Bringing Legal Education to the Canadian Arctic: the Development of the Akitsiraq Law School and the Challenges for Providing Library Services to a Nontraditional Law School
Libraries have a unique role to play in the delivery of information and educational opportunities for people in the Canadian north or in other isolated communities. Libraries must build partnerships and cooperative agreements to help remove barriers to information. As the librarian for the Akitsiraq...
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Scholarship@Cornell Law: A Digital Repository
2009
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| Online Access: | https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/ijli/vol34/iss1/4 https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/context/ijli/article/1034/viewcontent/34_1art1Abelson.pdf |
| Summary: | Libraries have a unique role to play in the delivery of information and educational opportunities for people in the Canadian north or in other isolated communities. Libraries must build partnerships and cooperative agreements to help remove barriers to information. As the librarian for the Akitsiraq Law School program, I wore many different hats in terms of responsibilities and work duties, and I was constantly challenged to think outside the box and to come up with innovative solutions to common library service issues. |
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