Sentences with phrase «of law firm libraries»

Close to half of the libraries in the sample have decreased the size of the library within the past five years, and more than half of the law firm libraries have done so.

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.

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

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.

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

Not exact matches

«One example is a public library with Xerox machines,» says David Duncan of Zalkind, Rodrigues, Lunt & Duncan, a Boston law firm.

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.

Interesting to me about these measures, and the arguments recited in opposition to them, are the parallels we see in discussions about funding of other libraries: law firm, university, public.

I run the library of a Vancouver law firm so my «go to» libraries (as you might expect) are the B.C. Courthouse Libraries and the University of British Columbia's Law Libralaw firm so my «go to» libraries (as you might expect) are the B.C. Courthouse Libraries and the University of British Columbia's Lawlibraries (as you might expect) are the B.C. Courthouse Libraries and the University of British Columbia's LawLibraries and the University of British Columbia's Law LibraLaw Library.

vLex Canada, a professional grade suite of tools and services for lawyers, together with support for library, law society and firm - wide implementation.

Nevertheless, some questions, and I suspect many of those being answered by law firms or for which people go to a library for help will remain resistant to these tools.

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.

This only stands to reason: our courthouse libraries are the oldest law libraries in the country; they were developing extensive collections of Canadian and English law long before any of today's law firms and law schools had been founded.

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.

CAIJ, the Centre d'accès à l'information juridique (the network of courthouse law libraries associated with the Québec Bar Association), has signed resource sharing agreements with many major law firms in Québec that make their legal commentary freely available on the organization's website.

I am therefore thankful that Amanda Brooks has kindly shared her experiences as a Conflicts Information Specialist in a Canadian law firm over on the INALJ («I need a library job») website in the blog post A Day in the Life of a Conflicts Information Specialist.

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.

Here is a brief update: Colleague Katherine Thompson at my firm has compiled an internal list — with hypertext links — of all the Canadian e-books we have access to at our firm from LexisNexis Quicklaw, WestlaweCARSWELL, Carswell's e-reference library, CCH Online and Canada Law Book.

This is good news, and here's why: law firms that can deliver value through competitive advantage are the law firms of the future — and leveraging library services is integral to that value.

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.&raqLaw 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.&raqlaw firm library is no longer a «place» and the librarians who staff them not «keepers of books.»

It will separate you from the herds of firms who are probably posting pictures of themselves standing in front of a law library.

All of this has, of course, got me excited and thinking even more about how these concepts should be applied to our work, whether it be administrating a law firm, a law library, a law faculty, or teaching legal research.

Given that law libraries, whether academic, courthouse or private law firm, are constantly under space pressures, does this mean that we should be discarding the other 80 - 94 % of the collection and using the space for something else?

One of the most effective initial steps law firm leaders can take to strategically deliver value is to centralize their library services.

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.

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In the April 20123 issue of Spectrum, the American Association of Law Libraries» monthly magazine, I read the article «Law Firm Changes Offer Opportunities for Libraries» by Sarah Sutherland with great interest.

But most of these were smaller libraries in law firms and courthouses: most Canadian academic law libraries never did adopt KF Modified, and some of those who did have recently given it up, reverting to unmodified Library of Congress Classification, using KE for their Canadian law holdings.

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?

For example, the use of online forms for auto - generating legal documents or for client intake, searchable and linkable law and file libraries, referral databases and other tools through the VLO may allow for the firm to avoid having to reinvent the wheel with each new online client.

Every week, I receive calls from law firm and courthouse librarians, asking if our library will take the historical collections they are being asked to dispose of.

I have been interested to learn a bit lately about why law firms evolved as they did, noting the degree to which joint ownership of libraries, including case law and subscriptions, may have been a factor.

While the typical physical law library is indeed becoming smaller, it brings to the law firm value beyond simply being a repository of tangible research material; as the librarian, that's reward enough for me.

In cooperation with Texas Bar CLE, TYLA created a library of short video presentations by some of the state's best - known experts on key points of law, firm - building, tactics and personal development.

The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) which many law firms belong to jointly produced a white paper in October 2012 entitled The New LibrariLaw Libraries (AALL) and the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) which many law firms belong to jointly produced a white paper in October 2012 entitled The New Librarilaw firms belong to jointly produced a white paper in October 2012 entitled The New Librarian.

Libraries, other cultural heritage institutions as well as law firms, governments and a variety of organizations are all faced with signing various license agreements... [more]

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.

The traditional law firm is a collection of sole practices and small firms that hang out together under the same letterhead and share a library and kitchen, delivering legal services through the ongoing application of lawyers» efforts.

Libraries, other cultural heritage institutions as well as law firms, governments and a variety of organizations are all faced with signing various license agreements for the use of digital content.

If you're not an Ontario lawyer, the O.R.'s are a case law reporter published by the Law Society of Upper Canada (which is something that most law firms will have in their librarielaw reporter published by the Law Society of Upper Canada (which is something that most law firms will have in their librarieLaw Society of Upper Canada (which is something that most law firms will have in their librarielaw firms will have in their libraries).

Yet, except for reduction of on - site libraries and excessive filing, many firms still operate under a traditional law firm office concept that has changed very little since the 1980's.

There are a number of articles about how libraries can be part of law firm - wide Knowledge Management projects and initiatives.

One library or KM use of wikis in law firms that I think would be interesting to try is a research wiki for associates.

Since many law firms have no librarian, the comment in the podcast (paraphrased) about placing library content decisions in the purchasing department, if no - one is adding value to the content, is actually probably a fair statement of what's actually happening in most law firms.

In a law firm, the library and the librarians are an integral part of the firm's practice.

Sarah Sutherland is the manager of library services in Vancouver for a national law firm.

The law library team at my firm spends a good chunk of time monitoring legislation.