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There’s a saying that if you hear something once, it’s a fluke, twice is a trend, and if you hear it three times it’s a habit. I’ve now heard a similar tale being told by three different administrative groups in law firms when it comes to leveraging the skills of their librarians.
I saw this morning where Law.com was now available on the new Google Currents platform for Android and iOS devices. In checking out that news, I discovered that we could also add 3 Geeks and a Law Blog to the list of publishers available on Google Currents, so I jumped at the opportunity. Set up
In Kevin Miles’ article, “Library on a Credenza” [PDF], he talks about the “Deskbooks” (some refer to them as “Desk Copies”) that attorneys have on their credenza to help them in their day-to-day practice. Whenever most librarians I know speak of Deskbooks, they usually cringe and think of the giant hole in
I’ve had a rash of positive customer service experiences over the past couple of months and feel compelled to share them with you. We talk a lot on this blog about making your decisions (whether about a library’s collection, a marketing project, or fee pricing) in a client facing manner. My three experiences did exactly
I’m sure everyone’s heard of the discovery of the second earth, affectionately called Kepler 22b, located 600 light years away.
Everyone’s saying we will never see it in our life time.
Well, maybe not.
Any Steve Hawking fans out there? Remember his movie, A Brief History of Time and how he explained time travel?
And
Many of you have probably played Boardroom Bingo, Buzz-word Bingo, or maybe even Consultant-Speak Bingo… I thought I’d get your Friday started right with a friendly game of Twitter Bingo.
Take a look at the Bingo card below, and whip out your handy-dandy bingo marker (a dark highlighter will work, too) and mark off each
Last Sunday, I did my Christmas shopping in a half hour. Online, of course.
But if I had waited, I could have used Google Catalog, a just released app available for iPhones, iPads and Androids.
It is pretty cool, using some of the same functionality that Conde Naste was testing out with their
As much fun as I have talking shop about Thomson Reuters or LexisNexis on the blog… I also like to have some geeky fun with online resources like WolframAlpha. Today, I thought I’d walk through ten cool searches (some of them may actually be useful, too… but mostly they are just for fun.
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