Interesting discussion posted at the "On Firmer Ground" blog.
Renaming the Private Law Libraries Special Interest Section.
I've always wondered why we had "libraries" instead of "librarians" in our association names. I believe that our own association (Dallas Association of Law Librarians) is one of the few that does not have library in the title.
Showing posts with label Librarian Blogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Librarian Blogs. Show all posts
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Dewey B Strategic: A Big Week for a Small Company: Fastcase Partnering with HeinOnline and Releasing Topical Advance Sheets
Dewey B Strategic: A Big Week for a Small Company: Fastcase Partnering with HeinOnline and Releasing Topical Advance Sheets
Jean O'Grady cheers the partnership of Fastcase and HeinOnline.
Jean O'Grady cheers the partnership of Fastcase and HeinOnline.
Monday, January 28, 2013
More about ebooks
Evaluating eBooks in Law Libraries
Ellyssa Kroski, Manager of Information Systems, New York Law Institute
ekroski@nyli.org | http://www.nyli.org | http://www.ellyssakroski.com
Bess Reynolds, Technical Services Manager, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
breynolds@debevoise.com
The brief post describes the session that Kroski and Reynolds did for LLAGNY recently. The best part is that both speakers linked their SlideShare presentations to the post. I highly recommend going through both slide sets for a good overview of ebooks from both slightly different law library perspectives.
ekroski@nyli.org | http://www.nyli.org | http://www.ellyssakroski.com
Bess Reynolds, Technical Services Manager, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
breynolds@debevoise.com
The brief post describes the session that Kroski and Reynolds did for LLAGNY recently. The best part is that both speakers linked their SlideShare presentations to the post. I highly recommend going through both slide sets for a good overview of ebooks from both slightly different law library perspectives.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Employment and labor law
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Texas legislature in fiction
A post from our friends in the LRL library.
The Texas Legislature in Fiction
July 30, 2012
posted by TexasLRL in Interesting documents
While Texas and its people are a popular subject for fiction, rarely does the Texas Legislature take a starring role. The novels below, arranged alphabetically by author, represent a wide variety of genres and time periods, but are connected by their focus on Texas lawmakers, either as characters or as a major part of the setting. Some of these titles are available in the Legislative Reference Library's collection; the rest can be found in libraries throughout the state. (cont)
Friday, March 02, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Librarian recommended apps
Camille Reynolds, Director of Knowledge Management at Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott, LLP, posted "...a brief column on Librarian Recommended Apps for Lawyers (no subscription req'd) as part of the NOCALL's "Beyond the Shelves" series in the local publication The Recorder an ALM publication." - quote from her email to PLL-SIS listserv dated 1/10/2012.
Friday, December 30, 2011
A Few Tweets I'd Rather Not See in 2012
A Few Tweets I'd Rather Not See in 2012
Greg Lambert at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog details a few tweets and hash tags he'd rather not see in the coming year.
Greg Lambert at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog details a few tweets and hash tags he'd rather not see in the coming year.
Thursday, December 08, 2011
Texas Legislative Summaries now available
The House Research Organization (HRO), the Senate Research Center (SRC), and the Texas Legislative Council (TLC) have now published overviews of the session's accomplishments. Read more at the LRL's post titled 82nd Session Legislative Summaries.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Making Lemonade Out of Lemons
Last week I read Lora Kloth's post on SLA's Future Ready 365 blog titled, Know Thyself and Drink Lemonade and it inspired me to write today's blog entry for DALL.
Like Kloth three years ago my position as a Library Specialist at a global law firm came to an abrupt end. I had mixed feelings of frustration, anxiety, depression and fear because it was during that time our economy was going through chaos due to the economic crisis. Though I was out of work, it allowed me to focus on my studies full-time during the semester.
After being unemployed for six months, I was offered and accepted a position as a Librarian I at a local community college campus in the Dallas area. I saw it as opportunity to learn a different realm of librarianship, particularly in academia. Even though it is considered a community college library, we are open to the public too. With my background in the legal field, I contributed to the staff on collection development in selecting resources in the main collection. I was able to teach students about information literacy who were not familiar with library information and resources for their studies using the catalog and databases along with understanding bibliographic citations for their research paper.
During my time with the college, I still kept in touch with DALL members and attended some events. While I was at a DALL luncheon earlier this year, it really hit me that I really missed working in the legal field. I believe my true calling is to work in the law librarian profession. Therefore, I began to attend more events, was nominated and accepted the position as Treasurer of DALL joining the Executive Board for the 2011-2012 year. In addition, I began to published entries for our organization's blog, utilizing my LinkedIn account to stay connected with others in the profession and established a Twitter account to stay on top of news, trends and updates in the legal, technology, knowledge management and competitive intelligence field.
As I think back on the past few years, at one time I saw myself as a failure due to the lost of my job. However, my current position gave me a boost of confidence, realizing I can work as a competent, efficient information professional. I soon realized that I wanted to come back to the legal profession and began to reinvent myself by becoming more involve in my organization.
"When life hands you lemons, make lemonade," in life we go through experiences that can shake our world. You question yourself and self-doubt looms over you with mixed emotions. Nonetheless, we can change our mindset by making a positive out of a negative and running this every changing marathon race called Life.
Like Kloth three years ago my position as a Library Specialist at a global law firm came to an abrupt end. I had mixed feelings of frustration, anxiety, depression and fear because it was during that time our economy was going through chaos due to the economic crisis. Though I was out of work, it allowed me to focus on my studies full-time during the semester.
After being unemployed for six months, I was offered and accepted a position as a Librarian I at a local community college campus in the Dallas area. I saw it as opportunity to learn a different realm of librarianship, particularly in academia. Even though it is considered a community college library, we are open to the public too. With my background in the legal field, I contributed to the staff on collection development in selecting resources in the main collection. I was able to teach students about information literacy who were not familiar with library information and resources for their studies using the catalog and databases along with understanding bibliographic citations for their research paper.
During my time with the college, I still kept in touch with DALL members and attended some events. While I was at a DALL luncheon earlier this year, it really hit me that I really missed working in the legal field. I believe my true calling is to work in the law librarian profession. Therefore, I began to attend more events, was nominated and accepted the position as Treasurer of DALL joining the Executive Board for the 2011-2012 year. In addition, I began to published entries for our organization's blog, utilizing my LinkedIn account to stay connected with others in the profession and established a Twitter account to stay on top of news, trends and updates in the legal, technology, knowledge management and competitive intelligence field.
As I think back on the past few years, at one time I saw myself as a failure due to the lost of my job. However, my current position gave me a boost of confidence, realizing I can work as a competent, efficient information professional. I soon realized that I wanted to come back to the legal profession and began to reinvent myself by becoming more involve in my organization.
"When life hands you lemons, make lemonade," in life we go through experiences that can shake our world. You question yourself and self-doubt looms over you with mixed emotions. Nonetheless, we can change our mindset by making a positive out of a negative and running this every changing marathon race called Life.
Monday, November 21, 2011
The Value of Information Professionals- DALL Perspective
After reading Laura Cullerton's article on valuing information professionals, I recognized similar qualities and actions we have, even though she's a librarian at a nursing school. Like Laura, we are definitely future ready by saving our users time in a high technology world.
As an information expert, she can locate information in the library databases quicker than faculty and administration. Knowledge managers, legal information specialists, researchers are more familiar with the different array of databases and sources than attorneys, marketing and business development departments. Therefore, they rely on us to retrieve accurate information
and we are able to save money without risky high cost research from a user who is not familiar with the flat rate plans.
When we are unable to locate information quickly, we have the DALL listserv and can quickly email our colleagues for assistance. In addition, we have access to local law schools who can offer inter-library loans or public libraries that have a legal collection of sources without relying on a client-matter number.
By being associated with local and national library organizations and associations, we are aware of trends and issues in our profession. By staying active in an organization, being proactive members is a way of saving time.
Not necessarily I call it retention, however, with a positive experience, legal, marketing and business development users will use the library more often. Thus, becoming less stressful and not full of anxiety on their part.
Note: The Value of Information Professionals by Laura Cullerton, Information Specialist and is a member of the Medical Library Association, Colorado Council Medical Librarians, Special Library Assocation and etc.
As an information expert, she can locate information in the library databases quicker than faculty and administration. Knowledge managers, legal information specialists, researchers are more familiar with the different array of databases and sources than attorneys, marketing and business development departments. Therefore, they rely on us to retrieve accurate information
and we are able to save money without risky high cost research from a user who is not familiar with the flat rate plans.
When we are unable to locate information quickly, we have the DALL listserv and can quickly email our colleagues for assistance. In addition, we have access to local law schools who can offer inter-library loans or public libraries that have a legal collection of sources without relying on a client-matter number.
By being associated with local and national library organizations and associations, we are aware of trends and issues in our profession. By staying active in an organization, being proactive members is a way of saving time.
Not necessarily I call it retention, however, with a positive experience, legal, marketing and business development users will use the library more often. Thus, becoming less stressful and not full of anxiety on their part.
Note: The Value of Information Professionals by Laura Cullerton, Information Specialist and is a member of the Medical Library Association, Colorado Council Medical Librarians, Special Library Assocation and etc.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Mobil blog
I have enabled a mobile view for Lex Scripta and tested it on my iPhone. If you have internet access on your mobile phone, give it a test and let me know by commenting on this post. Please include which type of phone (examples: iPhone, Blackberry, Android) you have. You may comment anonymously if you wish.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Blast from the past - a look at THOMAS
There's an interesting post on the In Custodia Legis blog with memos outlining the original THOMAS. Can you remember a time before THOMAS for federal legislative research?
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Out of the Jungle: Johns Hopkins To Close Its Medical Library
Out of the Jungle: Johns Hopkins To Close Its Medical Library
Marie S. Newman posted on the Out of the Jungle blog regarding the decision of Johns Hopkins to close their medical library. It appears that the librarians are already being embedded in departments, and staff is not being reduced. The fate of the physical building has not been decided.
Marie S. Newman posted on the Out of the Jungle blog regarding the decision of Johns Hopkins to close their medical library. It appears that the librarians are already being embedded in departments, and staff is not being reduced. The fate of the physical building has not been decided.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
How much does your online vendor know about...
This Law Library Blog post includes a snippet from the original post by Jason Wilson's post, "What does {choose one: Westlaw, Lexis, Loislaw, Fastcase, Casemaker} know about you?" The LLB post also refers back to an earlier post about online activities being tracked. Interesting food for thought.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Update on Caren Biberman post and AALL
Caren Biberman just posted an update to her post regarding AALL not allowing extra time for program proposals for the 2012 conference. See the previous Lex Scripta post with links to posts on this topic.
AALL - recent observations
Contemplating “RIP AALL” Ahead of Boston 2012: Muster of the Minutemen (and Minutewomen)
Joe Hodnicki
Law Librarian Blog
August 31, 2011
Hodnicki starts his post with the provocative statement, "As an organization of institutional buyers, AALL is on the verge of becoming irrelevant."
and
So what that there was a Hurricane and Earthquake--Adherence is More Important
Caren Biberman
Law Librarian Blog
August 30, 2011
Biberman makes a public her plea to AALL to extend the program submission deadline due to the recent earthquake and flooding on the east coast.
Joe Hodnicki
Law Librarian Blog
August 31, 2011
Hodnicki starts his post with the provocative statement, "As an organization of institutional buyers, AALL is on the verge of becoming irrelevant."
and
So what that there was a Hurricane and Earthquake--Adherence is More Important
Caren Biberman
Law Librarian Blog
August 30, 2011
Biberman makes a public her plea to AALL to extend the program submission deadline due to the recent earthquake and flooding on the east coast.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Changes to AALL listservs
Greg Lambert does a really good job explaining the new eGroups in AALLNET in this post on 3 Geeks and a Law Blog.
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Texas Session Laws - 82nd Regular Session
Brief post from the Legislative Reference Library of Texas blog regarding finding session laws and signed bill copies from the recent regular session of the Legislature.
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