Specifically, this study considers the roles, skills and competencies of
legal information professionals as knowledge managers, digital librarians and trainers of legal research skills in a changing information environment.
Going forward, what you
as information professionals need to do is to consider how you might adapt to this changing environment and how you might help your firm or institution adapt.
We will be working hard to bring those efforts to fruition, helping both to raise the profile of
information professionals in the legal field, and preparing members for the future.
Technical skills, while still important, are now a baseline prerequisite onto
which information professionals must now build teamwork, initiative and more strategic thinking.
My blog posts have been fairly serious, dealing with issues we face as
information professionals at a time of constant change, ranging from exciting digital futures to confronting publishers to saving endangered species (ie, books).
One of my
favourite information professionals, Mary Ellen Bates, recently tweeted a short tip for more accurate searching in Google: Just discovered the Verbatim feature in #Google, in results page.
-- on what the report calls the «five essential attributes of the
modern information professional» (although these are more actions or directives than attributes):
Learn more about how technology is being used to deliver customized access points to information,
embed information professionals within practice groups and deliver innovation in law schools.
Steve Lastres is a leading voice pushing for innovative solutions to
how information professionals working in law firms can increase their value to their organizations.
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If you'd like to read more about this concept, I would refer you to Kathleen Burr Oliver's article «The Johns Hopkins Medical Library as Base:
Information Professionals Working in Library User Environments» on p. 66 - 75 of Library as Place.
From auto - classification and file analysis to the simplification of eDiscovery through task and process automation, the yearning
from information professionals for tools that shorten the path from data identification and ingestion to insight and intelligence was palpable and provided great learning and discussion opportunities during the event.
Hays Medical Information experts are committed to offering medical
information professionals careers advice, one - to - one guidance through every stage of the recruitment process and professional development courses that fit around lives and jobs.
The international
information professional organization SLA (Special Libraries Association) is organizing a free talk on February 25 entitled Social Media in the Library: Discovering Best Practice: «The ways social media tools are selected and used in the library change regularly in an evolving digital and social climate.
While this research identifies and acknowledges both the threats and challenges that
face information professionals, we also uncover unprecedented opportunities.
In our upcoming talk on Sunday at the American Association of Law Libraries conference, I will be recommending that legal
information professionals read from knowledge management thought leaders, whether inside the law industry or from other industries.
He
urged information professionals to draw up a «code of ethics governing the conduct of all communicators,» including the requirement «that the events be reported in their real context,» and to provide for recourse and «the right of response to and correction of misstatements.»
Phrases with «information professionals»