All the usual shenanigans ….
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Editorial
In this issue we learn that T.Westlaw have a new head honcho in the UK. Read the press release and platitudes in our lead story in the publishing section.
Also it seems to be the month for website re-jigs in the States. Both Law.com and Hein online have had a play with their interfaces. As a subscriber you may well notice the difference (tell us if you do). As an outsider we?re at a bit of a loss to say much about the changes if indeed there are any.
A couple of interesting blog articles on Legal KM which take a look at some of the issues raised at the recent Ark KM conference. It appears some that there?s a point of confusion between the terms ?Knowledge Management? and ?Client Services? by a number of the presenters at the conference.
Legal Geek Blog write in their post: You Can Call It Knowledge Management If That Makes You Feel Better About Yourself
The biggest problem with KM in a law firm seems to be the fact that those creating the knowledge (aka attorneys) either have to actively participate in the KM process, or allow for some type of automation in the KM process. Unfortunately, the attorneys seem to neither want to?actively?participate, nor do they want their information/knowledge to be automatically captured. This makes for a tough position for KM to be in.
This is an old story with law firms. In the days when we all called them libraries back in the 20th century LLN remembers many librarians saying the same things about the attitudes of partners who after attending a couple of workshops on legal content management became instant experts on how libraries should be run and managed and of course ?budgeted?.
Things haven?t changed. In actual fact we think they are now worse for law librarians and KM?s because as there are more tech types, workshops and conference providers only too happy to bend the ear of willing partners who see technological magic bullets everywhere they look in order to help them get what they want.
In reality what they want can only be supplied by well educated and trained staff in their library, and we hasten to add, not the marketing department.
If LLN were around in 2065 which thank god we won?t be. We know that the same tussle between partners (probably COO?s by then) and library / KM managers will be rearing it?s ugly head.
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Legal KM News
Article: Flat KM
Blog Article: You Can Call It Knowledge Management If That Makes You Feel Better About Yourself
Blog Article: Westlaw & Lexis Go Mobile & Enter the Social Networking?World
Blog Article: Knowledge Management in Today?s Law?Firm
Press Release: AgentLegal, Inc. Partners With Nina Platt Consulting, Inc. to Extend Respective Product and Services Strengths
Press Release: Hein?s New Home Page
Publishing / Product & Market News
Insider To Head Up Core Legal At Thomson Reuters Legal UK
New Look & Feel For Law.com
New Justis Jamaican Cases Series Brings 2,000 Electronically Searchable Documents
Blog Article: TRI CEO Tom Glocer on 2010 3Q Financial Performance: “Boringly Positive” Trends; Just Plain Boring Cut-Back Print Spend & Wait-n-See WestlawNext Business as Usual in This Economy for Law Library Institutional Buyers
Press Release: LexisNexis Unveils New Look and Enhancements for lexis.com
Press Release: Informa plc to Use Viz App Framework to Bring its Leading Publications to Smart Phones and Tablets
Deputy Blawg
New Browser: Rockmelt
New Browser: Duck Duck Go
Trawling
Article / SLAW: More On the Future Of Looseleaf
Blog Post: Law Librarians: Double Degrees Again!
Blog Post: Library = Coffee + Food + WiFi (Books Optional)?
Blog Post / SLAW: A Custom Search Engine For Canadian Law Blogs
Blog Post : R Legal eBooks Available in Kindle Editions: Run with the pack strategy trumps claim of being “ahead of the curve”
Blog Article: A Modest Proposal on the Future of Legal Librarians
Newsletter: Latest Ed Of Internet Newsletter For Lawyers Published
Press Release: LexisNexis TotalPatent Becomes First Patent Research Service to Provide Direct Links to Elsevier Journal Abstracts
Twitter
Article: Twitter’s Legal Department Flies With Nontraditional Structure
Article: Twitter for Foreign, Comparative, and International Law (FCIL) Work
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Law Librarians, Legal KM & Legal Publishing Jobs Board
AUSTRALIA
Experienced Research Librarian – Parkes, ACT
UK / EUROPE
Senior Information Officer (permanent), Kennedys, London
Information Services Advisor x3
Information Officer
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USA
Washington DC Firm Law Firm Librarian
AALL – Reference & Training Librarian Crowell & Moring Washington, DC
Secretary III/D’Angelo Law Library Secretary University of Chicago
Legal Librarian Eagan, Large Data Publishing Company Eagan, MN
Sales Associate at New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
AALL – Librarian: Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn Detroit, MI
AALL – Head of Public Services Touro Law Center
Kluwer Portfolio Marketing Manager
Legal Knowledge Management Consultant
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CILIP
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2010-2011 Law Librarians Associations Conference Dateline
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Neil Cameron Consulting Group – taking care of business
IntApp and Frayman go to war (again) over ILTA statistics
Hitwise
Charon QC
Alan Shadrake faces Singapore jail term for criticising use of death penalty
Ditch legal aid for ?planes and trains?, chairman tells Bar conference
Law Review: BPP continues to expand with three new law?schools
