Reimagining the Wheel: Using Circular Calendars for Planning in Law School Libraries. Issue 2 (3rd April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zago, Susan Drisko
• Is Part Of: Legal reference services quarterly. Volume 36:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 103
• Page End: 111
• Publication Date: 2017-04-03
• Subjects: academic law libraries -- law library management -- legal research instruction -- law library planning -- circular calendars -- planning wheels; Legal research -- United States -- Periodicals; 340.072073
• DOI: 10.1080/0270319X.2017.1359063
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0270-319X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This essay proposes using a wheel or circular calendar to identify and document the events and projects of an academic law school year, both in and out of the classroom. The idea of harnessing the natural cyclical process of law school for library planning comes from concept mapping, which can conceptualize an issue by using a variety of mapping strategies to organize and show the relationships between pieces of information and a central concept. Using a wheel graphic to visualize a process can facilitate project management and aid in teaching legal research strategy.