Ballad in Plain E


"Law libraries, technology, library training, the Internet, and related topics."

Author: Emma Wood is a law library technician in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Blawg Related Categories: Law Libraries • International • North America • Canada • Librarian • Legal Research and Writing

Recent Posts from Ballad in Plain E


  • Ballad in Plain E is going into hibernation

    I guess I knew this day would come, but surprisingly, I’m not sad about it. With lots of exciting but time-consuming things happening in my life lately, and a moderately successful new group blogging endeavour…

  • The value of law library staff: the position, or the person?

    Karen over at Library Technician Dialog has just written a great post entitled “A Value Proposition“.  In it she explains something we’ve been thinking and talking about lately: why Winnipeg law firms don’t employ as…

  • Ada Lovelace Day 2009: Marg Anderson and Darlene Taylor

    I’ve been thinking all day about who I might write about for Ada Lovelace Day, the day that celebrates women and technology. I realised that it would only be fitting to write about two women…

  • Working with Vendors

    An article entitled “Happy Together: How to Foster Mutually Beneficial Librarian-Vendor Partnerships” in the February 2009 issue of AALL Spectrum caught my eye. (hat tip: Library Boy) Written by Devin GawneMark and Sarah Nichols, the…

  • Office-Office vs. Home-Office (or, a Tale of Two Jobs)

    I read with interest Brenda’ latest post at Library Technician Dialog: “Working at Home“. It prompted me to try to verbalise my thoughts on this topic. Since I moved to Winnipeg I’ve been working two…

  • Cool stuff from Gmail Labs

    I love Gmail. Really, really love it. I can’t believe there are still people using Hotmail or Yahoo when Gmail is available! So I was excited to see this CNET article about a nifty new…

  • My 2008 CLawBies Nominations

    The 2008 edition of the Canadian Law Blog Awards (CLawBies) is off to a great start - check out the growing list of blogged nominations at Steve Matthews’ Vancouver Law Librarian Blog. I approach the…

  • Non-lawyer legal bloggers

    I really enjoyed Laurie Mapp’s latest post over at Halo Secretarial Services. In it, Laurie explains why non-lawyers have an important place in the legal blogosphere: “Non lawyers are important and valuable assets, whether to…

  • Am I the proverbial 20-something?

    It’s a weird feeling to see my generation being described over and over again in the current business and library literature. Net Generation, Gen Y, Millennials, Echo Boom…there are a million names and the birth-year…

  • New BC Courthouse Library catalogue

    One of the things I miss most about working in BC is the fantastic BC Courthouse Library system. This week’s news is just one more reason for that. They’ve now got a new name (Courthouse…