Back in the early days of the internet, when those of us working occasionally from home, or different locations, and/or on different browsers, needed some way of storing bookmarks in a shared space (well before the cloud existed), Delicious came along,(see Wikipedia entry for history) allowing anyone to set up a free account, put their… Read More »
By Katherine Steiner Kat here – Information Resources trainee at the Law Bod. Since starting work here last September, I have had lots of chances to delve into some of the weird and wonderful resources the Bodleian Law Library and the Bodleian Libraries generally have to offer. Despite doing my undergraduate degree here in Oxford,… Read More »
By Beth Paton The Law Library has recently subscribed to a database called Supreme Court Cases (SCC) Online, produced by New Delhi-based publishers the Eastern Book Company. It advertises itself as “an extensive database of Indian law, statute law and other material, with a high performance search engine and our familiar user-friendly interface.” First impressions… Read More »
By Beth Paton Mobile technology is becoming ever more ubiquitous, so it seemed the right time to take a look at apps for law students and lawyers. For the purposes of this blog post I selected three apps to road test. I was ably assisted with these reviews by my husband, Alec, who obtained a… Read More »
*** The first session passed without incident, and the computer system was back up and fully operational before readers arrived. However, all though that is an excellent precedent, it is not binding! *** Over the coming weeks, Oxford University Computing Service is undertaking work to upgrade the University network. This will necessitate periods where library… Read More »
By Penny Schenk Recently, some Mac users in the library who’ve upgraded to the latest system software, Lion, are finding that they can’t log in to Bodleian Libraries wireless using the Safari browser. The symptom is that Safari attempts to connect to https://earwig.bodleian.ox.ac.uk, but it never loads and the window remains blank. One workaround has… Read More »
By Penny Schenk UPDATE: The date for this work is now Wednesday, March 3. The Bodleian Libraries are in the process of rolling out a new and improved configuration for reader PC’s – this was trialled in the Freshfields Room in the Law Library in December, so those of you who have used computers there… Read More »
By Penny Schenk Please wait – but how long? With the increased volume of users at the beginning of term, we’ve been noticing more readers getting “stuck” in the scanning procedure that checks laptops on our ethernet network for vulnerabilities once a week. This is the process that runs in your browser when you first… Read More »
By Angela Carritt Here are a couple of tips which could help you to save on printing: When printing PDF or Word files print mulitiple pages on a single sheet of paper When printing law reports, use Justis to print selected parts of the report (e.g. judgment, headnote etc instead of printing the whole report)… Read More »
By Angela Carritt It is now possible to connect to the wireless network in the Law Library without using the VPN (although you can continue to use the OWL-VPN service if you wish). To use the new service please connect to OULS-READER. When you open your web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Firefox) you will… Read More »
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