As always here's the Editorial & TOC..A huge couple of weeks for new information, articles and product.
Editorial
It?s been the busiest two weeks for articles, comments and opinions on the legal information market that we can remember in quite some time.
And two published pieces stand out especially for us this issue.
Graham Greenleaf of Austlii has published the following article to The European Journal of Law And Technology ?which outlines the development of the Lii network and what it means to the international legal community.
THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT OF FREE ACCESS TO LEGAL INFORMATION
Graham Greenleaf [1] Cite as Greenleaf G., ?The Global development of free access to legal information?, in European Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2010.
As we all know the Lii network has operated to varying degrees of success around the world over the last dozen or so years.
It?s not always perfect but it has shown the way for others .
All we can hope is that the current deficit crises popping up all over the world don?t affect government funding of the service(s)
18 months back the Australian Lii group had a funding crisis and were saved at the 11th hour by a combination of private and public support.
We suggest that any of the Lii groups that rely solely on public sector support, start talking to the private sector as soon as possible to ensure current and future funding.
And dare we say it. They should speak to the private sector with regard not just to funding but also to learn how to make their content distribution and management sync better with the needs of the private sector. In HOB?s august mind this would allow Lii?s to generate a degree private sector revenue thus making themselves less reliant on funding as they move forward.
In our perfect world we see the Lii?s working together to create an international private sector office that starts to work with and solicit revenue from law firms and in house. ?
And then ?the big if.. talking to an established publisher about joining hands to deliver an even better service than they do. We have a publisher in mind ..can you guess ?
The other article / post ??wa want to mention appeared on LLRX. Last week
Entitled the Knowledge Discovery Resources 2010 - An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation and written by author & researcher ?Marcus P. Zillman . Less of an article and more of a collection of links he?s created an extremely detailed compilation ?dedicated to the latest and most competent resources for knowledge discovery available over the Internet.
He writes?The key is to be able to find the important knowledge discovery resources and sites both in the visible and invisible World Wide Web. The following selected knowledge discovery resources and sites offer excellent knowledge and information discovery sources to help you accomplish your research goals.
There are literally another 30 odd articles we?d like to mention in this editorial but we?ve run out of space. So please do take a close look at our TOC otherwise you may miss something..
As always ?Best wishes Sean Hocking ??LLN
Legal KM News
LLRX - Knowledge Discovery Resources 2010 - An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation
Article: Libraries and KM: Can't We All Just Get Along?? <http://www.geeklawblog.com/2010/04/libraries-and-km-cant-we-all-just-get.html>
Article/ SLAW: The Evolution of Law-Related Knowledge Management in North America ? Opportunities for Law Librarians <http://www.slaw.ca/2010/05/11/km-opportunities-for-law-librarians/>
Article: Catalog Content Not People
Article: WAR OF THE WORLDS: LIBRARIANS AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGERS FIGHT IT OUT
Article: LPO and the Great Recession
Blog Article : Content Catalysts / Above & Beyond KM Blog
Blog Article: Egli & Sommerlad on Wiki for Law Firms
Blog Article: The corporate-professional spectrum: law firms, KM and the future
Blog Article: The Evolution of Law-Related Knowledge Management in North America ? Opportunities for Law Librarians
Blog Article: Librarians vs Knowledge Managers
Blog Article: Are You Creating Value
Blog Article: "LPO AND THE GREAT RECESSION" -- Evalueserve Forecasts Continued Rapid Growth of Legal Outsourcing/Off-Shoring Sector
Blog Post: Ten principles of knowledge management, by Thomas Davenport
Blog Post: Metadata still a threat to law firms
Blog Post: Chesapeake Project Study on ?Link Rot? And Legal Resources on the Web ?(SLAW)
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Legal Publishing / Product & Market News
Article: Offshore "Information Factories" in Legal Publishing
Article: Thomson Reuters first-quarter profit beats
Article: AALL Magazine Article on Launch of Westlaw Next (pdf)
Article: Thomson Reuters Legal COO on New Philippine Office: "it's not legal outsourcing. We're hiring and training them as our employees"
Articles Referencing Sarah Glassmeyer?s Legal Publishers Consolidation
Obituary: Margaret Banks ? Canadian Law Librarian
Press Release: LexisNexis UK Enterprise Solutions Launches ?Managed Services? Offering
TR Westlaw Debut Their ?Legal Current Podcast
LexisNexis and State Net Expand Alliance
LexisNexis Launches Law Campus - a new free online legal resource for students and academics
David S. Mao Appointed as First Deputy Law Librarian of Congress
Two Impressive Resource Guides from the American Society of International Law
Westlaw Blog Gets All Touchy Feely
Bloggers are talking ? and we?re listening
New Publishing Director At Bloomsbury
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Deputy Blawg
Article: Apple iPad Sales Pass 1 Million Mark; iBooks Not Flying Off Shelves
Article: Virtual Practices benefits from upsurge in ?virtual? and technology-based law firm start-ups
Article ? The New Lawyer: The iPad set to solve 'mega-litigation' problem
Blog Post: New Google Results Page
New Blog: LPO Savvy
New Blog: Mattern & Associates launches Mattern of Fact blog: useful best practices information about law firm operations and cost recovery
Press Release: Facebook App for FeedBlitz!
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Trawling
Article ? SLAW: Free Online Legal Research: Lesser Known Links to Amaze Even the Most Experienced Researcher
Article: Google Voice and Why Attorneys Should Know About It
Article: Legal Scholarship Is Dead
Tweets & Twits
Article: Great thoughts and links from the gang at Recommind ?on the legal issues around Twitter.
Blog Post: Tweets Are Almost the New Quotes <
Some Tweets From the last couple of weeks
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Law Librarians, Legal KM & Legal Publishing Jobs Board
AUSTRALIA
Reference Librarian ? Freehills Brisbane
Knowledge Consultant
CANADA
Lawyer, Knowledge Management, 3-7 years- Montreal
REST OF WORLD
LAW LIBRARIAN ADVISOR/MENTOR - IRAQ
UK / EUROPE
Legal Knowledge Management Manager (Channel Islands)
FINANCE PARALEGAL - KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT POSITION
Legal Officer Geneva
USA
AALL - Satellite Librarian
Reference Librarian - Information Specialist
Law School Publishing Rep
Sr. Director, Westlaw Deposition Services- San Francisco, CA or Eagan, MN <http://postjobsnow.com/2010/05/sr-director-westlaw-deposition-services-san-francisco-ca-or-eagan-mn/>
Reference Librarian - Law Firm Los Angeles
Publishing Intern (Legal Editorial Operations - Codes) - Cleveland, OH Job
Summer Intern-Legal Publishing Company (berkeley)
Reference Librarian/Empirical Research Specialist, Fordham Law School Library
Knowledge Management Content Coordinator, New York
Leading Publishing Company Seeks News Editor for Law.Com (Financial District)
Research/Faculty Services Law Librarian
Reference Librarian Florida A&M University
Assistant Law Librarian for Collections, Outreach and Services Library Of Congress - Washington, DC
Research Analyst - DC office
Legal Newsletter / Website Publisher (Washington, DC Area)
Lexis Nexis Tele Account Executive CL Full Time
Program Manager for Legal Document and Knowledge Management
Head of Reference William Mitchell College of Law
REFERENCE LIBRARIAN/LEGAL RESEARCH INSTRUCTOR
ASSISTANT LAW LIBRARIAN ?CALIFORNIA JUDICIAL CENTER LIBRARY
New Products & Publications
Kluwer Law International
Article Slaw: European Journal of Law and Technology
Simba Business Information Publisher
Conferences and Events
Third NetIKX meeting 2010 - IM / KM competencies ? past, present and future
CLSIG event: Behind the scenes guided tour at Westlaw (Hebden Bridge), Friday June 4
KM Legal 2010?
Review: USA 2010 Federal Law Librarians' Conference
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
THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT OF FREE ACCESS TO LEGAL INFORMATION
Graham Greenleaf [1] Cite as Greenleaf G., ?The Global development of free access to legal information?, in European Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2010.
?Scuse me Miss! What?s an Unreported Judgment??: Relating Graduate Attributes to Legal Research Skills in the Workplace. Ruth Talbot-Stokes, University of Newcastle
Legal Technology Insider News
Axxia DNA heads into the cloud
London - scurrilous gossip catch-up
Hitwise
Top 10 Business and Finance - Legal websites ranked by Visits - Month of March, 2010
Source: Experian Hitwise
Charon QC
Very much worth visiting his blog ?if you want to be informed and amused ?on all things to do with the recent election ? for example we were completely unaware of the following ?..
It gave me an absurd, almost surreal, amount of pleasure to read The Times leader this morning over a strong black coffee and learn that the current vice-president of the Lib-Dem ?federal executive ?is Brian Orrell, who used to play a cyberman in Dr Who.
