Latest Ed of LLN/eu No.172 Now Out

We’re just about to send out the latest edition of Law Librarians News / excited utterances .. No.172

Here’s the TOC for those of you who are interested….

 

Editorial

excited utterances

News
Smart People: New Online Magazine Launched
KMWorld 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management

Item of Interest
Map of Knowledge

Articles
I Want My Web 2.0
Are You Worth It? What Return on Investment Can and Can’t Tell You About Your Library
Lexis and West are Losing Money? Oh My!
Technology Changes Law Firm Management
Legal Outsourcing – Politically Correct? Or Politically Incorrect?
Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide

White Papers and Surveys
Knowledge Workers and Knowledge Work Report

Books

Business Process Management – Insights and Practices for Sustained Transformation

LLN News Stories

PDF of Doctoral Thesis Available: A Study of Lawyers’ Information Behaviour Leading to the Development of Two Methods for Evaluating Electronic Resources
Informa Head For That “Clean” Alpine Air
Westlaw’s New Securities-UK Centre
Aspen Publishers, Modality, Release Law in a Flash Law School Flashcard Series for the Apple iPhone® and iPod touch® Digital, customizable flash card series now available exclusively at the Apple App Store

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

Informal Legal Encyclopedias Poll Of UK Law Librarians

Conferences and Events

  • BIALL
  • CILIP
  • KM Australia
  • Canadian Association of Law Libraries Conference
  • Second Annual Law Firm KM Conference Sydney, Australia
  • Special Libraries Legal Division Washington, DC
  • American Association of Law Librarians -Web 2.0: Driving Innovation in the Law Firm Library

Hitwise
Business and Finance – Legal » All UK sites » Monthly rankings for the month of April, 2009 » Ranks by ‘Visits’

Charon QC
Lawcast 132: Colombia is a dangerous place for human rights lawyers and defenders.

Blogs Du Jour

  • Unhub.
  • Website: Legal Information Systems & legal Informatics Resources
  • Twitter Justia.Com’s Legal Birds
  • Article: List of Law Schools Now using Twitter

Trawling

  • Article: WILL THE 2009 LEGAL INDUSTRY TREND BE THE VIRTUAL OFFICE?
  • Article: WEB WATCH: Get Your Free Case Law / By Robert J. Ambrogi
  • Article: National Law Journal relaunches with deeper DC coverage
  • Blog Article: Law firm websites dead as a firm’s primary Internet marketing tool?
  • Blog Articles Linked In Lawyer: This Week’s LinkedIn Lawyer "Top Tweets" – May Day Edition
  • Lawyers Exploring Twitter Communities
  • Do Lawyers Have Good Facebook Manners
  • Blog Article: 100 Tweets: Thinking About Law Practice in 140 Characters or Less.
  • Blog Article: Networking through the Internet : It’s back to the future for good lawyers and law firms
  • Blog Article: Law firm web strategies: some thoughts after 10,000 pages of OUT-LAW
  • Linked In Discussion: Is Nolo press An Innovator A Threat Or Just A Nuisance
  • Resources List: Legal Information Systems & legal Informatics Resources: Information Behaviour (Selected)
  • Thomson: Q.1 2009 Results Thomson Reuters Q1 profit beats, growth slows
  • Webcast: Webcast interview of Professor Richard Susskind on “The End Of Lawyers”

Legal Technology Insider News
Autonomy adds ‘who knows what’ capability to iManage search
And another little bit of legal history goes down the drain

Law Librarians, Legal KM & Legal Publishing Jobs Board

Law Librarians Of Leisure – Articles & Job Posts

UK / EUROPE
Library Manager
Legal Knowhow Content Developer – Contract
Temporary information professional required – 3 months full time
USA
Telephonic Account Manager – Dayton, OH
US Legal Sales Professionals
Law Center Archivist, Georgetown Law Library

New & Forthcoming Titles / Products

Kluwer
Ashgate
Hein
Informa
Simba Information