Cornell Law Library Website: Bold New Look, Expanded Research
Content. www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library
The Law Library has made it easier than ever to use its information-packed
web site. A bold new design and enhanced content showcases the Law
Library's services and resources to students, faculty, and the general
public. The dynamic new design, primarily the work of Webmaster Sasha
Skenderija, Reference Librarian Brandy Kreisler, and Head of Reference
Services Jean Callihan, implements the latest web design software
(Flash/XML/ASP). The design also uses a grayscale image of the Reading Room
to brand the Law Library's services and takes advantage of the unique and
beautiful architecture of Myron Taylor Hall. Random photos of the Law
Library will appear each time the home page is visited.
The revised site continues to highlight the Law Library's partners, such as
the International Labor Organization, and sites sponsored by the Law
Library, such as InSITE, a current awareness service that reviews online
resources. "How to Do Legal Research" is the first guide of many that will
be produced for the web, rather than remain in the less-flexible text bound
tradition. To see the guide, go to Resources, then Legal Research Tips.
The Law Library Web Team studied dozens of web sites and solicited input
from students before embarking on this major project to ensure that the
site was designed from a student's point of view. After months of hard
work, the team produced pages with an intuitive interface and succinct
explanatory annotations. The new law library website showcases the law
faculty's scholarship, as well as the law librarians' information
expertise, and provides students with the latest legal and
multidisciplinary research tools.
The Law Library's previous web design won one of the first awards for
online publications presented by the American Association of Law Libraries
in 1998.
We would very much appreciate your feedback on the new site.
--Claire
Claire M. Germain
Edward Cornell Law Librarian & Professor of Law
Director, Joint Degree Programs, Paris & Berlin
Cornell Law School
365 Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Tel. (607) 255 5857
Fax (607) 255 1357
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