff’s unique needs and experiences, the professional development sessions featured a mix of informative, innovative, and practical presentations that had everyone … Read more
LiRN is pleased that we will have nearly 90% attendance next month for our inaugural Learn with LiRN (LwL) 2022. Our keynote speaker is Kathy Dempsey, a well-respected library marketing maven who will offer guidance and ideas to help LiRN law librarians who do not have expertise in this area but it is a growing … Read more
vLex’s award-winning, cross-jurisdictional research assistant, Vincent, is now available within the Chrome extension. As a result, two new buttons have been added to the extension’s popup box. This includes a brand new Ask Vincent button, which provides a list of recommendations for further research based on a web page’s content. Researchers can then refine and explore Vincent’s … Read more