Friday, August 4, 2006

I was the first to arrive this morning and greeted Tina waiting for Dwight. I met a really nice senior Law Student, Bobby Brown. He wanted to drop by and welcome me to the Law Library. He mentioned that the 1st year Law Students really do depend on the Research Librarians to aid them in navigating the Library and doing research. He told me to not be surprised if students will be camping outside my office. My student affairs brain is kicking in; I need to make sure that I have some healthy snacks in my office. I remember how professional students are all work, and not so good in making sure they have eaten something healthy. I gave my findings to Warren when he arrived. Dwight gave me an interesting research assignment to do with Divorce-religion-state governments; Letting religious groups influence divorce proceedings. He suggested that I look into Legal Trac and Lexis-Nexis. I found some interesting articles that we don't have electronic access to and some other articles relating to how other nations address this issue. Dwight mentioned as were walking over to Hesburgh Library, that he will get me a log-in/password to get into Westlaw to which I could possibly find some really good sources.

The Project to Recruit New Librarians-Student Presentation was Excellent! The students we were fortunate to work with were an awesome group of young adults. I was fortunate to have been a Mentor and supervise Tarrez Clark. I learned alot about this dynamic generation of people who are truly going to make profound changes in society; I am glad because many of these people could possibly be Mentors to my own children.

The WebPage that really stood out for me today was the fine work of Saba. She has a deep love and respect for her sister. I feel the same way about my sisters---we are kindred spirits in that respect. What was most profound was the fact that September 11th had a profound effect on her life; I wanted to run up to her and comfort her because I felt her pain in describing that time in her life. For the first time in her life, she experienced the worst possible discrimination. Discrimination based on your religion and how you look. Saba reminds me a lot of my former student worker at WSU, Megha. I need to e-mail her and touch base with her.

I stopped by my office in Hesburgh to pick-up a couple of things I will need for my Law Library office. I got my mail. I am now back in my office reading some more of the Basic Legal Research Text in preparation for my upcoming class.