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OUR CURRENT SERVICES INCLUDE: |
- Online catalog
- Borrowing books
- Borrow a Librarian program
- Reference services (see detailed list below)
- Research services
- Lexis and/or Westlaw in-house
- In-house Wi-Fi
- Remote access through the Members Only page (e.g., OJur 3rd, Loislaw, LegalTrac)
- Document delivery
- Live Chat with our Librarians
- Skype with our Librarians
- CLE programs
- Law Library programs (e.g., iPad training, Lunch & Learns)
- One-on-one research training
- Remote training
- Printing
- Self-serve copies
- Staff copies
- InterLibrary Loans
- Current awareness (case syllabi notification)
- Newsletters and email notices
- FAQ's and Research Guides on our web site
- Subject Guides to Law Library Resources
- Borrowing a Law Library laptop with CCH databases (Labor & Employment; Tax)
- Online Library Card Services via CLEVNET (e.g., renewing online, placing holds for books, paying for services online)
- Law Library Blog
- Free use of conference room for meetings, depositions, etc.
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OUR “REFERENCE SERVICES” INCLUDE: |
- Selecting books or chapters in a book on a particular topic
- Locating forms
- Searching for a case when identifying information is known
- Retrieving a statute or ordinance
- Compiling legislative history materials
- Performing journal and law review searches
- Locating news articles
- Citation verification using Shepard's or Keycite
- Providing parallel citations
- Searching docket databases
- Searching public records databases
- Investigating information on people and companies
- Obtaining verdict and settlement information
- Gathering background data on experts
- Brief checking
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ETHICS, PROFESSIONALISM AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE CLE
(2.50 hours of CLE will be sought)
December 5, 2013
12:30 - 3:45 pm
Click Here For Details
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PROTECTING & PROBATING
A DECEDENT’S ASSETS CLE
(3.0 hours of CLE will be sought)
November 15, 2013
12:30 - 4:15 pm
Click Here For Details
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RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL
LANDLORD-TENANT DISPUTES CLE
(2.0 hours of CLE will be sought)
December 13, 2013
1:30 - 4:00 pm
Click Here For Details
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SURVEY SAYS... |
Thank you to everyone who participated in our recent Surveys. Steven G. won the $25.00 iTunes gift card for participating. We received a lot of helpful information about the existing services you value and new services you would like us to provide. Our two (2) Boards are working on more long-term issues, but we wanted to give you a status update. Hopefully, the chart below will help you take advantage of everything the Law Library has to offer. |
| You Wanted... |
Here is what we provide... |
| More information about our services |
Everything is outlined in this Newsletter.
Everything is listed on our web site at: clevelandlawlibrary.org
Read our monthly emails about particular services.
Subscribe to our blog.
Follow us on Twitter.
Check out our Facebook page. |
| Outreach for computer and research training |
Try our brand new “Borrow a Librarian” Program.
We offer remote training via the Internet.
Check out our Lunch & Learn Programs.
We also offer one-on-one in-house training. |
| Streamlined Members Only Page |
Our “New Version” lists the databases we buy for you and offer 24x7. |
| iPad Training |
We conducted iPad training earlier this year. Our materials are on our
web site, and you can borrow the DVDs we made of Lessons 1 and 2. |
| PDF Training |
We have held 3 CLE’s on this in the past 5 years and will consider additional programs. |
| Research services |
Our research services are available for $75.00/hr. (The 1st 15 mins. are free). |
| eBooks |
We offer a large collection of electronic books on our Members Only page, and we hope to contract for the Lexis Digital Library soon. |
| Public records searching |
Our staff can perform public records searches for you. |
| Legislative histories |
Staff can compile these for you, or you can use our Capital Connection database and Ohio Legislative Service Commission Analyses. |
| Verdicts & Settlements |
Our Westlaw plan includes free access to Ohio and national jury verdict & settlements. |
| Capital Connection (for Ohio legislative history research) |
Use Capital Connection in-house, or we can search it for you. |
| BNA Tax Portfolios |
You can borrow current BNA portfolios on U.S. Income, Foreign Income, and Estates, Gifts & Trusts. |
| Notices regarding changes in legal topics and statutes |
Check out our Blog and FAQ’s on many legal topics (e.g., Transfer on Death Affidavits, Ohio’s new Uniform Power of Attorney Act). |
| New computers and monitors; additional PDF utilities |
We purchased new Windows 8 computers and wide screen/flat panel monitors in 12/12; we offer Adobe and are considering additional software. |
| Laptops with CCH databases |
You can borrow our laptops with access to CCH Tax and Labor & Employment Law databases. |
| CLE books |
We buy all OSBA CLE’s, as well as some ABA & PLI CLE’s. |
| Lists of practice area resources we offer |
Check out our brand new Subject Guides to Law Library Resources. |
| Web-based Reference Request Form |
Try out our brand new Reference Request Form. |
| Gongwer News Service |
We offer free use of Capital Connection (including Hannah News articles) in-house. |
| Remote access to Lexis and Westlaw |
If only all wishes came true... we can only provide in-house use of Lexis and Westlaw as permitted by the vendors. |
| Remote access to HeinOnline |
We are still working on this with the vendor.
As an alternative, use LegalTrac on our Members Only page for full text access to many law reviews and journals. |
| Programs on social media and criminal law |
We provide social media links on our web page, and we will consider these program ideas. |
| RIA and WGL Tax Treatises |
We offer the alternatives listed on our new Guide to Taxation Law Resources at the Law Library. |
| Specialized databases |
We are considering various new databases. |
| English Reporters |
We offer free in-house access to HeinOnline for English Reports, Statutes of the Realm (1235-1713) and Pre-1865 Law Reports; we also archive the All England Law Reports in print. |
| Use of conference room |
Book our conference room and Lawyers’ Lounge for free meetings, depositions, etc. |
| Advanced self-serve copying |
Our self-serve copiers come with a lot of ‘bells and whistles’ (and we are adding Hotspot printing.). |
| Maps of our facility |
Click here for a map of the Law Library; click here for a Google map to the Law Library. |
| Pick-up and delivery of books |
You can authorize us to hire a delivery service and bill your account. |
| Online access to your bills and charge records |
You can already view and pay your bills online through our online catalog; we are considering an extranet to provide you access to your charge records. |
| Parking passes to the garage |
Sorry, but we are part of a County facility, and this is not possible. |
| Longer hours |
Sorry, we are part of the County Courthouse, and this is not possible.
Our Members Only page provides 24x7 access to valuable databases. |
DAYS THE LIBRARY
WILL BE CLOSED |
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The Law Library will be closed the following days in 2013:
- Labor Day, Monday, September 2nd
- Columbus Day, Monday, October 14th
- Veterans Day, Monday, November 11th
- Thanksgiving, Thursday and Friday, November 28th and 29th
- Christmas, Wednesday, December 25th
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SELECTED
NEW ACQUISITIONS
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- Android APPS In One Hour For Lawyers (ABA, 2013)
- Building Your Ladder: An Associate’s Guide To Success Beyond Partnership (ABA, 2013)
- The Consumer Law Revolution: The Lawyer’s Guide To The Online Legal Marketplace (ABA, 2013)
- Discovery Problems And Their Solutions (ABA, 2013)
- How To Succeed As A Trial Lawyer (ABA, 2013)
- iPad In One Hour For Litigators (ABA, 2013)
- Mobile Lawyering: How To Work From Anywhere (OSBA, 2013)
- Passing The Torch Without Getting Burned (ABA, 2013)
- Practice Under Article 9 Of The UCC (ABA, 2013)
- Social Media As Evidence: Cases, Practice Pointers, And Techniques (ABA, 2013)
- Spy The Lie: Advanced Information Collection (OSBA, 2012)
- Time And Workplace Management For Lawyers (ABA, 2013)
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CLEVELAND LAW LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
CUYAHOGA COUNTY LAW LIBRARY
Cuyahoga County Courthouse
1 West Lakeside Avenue-Floor 4
Cleveland, Ohio 44113-1023
Phone: (216) 861-5070
Fax: (216) 861-1606
Email: lawlib@clelaw.lib.oh.us
Home Page: clevelandlawlibrary.org
CLEVELAND LAW LIBRARY
ASSOCIATION
Board of Directors:
Joseph N. Gross - Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, President
Carla M. Tricarichi - Tricarichi & Carnes, Vice-President
Benjamin C. Sasse - Tucker, Ellis & West, Treasurer
Hon. Mary J. Boyle - Eighth District Court of Appeals
Thomas A. Cicarella - Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
Derek E. Diaz - Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
David J. Naftzinger - Thompson Hine LLP
Hon. John P. O’Donnell - Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Philip M. Oliss - Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
Patricia A. Poole - Baker & Hostetler
Ronald Stansbury - Ulmer & Berne
Scott E. Stewart - Stewart & DeChant
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CUYAHOGA COUNTY LAW LIBRARY
RESOURCES BOARD
Board of Directors:
Steve Wood, Chair
Sheryl King-Benford, RTA General Counsel and Deputy General Manager, Vice Chair
Kristen Sobieski, Assistant County Prosecutor, Secretary
Hon. John P. O’Donnell, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Hon. Charles L. Patton, Jr., Cleveland Municipal Court
Law Library Staff:
Kathleen M. Dugan, Librarian & Chief Administrator
Sharla Johnston, Circulation Services Librarian
Eric Hess, Network Services Librarian
Terri Faulhaber, Technical Services Librarian
Leslie Hall, Business Manager
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