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New Database

The Law Library now subscribes to Blue J Legal’s Employment Foresight, an AI-enabled tool that helps users address a variety of legal issues related to employment such as “reasonable notice, employee drug testing, worker classification, constructive dismissal, managerial exemption to overtime, and cause for dismissal.” Librarians will receive training next week to learn how we can best Happy New Year assist faculty and students researching in this area.

Legal Research Instruction for Small Groups

In support of our 1Ls writing their first small group assignments, John Bolan, Head of Instructional Services, is available come into Thinking of moving your law your classroom to provide legal research training. The customized review or journal to an Open sessions will help students formulate sound research strategies, and Access format? highlight the most relevant resources/research tools needed to JPS is a journal hosting service successfully complete their assignments. provided by the University of Libraries. Based on Open Journal Systems, this journal

management and publishing platform assists with every stage Quercus to replace Blackboard as the University’s of the refereed publishing Learning Management Engine (LME) process, from submissions through online publication. Message from the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation (CTSI):

Curious about U of T’s new LME? As a U of T instructor, you have access to an online ‘sandbox’ to play with new features. This is an opportunity to explore and become familiar with all the tools that the new LME has to offer. More information about the new LME project can be found at toolboxrenewal.utoronto.ca. CTSI welcomes your feedback.

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Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office

Drop by the Law Library to meet with staff from Scholarly Click on the book cover to see Communications & Copyright Office and TSpace. the full catalogue record Bring your questions! Thursday, February 8, 2018, 1:00-3:00pm Bora Laskin Law Library P363 (top floor) (see event poster) All members of the Law community are welcome

New Canadian Law Journal Tables of Content:

Canadian Family Law Quarterly, vol 36(3) (Oct 2017) Canadian Labour & Employment Law Journal, vol 20(2) (2017) Canadian Tax Journal, vol 65(3) (2017) Review of Constitutional Studies, vol 22(2) (2017) Supreme Court Law Review. Second Series, vol 81 (2017) Peter Hogg & Annika Wang (JD 2016), The Special Joint Committee on the , 1980-81

We are hiring a new Reference and Research Librarian in a permanent status track role at the Bora Laskin Law Library! A search is currently underway

and we hope to have a new team Full list of new books in member in place by May 2018. December 2017

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