Nahum Gelber Law Library
3660 Peel Street
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W9
Subjects
- Law
Assistant Librarian
Liaison librarian at the Nahum Gelber Law Library, providing instructional and reference services, assisting in collection development, and developing and maintaining a strong relationship and intellectual involvement with the Faculty of Law.
Education
- Formation Professionnelle, École du Barreau, 2015
- Bachelor of Civil Law and Bachelor of Laws (BCL/LLB), McGill University, 2015
- Master of Library and Information Studies, McGill University, 2012
- Bachelor of Arts, Joint Honours in Canadian Studies & East Asian Studies, McGill University, 2009
Areas of Interest
- Legal technology
- Research methodology
- Legal education
Active Committees
- Appeal Committee for Student Discipline and Grievances (Legal Assessor, 2019 - present)
- Faculty of Law Curriculum Committee (Library representative, 2019 - present)
- LibGuide Working Group (Member, 2019 - present)
- McGill Library Accessibility Working Group (Member, 2019 - present)
- Library Orientation Committee (Member, 2019 - present)
Professional Activities
- American Association of Law Libraries, 2019/current (Member)
- Canadian Association of Law Libraries, 2012/current (Member)
- 2021 Conference Planning Committee member, 2019/current
- CanLII/ CALL Committee member, 2019/current
- Academic Special Interest Group member, 2012/current
- Montreal Association of Law Libraries, 2019/current (Member)
- Barreau du Québec, 2016/current (Member)
- Jeune Barreau de Montréal, 2016/current (Member)
- Comité technologies de l’information, 2017/current (Vice-president, 2019/current)
- Lord Reading Law Society, 2015/current (Member)
Teaching
LAWG 550 - Law Firm Technology (Summer 2020). Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, QC.
LAWG 551 - Advanced Legal Research (Fall 2019). Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, QC.
LAWG 551 - Law and Technology and Applied Innovation (Spring 2019). Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, QC.
Selected Publications
Bergman, Michael, and Katarina Daniels. The Constitution and the English-Language in Québec: Education, the Primacy of the French Language, Collective Rights. Montreal: Quebec Community Groups Network, 2015, https://qcgn.ca/2015413research-paper-html/.
Daniels, Katarina, “Our library’s first escape room – are you up to the challenge?,” Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog, September 19 2019, http://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/lawlibrary/our-librarys-first-escape-room....
Daniels, Katarina, “LégisQuébec – The (In)completeness of an Official Consolidated Law,” Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog, June 20, 2019, http://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/lawlibrary/legisquebec-the-incompleteness....
Spadotto, Nicole and Katarina Daniels, “Les chatbots et les langages de programmation : vers un accès à la justice démocratisé ?,” Blogue du CRL: Chroniques CTI (blog), June 20, 2019, http://www.blogueducrl.com/2019/06/les-chatbots-et-les-langages-de.html.
Daniels, Katarina, “Legal (Library) Tech,” Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog, June 6, 2019, http://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/lawlibrary/legal-library-tech/.
Shapiro, Josh and Katarina Daniels, “Blockchain: An Unlikely Key to Improving Access to Justice?,” Blogue du CRL: Chroniques CTI (blog), March 26, 2019, http://www.blogueducrl.com/2019/03/blockchain-unlikely-key-to-improving.....
Daniels, Katarina. Hate Crimes F.A.Q. Canadian Association of Law Libraries – Academic Law Library Special Interest Group, 2017, https://www.callacbd.ca/resources/Documents/Academic%20SIG/Hate%20Crime%....
Presentations
Daniels, Katarina. “Designing and teaching problem-based workshops for clinic students.” Presentation at the Legal Writing Institute 2019 One-Day Workshop, Toronto, Ontario, December 6, 2019.
Links
- Twitter (@katarinadaniels)
- Twitter (@McGillLawLibrar)
- Facebook (@NahumGelberLaw.Library)
- Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog