Some Interesting Articles

McClane, Jeremy, Regulating Substance Through Form: Lessons from the SEC's Plain English Initiative (June 10, 2018). Harvard Journal on Legislation, Vol. 55, No. 265, 2018. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3366892

Moreham, Nicole A. and Tinsley, Yvette, The Impact of Grief Journalism on Its Subjects: Lessons From the Pike River Mining Disaster (December 20, 2018). (2019) Journal of Media Law DOI/10.1080/17577632.2019.1592337; Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper . Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3368721

Kim, Pauline, How Should We Study District Judge Decision-Making? (March 3, 2010). Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, Vol. 29, No. 83, 2009; Washington University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 10-03-01. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1564325

Cite as: Kristina Niedringhaus, Is it a “Good” Case? Can You Rely on BCite, KeyCite, and Shepard’s to Tell You?, JOTWELL (April 22, 2019) (reviewing Paul Hellyer, Evaluating Shepard’s, KeyCite, and BCite for Case Validation Accuracy, 110 Law Libr. J. 449 (2018)), https://lex.jotwell.com/is-it-a-good-case-can-you-rely-on-bcite-keycite-and-shepards-to-tell-you/.

and another article I cannot copy the cite for 

https://ip.jotwell.com/discovery-cannibalization-or-both-how-digitization-affects-demand-for-physical-copies/

Next Meeting -- May 13, 5:30 Think Coffee

I have changed our meeting date to accommodate Julie of the ITC. Let me know if that is a problem.

For our next meeting at Think Coffee, we have the following suggestions for discussion:

Mary Matuszak, Finding the Needle in the Haystack with AI Jacqueline Cantwell wonders if the book The Law of Precedent's black letter rules and the Blue Book's signals' language has been incorporated into AI. Jacqueline would like to be good at any form of intelligence; she feels its lack in her daily thought.

Mikhail Koulikov, Improving Lives by Building Social Capital: A New Way to Frame the Work of Law Libraries, 109 Law Library Journal 631 (2017), Jacqueline Cantwell has posted comments in the Google folder.

Articles for Discussion

Jacqueline Cantwell wants to discuss:


Hillesund, T. (2010). Digital reading spaces: How expert readers handle books, the Web and electronic paper. First Monday, 15(4). doi:https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v15i4.2762
Kovač, M., & van der Weel, A. (2018). Reading in a post-textual era. First Monday, 23(10). doi:https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v23i10.9416
Schilhab, T., Balling, G., & Kuzmičová, A. (2018). Decreasing materiality from print to screen reading. First Monday, 23(10). doi:https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v23i10.9435


Add your articles to the comment field.  I am interested in learning my colleagues' interests.

Why a Librarian Reading Group? Why this blog?

Because I want: Collaboration Motivation Conversation Craic

Working as a solo librarian within the New York Courts, I do not have opportunities to discuss library literature. I want to enjoy the viewpoints and interests of other librarians.

A definition of craic is "a sense of fun, enjoyable conversation, banter."  The articles that described writing and reading groups have a serious tone; I miss conviviality and challenge. I want this group to encourage wit and authority.

I would like to meet monthly with other librarians to discuss professional literature and to have conversations about ideas and professional writing in a calmer atmosphere than LLAGNY's networking events.

My ambition for this group is that it encourage participants to also write, either in blogs, reviews, or in-depth articles.


Contact me at Jacqueline Cantwell if you are interested in participating.