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HALL/SWALL Spring Workshop

By Dallas Association of Law Librarians

Every year HALL (Houston Area Law Librarians) provides professional development opportunities to their members through a Spring Workshop. This year SWALL is co-sponsoring the event!

Date: Fri, March 11 - Sat, March 12, 2011
Location: University of Houston Law Center
Registration fees:
SWALL or HALL member: $75 (2-day), $45 (1 day)
Students: $50 (2-day), $30 (1 day)
Non-member: $85 (2-day), $50 (1 day)
Fees include meals (reception, breakfast, lunch, refreshments), materials, and parking.

The robust slate of topics will include a primer on creating and using QR Codes, alternatives to Westlaw and Lexis, legal research with online government information, a roundtable discussion on research skills for new associates (a dialogue between town and gown), best apps for law librarians, designing a web presence and the social media that should/could accompany it, how technology has changed the dynamics of law libraries, a Bluebook update, corporation bankruptcy research and Chinese law, digital community repositories, and new (and free) tools from the Harris County Districts Clerk's office.

Full post as published by Lex Scripta on February 09, 2011 (boomark / email).