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 law firm librarianship is, whilst the second chapter focuses on the law firm and its culture. The third chapter covers the law firm library itself, including the practical aspects of the firm librarian's interaction with his or her professional environments. The next chapter considers the effects of legal publishing practices, and the penultimate section surveys the various research tools the firm librarian relies on for sound knowledge. The book concludes by looking at the dynamic qualities of law firm librarianship.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"This book presents a comprehensive discussion on law firm librarianship...This book is a very well written and easy-to-understand guide to law librarianship and is recommended for anyone interested in knowing more about this specialist area."--The Australian Library Journal, Vol. 63, No. 1, 2014
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Für Beruf und Forschung
Students and academics in library and information science; all those interested in the legal information world.
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978-1-84334-708-8 (9781843347088)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
John Azzolini is a reference librarian at a leading global law firm, USA. He is part of a professional research staff that supports the high-level, time-sensitive information needs of the firm's corporate finance, securities, insurance, litigation, and mergers & acquisitions practice groups. Prior to this he was a technical services librarian at another global firm, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, based in New York, where he had extensive experience with cataloguing and collection development.
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Reference librarian at a leading global law firm, USA
Dedication
About the author
Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 2: Tasks, skills, and attributes
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Law firm librarianship distinguished from other types of librarianship
Skills and traits
Education and qualifications
Job market and compensation
New roles
Labels and name variations
Associations
Chapter 3: The law firm
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The law firm as a professional service firm
The global firm
Legal and regulatory issues
Professional support lawyers
Outsourcing
Knowledge management
Chapter 4: The law firm library
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The library as a business unit
The library as an information unit
Notes
Chapter 5: The legal publishing world
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Legal information: the distinct value of aggregation
Legal publishing market: consolidation and competition
Pricing issues
Vendor relationships: dedicated representatives, training, and demonstrations
Chapter 6: Research sources and systems
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Content properties
Systems, databases, providers, and facilitators: the conduits of content
Chapter 7: Conclusion: Law firm librarianship: a dynamic profession
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The law firm world
User expectations in a high-tech world
The simplification of search
Predictions for possible directions
Dynamic and resilient
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