It is helpful
for law firm librarians and academic law librarians to talk about student training, whether in a formal setting such as a conference or something more informal.
While their focus may have shifted from reporters to portals, from card catalogs to competitive intelligence, make no mistake: The core of what
law firm librarians do remains the same.
When we do have some new full - time staff on board one of the things I'd like to look seriously at is setting up exchanges
with law firm librarians.
Like
most law firm librarians, it is my responsibility to make sure that people in my organization have the information resources they need to do their work.
It should be noted that the overwhelming majority of the articles in the 89 page white paper were authored by
private law firm librarians.
This was the one major Canadian English news title that was not accessible through FPinfomart and was a major
reason law firm librarians have not, to date, made this their primary news research source.
Many of these topics arose in my regular guest lecture to the FIS 2133 Legal Literature and Librarianship class earlier this week at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information, taught by John Papadopoulos and Sooin Kim, especially in our discussion in response to the Debates on the Value of
Law Firm Librarians summarized on SLAW.
This
allows law firm librarians to make sure that what they cover in the law firms dovetails with what the students have already been taught.
Budget risks are less relevant to self - imposed department projects, but
fellow law firm librarians will recognize that the main schedule risk to library projects is billable research work.
As a former
NYC law firm librarian, (in Jean O'Grady's time period), protecting the circulation of the NY volume of MH was always a challenge.
Our Library Director invited 4 library directors of major law firms in the DC area over to have lunch with us (one
law firm librarian at a time).
«Susan is one of the
few law firm librarians in Vancouver whose photograph and a description of library services appeared in a firm marketing brochure and newspaper advertisement created for client use.»
When we started the CLEBC publishing program 20 + years ago, we heard loud and clear from our potential customers (
particularly law firm librarians) that they did not see the value in expensive and too - frequent updates.
So I joined the chorus of
law firm librarians laying the blame for this lack of fundamental legal research knowledge at the foot of the law schools, for their inadequate preparation of their students.
The conference was attended almost exclusively
by law firm librarians, with a sprinkling of academic law librarians and vendors sprinkled in.
Their approach to eBooks is useful
for law firm librarians who are struggling to find ways to deliver eBooks with a «one title for many potential users» model.
«E-LawLibrary Weblog is the blog
of law firm librarian and solo blogger Edison Ellenberger from Cleveland, Ohio.
«On Firmer Ground is a site by and for
law firm librarians.
Private law librarians (ie,
law firm librarians) are closely attuned to the practice in their firms, often specialized in one area of law (eg, labour or criminal or business law) and removed from the hurly - burly of court.
Law firm librarians may no longer maintain print collections, but they have compensated by expanding their roles into new areas of information management such as knowledge management, business information, competitive analysis and marketing support.
On Firmer Ground is a brand new blog site by and for
law firm librarians.
Private law librarians (ie,
law firm librarians) are closely attuned to the practice in their firms, often specialized in one area of law (eg, labour or criminal or business law)... [more]
As
a law firm librarian, I am happy to report that I learn some new thing nearly every day.
In a way,
law firm librarians are also competing with each others and surely our lawyers would be glad to know they've hired the best person for that job.
It says: «E-LawLibrary Weblog is the blog of
law firm librarian and solo blogger Edison Ellenberger from Cleveland, Ohio.
Law firm librarians are often critical of the lack of research skills demonstrated by the annual crop of new graduates when they start working in law firms.
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Any law firm librarian who works with summer associates and recent law school graduates can tell you how ill - prepared they are for the «real world» in a firm.
The panelists were all from the San Francisco area: two
law firm librarians, one law school librarian, and one librarian from a public law library.
Indeed, I do suspect
some law firm librarians see themselves in similar roles already.
And to the extent that our legal arguments rest upon such foundations,... well let's say that the need for remedial research instruction is a constant with all research lawyers and
law firm librarians.
It also makes life easier for
law firm librarians and CIOs, he says.
I certainly do not blame
the law firm librarians (who work hard to try to get the students to be much more proficient and comfortable with research.
I wonder how
the law firm librarian role as «trusted adviser» will adapt to the type of change outsourced services would bring to an organization.
I imagine that Slawyers, being those with an intellectual bent who read widely on the web and elsewhere, already know about Patrick Lamb's recent ABA New Normal column titled «Does It Pay to Hire
a Law Firm Librarian?»
Win - loss analysis for
law firm librarians?
Law firm librarians offer services in their organizations; it is usually voluntary for lawyers and others to accept those offerings; therefore law firm librarians have to sell those services.