Guest Post by Sarah Steers With technology putting us on call 24/7 and the needs of family, friends, community, and work stretching us in about 187 different directions (combined with that nagging feeling we’re not enjoying the last few weeks of summer as much as we should), maybe a few new productivity tools would helpContinue reading “Productivity Tools”
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Link Roundup – June
Copyright Office Releases Updated Draft of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition First proposed updates to the Compendium since it was released in 2014 Give Philly libraries the resources they deserve Philadelphia libraries need a larger operating budget OCLC and Wikipedia Library link citations to millions of library materials Continue reading “Link Roundup – June”
Pew Report: Lifelong Learning and Technology
Guest post by Sarah Steers Lifelong learners, personal and professional learners, major technology adopters: regular library users can be identified in a myriad of ways, according to the April 2016 Pew Research Center report Lifelong Learning and Technology. The Pew Research Center offered a good synopsis of the report on March 22, 2016. Pew found that: 73%Continue reading “Pew Report: Lifelong Learning and Technology”
Academic Library Study Released
Guest post by Sarah Steers, WPLLA Treasurer I’m willing to bet that every person reading this post has, at one point in his or her adult life, used the phrase “eds and meds” to describe Pittsburgh’s economic comeback story. We live in a city with a number of amazing colleges and universities, expanding the mindsContinue reading “Academic Library Study Released”
Lexis Acquires Ravel Law
On April 27, 2017, WPLLA hosted a program called “Deep Dives in Legal Research.” During that program, we heard from two legal informatics startups, Casetext and Ravel Law. Much like a teenager with a lofty goal, startups also dream of making it big, like being acquired by a major player in the field or launching aContinue reading “Lexis Acquires Ravel Law”
A Tour of Pittsburgh Bookstores: Update
Here’s a great update to our blog post, A Tour of Pittsburgh Bookstores. Amazing Books and Records is opening a new location on the South Side! As noted by the Pittsburgh City Paper, this will be the first “full-time bookstore” on the South Side in many years. Keep your fingers crossed for a grand openingContinue reading “A Tour of Pittsburgh Bookstores: Update”
Western Pennsylvania Law Library Association 