Taggart Law Library Blog

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The law library will be open the following hours during Fall Break:

• Thursday, October 22nd: 8 AM-1 AM
• Friday, October 23rd:  8 AM-8 PM
• Saturday, October 24th:  9 AM-6 PM
• Sunday, October 25th:  1 PM-1 AM

Regular library hours will resume on Monday, October 26th. 

Also, there will be no reference desk coverage on Thursday or Friday, but reference service will resume on Sunday, October 25th from 4-8 PM.

A Note to all 1L Students:

 

The law library will begin its annual series of legal research workshops on Wednesday, September 9^th.  Workshops will be held in the Supreme Court Alcove (in the Hanson Reading Room) and will be approximately 30 minutes in length. 

 

The first workshop will cover Reporters, and will be held at the following times:

 

Wed., Sept. 9^th:  11-11:30 AM; 3-3:30 PM

Thurs., Sept. 10^th: 11:30 AM-Noon; 4:30-5:00 PM

Fri., Sept. 11^th:  11-11:30 AM; 3-3:30 PM

Mon., Sept. 14^th: 11-11:30 AM; 3-3:30 PM

 

Sign-up sheets for the workshops will be posted in the hallway near the circulation desk.  Be sure to sign up soon!

The Law Library will have the following hours for the Labor Day weekend:

Friday, September 4th:  8 AM-6 PM
Saturday, September 5th:  1 PM-6 PM
Sunday, September 6th:  1 PM-6 PM
Monday, September 7th:  1 PM-1 AM (Labor Day-University Holiday)

Regular hours resume on Tuesday, September 8th.

The library's hours can also be found online here.

Librarians will begin offering tours of the law library on Monday, August 31^st.  We will continue the tours the rest of next week through Friday, September 4^th.  The tours will last approximately 30 minutes and will focus on the basic locations of materials in the library, including print resources that you will need to find for Legal Research & Writing. 

 

Sign-up sheets are located on a table in the library hallway, and all tours will start at the library circulation desk.

 

Slots will sign up fast, so be sure to sign up for a tour soon!

The law library will have the following hours for the Fourth of July weekend:

Thursday, July 2nd: 8 AM-11 PM
Friday, July 3rd: CLOSED (University Holiday)
Saturday, July 4th: CLOSED
Sunday, July 5th: 1 PM-11 PM

The library's hours can also be found online here.

Have a Happy 4th of July!

The Hanson Reading Room renovation project was recently mentioned online on two different blogs. 

Law Library Director Nancy Armstrong wrote up a description of the project for the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Spectrum Blog here.

Law Librarian Blog mentioned Nancy's piece in this post and noted the project's "excellent results!"

The law library will have the following hours during the summer session (Tuesday, May 26th through Sunday, July 26th):

Monday-Thursday:  8 AM-11 PM
Friday:  8 AM-6 PM
Saturday: 9 AM-5 PM
Sunday: 1 PM-11 PM

The library's hours can also be found online here.

The law library will have the following hours over the Easter Recess:

• Thursday, April 9th:  8 AM-10 PM
• Friday, April 10th (Good Friday-University Holiday):  CLOSED
• Saturday, April 11th:  CLOSED
• Sunday, April 12th (Easter):  CLOSED
• Monday, April 13th (University Holiday):  1 PM-1 AM

Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, April 14th.

The library's hours can also be found online here.

The Ohio Supreme Court recently updated their website by changing the URL to http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/ and making information on the home page easier to find.  Especially helpful are links on the right hand side to Ohio Court Opinions, the Oral Argument Calendar, and audio and video of the Court.

The old URL (http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/) will continue to work indefinitely.