Strategic Objectives

Librarians Take an Active Role in Instruction

Improve pedagogy

Move

from

bibliographic research skills

to

problem-solving skills

practice skills

value of lifelong learning

advances in pedagogy of instruction

information literacy

Establish technological literacy instruction

basic applications

database architecture

security

forensic digital discovery

document assembly

presentation and courtroom technologies

etc.

Understand, promote and provide full array of

classroom technologies

class managment technologies

distance education technologies

In connection with upper-level courses, facilitate development and implementation of ....

research assessments

technology assessments

Support research elements of Intensive Writing Experience

assessment

research instruction

research planning

student pathfinders

etc.

Library Becomes a Robust Portal: A Complete Access Point

Support instruction with appropriate tools

LibGuides

re-designed web pages

audiovisual tutorials

simulations

QR coded shelf guides

etc.

Develop "just-in-time" delivery of information and information resources

Library Becomes Self and Group-Directed Learning Spaces and Communal Center

Become self and group-directed learning space

ubiquitous access to information

more multipurpose space

more high-tech classrooms

Becomes "communal place", defining communities

legal profession

academia

urban resource providing access to justice

Economizes on space devoted to print, recognizing

other roles

changing information environment

Dedicates more space for ...

client consultation

training with digital resources

Develops and promotes utilization of Access-to-Justice moduals

Builds "Walden" zones (places for quiet and intense concentration)

Library Develops, Promotes and Maintains Human Expertise and Institutional Networks

Proactively promoting and providing

scholarship

metadata

enriching the scholarly web

through semantic linking

Semantic Web (W3.org)

Youtube: Intro to the Semantic Web

Semantic Network

VoxpopuLII: Semantic Enhancement of Legal Information

Collaborative description of law school scholarship

VoxpopuLII: Is it Time for Libraries to Collaborate

Indexing Repository Content at Google Scholar

Wikis

Faculty bios and references

RDFa

RDA

What is RDA: Resource Description and Access?

(RDA)

What is RDFA: Resource Description Framework in Attributes?

(RDFa)

Supports the shift from the traditional doctrinal analysis to ...

interdisciplinary scholarship

comparative scholarship

empirical research

Develops expertise of librarians and staff through ....

professional service

scholarship

conferences

special projects

partnerships

etc.

Promotes Law school programs through development of strategic partnerships with ...

academic domain

professional domain

Library has More Impact

Develops new strategies for assessing impacts and outcomes

information usage

competencies

incorporation of best library practices

information-seeking behaviors of users

Proactively responds to ...

assessments

communications from users

developments in the profession