I have moved from being
a law library manager and librarian for a number of years back into the engineering world where I originally started (a govn't / regulatory agency).
That was one message that came through loud and clear recently in «Succeed in the New Law Firm Library Reality — Learn the Business Side of the Firm», a webinar hosted by the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and the informal group of
law library managers of the Law Librarians» Society of Washington, D.C. (LLSDC)-LRB-...)
Not exact matches
Previously she worked as the
manager of
library services for a national
law firm, worked for provincial and federal governments, and a
law society
library.
While the
Law Society and Great
Library websites are unusually silent on the topic, the American
library blogosphere is proudly proclaiming that David Whelan has been appointed
Manager of Legal Information for the
Law Society of Upper Canada Pause to note that Great Librarian was a wonderful and hallowed title — why would it have been abandoned?
Wendy Reynolds,
Manager, Library Client Services, Legislative Library of Ontario, Helen Clarke, Associate Vice-Provost Collections,
Libraries and Cultural Resources, University of Calgary, and Jeffrey Miller, President, Irwin
Law spoke to attendees at a session titled «If eBooks are the Medium, What's the Message?».
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.
Sarah Sutherland is the
manager of
library services in Vancouver for a national
law firm.
My groups have titles like Canadian Association of
Law Libraries, Knowledge Management for Legal Professionals,
Law Firm Research
Managers,
Law Firm Knowledge Management (a subgroup of Legal IT Netowrk), and so on.
Two broad themes emerged (albeit slightly unrelated): (i) their concern over the job market for future
law librarians / knowledge
managers, and (ii) my continued proselytizing for an integrated approach to information in
law firms by merging
library functions with KM and continued «convergence» with
library and KM and other administrative functions in
law firms, including training, marketing and... [more]
Today, the notion of a modern
law library is very different, shaped by the skills of specialized researchers and information
managers rather than by bookshelves and bound volumes.
The shared service, employing some 170 lawyers, enables councils to focus funds on front line services through reduced spend on external lawyers,
managers, case management systems,
law libraries and office space.
This is an issue I struggle with almost daily as a
manager of a large government
law library.
Sarah Sutherland is the
manager of
library services at a national
law firm.
She has provided customer service, legal research assistance, and training on behalf of a global corporation, served as a marketing and
library manager for a medium - sized
law firm, taught legal writing in an ABA - accredited paralegal education program, and served as the business executive for a fast - growing, medium - market
law firm.
Teknoids is for «tech support, web designers, trainers, education and instructional technologists, sys admins, net admins, programmers, developers, IT
managers, CIOs, librarians,
library directors, and tech - inclined faculty in legal academia, non-profits, the judiciary, and
law firms plus others with interests in this area.»
Speakers Janet Moss, Head
Law Librarian, Gerard V. LaForest
Law Library Iain Sinclair, Knowledge
Manager, Stewart McKelvey Rhonda O'Neill, Assistant Director, Alberta
Law Libraries
It is written by Annette Demers, Acting
Law Librarian, University of Windsor, Melanie Hodges Neufeld, Director of Legal Resources,
Law Society of Saskatchewan, and Dale Barrie, Information, Research and Training Services (IRTS)
Manager, Alberta
Law Libraries.
Sarah Sutherland is
Manager, Library Services of McMillan LLP in Vancouver and currently Vice President of the Vancouver Association of
Law Libraries.