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Law Student testers needed!

UB will be upgrading its PeopleSoft application this October. One of the major changes for students will be the Portal – which is what you use to register for classes, check grades, etc.  Our Office of Technology Servicces (OTS) is looking for some law students to test the new environment Tuesday, September 30th or Wednesday, October 1st any time between 9am and 6pm. Testing should take no longer than one hour. If you are interested, contact Cindy Schuster at: cschuster@ubalt.edu

Filed under: Uncategorized

Law School Homecoming

Just wanted to remind folks that the 6th Annual Homecoming and Reunion is fast approaching. For more details, check out the Homecoming web page.

Filed under: Fun, Law School

Friday Fun – Law Songs

From the Law Librarian Blog. They list the top ten from the Above the Law website, then suggest a couple of their own, complete with video links.
The Above the Law list:

  1. I Fought The Law – The Clash
  2. Lawyers, Guns, and Money – Warren Zevon
  3. 99 Problems – Jay-Z
  4. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
  5. We’re All Winners, as arranged by Nixon Peabody
  6. Law and Order theme song
  7. Hurricane – Bob Dylan
  8. Alice’s Restaurant – Arlo Guthrie
  9. I Fought The Law – Bobby Fuller 4
  10. The Road Goes on Forever – Robert Earl Keen

In the past, I’ve featured a couple of these on the law library’s MySpace page.

Filed under: Fun, video

News from OTS

UB’s Office of Technology Services has asked that students not use Firefox in the student PC labs until Monday, September 15.  Students who use Firefox have been having problems logging out.  OTS hopes to have the problem corrected by Monday, but until then students should use another browser.

Filed under: Technology

Hein Online Help

Joe Hodnicki, over at the Law Librarian Blog, points out that HeinOnline has some pretty good resources for teaching patrons how to use HeinOnline. Check out the training guides and videos.

Filed under: Cool links, Teaching, Web 2.0, advice, library 2.0, research guides

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