Cool Tools Café

Monday, July 17, 2023

1:15pm – 2:15pm EDT

Location: Hynes-312

Coordinator(s)

Rebecca Fordon (she/her/hers)

Reference Librarian & Adjunct Professor
The Ohio State University, Moritz Law Library
Columbus, Ohio, United States

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Speaker(s)

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Cynthia Bassett (she/her/hers)

Director of Law Library and Technology Resources
University of Missouri School of Law Library
Columbia, Missouri, United States
Christina Boydston (she/her/hers)

Reference Librarian
LMU Loyola Law School
Los Angeles

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Amber Cain (she/her/hers)

Technology and Research Services Librarian, and Assistant Professor
Seton Hall Law
Neward, New Jersey, United States

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Gerard Fowke (he/him/his)

Instructional and Digital Services Librarian
Georgia State University College of Law Library
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Barbara J. Fullerton

Supervisor, Research Services
Dentons
Dallas, Texas, United States
Caitlin Hunter

Reference Librarian
UCLA School of Law
Rebecca Katz (she/her/hers)

Executive Director
JusticeAccess
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Nicholas Norton
Ariel Newman (she/they)

Student Services & Reference Librarian
UMKC School of Law
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Lisa Schultz (she/her/hers)

Head of Reference & Research Services
LMU Loyola Law School
Julie Tedjeske Crane

Reference Librarian and Professor of Legal Research
Penn State Dickinson Law
B. Austin Waters

Student Services Librarian
University at Buffalo School of Law
Buffalo, New York, United States

NOTE: This educational program will not be recorded.

In what has become an AALL tradition, the Cool Tools Café will demonstrate all kinds of emerging or existing technologies from librarians who used them in their own libraries. Featuring the latest tools, gadgets, and apps, learn why these technologies are useful, how they work, and ways your library might implement them. Past years’ tools focused on every about aspect of libraries, including legal research, collaboration, marketing services, instruction, productivity, citations, presentations, and website functionality.

Target Audience:

Individuals from all types of law library settings (academic, public, and private). Librarians of all experience levels: from those who are tech savvy to beginner librarians who want to become more comfortable with technology and learn about easily adoptable tools that can be used to improve library websites, marketing, services, or instruction sessions.

Takeaways:

Participants will test existing and emerging technologies libraries have implemented to improve library services.
Participants will evaluate these technologies in a small group setting and assess their utility.
Participants will select and implement these technologies in their home libraries.