[Note: I had someone email me this to post, but needed to stay anonymous]
I read a great article in the ABA Journal entitled, Does It Pay to Hire a Law Firm Librarian? by Patrick Lamb. I though Lamb offered a very pertinent discussion about the future of law librarians and about staying relevant, particularly
Let’s face it… sometimes you just skim through those documents, websites, blogs or news articles because you just don’t have the time to digest it all. We all do it, but what if there were something that could help you skim through a document and quickly identify the key sentences for you? I ran across
As many of you probably know by now, there was a shake-up at the Thomson Reuters Legal (West) Library Relations Team where about half of the team was laid off. The changes at TR Legal went well beyond this specific team, but since many of us personally know some of the team, it was this transition that
Dealing with vendors isn’t always a bad experience… but we all have our horror stories. This week we’ve asked our group of contributors to share a few of those, or to share some positive experiences as examples for other vendors to learn from.
Without Naming Names (unless you want to…) What drives you crazy when
When it comes to solving a problem, do you color inside or outside the lines? Do you fall back on how similar problems have been treated before, or do you take a fresh look at what might prevent it from happening again?
[Guest Blogger – Janice Henderson]
Shocking news has occurred with the West Librarian Relations Management (LRM) team with major layoffs. This was the second round of layoffs for the West LRM in less than a year. According to insiders, long time colleagues: Mark Schwartz (Director), Elaine Lee, Craig Griffith, Michelle Lucero and Erika Beck
Seeing Lisa’s post last night discussing lawyers being timid about putting their contacts on LinkedIn made me think of another story that I’ve heard lately. In fact, I’ve heard it so often, from different people, that I think it may actually qualify as an “urban legend.” Okay… stop me if you’ve already heard this one:
Well, it doesn’t happen often, but it does happen… Seems that Westlaw is down this morning. A system-wide failure that apparently effected Westlaw, WestlawNext, Saegis, Monitor Suite, Quickview and MyAccount. Hmmm… maybe the “bunker” in Eagan doesn’t work as promised??