On the surface, the worlds of law libraries and bowling alleys might seem to occupy opposite ends of the cultural spectrum. I have been an active bowler since the age of 7. It was and will forever be the one sport that I play, and as I reflected on the sport, parallels started to emerge.…

Guest post by Justin Tung, Reference Librarian at Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas School of Law
Recently, Adam Bent, a fellow Law Librarian and former classmate of mine, published an article in Pace Law Review entitled “Large Language Models: AI’s Legal Revolution.”[1] In it, he lays out a well-researched history of Chatbots and…

Let’s talk about big tech – physically big, that is. With all the focus on cloud-based tools and other software, it’s easy to forget about the hardware. Here are a few of the most useful, novel, or interesting “large tech” items we’ve seen or heard of in libraries recently. Add your own in the comments!…

Survey Results from LIT-SIS Membership
LIT-SIS conducted a survey of members that concluded mid-December 2023. Participation was good with 66 respondents. Here is a brief summary of the results:

• Most respondents would prefer quarterly educational programing/professional development events (not including the AALL Annual meeting).
• 21% of the respondents reported they attend the AALL Annual meeting

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Over the time off between holidays at the end of 2023, I had the opportunity of checking out Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World by Maryanne Wolf from my local public library. Wolf looks into the digital age’s impact on the human brain, particularly in the context of reading.
She introduces…

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What Lexis+ AI is, and What it Promises
On Friday, November 17, 2023, Lexis sent an email announcing access to its new generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool called Lexis+ AI. It promises “the fastest legal generative AI with conversational search, drafting, summarization, document analysis, and linked hallucination-free legal citations.”…

This fall, Lexis+ AI will be attempting final exams in Torts, Contracts, Civil Procedure, Property, Legal Research, Professional Responsibility, and Environmental Law alongside the law students at the University of Wyoming College of Law. The catch? The professors will not know when they’re grading which exam answers were generated by Lexis Omniscient the AI Assistant.…