[{"pubDate":"Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:55:48 +0100","url":"https://www.callacbd.ca/CALL-Blog/12614092","titre":"Using Vinyl & Spotify to Understand Legal Information Online","source":"Canadian Association of Law Libraries / L'Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit CALL/ACBD Blog","id":3241462,"description":"Hannah Steeves, the Instruction & Reference Librarian at the Sir James Dunn Law Library, Dalhousie University (Halifax), recently wrote an article on \"Using Vinyl & Spotify to Understand Legal Information Online\" . It originally appeared on Slaw.ca on February 15, 2022 . Most legal research is done online through a combination of open and subscription databases. Legal information is available at our fingertips through Justice Laws, LEGISinfo, CanLII, Westlaw, Lexis, ProView, SOQUIJ, [insert your preferred database here], and the list goes on. The availability of electronic resources has radically changed—and will continue to change—the way legal professionals conduct research. However, despite my enthusiasm for the improved accessibility and retrievability, I think the lack of engagement that new legal researchers have with print resources creates comprehension issues. The disconnect between a source’s print and electronic formats reduces their understanding of the process used to create the document. Understanding this process helps us understand the organization of information and makes a researcher more efficient. New legal researchers are often introduced directly to the electronic version of a source without fully understanding how it came to be. For example, a student might learn about legislation and be shown how to trace a legislative history using Justice Laws without ever interacting with the print, bound statutes. They are missing the benefits of seeing the tangible organization of annual, revised, and consolidated statutes. Another example is having a student use ProView without ever flipping through a physical binder and understanding how loose-leaf releases work. Although they know each source is unique, they all present approximately the same online. Unfortunately, limited class time and COVID-19 have made it nearly impossible to get students into the library to conduct research with print sources. I try to grab print copies of case reporters, volumes of statutes, and loose-leafs to show students in person or on Zoom, but the effect is not the same as engaging with the print source directly. Instead, when I meet with students, I often see ~18 tabs open in their browsers with sites ranging from course materials, Google, CanLII, and their preferred subscription platform. They ask me, “ Why does this have to be so complicated?” And they’re right! It does seem complicated, at first glance. If we had created these resources using our modern digital environment, they would be organized differently. Print established the rules, and the digital versions have been bound by them. When I try to explain why the digital versions might seem unnecessarily complex, but that understanding how to use the print sources will improve their navigation of the digital versions, I use the following analogy. First, assuming Spotify is the most common music app, I ask students whether they’re more likely to download/stream full albums or singles. Once they’ve answered, I explain that the point of this question is to determine that they understand that a single song is situated within an album—the album is a collection of songs. Next, I ask if they know why artists produce albums. This one takes a bit of waiting, and in a classroom setting a music aficionado may bring up the concept album (and rightly so!), but usually there’s someone who knows that the standard album is a result of the time limitations set by vinyl, specifically the 33 rpm LP record . (Or maybe they Google it as I’m waiting for an answer—who am I to judge?) With a brief explanation, it becomes clear that vinyl restricted artists to around 44 minutes of playing time, and this explains the standard album format still used today. The next step is to connect the persistence of the album through various eras of music. The album has survived the evolution of music distribution. Historically, it started with vinyl, but remained through transitions between audio cassette, the CD, through to"},{"id":3229086,"description":"dc.contributor.author: Drapeau, Louis-Félix dc.date.issued: 2026-10 dc.description.abstract: Depuis la crise de la COVID-19, l’enseignement en ligne s’est imposé comme une composante permanente de l’université québécoise. Pourtant, malgré cette popularisation, le vécu subjectif de cette population demeure largement invisibilisé par une littérature scientifique souvent centrée sur une démonstration de sa réussite pédagogique et l'efficacité technique de ses dispositifs. Ce travail de recherche comble ce manque en explorant la « fabrication » de l’expérience scolaire au sein de cet environnement numérique. Cette étude articule les logiques d’action de François Dubet aux concepts d’acteur pluriel de Bernard Lahire et de résonance d’Hartmut Rosa. S’appuyant sur une enquête qualitative compréhensive menée par entretiens de groupe via visioconférence, auprès de 7 étudiant.e.s entre 24 et 59 ans et provenant d’une variété de programmes en ligne. L’analyse déconstruit la tension entre motivations instrumentales et qualité du rapport au monde. Les résultats révèlent d'abord une hégémonie de la logique stratégique : le format numérique est largement choisi par souci d’économie de temps et d’efforts, permettant de négocier l’accès au diplôme face à des contraintes géographiques, familiales ou difficultés d’apprentissage. Toutefois, cette instrumentalité masque une logique «impure» visant à protéger l’intégration vécue dans d’autres sphères de vie. Ensuite, cette étude se concentre sur l’expérience des étudiant.e.s dans ces programmes en ligne. Le cœur de l’étude met en lumière un paradoxe dans l’enseignement en ligne : les outils de domination technique (IA, accélération, multitasking) permettent d’une part un accès important à l’université, aux savoirs, aux enseignements et à des collègues étudiant.e.s, mais finissent par rendre le monde scolaire muet. En se dotant d’un soi tampon, l’étudiant se protège des malaises de l’interface et du regard de l’autre, mais s'aliène de l’expérience transformatrice de l’apprentissage. Néanmoins, la recherche identifie des oasis de résonance, notamment via le tutorat ou des espaces informels de résistance, où la corde vibrante du lien pédagogique parvient encore à s'activer; Since the COVID-19 crisis, online education has established itself as a permanent fixture of the Quebec University landscape. Yet, despite this popularity, the subjective lived experience of this student population remains largely invisible within a scientific literature often preoccupied with demonstrating pedagogical success and the technical efficiency of digital systems. This research addresses this gap by exploring the construction of the school experience within this digital environment. The study articulates François Dubet’s logic of action with Bernard Lahire’s concept of the plural actor and Hartmut Rosa’s theory of resonance. Drawing on a comprehensive qualitative inquiry conducted through group interviews via videoconferencing, the analysis deconstructs the tension between instrumental motivations and the quality of the relationship to the world. The findings first reveal a hegemony of the strategic logic: the digital format is primarily chosen for reasons of time and effort optimization, allowing students to negotiate access to knowledge amidst geographical constraints, family","source":"Faculté de droit Travaux récents","pubDate":"Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:10:41 +0200","url":"https://hdl.handle.net/1866/46770","titre":"Zoom-in sur l’école en ligne : l’expérience des étudiant.e.s inscrit.e.s dans un programme universitaire en ligne"},{"pubDate":"Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:57:54 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/15/the-utility-of-mandatory-assistance-for-self-represented-litigants-in-alberta/","titre":"The Utility of Mandatory Assistance for Self-Represented Litigants in Alberta","id":3220228,"description":"This column presents excerpts from a student paper, completed under the University of Toronto’s Community Research Partnership in Ethics program; the full paper will be published by the National Self-Represented Litigants Project later this year. Over the past 20 years, Alberta’s family justice system has distinguished itself from other jurisdictions by implementing mandatory forms of assistance. In 2005, the Alberta government launched mandatory meetings for SRLs in provincial court, pursuant to the Intake and Caseflow Management Regulation. [1] Building on this, and recognizing the inherent difficulties associated with an SRL’s journey through the family law system, the new Family Justice . . . [more] The post The Utility of Mandatory Assistance for Self-Represented Litigants in Alberta appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw"}]