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IN THIS ISSUE Spring Education Meeting…….1 President’s Message………….2 Member News: Highlights of Fall Meeting…….4-5 Adams-Pratt Oakland County Law Library……..7 LLMD News……………………6 MSU College of Law, Schaefer Law Library…….7 Wayne State News……………10-11 WMU Cooley Law Library…………………………8 Miller Canfield………………………………………8 WSU Law-Arthur Neef Law Library…………… 9
Discover… New Research Tools & New Celebrations Friday, May 11, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Oakland County Executive Conference Center
The theme of this year’s conference is Discovery. An exciting program has been put together where librarians can come and discover…
· New tools for conducting legal research with a presentation on MeL Business databases
given by Claire Membiela from the Library of Michigan
· New ways to celebrate the people and ideas that formed the very foundation of the
government of the United States and its legal system with a presentation on Patriot Week
delivered by one of its founders, The Honorable Michael Warren from the Sixth Circuit
Court of Michigan
· New methods that have been implemented to provide free access to written court opinions
and oral arguments through the development of the Court Listener website. In a MichALL
first, Michael Lissner from the Free Law Project, will give a live, virtual talk direct from
California. Also at the meeting, attendees will be able to “discover” the latest updates from AALL as well as recent enhancements to legal research products offered by our conference sponsors. Registration information: http://chapters.aallnet.org/michall/SpringEvent2018Flier.pdf
Questions? Contact Laura Mancini
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These past couple of years can best be defined as one of great transition, on both a macro and micro level. We have witnessed a
lot of change in our nation—and with this has come incredible changes to laws, regulations, and policies. This can be a very good
thing for librarianship, particularly for those of us engaged in the specialization of law. Some of us have witnessed the effects of
such changes in our daily lives as people try to determine their rights, obligations, and perspectives. As the world around us
continues to change at a rapid pace, we must also consider the changes that we face in our personal and professional lives as well.
For me, this has required me to reflect upon our own organization and the directions we have or will be taking.
On a positive note, MichALL has seen some great programming in the last several years. In our last four fall events, we have
heard from incredible scholars, and we have toured some amazing facilities. Our spring events have been successful in delivering
training and contemplative discussion. We have also set in motion some fantastic collaborative opportunities. This past year, we
joined forces with the Mid-America Association of Law Libraries (MAALL), Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin, Minnesota
Association of Law Libraries, and Chicago Association of Law Libraries in Milwaukee for the MAALL Joint Meeting at which our
own Joel Scheuher, Jane Meland, Beth Applebaum, Jan Bissett, and Virginia Thomas presented. Michael Samson also
participated via a Poster Session. Next year, we will team up with the Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries to hold a joint
meeting down in Sandusky.
Not too surprising, however, our organization numbers have continued to decline. Due to many reasons, our members are more
spread out in the cities and state and our job duties have increased making it difficult for a lot of us to become more involved in our
organization. For those of us involved in more active professional groups, some of us have been giving MichALL a lower level of
priority—something that I think is a natural consequence of the changes and pressing obligations we have fallen victim to. Indeed,
it has become easy to show up to a couple of events a year to maintain our good standing in our declining organizational
community.
But I would say that this is the time to stand with our organization. As a future past-president (I know that sounds crazy), I
intend to move my attentions to some of the smaller projects within the organization, such as strengthening our membership and
increasing our committee work to help make the organization more robust. I am grateful to those of you who have reached out to
me this year to help with committee work and other projects, and I certainly intend to call upon you for help in the upcoming year.
I hope that you will stand by me in this quest.
Comments? Questions? Email Alicia at [email protected]
President’s
Message By Alicia Y. Dyer
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The MichALL Newsletter is the official publication of the Michigan Association of Law Libraries.
Unsolicited material is encouraged. Contributions submitted for publication are subject to editorial review.
For information about the Newsletter, please contact us: Beth Applebaum, Co-Editor [email protected] (313) 577-0249 Arthur Neef Law Library-Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, MI Kathryn Polgar, Co-Editor [email protected] (313) 577-3553 Arthur Neef Law Library-Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, MI For information about MichALL, please contact: Alicia Dyer, President [email protected] (313) 596-9404 Kresge Law Library-University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, MI
Visit our website: http://chapters.aallnet.org/michall/organization/officers-committees.htm
About MichALL
The Michigan Association of Law Libraries (MichALL) is a state chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). MichALL was formed in 1976 at a gathering held in conjunction with the Michigan State Bar Association in Southfield, Michigan. The chapter was incorporated in the State of Michigan on 1981. MichALL became a chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries in the early 1980’s. Members include academic, law firm, court, bar, public, government and corporate libraries throughout the state of Michigan. Membership Annual Dues: $15
2017-2018 Officers
President: Alicia Dyer
Vice-President: Laura Mancini
Past-President: Leanna Simon
Secretary: Charlotte Walden
Treasurer: Joel Scheuher
Member at Large: Jessica Fields
Member at Large: Robin Linkowski
2017-2018 Committee Chairs
Archives Committee: Virginia Thomas
Bylaws Committee: Charlotte Walden
Community Service Committee: Leanna Simon
Education Committee: Laura Mancini
Government Relations Committee: Christopher Bloodworth
Membership Services Committee: Robin Linkowski
Nominations Committee: Virginia Thomas
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MichALL 2017 Fall Meeting
Michigan Hall of Justice Tour Highlights
by Jessica Fields of Miller Johnson
Back in December, several MichALL members were given a guided tour of the Law Library and courtrooms before touring the Michigan Supreme Court Learning Center (the Learning Center) within the Michigan Hall of Justice (the Hall).
Michigan Hall of Justice skylight done; photo by Jessica Fields
Our guided tour, provided by Rachael Drenovsky of the Learning Center, began in the lobby, which features the seal of the Michigan Supreme Court.
Michigan Hall of Justice lobby; photo by Jessica Fields Seal of the Michigan Supreme Court in the lobby of the Hall of Justice; photo by Jessica Fields
Recently appointed Court Librarian/Staff Attorney Julie Clement had been on the job less than a month during our visit but was kind enough to let us peruse the shelves full of print reporters and treatises still kept current for the justices to use. We also met her husband, Rush Clement, who had painted the portrait of Judge Robert J. Danhof that hangs on the wall of one of the courtrooms.
The tour continued with the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals courtrooms. Elements of the original courtrooms previously housed in the Capital Building were brought into the new space, including the carpeting replicated from the fabric from an original stool.
Michigan Supreme Court courtroom and carpeting detail; photos by Jessica Fields
Groundbreaking for the Hall began in October of 1999 and it was dedicated in 2002. It is 6 stories high and constructed from 14,000 limestone panels and close to 3,000 tons of steel with a gorgeous 16-foot-high skylight dome.
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The rotunda walls are adorned with portraits of the justices, including Michigan Supreme Court’s first African-American justice, first female justice and chief justice, and the first Hispanic woman to be elected Supreme Court justice in any state (in order by dates served). Justice Otis M. Smith; Justice Mary Stallings Coleman; Justice Dorothy Comstock Riley; photos by Jessica Fields
The tour wrapped up in the award-winning Learning Center, where Lady Justice stands stoically. The exhibit gallery is filled with interactive educational displays designed to teach visitors of all ages about the role of the judicial branch as well as roles in a trial (judge, lawyers, witnesses, jury, etc.).
Lady Justice and interactive Scales of Justice exhibit; photos by Jessica Fields
Many thanks to Rachael and Julie for their hospitality and to Laura Mancini for planning and arrangements. Learn more about the Learning Center, including tours, a gallery of exhibits, and volunteer opportunities, at: The Learning Center http://courts.mi.gov/education/learning-center/pages/default.aspx Learn more about the justices, the courthouse, and its history at: Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society http://www.micourthistory.org/
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Ted Marolla Director of Art Preservation Services peaks with Catherine Mulla at the March 15th LLMD meeting.
LLMD News
by Jan Bissett
The Law Librarians of Metropolitan Detroit (LLMD) held its first meeting of the 2017-2018 year, with a lunch hosted by Dickinson Wright PLLC on September 21, 2017. Members from the libraries/information/research centers of Butzel Long, Dickinson Wright, Honigman, Jaffe, Raitt, Miller Canfield, Oakland County, the U.S. Attorneys Office, U.S. Courts, University of Detroit Mercy, University of Michigan and Wayne State University attended the meeting. Summer activities, conference attendance and professional accomplishments were among the topics discussed. University of Detroit Mercy provided
lunch and a presentation with discussion
of the legal research classes taught by
the UDM librarians at the February 15,
2018 meeting. Alicia Dyer spoke of her
adventures with students – teaching,
coaching, and helping them adjust to law
school, legal research and potential
employment.
The first semester course, Introduction
to Legal Research and Communications,
covers print and online research, citation,
grammar, and basic legal analysis. An
advanced legal research course is taught
by Patrick Meyer. Librarians from Adams
Pratt, Clark Hill, Dickinson Wright,
Honigman, Miller Canfield, University of
Detroit Mercy, University of Michigan and
Wayne State University libraries were
among the attendees. A lively discussion
followed Alicia’s presentation.
Ted Marolla, Director of Art Preservation Services in Grosse Pointe Park, was the featured speaker at the March 15, 2018 meeting. He and colleague, Stephany Morren, spoke with members during the luncheon. Ted presented the restoration, conservation, valuation and appraisal services offered by their company, with an emphasis on painting restoration. Lunch was provided by our host, Miller Canfield, whose library had need of book restoration services recently. The meeting was well attended with members from Bodman, Butzel Long, ClarkHill, Dickinson Wright, Ho-nigman, Miller Canfield, Sommer Schwartz, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Univer-sity of Detroit Mercy, and Wayne State University.
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ADAMS-PRATT OAKLAND
COUNTY LAW LIBRARY
By Maria E. Danna
Adams-Pratt Oakland County Law Library is pleased to announce the roll-out of two new research databases for its patrons: Ebsco Legal Information Reference Center and West Academic Reference Collection In addition to ready access in the Law Library, all registered cardholders enjoy convenient, remote access to these two products at their offices, at home, and on their mobile devices. The Law Library has also recently renewed its HeinOnline database contract, which includes exclusive, remote access for registered attorney cardholders. The Law Library continues to partner with Common Ground, Lakeshore Legal Aid, Legal Aid & Defender Association, and the Salvation Army to offer free, walk-in legal aid clinics onsite. Please check our Library website for upcoming clinic dates and times: https://www.oakgov.com/lawlibrary The Law Library is currently involved in an Information campaign to reach all court-appointed, criminal defense attorneys for Oakland County. The goal of this campaign is to ensure that these attorneys are aware of the special assistance and resources that the Library can provide. Adams-Pratt Oakland County Law Library encourages folks to follow it on Facebook, and to connect with it on LinkedIn. A portion of a forthcoming episode of "Long Lost Families" on TLC was filmed on location, here at the Law Library. Stay tuned!
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF LAW,
SCHAEFER LAW LIBRARY
By Jane Meland
Daryl Thompson presented the webinar “ Legal Resources on the Internet” for Midwest Collaborative Library Services (MCLS) in March, 2018.
Brent Domann’s article, Food and Fertile Ground: Improving Chinese Food Safety Through Environmental Regulation, was published in the Quinnipiac Law Review (36 Quinnipiac L. Rev. 1 (2017)). This article argues that despite having made great strides in improving commercial food safety and availability, China is still home to many subsistence farmers and so will need to align policies regarding both food safety and environmental protection in order to protect all of its citizens. Barbara Bean and Jane Meland presented at the 2017 Mid-American Association of Law Libraries conference. The title of their presentation was Flip It & Mix It Up: Integrating Concept Mastery into the Flipped Classroom.
Brooke Moynihan was promoted to Assistant Director for Collection Management, effective July 1, 2016.
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WMU COOLEY
By Duane A. Strojny
WMU Cooley will be hiring in the near future! Longtime Grand Rapids campus Head of Public Services, Aletha Honsowitz, will retire at the beginning of September. Her dedication to the law school and academic librarianship have been instrumental in the growth and success of both the Lansing and Grand Rapids libraries over the years. So, in addition to a new Grand Rapids Head of Public Services, we are also looking to hire someone to supervise original cataloging (this may be part-time). If you are interested in details for either position, please contact Duane Strojny. The library continues to support students with more electronic collections. Our move to acquire LexisNexis Digital has proven helpful especially in the area of electronic study aids. The library is currently reviewing the possibility of adding Thomson Reuters' Proview titles to the growing digital collection. Our public WestlawNext Patron Access is available for general public use at all locations. It contin-ues to grow in popularity and allows patrons to email or print search results on a limited basis. Access is to all titles, just over 800, that we subscribe to in print form. WOW! Whiteboards on wheels are coming to all library locations this summer. After the Lansing location inherited some abandoned whiteboards, we noticed how coveted they became to some students. They clamored for more and now every location will have some. They allow students to study in small groups outside of designated study rooms or just give students more space to re-view materials as the semester progresses and notebooks become a little more difficult to deal with.
Miller Canfield
Donation of Materials to the Library of Michigan
Local government materials were donated to the Library of Michigan and
State Law Library. The items will be digitized and archived on the
Governing Michigan website: http://governingmichigan.org/ The print
copies will be permanently housed with the Library’s collection of local
government materials. Pictured is Miller Canfield Library Director
Catherine Mulla, she stands with 16 boxes of historical municipal
codes and charters, which she and Robin Linkowski, Joann Rutkowski
and Dawn Clancy spent hours storing and packing in preparation for the
donation.
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Wayne State University and
Arthur Neef Law Library By Jan Bissett Arthur Neef Law Library welcomed Kathryn Polgar, Collection Development Librarian, and Jim Sechelski, Library Clerk, in December 2016. Accomplishments: The Arthur Neef law librarians have had great success in the past year collaborating with colleagues, new and old, through service to our professional organizations, teaching and contributions to the legal literature. Professional Service Jan Bissett will be serving on the AALL Annual Poster Session Award Jury beginning in July 2018. She participated as one of seven members of the AALL Chapter Professional Development Award Jury in 2017. Virginia Thomas will be reprising her Topics in Advanced Legal Research for the 2018 Spring/Summer se-mester. She developed and first taught the course in Spring/Summer 2017. Beth Applebaum and Kathryn Polgar are co-editing the MichALL Newsletter and present their inaugural edition in Spring 2018. Virginia Thomas was appointed to the State Bar of Michigan’s Delivery Initiative on Access To Justice, ef-fective September 2017. Michelle LaLonde chaired an ad hoc committee that facilitated a 2017 Michigan Notable Books event, featur-ing an April 2017 panel discussion of Detroit Resurrected: To Bankruptcy and Back (2016). Beth Applebaum was a member of the planning committee. Presentations Better Together – Reference Services for All of our Patrons “Beyond the Students and Faculty”, B. Applebaum, J. Bissett, D. Killinger and H. Simmons. 2017 MAALL, LLAW, MichALL, MALL and CALL Joint Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, October 2017. Curating Government Information to Facilitate Access to Justice, an interactive digital poster, created by M. Sam-son. 2017 MAALL, LLAW, MichALL, MALL and CALL Joint Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, October 2017 Preserving Our Histories, Telling Our Stories: What’s in Your Chapter Archives? V. Thomas, with Chapter Repre-sentatives, 2017 MAALL, LLAW, MichALL, MALL and CALL Joint Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, October 2017. Dissecting Collaboration: An Interactive Exchange on What Collaboration Means in Your Library, B. Applebaum, J. Bissett, M. Coir, M. LaLonde, K. Polgar, M. Samson and V. Thomas, Michigan Association of Law Libraries (MichALL), Spring Education Meeting, Detroit, MI, May 19, 2017.
Publications Research Mash-up: Disparate Approaches. J. Bissett and Margi Heinen, 97 Mich Bar J 38 (March 2018). http://www.michbar.org/file/barjournal/article/documents/pdf4article3343.pdf Michigan Practice Materials: A Selective Annotated Bibliography, in STATE PRACTICE MATERIALS: ANNOTATED BIBLI-
OGRAPHIES, (AALL Publication Series No. 63) Bissett, J. (Frank G. Houdek and Adeen Postar, eds., Hein, 2017). Cultivating Legal Research Skills. J. Bissett and M. Heinen, 96 Mich Bar J 46 (November 2017). http://www.michbar.org/file/barjournal/article/documents/pdf4article3253.pdf Poster: Scholarly, Meet Practice: Developing Sustainable Legal Research Skills, J. Bissett and B. Applebaum, 25 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 164 (Spring 2017). https://static.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/static/pdf/perspectives/2017-spring/2017-spring-8.pdf Beyond Court Decisions: Dockets, Documents, and Analytics. J. Bissett and Margi Heinen, 46(No. 5) The Colo-rado Lawyer 59 (May 2017). Reference Sources for Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Law, Marlene Coir. 96 Mich Bar J 68 (June 2017). http://www.michbar.org/file/barjournal/article/documents/pdf4article3149.pdf Women in the Law – A History of Endurance, M. Coir. 95 Mich Bar J 40 (December 2016). https://www.michbar.org/file/barjournal/article/documents/pdf4article3019.pdf
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Wayne State University’s Sesquicentennial,
1868-2018
By Jan Bissett 2018 is Wayne State University’s sesquicentennial year. An interest in improving medical education following the Civil War brought together like minded professionals who founded the Detroit Medical College in 1868, the University’s oldest college. The law school, including the law library, housed in what is now called Old Main, opened in 1927. Detroit City Law School, established by the Detroit Board of Education, was one of the many colleges , renamed Wayne University in 1934 and became Wayne State University with 1956 PA 183, April 22, 1956. The University’s history, headlines, as well as signature events are available at the Sesquicentennial Celebration website, https://150.wayne.edu/. The library system is joining in the celebration with displays, insider tours, and events, including a successful and well attended Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, and panel discussion series scheduled through October 2018. Arthur Neef Law Library: Celebrating Research, Scholarship and Community, will be displayed later this spring in the lobby of the law library building. Jan Bissett, Marlene Coir, and Kathryn Polgar researched, compiled and selected significant dates and images in the law school and law library histories, as well as library related laws for the celebratory display.
The law library, was installed in the law school, housed in what is now called Old Main, in its inaugural year, 1927. Detroit City Law School, established by the De-troit Board of Education, was renamed Wayne University in 1934 and became Wayne State University with 1956 PA
183, April 22, 1956.
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The Michigan Collection at Arthur Neef Law Library By Jan Bissett Our comprehensive Michigan Collection includes current and historical sources of Michigan law and legal
commentary. Materials are available in electronic, microform and print formats. Primary materials in print, such
as the legislative journals, session laws, statutes, Supreme Court and Appellate Reports as well as Attorney
General Opinions, and court rules are located on the library’s first floor.
The law library is a repository for Michigan Supreme Court Records and Briefs in print through 2014. These materials are organized according to the Michigan Reports citation for their corresponding cases and may also be found in the first floor state collection. The Reserves collection, located behind the Reference Desk, includes popular Michigan treatises, annotated and practice guides, as well as an additional copy of the West’s Michigan Digest and Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated. Superseded Michigan statutes, court rules and prior editions of ICLE treatises are located in the basement. Michigan secondary sources (commentary and analysis), Michigan administrative decisions as well as periodicals are located on the second floor in the classified and periodicals collections. Rare or early materials, including territorial law and Michigan constitutional conventions documents, may be Rare or early materials, including territorial law and Michigan constitutional conventions documents, may be found in the Rare Books and Special Collections Room. Many primary and secondary materials of special value to those researching historical law in Michigan are currently included in the classed collection. These materials are being evaluated based on historical research significance, rarity and condition and are being moved from the open stacks to Special Collections to insure future access and address any preservation needs. Being able to support researchers, locally and nationally, with access to historical sources of Michigan law
is really important to us. Anything of particular interest that we should be collecting? We need your help! We’re
always interested in additions to our Michigan collections. Please let us know if you’re looking for a home for
Michigan law related materials. We appreciate your consideration. Please let me know if you have questions or
need additional information.
Witnesses, anyone? It’s been in the collec-tion for some time, the ownership stamps from Detroit City Law School and Wayne University attest to its longevity – but it’s the title about the dead man’s statute that caught my eye. It’s also available via Google Books and Hathitrust. Evidence By Survivor: The Statutes and
Decisions of Michigan Relating to Matters
Equally Within the Knowledge of the De-
ceased. Willis B. Perkins. (Grand Rapids,
Mich.: Dickinson Bros., 1915).
And, for those who remember DeHoCo:
The Law of the Detroit House of Correc-
tion Together with the Rules, Regula-
tions and Ordinances Adopted by the
Board of Inspectors. (Detroit, Mich.:
John F. Eby, 1882).
Detroit House of Corrections records are housed in the Burton Historical Collection at the Detroit Public Library, https://detroitpubliclibrary.org/research/burton-historical-collection. DPL Digital Collections include several House of Correction images at its original location near Eastern Market, https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/
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RETIREMENT of SYLVIA ARAKELIAN
Sylvia Arakelian retired from Jaffe Raitt at the end of 2017, after more than fifteen years as a librarian with the firm. She started her career in 1979 with a stint in public libraries, moving to special libraries in 1983, with over twenty years in law librarianship. She’s enjoying her retirement, and is returning to her roots, keeping up with the profession as a substitute librarian with the Clinton Macomb Public Library. She’s very happy not to make the 696 trek across town this construction season!
UPCOMING EVENTS OF INTEREST:
AALL 2018 Annual Meeting and Conference July 14-17/Baltimore
From Knowledge to Action https://www.aallnet.org/conference/
SLA 2018 Annual Conference Baltimore Convention Center
June 9–June 13 Bmore with SLA
https://www.sla.org/attend/sla-2018-annual-conference-2/