Meet the Librarian: Ms. Jolie Rajah
Meet the Librarian: Ms. Jolie Rajah
With Nura Ali and Radeyah Ali
How does your position as St. Augustine Faculty of Law Librarian allow you to assist the law student?
I |
am |
responsible |
for |
evaluating |
and |
recommending |
legal |
resources |
( print |
/ |
electronic) for purchase by |
The Alma Jordan Library, |
providing reference and |
research assistance faculty |
members |
and |
students, |
offering |
information |
literacy |
instruction |
to |
faculty |
members |
and |
students regarding the use |
of the Library’ s print and |
electronic resources. |
Do you believe the Alma Jordan Library is equipped with sufficient online and physical resources to accommodate the Faculty of Law’ s increasing student body?
We are always striving to |
meet and anticipate the |
teaching, |
learning |
and |
research |
needs |
and |
interests |
of |
faculty |
members and students. Collection development is therefore continuous. Admittedly, the physical space in The Alma Jordan Library has not increased.
Our purchase of / or subscriptions to selected online legal information resources – electronic books, journals and databases – allow faculty members and students 24 / 7 access, on and off-campus, to a wide range of material.
Should there be a title that is sought after that is not currently in our collection, our undergraduate law students have access to the extensive collection at the Law Library at the Hugh Wooding Law School( reading not borrowing privileges).
Do you think the Attorneys of 2015 would be at a disadvantage with their mainly online research skills and unfamiliarity with hard copy casebooks?
A great deal of our resources is in electronic format – derived from our subscriptions to the online legal information databases and services. However,
28 students also have access to selected texts, law reports, legal journals etc. in print format. It is never too late to develop research skills.
Increase your awareness about the legal information resources that are out there by reading about legal research. At the Library, we carry useful titles about the topic.
Spend some time exploring the law collection at the Alma Jordan Library( or any other law library that you have the opportunity to visit). Examine and try to use the print resources that are currently available.
In your experience as |
Law |
Librarian, |
what |
would you recommend as |
the most useful case law |
databases |
( online |
and |
otherwise)? |
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All of the online legal information databases and services that The Alma Jordan Library subscribes to – CARILAW, HeinOnline, LexisNexis, Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text and Retrospective, West Indian Reports Online, Westlaw – enhance our access to legal