From the Dalhousie Schulich School of Law:

Congratulations to Schulich Law’s Public Services Librarian David H. Michels (MLIS ’01, PhD ’14), who was part of a nationwide team recently recognized with a Canadian Law Blog Award for Best Legal Papers, Reports, or eBooks of 2024, for their work on the Canadian Open Access Legal (COAL) Citation Guide.

Michels is one of more than 60 volunteer editors and reviewers who worked on the two-year-long project, part of a national, bilingual, and bijural group. The COAL Citation Guide is freely available and was launched as an alternative to other, more cost-prohibitive options available in Canada.

“We created the COAL Citation Guide to better meet the needs of the Canadian legal community and to have a guide that is accessible to everyone, and I think we have done that successfully,” explains Michels. “I have enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate with this team so far and I’m excited for it to continue. No one does this type of work for the accolades, so the award is an unexpected affirmation that the effort is both valued and appreciated.”

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