Our collection includes paper, electronic, media, and microfiche materials in support of our curriculum. Faculty have generous borrowing privileges, with extended due dates for both regular or reserve items. Faculty may contact the Circulation Desk to check out specific materials and to have items delivered to their office or mailbox if they prefer. All materials must be checked out through Circulation to help the library maintain control of the collection.
Items from any library on campus may be requested electronically and will be sent directly to the College of Law's Circulation Desk by clicking on the Request It button in the online catalog record for the title. The first time an item is requested, the borrower will be asked to set up an account specifying pick-up preferences. Items usually arrive within 48 hours during regular work days. Articles may also be requested in hardcopy or electronic formats.
The Library supports and highlights our faculty publications in a variety of ways.
Upon request we will hold training sessions for faculty research assistants.
Our library staff is available to help out with small research projects.
- Our Faculty Publication Tips web site collects some of the best advice for getting published from both paper and electronic sources.
Also in support of faculty publications, the College of Law has established an institutional account with ExpressO, a service that facilitates online submissions to law reviews and legal journals.
From ExpressO's web site authors can select where to send their articles and include a curriculum vitae and/or cover letter. ExpressO charges $2.00 for each submission to a legal publisher and automatically sends the article and monitors responses. The College pays up to $200 of these charges for each single article that is submitted by full-time faculty. Copies of our faculty's works are added to our collection and housed in the Faculty Publications Collection in the Rare Books Room.
Faculty from a variety of disciplines and institutions are posting their pre-publication and published works to which they have copyright permission on bePress and SSRN. These dissemination tools distribute new publications to interested scholars and provide a resource for publishers to find useful articles for publication. Our library staff will assist faculty in making their works available through these sites.
When a needed item cannot be located within our own collection, there are options for retrieving the material from another library.
Faculty, students, and staff may locate a title in Prospector. Prospector is a resource-sharing alliance of Colorado and the University of Wyoming Libraries. Materials requested through Prospector generally arrive in 2-3 days. To have materials sent directly to the Law Library, select us as the pick-up location when submitting the request.
However, there is no need to search for availability of any materials that you need unless you wish to. You should always feel free to contact our Circulation Manager and request that an item be obtained for you. She can decide the best route through which to pursue your request.
The library has laptops that can be checked out through the library IT office, room 139. Our IT manager can answer questions or give instructions on use. Wireless access is available throughout the library for all visitors.
Access to library electronic databases on our web site varies. Nearly all are available from within the law school and many from anywhere on campus. Clicking on the information icon before the title will indicate accessibility. Off-campus access for most titles is available with a university username and password.
There is no official form to fill out to request that the library purchase a book for our collection or an office copy for a faculty member. However, requests may be emailed to the Library Director or Associate Librarian. Please indicate if the request is under time constraints. You will be notified when the book is received and processed. Alternatively, from our library catalog click on the Suggest a Purchase link. In the email form, supply the information of the publication to be added to the collection.
The library has a subscription to Current Index to Legal Periodicals' SmartCILP. Through this service any faculty member may set up a profile to receive electronic notification when new articles are published in specific journals or by selected subjects. For access to the password for establishing your own profile, contact the Associate Librarian.
Several of our electronic databases provide a similar alerting service. To identify these titles and request electronic notification, contact the Electronic Services Librarian.
For journals in print that are not part of the electronic notification services above, the library maintains a routing list. If you are interested in having a title routed to you, contact the Associate Librarian.
Our reserve collection is shelved at the Circulation Desk. We maintain current copies of nutshells, hornbooks, selected Wyoming and Colorado primary resources, and heavily-used items here. Any paper or electronic resources that a faculty member would like to put on reserve is done through our Circulation Manager. Though reserve materials are handled on a priority basis, it is best to allow at least 24 hours for the materials to be processed before announcing their availability to students.
The Circulation Manager also maintains the exam file, a password-protected site used to post old exam questions. Faculty who wish to post old exams may forward an electronic copy of their exams to our Circulation Manager.
Study rooms within the library can be reserved by students, staff, faculty, and outside groups. Faculty reservations are not subject to a time limit. Reservations are made at the library Circulation Desk.
Reserving technology equipment for use in the rooms is a separate process and is done through the Instructional Technology Office housed in the library, room 139, or through email.
Westlaw and Lexis access:
All faculty are provided Westlaw and Lexis passwords by the library. We can offer assistance in setting up TWEN or Lexis web course pages upon advanced notice.
CALI:
The library can supply faculty access to CALI lessons. Lessons may be accessed on the Internet or on CDs provided by the library at the beginning of each school year. Some faculty link to CALI lessons from their TWEN sites for students' convenience. For assistance with access, contact the Electronic Services Librarian.
Classroom IT support:
Our large classrooms are equipped with standard technology: laptop, projector, DVD/VHS recorder, microphones. To request equipment for smaller seminar classrooms, or to request assistance for technological problems in the classrooms, contact the IT office for the College, room 139, by email, or call 766-5734. The library also has laptops to check out for travel or presentations.
Librarians will be happy to create subject-specific bibliographies listing pertinent resources for your class. These can be added to your class web page or made available through another means. Electronic tutorials, available to students online, can be developed as well as in-class tutorials.
Feel free to contact any of our librarians for more information on our services or questions about our resources.
Tim Kearley, Library Director
Deb Person, Associate Librarian
Tawnya Plumb, Electronic Services Librarian
Edward Havugimana, Instructional Technology
Our collection includes paper, electronic, media, and microfiche materials in support of our curriculum. Faculty have generous borrowing privileges, with extended due dates for both regular or reserve items. Faculty may contact the Circulation Desk to check out specific materials and to have items delivered to their office or mailbox if they prefer. All materials must be checked out through Circulation to help the library maintain control of the collection. Adjunct faculty and visiting professors employed by the College also have full borrowing privileges through the University of Wyoming Libraries, the main campus library community.
Items from any library on campus may be requested electronically and will be sent directly to the College of Law's Circulation Desk by clicking on the Request It button in the online catalog record for the title. The first time an item is requested, the borrower will be asked to set up an account specifying pick-up preferences. Items usually arrive within 48 hours during regular work days. Articles may also be requested in hardcopy or electronic formats.
Our library staff is available to assist with small research projects and to work with research assistants. We have also developed a Faculty Publication Tips web site, which collects some of the best advice for getting published from both paper and electronic sources.
When a needed item cannot be located within our own collection, there are options for retrieving the material from another library.
Faculty, students, and staff may locate a title in Prospector. Prospector is a resource-sharing alliance of Colorado and the University of Wyoming Libraries. Materials requested through Prospector generally arrive in 2-3 days. To have materials sent directly to the Law Library, select us as the pick-up location when submitting the request.
However, there is no need to search for availability of any materials that you need unless you wish to. You should always feel free to contact our Circulation Manager and request that an item be obtained for you. She can decide the best route through which to pursue your request.
The library has laptops that can be checked out through the library IT office, room 139. Our IT manager can answer questions or give instructions on use. Wireless access is available throughout the library for all visitors.
Access to library electronic databases on our web site varies. Nearly all are available from within the law school and many from anywhere on campus. Clicking on the information icon before the title will indicate accessibility. Off-campus access for most titles is available with a university username and password.
Our reserve collection is shelved at the circulation desk. We maintain current copies of nutshells, hornbooks, selected Wyoming and Colorado primary resources, and heavily-used items here. Any paper or electronic resources that a faculty member would like to put on reserve is done through our Circulation Manager. Though reserve materials are handled on a priority basis, it is best to allow at least 24 hours for the materials to be processed before announcing their availability to students.
The Circulation Manager also maintains the exam file, a password-protected site used to post old exam questions. Faculty who wish to post old exams may forward an electronic copy of their exams to our Circulation Manager.
Study rooms within the library can be reserved by students, staff, faculty, and outside groups. Faculty reservations are not subject to a time limit. Reservations are made at the library Circulation Desk.
Reserving technology equipment for use in the rooms is a separate process and is done through the Instructional Technology Office housed in the library, room 139, or through email.
Westlaw and Lexis access:
All faculty are provided Westlaw and Lexis passwords by the library. We can offer assistance in setting up TWEN or Lexis web course pages upon request.
CALI:
The library can supply faculty access to CALI lessons. Lessons may be accessed on the Internet or on CDs provided by the library at the beginning of each school year. Some faculty link to CALI lessons from their TWEN sites for students' convenience. For assistance with access, contact the Electronic Services Librarian.
Classroom IT support:
Our large classrooms are equipped with standard technology: laptop, projector, DVD/VHS recorder, microphones. To request equipment for smaller seminar classrooms, or to request assistance for technological problems in the classrooms, contact the IT office for the College, room 139, by email, or call 766-5734. The library also has laptops to check out for travel or presentations.
Librarians will be happy to create subject-specific bibliographies listing pertinent resources for your class. These can be added to your class web page or made available through another means. Electronic tutorials, available to students online, can be developed as well as in-class tutorials.
Feel free to contact any of our librarians for more information on our services or questions about our resources.
Tim Kearley, Library Director
Deb Person, Associate Librarian
Tawnya Plumb, Electronic Services Librarian
Edward Havigumana, Instructional Technology
