Sentences with phrase «law firm libraries»

That is certainly true in law firm libraries as well.

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

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

His journey in the legal profession has taken him from law firm library director to founding a continuing legal education consultancy to legal tech startup, and legal marketing.

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.

My suspicion is that, as law firm libraries increase the number of electronic materials available to their lawyers, they are going to have to reconsider how they charge for them.

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

Given the trend towards replacing print resources with electronic resources, law firm libraries need to think about whether they should continue to recover online charges from clients.

It is budgeting season again for many law firm libraries.

In this area, one size does not fit all firms, and there are many ways to automate law firm libraries.

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

By now, it's a phrase that law firm library directors likely hear in their sleep.

These publications are used as a source of revenue for the organizations that publish them and represent a significant part of the budget of many law firm libraries.

This policy was my project for the class, in which I attempted to create a collection of legal materials for a private law firm library in Wisconsin and was...

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.

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.»

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

For example, Factiva (a joint venture of Reuters and Dow Jones which most law firm libraries use for accessing news articles) last year sold rights to LexisNexis.

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.

Spending by law firm libraries fell to $ 40,172 from $ 46,061, or by 12.8 %.

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.

Are law firm libraries going the way of the dinosaur (or the typewriter)?

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.

In fact, every one dollar investment in special libraries such as law firm libraries brings 5.43 dollars in return to their organization, according to the study commissioned by the associations.

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

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.

Having this material in searchable PDF (without the need to create HTML versions, something which I assume takes more work) would allow law firm libraries across the country to save shelf space.

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

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.

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.

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.»

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

Tim Baran, a former law firm library director and CLE consultant, has taken his legal tech and marketing skills to...

How are law firm libraries dealing with this imperative?

I have been a «non-lawyer» working in law firm libraries and in law firm knowledge management (KM) for most of my adult life and I can't tell you how much I've disliked being a negated and excluded being.

The lessons can apply beyond the context of private law firm libraries:

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

Law firm libraries need to support these «mobile lawyers».

I am certain that most law firm libraries have input, if not full purview, over summer student research training.

Money is part of the story according to The American Lawyer's 14th annual survey of law firm library directors.

Since then we've been meeting with law firm library directors and staff across the country extolling the service's virtues — and there are many.

Using a consultant to help negotiate vendor contracts is a growing trend in the U.S. I do not know of anyone doing this yet for law firm libraries in Canada.

I have self identified as a law librarian since joining a law firm library team as a fresh graduate from a library technician program.

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

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.

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?

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.»

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