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Circuit Riders Outreach Program

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"Legal Research for Non-Law Librarians"

In order to promote public access to legal information in South Carolina, Coleman Karesh law librarians have travelled throughout the state implementing a new training initiative entitled Circuit Riders Outreach Program. This program is a series of workshops, teaching public and academic librarians about the legal research process and the resources available to their patrons.

The intent of the training class, "Legal Research for Non-Law Librarians" is to train non-law librarians in basic legal research skills to enable them to assist patrons who are doing legal research. The program includes an overview of the legal system, to include the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, and how they function; an introduction to the primary and secondary legal resources available to public and academic libraries; building a basic low-cost print legal collection; and guidance for providing legal reference without giving legal advice.

The program materials include:

The Circuit Riders Outreach Program has travelled to the following locations:

• Wednesday, March 14, 2007: Spartanburg, SC, Spartanburg County Public Libraries Headquarters
  
  
• Friday, April 20, 2007: Columbia, SC, Depository Librarians Meeting, State Library
  
  
• Thursday, May 3, 2007: Columbia, SC, State Library
  
  
• Thursday, May 17, 2007: Charleston, SC, Charleston County Public Library
  
  
• Friday, May 18, 2007: Charleston, SC, College of Charleston North Campus & Lowcountry Graduate Center
  
  
• Thursday, June 14, 2007: Columbia, SC, Richland County Public Library
  
  
• Friday, June 22, 2007: Beaufort, SC, Beaufort County Public Library
  
  
• Friday, July 27, 2007: Rock Hill, SC, Dacus Library, Winthrop University
  
  
• Friday, August 3, 2007: Conway, SC, Kimbel Library, Coastal Carolina University
  
  
• Tuesday, July 31, 2007: Aiken, SC, Gregg-Granitville Library, USC-Aiken
  
  
• Thursday, August 9, 2007: Clemson, SC, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library, Clemson University
  
  
• Friday, October 10, 2008: Greenville, SC, Greenville County Public Library System