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to the pre-holiday issue of the Law LibraryNewsletter. We wish good luck to students onupcoming exams and congratulations to allthe 1Ls on getting through the first term.

Collections Corner

Big news about Maritime Law Book, anupdate on the HeinOnline Legislationcollection, plus some new content for our taxresearchers!

Law Library Corner

The Law Library is switching to RadioFrequency Identification (RFID) technologyfor tracking library collection data. Find outwhat this is all about (purple lights areinvolved).

Research Guides Spotlight

A new research guide has been brought intoour ever-growing collection: EnvironmentalLaw. Thanks to out to Prof. Sara Seck for therequest.

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Collections Corner: Database Updates

Maritime Law Book

In August 2016, libraries received news that after 48years in business as an independent law publisherMaritime Law Book was going out of business;shutting down production of its print law reportersand online databases. On November 1, in an excitingturn of events, came the announcement of a newbeginning for the well-loved publishing company:

Eric Appleby, CEO of Maritime LawBook Ltd. And Colin Lachance, CEO of9766758 Canada Inc., are pleased toannounce the rebirth of a Canadianlegal publishing icon.

Colin Lachance was the former CEO of the CanadianLegal Information Institute (CanLII). Eric Applebyfounded Maritime Law Book as a response to a realneed for access to judicial decisions particularly hardto find cases from the Maritime provinces.

The announcement states that under its newownership, MLB will continue to operate as MaritimeLaw Book, relaunched “with a world-class legalinformation processing engine that leverages cuttingedge natural language process technology to makeresearch easier and more efficient”.

Law Library AccessThe Marit ime Law Book platform athttp://www.mlb.nb.ca will be shutting down by theend of November. The plan is that the new platform(called “Compass”) will be ready to launch at thistime. The Law Library has had its access to theproduct extended until the end of the academic year(April 30) when we will negotiate further access.

Thomson Taxnet.Pro

Thomson Reuters has acquired the tax-related contentand assets of Federated Press, which went bankruptearlier in 2016. This content with its “technical andconcise articles and guidance, written and edited byCanada’s leading tax minds”, has been integrated intoTaxnet.pro.

The Federated Press Centre on Taxnet Pro will includethe following:1. Taxation of Corporate Reorganizations2. Archives and future issues of journal titles underthe following series:

•Corporate Tax Planning Journal ServicesInternational Tax PlanningTax Litigation

•Personal Tax Planning SeriesPersonal Tax and Estate PlanningTaxation of Executive Compensation & Retirement

See the full announcement at:http://www.gettaxnetpro.com/federated-press

HeinOnline

We announced in an earlier newsletter that HeinOnlinewould be adding Canadian provincial annual statutesand revised statutes to the core collection.

The collection Provincial Statutes of Canada includes nearly 100 titles, 1,500 volumes, and more than850,000 pages of material, both public and private actsas passed by the provincial governments.

ContentCurrent, Revised and Historical Coverage is providedfor:•Alberta •Nova Scotia•British Columbia •Ontario•New Brunswick

Revised and Historical Statutes (material not underCrown Copyright) only is provided for: •Manitoba •Québec•Prince Edward Island •Saskatchewan•Newfoundland and Labrador

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Law Library Corner: RFID

Between 2013 and 2015 Western Libraries locationshave been converting the old barcode and tattle-tapesystem to Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)technology. The purpose behind barcodes andtattle-tape is to provide security for physical items aswell as to link the items to the library managementsystem (for circulation, usage information, cataloguerecords etc.). RFID "tags" being affixed to the physicalitems, allow for certain enhancements to service, datacollecting, and tattle-tape-less security.

Enhancements of RFID

The Law Library began tagging its books this pastsummer. By Christmas we expect the circulatingmonograph collection, the reserve collection, and thereference collection to be tagged.

The new equipment is already in place: new gates(see photo), new scanning pad (located under theService Desk), and a self check-out unit (soon to beactivated).

So, how does RFID improve the circulationexperience?

•Library users are able to sign out materials at self-checkout stations. This will be particularly useful whenthe Law Library is open but the service desk closed,e.g. when the library is a study hall with a securityguard on duty.

•Multiple items can be checked in and out at the sametime. Staff do not need to scan each book separatelysince the scan pad can read several RFID tagssimultaneously.

•Libraries will have remote access to gate statistics -such as how many people come in and out of thelibrary and which items are setting off the detectionalarms.

We are still experiencing some bugs in the system andsome incompatibility with our system and other libraries’systems but we hope to have things running smoothlyin the near future.

Weeded books not adopted out have an alternativeto the bin. Thanks to Rebecca Northcott for givingnew life to some withdrawn books.

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Research Guides Spotlight

Environmental Law

DATABASES

Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law

Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Lawcontains full-text online editions of market-leadingreference works and treatises published by OxfordUniversity Press, such as:

•Fresh Water in International Law •Legal Aspects of Carbon Trading•The Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change •The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law

International Encyclopaedia of Laws:Environmental Law

This online version of the looseleaf title covers nationaland international environmental law. Nationalmonographs contain, besides a general introduction, adescription of the country’s environmental legislation,an overview of the basic principles of environmentallaw, the historical background, the role of governmentalinstitutions, and the sources of environmental law.Other subjects covered for each country includepollution control legislation, nature and conservationmanagement, zoning and land-use planning, liabilityquestions, and judicial remedies.

Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation DigitalLibrary

Since 1955, the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundationhas published an entire library of books and manuals inconjunction with its Annual and Special Institutes. TheDigital Library collection consists of more than 2,100articles from over 200 books and manuals dealing withall aspects of natural resources law and written byexperts for the Foundation.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Journal of Environmental Law and PracticeK10 .O3866 (print: vol. 1 1990-)Discusses and provides insight into current issues inenvironmental law and policy in Canada. Topics covered

include water and air quality control, wastemanagement, reclamation, land use, regulation of toxicsubstances, noise regulation, environmental impactassessment processes, and environmental policies andprocedures. (Available online via WestlawNext Canadastarting with vol. 7, 1997).

The Golden Gate University Environmental LawJournalK7 .O4458Founded in 2006, the Golden Gate UniversityEnvironmental Law Journal (ELJ) is a student-runjournal that publishes articles written by environmentallaw attorneys, practitioners, scholars, and students fromaround the world. The ELJ is part of Golden GateUniversity School of Law's nationally-regardedenvironmental law program, which includes theEnvironmental Law and Justice Clinic, the JD certificateprogram in environmental law, and a graduateEnvironmental Law LLM program.

Revised research guides, including the full version of this Environmental Law guide, can be found at:http://guides.lib.uwo.ca/sb.php?subject_id=50359

Linda Aitkins (retired from Law Library in 2011) with St.John Ambulance therapy dog Cassie. They visited theLaw School on November 22.