The Service Committee would like to present its Spring project: Supporting digital historical initiatives. Most of the projects below ask for assistance with transcribing documents. Transcription adds so much value by helping make documents more discoverable in catalogs and other search engines. Digital transcription projects are projects you can work on from the comfort of your own home (with one exception below). Be a part of history while helping to share it with others! The organizations below welcome your support: State Organizations: Massachusetts Historical Society: https://www.mas ..read more

Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Full-time Closing on May 12, 2024, at 23:55 EST Title: Head Law Librarian – Barnstable Pay Grade: Grade 19 Starting Pay: $94,222.68 Departmental Mission Statement:  The Court Services and Law Libraries Department is responsible for providing key court services to support the administration of justice and advance access to justice in the Trial Court. MISSION STATEMENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TRIAL COURT LAW LIBRARIES: The Trial Court Law Library System provides timely, efficient access to current and historical law-related information in an impartial a ..read more

All public librarians are encouraged to apply for a scholarship, sponsored by the LLNE Access to Justice Committee, to attend our chapter’s Legal Research Instruction Program. The Legal Research Instruction Program (LRIP) is a six-week online seminar geared towards public librarians interested in learning more about law librarianship. Each week, a different aspect of legal research is covered — everything from an overview of the U.S. legal system to finding business transactional documents. The class will run on Tuesday evenings from March 26th through April 30th.   For more informat ..read more

LLNE is happy to announce that our Legal Research Instruction Program (LRIP) is back and registration is open! The program is entirely online, every Tuesday from 6:30-8:00pm starting March 26th and ending on April 30th. LRIP will cover: A general overview of the US Legal System An introduction to legal research methods, including secondary sources The role of case law, the courts, and case finding tools such as digests The organization of statutes and conducting a legislative history Finding regulations Understanding administrative law Finding transactional law documents Finding information ..read more

Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Full-time Closing on: March 8, 2024, at 23:55 EST Title: Head Law Librarian – Plymouth Pay Grade: Grade 19 Starting Pay: $94,222.68 Departmental Mission Statement: The Court Services and Law Libraries Department is responsible for providing key court services to support the administration of justice and advance access to justice in the Trial Court. These services include the Court Service Centers, the Trial Court Law Libraries, and the Judicial Response System. MISSION STATEMENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TRIAL COURT LAW LIBRARIES: The Trial Court Law Libraries ..read more

Brockton, Massachusetts, United States Full-time Closing on: February 26, 2024, at 23:55 EST Title: Head Law Librarian – Brockton Pay Grade: Grade 19 Starting Pay: $94,222.68 Departmental Mission Statement: The Court Services and Law Libraries Department is responsible for providing key court services to support the administration of justice and advance access to justice in the Trial Court. These services include the Court Service Centers, the Trial Court Law Libraries, and the Judicial Response System. MISSION STATEMENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TRIAL COURT LAW LIBRARIES: The Trial Court Law Libra ..read more

Lowell, Massachusetts, United States Full-time Closing on: Feb 5, 2024, at 23:55 EST Title: Head Law Librarian – Lowell Pay Grade: Grade 19 Starting Pay: $94,222.68 Departmental Mission Statement: The Court Services and Law Libraries Department is responsible for providing key court services to support the administration of justice and advance access to justice in the Trial Court. These services include the Court Service Centers, the Trial Court Law Libraries, and the Judicial Response System. MISSION STATEMENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TRIAL COURT LAW LIBRARIES: The Trial Court Law Libraries provi ..read more

by Nicole Belbin, Service Committee Chair The Fall Service Project marks the Service Committee’s first service project with our newest committee member, Rebecca Valentine, Associate Librarian at UMass Law. She has proven herself an invaluable member of our committee already and John, Stephanie, and I are so happy she joined us. For the Fall 2023 Service Project, the Service Committee chose to highlight the International Institute of New England (IINE) in Boston. They do amazing work supporting refugees and immigrants and have recently seen an unprecedented influx of Haitians into the Boston ar ..read more

by Rebecca Valentine, Associate Librarian, UMass Law The fall meeting topic The Fog of War: International and Foreign Legal Research was certainly timely; I think more than anyone realized it would be at the time it was organized. The keynote and subsequent four sessions approached the topic differently, but still shared the common theme of the ways emerging technologies are impacting aspects of international law and information. However, I must admit that my biggest take away was not just that we need to consider the impact of technology on information, disinformation, and the dissemination o ..read more

Registration for LLNE’S Fall 2023 Meeting, The Fog of War: International and Foreign Legal Research in Today’s World, is now live! You can register here, on the meeting LibGuide! The registration fee is 70$ and the registration form will be open until October 20th. Check out the LibGuide for additional information about the theme, schedule, speakers, and travel. We hope to see you there ..read more