Day 1 Sunday Sept. 24, 2006

4:00pm - 5:00pm : What’s New on HeinOnline (Optional)

5:30pm - 7:30pm : Opening Reception

Day 2 Monday Sept. 25, 2006

9:00am - 10:30am : Program A Western Legal History 101: Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-State Research Guide

10:30am - 10:45am : Break

10:45am - 11:45am : Program B Games We Don’t Want to Play: Negotiating Electronic Resources Contracts

12:00pm - 2:00pm : Lunch and Business Meeting

2:00pm - 2:30pm : Program C Lawyer in the Library Program : Assisting Pro Se Patrons in County and Court Libraries

2:30pm - 3:45pm : Program D Tag You’re it: UNLV’s Experience with RFID

3:45pm - 4:00pm : Break

4:00pm - 5:15pm : Program E Gaming the System: Interactive Teaching Strategies for Law Librarians


Day 3 Tuesday Sept. 26, 2006

8:30am - 10:00am : Program F Web-based Legal Research Instruction

10:00am - 10:15am : Break

10:15am - 11:30am : Program G Substantive Law: The Sex Industry in Nevada

11:30am - Noon : Evaluations and Wrap-up

Program Details

Program A : Western Legal History 101: Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-State Research Guide

Las Vegas is the place to learn about early legal research in the West. Three recent co-authors and a co-editor of Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-State Research Guide (Haworth Press, 2005) will speak on historical and territorial research of various Western states. They will
also share tips on writing a legal bibliography and getting it published.

Speakers:
Michael Chiorazzi (University of Arizona; editor of Legal Reference Services Quarterly)
Debbie Person (University of Wyoming)
Joe Stephens (State of Oregon Law Library)
Lee Warthen (University of Utah)


Program B: Games We Don’t Want to Play: Negotiating Electronic Resources Contracts

Speakers:


Program C: Lawyer in the Library Program : Assisting Pro Se Patrons in County and Court Libraries

Sandy Marz of the Washoe County (NV) Law Library discusses her institution's "Lawyer in the Library" program in which local attorneys meet weekly in the library with pro se patrons looking for a little guidance.

Speaker: Sandy Marz, Washoe County Law Library

Program D : Tag You’re it: UNLV’s Experience with RFID

UNLV’s experience with RFID. Librarians from the Law library and the undergraduate library discuss the benefits and costs associated with the technology

Panel:
Bobbie Studwell, Library Director, Wiener-Rogers Law Library (UNLV)
Tom Boone, Head of Electronic and Information Services, Wiener-Rogers Law Library (UNLV)
Jennifer Fabbi, Head, UNLV Curriculum Materials Library

Program E : Gaming the System: Interactive Teaching Strategies for Law Librarians

Interactive game show

Panel:
Robert Truman, Boley Law Library, Lewis & Clark Law School
plus two others

Program F: Web-based research

Panel:
Rita Kaiser, Reference Services Librarian, King County Law Library
Stacey Gordon, Associate Law Librarian for Public Services, Wm. J. Jameson Law Library, University of Montana School of Law
John DiGilio, Librarian Relations Manager, Thomson West
Tom Boone, Head of Electronic and Information Services, Wiener-Rogers Law Library (UNLV)


Program G : Substantive Law: The Sex Industry in Nevada

The only state where prostitution is legal, learn about the history and regulation of this industry.

Speaker: Prof. Ann McGinley, UNLV Law School