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In light of President Obama’s recent (May 26) nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice Souter on the United States Supreme Court, this edition of “Off the Shelf” focuses on resources that will allow you to learn more about current and historical Supreme Court nominations.…

Hello, RAs! After a month of intense research using HeinOnline, LexisNexis, and Westlaw, you may want to consider using some of the other electronic legal resources that are available to you…

Scott Hengert adds electronic functionality and features to classroom control systems within the law school. He also instructs students and faculty in the use of these systems.

Dean Ed Edmonds made a presentation at the 21st Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture co-sponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York on June 3, 2009.

Beth Given was awarded a scholarship to attend the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians 2009 Conference in Indianapolis in May. She was also recently notified that she is the recipient of a travel grant for the second year in a row to attend the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, held this year in Washington, D.C. in late July. As part of this grant she was awarded funding to also attend the Conference of Newer Law Librarians (CONELL…

The 2009 recipient, Kelli Lanski, and the Kresge Library faculty and staff joined Dean O’Hara in celebrating the dedication of the many student workers who assist with library tasks throughout the school year on Tuesday, April 28th, at the Annual Student Worker Appreciation Breakfast.

Joe Reimers, the Technical Support Assistant in the Law Library, was awarded the 2009 Indiana University South Bend Library Prize for Undergraduate Research for his paper “From Private Organizations to Agents of the State.” He received a plaque and a check at a ceremony held April 15th at the Shurtz Library on the campus of IUSB.

The Law Library is sponsoring its 2nd Annual Literacy Drive to raise donations in support of the Literacy Council of Saint Joseph County. The Literacy Council offers one-on-one tutoring programs for adults and has also developed two child literacy initiatives, including the Success-by-Six program and the Born Learning program. The Literacy Council has provided a wish list of items they most urgently need for their programs. The library is collecting donations in a box next to the Circulation desk until April 30th. Please donate in whatever way you can from the following list: Folders, Copy paper, notebooks, mailing tabs, mailing labels, tote bags, pencils and pens, pocket dictionaries, basic-level books, child and toddler books, alphabet and other educational puzzles, CDs with children’s music or books on tape, puppets, art supplies, children’s instruments, small whiteboards with dry-erase markers and erasers, magnetic letters, and clipboards.…

Come join the research librarians for Research Redux sessions to prepare you for your summer jobs!

The research librarians will offer a series of small-group, nitty-gritty, online sessions designed to: 1) review topics covered in the 1L Legal Research course; or 2) introduce new sources that could come in handy this summer.…

Looking for adventure ? Or maybe just a $75 (grand prize) or $25 (four prizes) gift certificate to the bookstore ? Then enter the “Library Stacks Scavenger Hunt” !

Dean Ed Edmonds presented:

“The Negro Leagues – Was a Merger Possible?” Panel presentation, “The Integration of Baseball and the Influence of Jackie Robinson Upon the Negro Leagues: Consideration of an Alternative Approach,” Diversity and Sports: The History, The Challenges, and The Future, Dean’s Leadership Forum on Diversity, Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, March 16, 2009.…

Dean Ed Edmonds presented:

“Major League Baseball Salary Arbitration in 2009,” NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture – 16th Annual Spring Training Conference on the Historical and Sociological Impact of Baseball Tucson, Arizona, March 13, 2009.…

Interested in researching federal legislative history, public policy information, or the jurisdictional interests of Congressional committees over a broad range of subject areas? Or maybe just “cite-checking” Congressional documents? Now you can do all these things (and more) online with LexisNexis Congressional! Yes, that’s right “online” as in “full-text searching” and “scanned PDFs of original documents”!! No more making yourself dizzy using microfiche (in most cases)!!!…

Dean Edmonds presented:

“Major League Baseball’s Salary Arbitration,” Hot Stove meeting, Oscar Charleston Chapter (Indianapolis), Society for American Baseball Research, Conner Prairie Museum, Fishers, Indiana, February 7, 2009.…

A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand — Abraham Lincoln

A Library Divided for 18 Months Can Still Deliver Superb Service — Dean Ed Edmonds

With the move into the new Eck Hall of Law and the continuing renovation of the old law building – Biolchini Hall – the various library departments are scattered in several temporary locations, but all departments remain committed to delivering great service.…

Beginning Friday, November 21, the Circulation desk will take reservations for laptops that are on reserve.
Reservations will be taken on a first come, first served basis. During the exam period—Friday, December 12 through Friday, December 19—laptops will be available only for Electronic Bluebook exams and there will be no overnight circulation of the laptops. Because of the limited number of loaner laptops available, we request that you do not reserve a laptop as a back up for your personal laptop. We appreciate your cooperation with this request.…

During fall break, Hallett Movers transferred most of the books in Stacks 1, 2 & 3 to Large Compact Storage (which from now on will be called “Stacks”) on the bottom floor of the law library. They will remain there throughout the library renovation which will begin in January and should be completed by June of 2010.…

Check out the website below to see the results of the 2008 Summer Research Experience Survey recently completed by our 2L’s and 3L’s.

Our law library is a founding sponsor of AudioCaseFiles, a service that provides audio opinions of more than 1,000 cases (you listen while someone reads the opinions to you) and 4,000 hours of trial video to the legal community. Download MP3s and listen on the go.

Ed Edmonds, associate dean for library and information technology in the Kresge Law Library, presented “Carl Mays, the Rise of the New York Yankees and the Demise of Ban Johnson’s Influence on the American League” at the 20th Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, June 4-6, 2008, Cooperstown, NY.…

The 2008 Rev. Paul J. Foik, C.S.C. Award recipient is Joseph W. Thomas, the Head of Technical Services at the Kresge Law Library.

Sandra Klein, Associate Librarian, Kresge Law Library, was a panel moderator for the Acquisitions Forum …

This summer, at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries, Joseph Thomas, Head of Technical Services, will receive the Renee Chapman Award. Presented by the Technical Services Special Interest Section, the Renee Chapman Award is one of the most prestigious awards given out by any unit within the American Association of Law Libraries…

Examine the sentences below to uncover the eight new Oscar-nominated movies added to Kresge Library’s popular movie collection. Check one out. (They’re free!)

With his head down and panting heavily, Michael Clayton trudged through his run in the Valley of Elah and thought to himself, “Phew, this is no country for old men!” Rounding a tree he almost stumbled over an American gangster sitting cross-legged and contemplating how he might make atonement for stealing other peoples’ money. Later, he spotted a kite runner who was inadvertently nipped by his glass-coated cutting line. “Ouch!” he muttered, “that hurt, and unfortunately there will be blood.”…

Ed Edmonds, associate dean for library and information technology in the Kresge Law Library, presented “Earl Toolson and His Legacy in Baseball’s Labor History” at the 15th Annual NINE Spring Training Conference on the Historical and Sociological Impact of Baseball, in Tucson, Arizona, Saturday, March 15, 2008.…

Ed Edmonds presented "Baseball Salary Arbitration – A Twenty Year Perspective” at the Sports Law Scholarship and Teaching Colloquium on Thursday, September 27, 2007.

Roger F. Jacobs, associate dean and director emeritus of the Kresge Law Library, received the Marion Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Law Libraries at its annual conference in New Orleans on July 17, 2007.…

Ed Edmonds, associate dean for library and information technology in the Kresge Law Library, presented “The Great Dodgers Pitching Tandem Strikes a Blow for Salaries – the 1966 Drysdale-Koufax Holdout and Its Impact on the Game” at the “19th Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture,” cosponsored by the State Univ. of New York on Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y., on June 6, 2007.…

Ed Edmonds, associate dean for library and information technology in the Kresge Law Library, presented “The Impact of Curt Flood’s Minor League Baseball Experiences on His Lawsuit Against Bowie Kuhn” at the Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture – 14th Annual Spring Training Conference, Tucson, AZ on March 16, 2007.…