2014
was the first year since 2007 in which  the legal press began consistently
publishing optimistic news about the legal market. Law school enrollments are
still shrinking. Large law firms continue to combine into mega-firms. Law firm
support roles and ratios continue to evolve. In 2014 legal publishers began to
deliver products which help transform big data into analytics which offer the
promise of a  competitive advantage if lawyers and information
professionals can ask the right questions.

The Most Popular Post on Dewey B Strategic was posted only 3 weeks
ago and it shot to the top of the list:

It Takes More Than a Dumpster to Build
A Digital Law Library: 12 Critical Components For Digital Law Library
Transformations  December 10th.

My personal favorite  was the most popular post until it was surpassed by the “Dumpster” post on December 11th. It is a comic nostalgia piece:

 Martindale Hubbell: Another
Legal Icon Bites the Dust. But It Was Once Worth Its Weight in Gold (and Held
for Ransom)  January 9th.

Here are the remaining 8 most popular Dewey B Strategic posts of
2014 in chronological order: 

ALM Law Firm Support Staffing Report:
Optimizing Staff Ratios & Increased Demand for Analytical Skills .  March
25th 

Law Librarians in the Digital Age: New
Identities Beyond the Bookshelves. April 13th 

“Putting
A Value On Priceless”: New Study Reports that Librarians Deliver ROI of
$5.43 Per Dollar Invested . April 16th 

Black’s Law
Dictionary 10th Edition: Making Everything Old New Again. Why Legal
Dictionaries Still Matter. May 9th 

American Lawyer Media Sold: What Does
This Mean for the Journalism of Law and Personality? June 5th.
 

ALM Legal Intelligence 2014 Law
Librarian Survey Trends: Embedding, CI, KM, Sole Providers .July
29th  

 Law Firm Space Planning as a Knowledge
Management Strategy. July 31st

Ravel Law:Legal Research Radically
Reimagined. August 27th