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SharePoint, Training Not Required

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:00:02 -0700

Lorette Weldon's research has identified that librarians are using SharePoint in the corporate, government, and non-profit sectors. She expertly identifies and illustrates how to leverage the power of this application through an understanding of the site templates that Microsoft bundles in SharePoint "out-of-the-box". These templates are based on social networking abilities and not program coding. Through "plug and play" efforts librarians can find the features in SharePoint that will assist them in managing their multifaceted "collections."

Development of a SharePoint Site

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:07:26 -0700

Lorette S.J. Weldon continues her series with a discussion on how to interpret and document the requirements of an organization or a specific department in order to develop a successful SharePoint site.

For the New Law Firm Librarian: A Conversation Between Two Veterans

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:10:33 -0700

Elaine Billingslea Dockens and Karen Krupka, each of whom has over 20 years of law librarian experience, discuss the field of law librarianship, and key issues and factors that new law librarians are likely to encounter as they enter this unique, and still vital profession.

A Guide for the Perplexed: Libraries and the Google Library Project Settlement

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:21:18 -0700

Jonathan Band's article outlines the settlement’s provisions, with special emphasis on the provisions that apply directly to libraries. The settlement is extremely complex (over 200 pages long, including attachments), so this paper of necessity simplifies many of its details.

Deal or No Deal – Licensing & Acquiring Digital Resources: License Negotiations Reprise

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:00:00 -0700

Kara Phillips' chart documents practical references and resources for licensing negotiations that appear in the library literature covers: researching vendors, seeking input from patrons and usesrs, negotiating pricing, setting contract goals, and establishing effective communications strategies.

The Blog - Another Tool in Your Arsenal

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:00:00 -0700

Janet Peros provides an overview of how law librarians have integrated blogs and RSS into current awarness services for practice groups and client related research.

The Impact of Social Networking Tools and Guidelines to Use Them

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:00:00 -0700

LaJean Humphries identifies the wide range of social networking sites with which researchers should be knowlegeable, and addresses legal, privacy and ethical concerns associated with their use. She also provides a bibliography of books, articles and reports that focus on the impact of social networking applications.

The Tao of Law Librarianship: Reaching Across the Generations in the Profession

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:00:00 -0700

Connie Crosby addresses the evolving professional roles and expectations, goals and perspectives of librarians between Baby Boom and Generation X.

Librarianship - Promoting Public Service and Philanthropy

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:00:00 -0700

Kara Phillips shares examples of diverse personal volunteer efforts within the law library community, gleaned from an informal survey, that include service on the local, national and international level.

Deal or No Deal – Licensing and Acquiring Digital Resources: License Negotiations

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:00:33 -0700

Kara Phillips describes how to apply the techniques and theories that are the foundation of a classic book on negotiation to the process of developing electronic licensing agreements that satisfy the requirements of all parties involved.

Law Librarian One of Top Ten Finalists for Animal Planet Hero of the Year Award

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:45:51 -0700

Law Librarian One of Top Ten Finalists for Animal Planet Hero of the Year Award

By Kara Phillips

Kara Phillips, Collection Development Librarian/Associate Director at Seattle University Law Library since 1997, has worked for various state agencies in Washington as a contract librarian as well as the Gallagher Law Library East Asian Law Department and Lane Powell Spears Lubersky. Recipient of a Blakemore Fellowship, she studied Mandarin Chinese at the Stanford Center in Taipei, Taiwan in 1996 and during her sabbatical in 2007 will work in China, setting up an American legal collection at Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Law.

A Cup of Creativi-tea: Writer's Block

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:09:55 -0700

Terri Wilson suggests a number of creativity exercises that can be of assistance when writer's block sets in, and deadlines loom.

Features - The State of the Law Library Blogosphere

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:42:07 -0700

The State of the Law Library Blogosphere

by Bonnie Shucha

Bonnie Shucha is Head of Reference, University of Wisconsin Law Library

Features - Writing Justice Blackmun

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:05:05 -0700

Writing Justice Blackmun

American Association of Law Libraries, St. Louis, July 9, 2006

by Linda Greenhouse

Deal or No Deal: Licensing and Acquiring Digital Resources

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:22:46 -0700

This new column by Kara Phillips launches with a review of resources and techniques to help get you up to speed on licensing and put you on a level playing field with the vendor reps on the other side of the licensing table.