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Business not as usual really.
It looks to us (from a distance) that the legal market in general is taking the knife to their legal database subscriptions through various methodologies.
We?ve seen the US law firm who are further training their staff to become far more efficient with their searches so that wastage in absolutely minimal. We?ve seen discussions about public legal libraries consolidating physically and online so as to end database duplication. Also have a look at our story of the Texas plaintiff appealing against a ruling that they can only file in court if they use LN?s online electronic filing service.
We?re sure there are a 1000 similar stories and decisions being made at law firms, govt depts. and other institutions to try and cut costs.. there goes the bottom line yet again. And now with further problems in Europe executives must be looking nervously at markets like Spain, Italy and other EU countries. The revenues aren?t huge compared to the US but at the moment every cent counts.
Plenty of KM stories in this newsletter as we have the latest issue of David Gurteen?s KM missive including the following pieces
How vunerable is our high-tech civilisation to black swans?
iPad danger: app v. web, consumer v. creator
Are You Using the Wrong Leadership Competencies?
Blogging and tweeting from the recent HKKMS Conference in Hong Kong
Thinking traps!
KM Event Highlights
And before we go we must mention Sarah Glassmeyer?s fabulous legal consolidation chart ( see the story in our legal publishing section .. a must read for everybody.
She writes:
Earlier this week, I saw a report about Thomson closing Banks-Baldwin?s Cleveland <http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2010/04/thomson-reuters-closes-banksbaldwin-cleveland-suburb-office.html> ?office. That got me thinking about all the mergers that have taken place in the legal information world over time and, being of the USA Today Infographic Generation, I was hoping that there would be a visual representation out there of them, similar to Marshall Breeding?s ILS merger chart <http://www.librarytechnology.org/automationhistory.pl?SID=20100421130065917> , so I could better understand what has happened.
There wasn?t. ??.So I made one. <http://create.ly/g8adae792>
Thankyou Sarah
Best wishes Sean Hocking ??LLN
Legal KM News
Gurteen Knowledge-Letter: Issue 118 - April 2010: Contents
1 Introduction to the April 2010 Knowledge Letter
2 Life is just about doing stuff!
3 Lectures, lecterns and bullshit
4 How vunerable is our high-tech civilisation to black swans?
5 iPad danger: app v. web, consumer v. creator
6 No more targets please!
7 Are You Using the Wrong Leadership Competencies?
8 Light the fire within!
9 Blogging and tweeting from the recent HKKMS Conference in Hong Kong
10 Thinking traps!
11 Conversational lessons from Jakarta
12 KM Event Highlights
13 Subscribing and Unsubscribing
14 The Gurteen Knowledge Letter
Academic Paper: Knowledge Management Systems: A Comparison of Law Firms and Consulting Firms
Article: Social media tactics are transforming corporate knowledge management
Article: Focus on the Present
Article: Open Source Law ? How Big a Savings?
Press Release: Kaplan EduNeering Announces the Appointment of Two Key Senior Management Positions
Press Release: DataCert Announces PassportTM, a Revolutionary New Technology Platform for the Legal Industry
Request For KM Speakers: Members of the ILTA KM Steering Committee are looking for speakers for the following sessions at this year's annual conference.
Legal Publishing / Product & Market News
Article: The Legal Publishers Consolidation Chart
Article: Plaintiff In Texas Sues Over Court Requiring LexisNexis for E-Filing
Article: Reed Elsevier to close 23 titles, including ?Construction Equipment,' ?Restaurants & Institutions
Article: Google unveils souped-up Google Docs for corporate use
Blog Article: Inefficient Westlaw Searches Causes One National Firm to Hold Mandatory Training for Associates <http://www.geeklawblog.com/2010/04/inefficient-westlaw-searches-causes-one.html>
New Group LILIConnect Created For Women Working In Legal Information
Thomson Reuters Closes Banks-Baldwin Cleveland Suburb Office
BNA Authors Win Nine Burton Awards for Legal Writing
Sweet & Maxwell Buys Shaw & Sons Publishers
Canadian Law Student Creates Free Search Engine
Justis UK?s Election Gift
West Up To Old Tricks Again
Thomson Reuters (West Pub.) Pulls Out Old Tricks - Unsolicited Shipments <http://www.geeklawblog.com/2010/04/thomson-reuters-west-pub-pull-out-old.html> .
LexisNexis UK Unites Software Businesses to Form LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions
Law Library Named in Honor of Former Connecticut Governor
I Mirus To Create Apps For Publishing Industry
Deputy Blawg
Blog Post: SLAW ?New Look for Ontario E-Laws Website <http://www.slaw.ca/2010/04/21/new-look-for-ontario-e-laws-website/>
New Blogs: Legal IPads Ahoy !
Podcast: The Justice Room USA)
Podcast :MCSOL 1L Legal Research Channel
Podcast: The Law School Podcaster
Website: Malaysian Legal and Tax Information Centre
Trawling
Article: Legal Publishing, Part 3: Semantic Future
Article: Oxford University Press and the "Anti Google" <http://personanondata.blogspot.com/2010/04/oxford-university-press-and-anti-google.html>
Article LLRX: From the Law Firm Library Trenches: A Conversation Between Two Veterans
Article: Here comes the LPO tsumani
Blog Post: WestLaw Next Videos <http://gallagherlawlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/04/westlaw-next-videos.html>
News: Reed Elsevier to close 23 titles, including ?Construction Equipment,? ?Restaurants & Institutions?
Review LLRX: The Odd Couple: SharePoint and Librarians
Video Feeds: Video Feeds from the House Floor (USA House of Reps)
Tweets & Twits
Article: The Details Of Twitter?s Ad Model
Article: Williams On Why Twitter Is Launching Its Own Apps
Blog Post: Twitter gets archived ? at the Library of Congress <http://www.slaw.ca/2010/04/14/twitter-gets-archived-at-the-library-of-congress/>
New Twitter ? Lexis Nexis Canada Now Twittering
Press Release: West Our first app for the Droid
Law Librarians, Legal KM & Legal Publishing Jobs Board
AUSTRALIA
Team Leader ? Legal Publishing
Clayton Utz in Perth has the following part time vacancy for an Information Technician:
REST OF WORLD
Information Assistant
UK / EUROPE
Mills & Reeve is looking for a full time Library & Information Services Assistant
A Director of Knowledge Management is required for a position based in London
Legal KM Manager ?60,000 to ?75,000
USA
National Account Manager - Westlaw Business Job
REFERENCE LIBRARIAN (OPS)
Writer Analyst - Wolters Kluwer - Riverwoods, IL
Legal Newsletter / Website Publisher (Washington, DC Area)
Fordham Law School Library Seeking a Reference Librarian/Empirical Research Specialist REFERENCE LIBRARIAN ?(TEMPORARY) ?BUSINESS/LITIAGATION, New York City
New Mexico Supreme Court Law Librarian
Librarian for Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Harvard University Location: Cambridge, MA
HEAD OF REFERENCE William Mitchell College of Law St Paul, MN
Reference Librarian ?University of San Diego?s Legal Research Center
AALL - Reference Librarian/Legal Research Instructor
Assistant Law Librarian For Collections Outreach and Services
REFERENCE LIBRARIAN - Ginn Library, The Fletcher School
Legal Training Manager
Research/Faculty Services Law Librarian
Director of Publishing
Technical Services Analyst
New Products & Publications
Kluwer Law International
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Conferences and Events
Leading Conference & Workshop Providers
2010 Law Librarians Associations Conference Dateline
Features / Vendor Articles
In our new section vendor articles/features we will feature pieces written by employees at legal publishing, legal technology, legal KM ?and ?legal web 2.0 companies. If articles have been paid for we will always let you know
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Legal Technology Insider News
Upcoming UK events for your diaries
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Hitwise
Top 10 Business and Finance - Legal websites ranked by Visits - Month of March, 2010
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Charon QC
Scots Law Society boss rejects members? decision over ?Tesco law?
The Law Society Gazette reports: CPS slows recruitment of in-house Crown advocates.
BSB launches survey on the future of the profession
