Promoting Services and Celebrating Differences: Working together to provide access to legal information and justice

摘要

THREE LAW LIBRARIANS WALK INTO A BAR . . . OR RATHER, THREE LAW LIBRARIANS WRITE A FEW BLOG POSTS. MARI CHENEY, JENNIFER DALGLISH, AND SUSAN MECKLEM AUTHORED THREE SEPARATE "WEEK IN THE LIFE" BLOG POSTS FOR THE OREGON CHAPTER OF THE SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION. THE BLOG POSTS WERE THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS ARTICLE ON EXPLORING THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES OF OREGON LAW LIBRARIES, ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITIES THAT COME FROM WORKING TOGETHER. Law librarians have a few universal traits in common: expert knowledge of legal research and legal materials, both in print and online; great listening skills and the ability to redirect a patron who might get lost in his or her question; the ability to multitask; teaching skills, whether to a large audience or one-on-one; and flexibility. That patron who always needs something at 4:53 on a Friday afternoon is both our nemesis and what gets us excited about our work.