Efficiency is one of the main selling points for new AI-powered tools, but efficiency is oftentimes the result of the AI tool and invisible human labor. This post looks at some of the ways law librarians are performing this often invisible labor and creating an illusion of efficiency for primary users.
First, I want to
Guest post by Justin Peters, Research and Instruction Librarian, College of Law Research Center, Florida State University.
I am finally taking a turn to weigh in on the much-discussed UC Berkeley Law Artificial Intelligence Policy. Plenty of critiques are already out there. Ashley Arrington had a great post on one major issue, the rule’s
Are you breathing right now? If you just paused from reading or composing an email you may not have taken regular, controlled breaths for the last several minutes. You can thank a phenomenon known as “email apnea.” Though less familiar than sleep apnea, email apnea also affects your health, well-being, and perhaps even your cognitive
Guest post by Mary Csarny, The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law
“What’s the point, I am never going to use this in real life!”
Thankfully those of us instructing law students are far less likely to hear this complaint than our peers teaching non-professional students. The first year law students in my second-semester
The music pulses, the crowd is in a frenzy, and I am ready to do some legal research. I recently got a standing desk. I love it. I especially love blasting some Bad Bunny and imagining I’m the headliner at a proper rave. But mainly, I love my work, especially when I have healthy coping
I recently read an article in AALL Spectrum titled, “Communication Shortfalls in a Library Setting,” and I think it brought up several good points. The article didn’t just focus on communication shortfalls with patrons but also with communication shortfalls between staff. I think recognizing these communication challenges can help libraries improve their services and morale
Friends, it is 2026 and I am tired.
Tired of *gestures wildly at many things I can’t control, a few things I can, and anything getting airtime on C-SPAN.*
But here is the specific tiredness I want to address: I am a person with an invisible neurodevelopmental disorder that affects how I organize and produce
Guest post by Ashley Arrington, Associate Director of the Law Library, Texas Tech University School of Law; Incoming Director of the Law Library, Capital University Law School.
As many will know, Berkeley Law recently published a new AI policy effective this summer. There have been many critiques of the policy, and I share many
Writing has always been my preferred mode of communication, particularly because it offers a tangible archive for my thoughts. As a contributor to RIPS, I often find that I write far better than I speak. I identify as a “slow processor”; I rarely have an immediate, on-the-fly response, but once I have had the space
Guest post by Ben Doherty (they/them), Head of Library Instruction and Research Librarian at the University of Virginia Law Library
In my first post in this series, I invited you to imagine