I received several requests to share this information with the list. We
have a pretty creative group here on law-lib. Thanks y'all for your help
and a special thanks to Amy Ratchford at Chadbourne & Parke and Cynthia
Browne at Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough.
Abigail Falls
Assistant Librarian
Dechert LLP, Washington Office
I just came back from a mini conference and one librarian had a terrific
idea.... they bought the School House Rock [I think] video. It's
supposed to be an after school series. There is one on how a bill
becomes law. They watched in, divided the group into congress, pro and
con, and fought out issues like should schools go year round, or should
schools be same sex....
We put our kids to work - with easy projects! They stamp books, put
labels on cards & pockets, shelve books & even pitch books that we're
withdrawing. They really seem to enjoy it!
I do a "mock trial" going through the aspects of a short case.
Explaining parties, issues, opinion etc. I always pick something fun
like a celebrity case. The kids get to chose their roles-judge, jury,
attorneys etc. This idea depends on the age of your kids.
We are handing out pocket copies of the US Constitution, and also copies
of associated word games they can play later.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ <http://bensguide.gpo.gov/>
Several mentioned the School House Rock video...I'm Just A Bill and the
constitution one.
In the past when I had a tour, I used the old card catalog cabinet to
show how the work has changed over the past several years. I gave the
standard Internet speech and showed some of the material that we had on
hand that was not online in a fee or free mode.
I show what a million words looks like (8 Wall Street Journals) and show
how the computer makes searching for the term you want a lot easier.
Anything that is unique in your collection will work.
I talk about book care and what to do in case one gets a book wet
(freezer with plain tissue between the pages). Shortly after 9/11, I
fielded questions along the lines of "Is this building safe?"
Apparently the answer wasn't great for the younger and more sensitive
kids. Probably should be avoided.
We did a cyber quiz-3-4 students to a computer and a quick tour of our
space. We provided hints that were geared to our intranet links. Some
of these would need to be updated (last year's questions)--the students
seemed to have fun, especially with Babelfish and exchange rates.
We tour 5th graders every year (a long story :)!) here at the law
school. One session we have been doing with them is showing them Uncle
Ben's web site (links off of GPO Access)-easy to select materials grade
specific. Then there are links to other agency web sites for kids.
Give them a tour, ask them if they're surprised to find a library within
a law firm, ask them to name other businesses that might have a library,
ask them about their school libraries or public libraries, then hand
them a goody bag and send them on their way. Do you have any leftover
vendor trinkets from national library week? Maybe hand those out to the
kids that actually respond to your questions??
Hide a "treasure" and give clues in several books as to where and how to
find the treasure
I do a Westlaw search for the Blackie the Cat case - a series of Federal
case involving a talking cat and a business license.
Talk about the research you do, and play up the private detective type
stuff?
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From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu
[mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of Falls, Abigail
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 10:49 AM
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Take Your Child to Work Day Ideas
My firm is doing Take Your Child to Work Day on the 27th and we
have 20 minutes with the kids in the library. Does anyone have any ideas
on how to make the library a fun place and maybe learn something in that
short amount of time?
Thanks in advance,
Abigail Falls
Assistant Librarian
Dechert LLP
11th floor
1775 I St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-2401
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FAX: +1(202) 261 3333
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