On February 17, 2011 I launched Dewey B Strategic with a post entitled “Vendor Sourcing: Thinking the unthinkable as a strategic alternative to outsourcing.” It is hard for me to believe that 5 years have passed. I may not have had any readers that day, except for the generosity of Greg Lambert of Three Geeks and a
For the last two years the Start/Stop survey has generated some terrific insights into trends and triumphs shared by readers of this blog. Here are links to the 2013 and 2014 results. The 2015-16 Start Stop Survey is now open.
Privacy
For the second time in 2015, The United States Supreme Court is relying on the advice of law librarians. (Ok they probably rely on the advice of the terrific team of the Supreme Court Librarians all the time — but in this post I am referring to advice coming from librarians working for other institutions).
Shake Out in Low Cost
Casey Flaherty, formerly, the GC of Kia Motors, made headlines in 2013 by developing a basic technology audit which he administered to outside law firms. Taking a page from Casey’s technology audit and AALL’s Principles and Standards for Legal Research Competencies, The Private Law Libraries and Information Professionals SIS of AALL has published a
This morning Fastcase released their 5th list of entrepreneurs, innovators and trailblazers:
Katheen Martin – who is currently the Circuit Court Librarian, Montgomery County Maryland and
President of the Maryland Law Library Association. Kate is beloved by the private law librarian community because when she was a Library Director at Morgan Lewis and PLL Chair
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The Private Law Librarians and Information Professionals
Special Interest Section of AALL has released two new Resource Guides on strategic planning and intranets. They also reissued a major revision of a previously published guide on internet research.The Guides are
free and available to law librarians and legal information professionals as
well as law firm administrators who