Today’s corporate and law firm librarians manage wide-ranging information resources, research, and training, with our work extending well beyond traditional structural boundaries and physical spaces. Whether you have management responsibilities that include the library or knowledge center or are an information professional yourself, you’ll find value in some of the sources and perspectives noted here.
It’s critically important that the organization’s info pros and management team follow trends, thought leaders, and key developments in the field since legal and corporate information professionals are typically active (or should be) in some expansive combination of work including:
- legal and business research;
- data analytics;
- business development;
- competitive intelligence;
- research and technology teaching and training;
- information and knowledge management;
- AI;
- conflicts identification;
- contracts negotiation;
- innovation;
- and more.
The function might be called library and information services, research solutions, knowledge management, or something else. Regardless of the label, the library is evolving constantly and its relevance is increasingly valued as the library scope and impact crosses departmental lines, integrating with multiple departments and committees (conflicts, technology, innovation, and practice group embedding, to name a few).
Here, then, is a small sampling of recommended blogs, podcasts, webpages, and white papers to help any firm stay on top of standards, trends, and developments in corporate and legal information management and to expand the ROI and value to organizations and stakeholders.
Law Firm and Corporate Library & Knowledge Management – General
On Firmer Ground (blog promoting “the value that law firm librarians bring to the business and practice of law”)
Dewey B Strategic (blog addressing “[r]isk, value, strategy, innovation, knowledge and the legal profession”)
The Ginger (Law) Librarian (blog offering “[m]usings about (law) libraries, the legal academy, and legal research in practice”)
Defining ROI: Law Library Best Practices (American Association of Law Libraries white paper “provides proven strategies and solutions for demonstrating value and ROI for libraries”)
AALL Knowledge Center (legal information and library resources on a host of topics)
Technology, Innovation, Law Firm Practice Management
3 Geeks and A Law Blog (addressing “the administrative side of today’s large law firm environment”)
Geek in Review (podcast cover[ing] the Legal Information profession with a slant toward technology and management)
Legal Toolkit (podcast offering “the latest trends and business initiatives that help your firm every day”)
Law Technology Now (podcast discussing “the latest in legal technology”)
Strategic Legal Technology Blog (“Improve law practice efficiency + law firm business operations”)
Professional Standards and Competencies
AALL Body of Knowledge (“the domains, competencies, and skills today’s legal information professionals need for success”)
AALL Principles and Standards of Legal Research Competency (for “more competent, effective, and efficient legal research, thus impacting the bottom line and provision of legal services positively”)
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