On behalf of all of us here at Harvard Law School Library, I am thrilled to announce that today marks the debut of our new Library organization. For the past year, we have been working together to design a fresh model for the Library that incorporates our three strategic initiatives: providing outstanding service to all our users, especially …
What might a truly “open” global library look like? Regardless of the Google Book Search Settlement outcome, what can libraries, universities, non-profits, or Congress do to keep digital information in the sunshine? On July 31, Alternative Approaches to Open Digital Libraries in the Shadow of the Google Book Search Settlement, a workshop sponsored by the Berkman Center for …
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The Harvard Law School Library is very pleased to announce that the winner of the inaugural Morris L. Cohen Fellowship in American Legal Bibliography and History is Sara Mayeux, a JD—History Ph.D. student at Stanford University. Ms. Mayeux will be conducting research in the Library’s manuscript collections for her project, “A Cultural History of the Criminal Defense Attorney, …
It is not often that the Library has an opportunity to acquire a book or pamphlet about the Harvard Law School that it doesn’t already own. Such an occasion occurred this week when we purchased a pamphlet that not only did we not own but apparently exists only in this copy. The Harvard Manual. Contents: Historical Sketch; Law …
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