The Goodson Blogson

The start of summer always brings changes to the Law Library – most notably, access and service desk hours (now weekdays 8:00 am – 5:00 pm until the start of fall classes in August). But some important additional changes are taking place this summer, with accompanying moves to library collections and equipment. The library's former Document Production Room on level 3 will be transformed into a new classroom and meeting space this summer. As a result, ePrint station 3A has moved to the end of the library service desk, along with one overhead scanner. The other overhead scanner, and color printer/photocopier device have moved to the Microforms Room on Level 1, where additional ePrint stations and a Lexis printer are already available. The document feed scanner/outbound fax device is temporarily located outside of the library entrance, next to printer 3C (it is expected to move back into the library Reading Room later this summer). Changes are also coming to the four library al...

[Update 11/7: Listen to the archived webcast of this event at http://realserver.law.duke.edu/ramgen/broadcast/11062008lib.rm . RealPlayer is required.] As part of Building Dedication Week , Senior Associate Dean for Information Services Dick Danner will host a panel discussion on the scholarly role of the modern law library. The 21st Century Law Library Thursday, November 6, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Room 3041 The panel will also include S. Blair Kauffman , Librarian and Professor of Law at Yale's Lillian Goldman Law Library, and John G. Palfrey , the Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law and Vice Dean of Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law Library. Immediately following the discussion will be a reception in the library to honor J. Michael Goodson, for whom the renovated library has been renamed. For a full list of Dedication Week events, see the online schedule .

The Law Library is scheduled to reopen on Friday, August 22 . As we transition to the new building, the service desk telephones in the Law Library Annex have been transferred to the new library service desk. During LEAD Week, library staff may be reached via telephone or email during regular summer library hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Service desks in the Library Annex and the renovated library will not be staffed during LEAD Week, although help is available remotely. For reference assistance, please call (919) 613-7121 or email ref@law.duke.edu . Reference librarians will monitor email and voicemail throughout the day; please be patient for a response as we prepare to reopen our spectacular new library!

By now, veterans of the Law Library renovation already know that they can borrow those pesky "Unavailable" Law Library materials in person at any of the nearby university libraries from the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN), by bringing along a DukeCard. But now there's an easy way to tell at a glance whether the item you want is available on the shelves at UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina Central University, or North Carolina State University. SearchTRLN combines the library catalogs from all four TRLN schools into one simple-to-use interface. You can even submit an interlibrary loan request directly from the search results! Items which are available at TRLN libraries should generally arrive within 2 business days. In May, the Duke University Libraries expect to unveil a customized local version of the SearchTRLN interface, with additional features and functionality for the Duke community. In the meantime, the SearchTRLN mega-catalog is available for a test...