Law Firm Librarianship

• Author : John Azzolini
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2012-12-10
• ISBN : 9781780633749

The legal information environment is deep, wide, and dynamic with many participants, including courts, parliaments, legislatures, and administrative bodies. None exemplifies the agile, knowledge-engaging legal player better than the law firm. Current, authoritative information is essential for the successful representation of clients. The firm's most dependable resource for retrieving information is its library staff. Law Firm Librarianship introduces the reader to the challenges, qualifications, and work conditions of this distinct type of research librarian. The book begins by asking what

• Author : Ellyssa Kroski
• Publisher : American Library Association
• Release Date : 2020-04-06
• ISBN : 9780838946329

Written by leading practitioners and visionaries like Robert Ambrogi, this groundbreaking survey of current practices and future trends offers an incisive examination of the evolving roles for law librarians.

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2008
• ISBN : UOM:39015078780841

Leading Law Firm Librarians Offer Strategies for Adapting to a Changing Role The Changing Role of Law Firm Librarianship is an authoritative, insider's perspective on key strategies for understanding and responding to current trends in law firm librarianship. Featuring library directors and managers representing some of the nation's top law firms, these experts guide the reader through the history of law firm librarianship and outline major elements of the librarian's role today, including new marketing responsibilities, coordinating with information technology

• Author : Deborah S. Panella,Ellis Mount
• Publisher : Psychology Press
• Release Date : 1991
• ISBN : 9780866569897

Here is an essential introductory guide on all aspects of law librarianship written especially for non-law librarians, library school students, and beginning law librarians. Although there are several excellent practical handbooks and numerous articles on specific topics of law librarianship for practicing law librarians, Basics of Law Librarianship is the only resource that addresses the information needs of the student or new law librarian. Author Deborah Panella, managing librarian of a large, prominent New York law firm, explores the major

• Author : Ellyssa Kroski
• Publisher : Scarecrow Press
• Release Date : 2013-11-14
• ISBN : 9780810888074

It is absolutely essential that today’s law librarians are digitally literate and possess an understanding and awareness of recent advancements and trends in information technology as they pertain to the library field. Law Librarianship in the Digital Age offers a one-stop, comprehensive guide to achieving both of those goals.

• Author : Roy Balleste,Lisa Smith-Butler,Sonia Luna-Lamas
• Publisher : Scarecrow Press
• Release Date : 2013-11-21
• ISBN : 9780810892330

Law Librarianship in the 21st Century, a text for library and information science courses on law librarianship, introduces students to the rapidly evolving world of law librarianship. With no prior knowledge of the law required, students using this book will find practical answers to such questions as: What is law librarianship? How do you become a law librarian? How does law librarianship interrelate with the legal world? Individual chapters provide a concise treatment of such specialized topics as the history

• Author : Anthony Aycock
• Publisher : Information Today Incorporated
• Release Date : 2013-01-01
• ISBN : 1573874779

• Author : American Association of Law Libraries
• Publisher : Fred B. Rothman
• Release Date : 1996
• ISBN : UOM:39015041320212

A collection of 18 essays chronicling the history of law librarianship as a profession detailing the pioneering personalities in the American Association of Law Libraries and issues facing libraries. The contributing law librarians describe the evolution of the US Supreme Court Library, law firm libraries, the Los Angeles County Law Library, the work of William R. Roalfe and Frederick Hicks, the history of the AALL and associated organizations, and featured topics in both the establishment of African-American law libraries and the

• Author : Barbara Bintliff,Duncan Alford
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2013-09-13
• ISBN : 9781317986737

Legal research is a fundamental skill for all law students and attorneys. Regardless of practice area or work venue, knowledge of the sources and processes of legal research underpins the legal professional’s work. Academic law librarians, as research experts, are uniquely qualified to teach legal research. Whether participating in the mandatory, first-year law school curriculum or offering advanced or specialized legal research instruction, law librarians have the up-to-date knowledge, the broad view of the field, and the expertise to

• Author : Lloyd W. Houlden,Carl H. Morawetz
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 1992
• ISBN : 0459568019

• Author : American Association of Law Libraries. Special Committee on the Renaissance of Law Librarianship in the Information Age
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 1997
• ISBN : STANFORD:36105061903295

• Author : Edward Steinfeld,Jordana Maisel
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release Date : 2012-03-14
• ISBN : 9781118168455

A much-needed reference to the latest thinking in universal design Universal Design: Creating Inclusive Environments offers a comprehensive survey of best practices and innovative solutions in universal design. Written by top thinkers at the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDeA), it demonstrates the difference between universal design and accessibility and identifies its relationship to sustainable design and active living. Hundreds of examples from all areas of design illustrate the practical application of this growing field. Complete, in-depth coverage

• Author : Annette L. Demers
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2012
• ISBN : 0433468874

• Author : Deborah A. Hamilton
• Publisher : ABC-CLIO
• Release Date : 2021-07-31
• ISBN : 9781440872013

Learn how to assist library patrons, including self-represented litigants, through legal research instruction, programming, and outreach. According to the National Center for State Courts, in 76 percent of civil cases in the United States at least one of the parties represents him- or herself. As more people represent themselves in court, more are coming to the library to seek answers to legal questions. Do you ever feel panicked when someone asks you a legal reference question? Are you are not sure

• Author : Suzanne McKie
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2012-09-10
• ISBN : 9781135317539

Many students and first-time practitioners may know of certain legal textbooks which cover a certain area, but do not know where to look to update the knowledge these books provide. Similarly, a legal problem may arise which is not generally covered by such books. This work deals with how to find the answers, how to update an answer, how to discover if those cases have been applied since judgement was given, how to find statutes and regulators, and how to