LLRX.com - Communication Skills

Leadership & The Role of Information: Making The Creatively Informed Questioner

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:04:47 -0800

Stuart Basefsky supports the concept that the quintessential leader is an informed leader. However, effectively communicating and leveraging the power of information, in leadership roles, is subject to a range of interpretations that he discusses in this forward thinking series.

Reference From Coast to Coast: Reference Reciprocity – Part 2

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:39:42 -0800

Jan Bissett and Margi Heinen address the learning opportunities that arise when a research assignment involves unfamiliar issues or areas.

The Tao of Law Librarianship: Do-It-Yourself Professional Development, Part II

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 23:29:14 -0800

Connie Crosby relates the experiences of several colleagues whose career development paths led to opportunities to work in libraries abroad, and on projects that they may not have otherwise considered. Their stories highlight creative ways to develop professional credentials as well as to expand personal horizons.

Guide on the Side - Final Words: Delivering a Eulogy

Fri, 01 Feb 2002 00:00:00 -0800

Previous Articles by Marie Wallace

Marie Wallace has enjoyed a fulfilling career as a librarian, beginning in 1951 in academia with the University of California and transitioning in 1971 into the private law library world until her 1995 retirement from O'Melveny & Myers. She is the 1997 recipient of the American Association of Law Libraries' highest honor, the Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award. Throughout her professional life, Marie has been a guiding force in the Southern California Association of Law Libraries, Practising Law Institute's programs for law librarians and Teaching Legal Research in Private Law Libraries (TRIPLL).

Features - Ten Habits of Highly Effective E-mailers

Mon, 03 Dec 2001 00:00:00 -0800

Ten Habits of Highly Effective E-mailers

by Dennis Kennedy

Guide on the Side - Listen Up - Communications Depends on Learning to Listen

Tue, 04 Jul 2000 23:00:00 -0800

Listen Up: Communication Depends on Learning to Listen

By Marie Wallace

Reference from Coast to Coast - What Do You Communicate?

Wed, 14 Jul 1999 23:00:00 -0800

Reference from Coast to Coast:
Searches and Strategies

By Susan Siebers

Susan P. Siebers has been Director of Library and Information Services at Katten Muchin & Zavis for the past 20 years. She is just completing a 3-year term as Secretary of the American Association of Law Libraries.

Guide on the Side - A Communication Skill Suite: Speaking, Writing and Graphics

Sun, 31 May 1998 23:00:00 -0800

Guide on the Side

A Communication Skill Suite: Speaking, Writing and Graphics

By Marie Wallace

The Personal Information Trainer

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Stuart Basefsky documents how the Personal Information Trainer can become a unique employee benefit written into the employment contract of key individuals deemed to be essential to the success of a firm or institution. This concept is useful to human resource managers, libraries, and the institutions they serve. This article provides the fundamental concepts and constructs necessary to implement such a program with an emphasis on why and how this should be done.

The Art of Written Persuasion: Part V - Improve Your Vocabulary, Improve Your Success

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:54:11 -0800

Troy Simpson returns with this fifth article in the series, and investigates the link between having a good vocabulary [lawyers have a speaking acquaintance with around 23,000 words] and being a persuasive lawyer.

Re-Hashing the Hash Tag - Crowd Competition and Community Standards at the #AALL2009 Conference

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:48:47 -0800

Roger V. Skalbeck and Meg Kribble describe how the majority of social media activity during the 2009 AALL conference took place on Twitter, and how this technology impacts the profession and the free exchange of information, moving forward.

Marketing Yourself with Webinars

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:11:41 -0800

Attorney Wells H. Anderson recommends presenting periodic webinars as an effective, direct and efficient technique to attract new clients and professionals who refer business to you.

Proactive Leadership & The Role of Information: Identifying Strategic Networks of Information

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:59:54 -0800

Networking is supposed to be essential to successful leaders. But what is the importance of networking conceptually? People are only one form of this vital leadership resource. Stuart Basefksy explains how would one go about developing expanded networks of information and sources.

Through the Labyrinth: Real Answers on How Women Become Leaders

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:25:47 -0800

With considerable detail and insight, Diana Philip reviews a recent book that explores the concept of whether the “glass ceiling” still accurately describes the challenges women face to realize leadership aspirations. The book's authors examine leadership theories developed by multiple disciplines to explain what is holding women back from becoming leaders. They provide data from various studies on employment trends as well as insight gathered from interviews with women leaders to assess how true or false these theories apply to contemporary female workers.

The Art of Written Persuasion: From IRAC to FAILSAFE - A Compilation of Legal Problem-Solving Models

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:40:58 -0800

In his third article in the series, Troy Simpson focuses on "a process model of problem-solving that provides a useful framework, because it offers a systematic, non-random way of tackling problems."