Thursday, August 3, 2006
I spent the morning covering the first reading assignment for the upcoming Legal Research Class. Fellow research librarian Warren, gave me an interesting assignment today. I had to look through the printed copies of Law School Catalogs (we have on hand in the reference area of the library) and copy information about the JSD Degree program from a specific list he got from http://abanet.legaled/postdprograms/postjd-school.html. If they provided a listing of courses along with the descriptions, I needed to photo-copy this information as well. A lot of what we have on hand (re: Law Schools across the country), PR-typed information and not exactly a good description for the course catalog. I charted out my findings, and emboldened those that I made photo-copies of. Depending on how you look at this project, it made me remember my academic office days at the University of Detroit Mercy. On the other hand, this project got me thinking about a law degree possibly down the road.......

Dwight and I car-pooled over to Laura's house to have her annual ISDA program lunch. It was interesting to see our students crowded in the dining room and the Mentors/Staff were huddled in Laura's enclosed back porch. It was great I gave Melissa and Julie a token of my appreciation for following my directions with the Biography assignment they were asked to do a couple of weeks ago. The other students liked the bags I gave out.

I reminded the others that they got the award because they were the only ones who handed in the assignment on time. I heard a little moaning around the table, but I was clear what my expectation was about the writing assignment. This was a wonderful outreach experience, and it's success can be attributed to the fact that the students meshed so well. The lunch was also a good experience because I got a chance to chat with Jean and Beverly from Gov. Docs. These ladies are really insightful and fun to be around; I'm glad we worked so well on the Diversity Committee for this Summer project.

I spent the rest of the afternoon completing the report for Warren and reviewing the first assignment for the class. Another good day, and I look forward to learning and doing more tommorow!