Sentences with phrase «[law firm libraries»

It is in direct response to a provocative tweet put out by Patrick DiDomenico saying «Tell me what's wrong with law firm libraries today.»

Lambert takes the bait, and gives some fine analysis, discussing both what is wrong and what is right with law firm libraries.

It seems to me that, in calling out what is wrong with law firm libraries, there needs to be some discussion of what can therefore be done to correct things.

Many people have been using factiva for U.S. trading data; however, law firm libraries are slowly losing their right to use factiva as our contracts expire and we get moved over to Lexis Nexis for this information.

I was most interested to read his thoughtful post «So, What is Wrong with Law Firm Libraries Today?»

On the other side of that, I currently work in a law firm library, and we just don't have the space or budget to include «just in case» materials.

I wonder if you would have the same concerns for all libraries: should law firm libraries for example maintain large print collections just in case?

I've observed how some of the traditional trappings of the legal profession, like typewriters in law practice, bike couriers and fancy law firm libraries, are going extinct.

Law firm libraries are experiencing an identity crisis: the law firm library is no longer a «place» and the librarians who staff them not «keepers of books.»

There are also many techniques to encourage the reuse of documentation, and recording and sharing of lessons learned that start to look remarkably like what firm libraries and knowledge management departments do.

In consideration of the fact that no clear justification has been provided to substantiate the amount claimed and the fact that I regard legal computerized research, unless otherwise proven, as office overhead expense as it compares to the subscription services law firms library had to maintain in the past and which were also considered office overhead, the disbursements claimed for electronic legal research are not allowed.

What does all of this mean for my law firm library budget?

My law firm library is about content, access to enriched content, and delivering content in a manner that encourages use of our library services.

My 2011 survey of Vancouver - area law firm libraries found that all but one charged back some proportion of costs.

So how does this relate to the law firm library of the future?

When I was in a law firm library, we refused to buy casebooks for the collection.

Over the last few years the physical footprint of law firm libraries has been decreasing.

Your remarks about law firm library collection decisions compared with those in a law school library decisions, I believe, apt.

For law firm libraries, one way of alleviating the effect of the increasing cost of these databases is to pass some of it on to clients.

Electronic resources allow lawyers to carry out research while on the road (rather than having to wait to get back to their firm library), reducing the time taken to answer a client's question.

The challenge a number of law firm library managers face when drawing up strategy is when the firms themselves (the partnership or the staff management company) do not have overall strategies including things like a stated vision or objectives.

I have some work to do this January to assemble the strategy of my firm library into a working document that can be referenced by my team and by other members of the firm.

That is certainly true in law firm libraries as well.

Firms never billed clients to retain libraries and online research service has in most cases effectively replaced law firm libraries.

Consequently, as a law school library, we have an obligation not only to the School but to law firm libraries and the profession to maintain our extensive print collections of primary legal materials and law journals.

The 2008 Law Firm Inc law librarian survey indicated 18 % of firm library directors report to the CIO or IT director.

I'm so used to having loose - leafs in a law firm library that I hadn't considered that they might be considered a novelty elsewhere, but it started me wondering: are loose - leafs going to become the legal library equivalent of the coelacanth?

It seems like a missed opportunity for firm libraries to redefine their roles, and for library staff to explore interesting work that increases the return on investment of the library budget.

The librarians in our firm library often have questions on topics that are outside our experience.

Still, I remember a law firm library in Toronto that had a beautiful collection of extremely detailed maps of Ontario bound in large format.

I think there is a huge disconnect between academic libraries and law firm libraries.

My law firm library will never be empty since even if the collection were digitized and housed on some post-silicon ephemera there would still be a librarian (or several) in the room.

A roundtable discussion that was blogged about, a session that included Bess Reynolds (author of The Challenges of E-books in Law Firm Libraries), and many chats with vendors and colleagues.

She also has a long, successful track record working in Canadian law firm libraries; including more than nineteen years working in - house.

The seeming hypothesis that CanLII can replace a law firm library collection — including the texts and other resources necessary for lawyers to competently address legal issues for their clients — is simply absurd.

In Seattle, the law firm library shrank and kept satellite libraries because users wanted them.

I am not currently able to make it as easy as that for my law firm library users who wish to review legal texts with mobile devices.

When I look at my own law firm library budget, the cost of collection items that are not available on CanLII is 88 % and the cost of decsions and legislation makes up only 11 % of my budget — though these are not necessarily availabe on CanLII.

In the late 1980's and early 90's, the local union list of titles held by local law firm libraries was a lifeline to librarians, and ILL didn't just help us share resources and keep costs down.

Law firm libraries of all sizes need systems to manage the flow of information to and from the library to the firm's attorneys.

It's easy to create a firm library of documents and then share them with your clients.

In law firm libraries, many of the materials are used primarily in the library or are signed out to a single lawyer for months (in some cases for years) at a time.

Traditional library metrics are less helpful for law firm libraries compared to public or academic libraries; for example, circulation statistics are often used as an indicator of library usage and what parts of the library collection are in highest demand.

A number of law firm libraries survey their summer and articling students to find out what students found to be most helpful and what could have been provided which would have been helpful.

I have a blog post burning inside of me, too, but not just for law firm libraries.

I am always amazed to read lapalissade like «[law firm libraries] are continuing to move beyond «traditional» library work, like legal research, and into marketing and competitive intelligence, computer training and even knowledge management projects.»

It is challenging for law firm libraries to measure the performance of their libraries.

Generally, qualitative measures work better for law firm libraries than quantitative measures.

I think so often metrics in the law firm library circle around things like number of reference requests, docketed / billed hours spent, and budget targets; it is good to learn about alternatives that provide more value for measuring performance.

Law firm libraries do not just carry out legal research, but can be heavily involved in industry and client research.