Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Primary Research Group
Published: March 2006
Product Code: R180-106Description This report looks closely at how 12 law libraries approach a plethora of managment issues such as: use of blogs/web resources, retain or eliminate print reporters, oversee outlying satellite office
libraries, outsource repetitive tasks, evaluate and select databases, record and manage the flow of reference questions, handle content routing, distribute their time, manage staff and interface with management. Each participant offers advice and
points out key practices and information resources.
Participants include: Northwestern Mutual; Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt; Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw; Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP; Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione; and Foley Hoag LLP, among others.
Table of Contents - SUMMARY OF SOME MAJOR FINDINGS
- STAFFING
- THE PHYSICAL SPACE OF THE LIBRARY
- TRENDS IN PHYSICAL TRAFFIC TO THE LIBRARY
- HANDLING REFERENCE QUESTIONS
- INFORMATION LITERACY TRAINING
- CONTENT/KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
- POLICIES ON THE RETENTION OF PRINT REPORTERS
- SPENDING ON PRINT INFORMATION RESOURCES
- USE OF BRAND NAME AND EMERGING INFORMATION VEHICLES
- LIBRARIAN TIME MANAGEMENT
- LIBRARY ROLE IN THE FIRM WEBSITE/INTRANET
- SERVICING OUTLYING LIBRARIES IN SMALLER OFFICES
- FIRM-WIDE LICENSING OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
- USE OF OUTSOURCING
- DATABASE ACCESS ISSUES
- BLOGS & LISTSERVS
- TRACKING ELECTRONIC LICENSES
- USE OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS
- FOLEY HOAG LLP
- DESCRIPTION OF FOLEY HOAG
- LIBRARY STAFFING TRENDS
- TRENDS IN PHYSICAL TRAFFIC TO THE LIBRARY
- POLICIES ON RETENTION OF PRINT REPORTERS
- PROCEDURES USED IN KEEPING TRACK OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES
- DATABASE ACCESS ISSUES
- USE OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS
- USE OF DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL SERVICES
- LiveEdgar as a PRODUCTIVITY TOOL
- USE OF FREE WEB RESOURCES
- USE OF THIRD PARTY DOCUMENT DELIVERY SERVICES FOR SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
- INFO LITERACY TRAINING
- LIBRARY PAGE ON THE FIRM WEBSITE
- PATENT RESEARCH OUTSOURCING
- MARKETING THE LIBRARY
- ADVICE TO PEERS
- BEUF GILBERT PLLC
- FAVORED DATABASES
- PRINT REPORTERS
- OUTSOURCING
- TIME MANAGEMENT
- KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
- ADVICE FOR YOUR PEERS
- NELSON, MULLINS RILEY AND SCARBOROUGH
- DESCRIPTION OF NELSON, MULLINS, RILEY AND SCARBOROUGH
- STAFFING
- STAFFING MULTIPLE LIBRARIES WITH TRAVELING LIBRARIANS
- DUPLICATION OF SERVICES AMONG THE OFFICES
- USE OF PRINT REPORTERS
- TRENDS IN PHYSICAL TRAFFIC TO THE LIBRARY
- TRACKING THE FIRM’S ELECTRONIC DATABASES
- TIME USAGE
- USE OF FREE WEB RESOURCES
- MANAGEMENT OF THE LIBRARY WEB SITE
- USE OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS
- DUPLICATION OF PRINT RESOURCES
- ADVICE TO PEERS
- NEW LIBRARY AUTOMATION SYSTEM
- NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
- DESCRIPTION OF NORTHWEST MUTUAL
- PHYSICAL SPACE OCCUPIED BY THE LIBRARY
- POLICIES ON OUTSOURCING
- TRACKING ELECTRONIC SUBSCRIPTIONS
- TRAINING
- USE OF BLOGS & LISTSERV’S
- TRACKING, COMPILING AND STUDYING REFERENCE REQUESTS
- NORTHWESTERN’S CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- TABLES OF CONTENTS ROUTING
- ADVICE FOR PEERS
- SCHWABE WILLIAMSON & WYATT
- DESCRIPTION OF SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON & WYATT
- LIBRARY INTRANET PRESENCE
- POLICIES ON SERVING MULTIPLE OFFICES
- OUTSOURCING
- SPENDING ON PRINT AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION
- POLICY ON PRINT REPORTERS
- CONTRACTS FOR USE OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION
- USE OF LESSER KNOWN DATABASES
- USE OF LISTSERVS & BLOGS
- TRACKING OF REFERENCE QUESTIONS
- USES OF THE LIBRARY WEBSITE/INTRANET SERVICES
- USE OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS
- LIBRARY OFFICE SPACE DOWNSIZING
- DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
- MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW
- DESCRIPTION OF Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
- USE OF FIRM-WIDE SITE LICENSES
- PRINT COLLECTION DOWNSIZING
- REFERENCE QUESTION PROCEDURES
- KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT INITITIATIVES
- KEEPING TRACK OF LICENSES
- OUTSOURCING
- USER TRAINNG & INFOLITERACY
- DOWNSIZING THE RECORDS ROOM
- ADVICE FOR PEERS
- USE OF BLOGS, LISTSERVS
- SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP
- DESCRIPTION OF SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL
- MATERIALS PURCHASING COORDINATION
- POLICIES ON RETENTION OF PRINT REPORTERS
- TRENDS IN SPENDING, PRINT VS ELECTRONIC
- CHANGES IN THE PHYSICAL SPACE OCCUPIED BY THE LIBRARY
- OUTSOURCING
- TRACKING OF REFERENCE QUESTIONS
- KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
- USE OF FREE WEB RESOURCES
- USE OF BLOGS
- INFORMATION LITERACY TRAINING
- FAVORED BUT LESS WELL KNOWN DATABASES
- CHANGE IN HOW THE LIBRARIANS SPEND THEIR TIME
- ADVICE FOR PEERS
- BRINKS, HOFER, GILSON & LIONE
- DESCRIPTION OF BRINKS, HOFER GILSON & LIONE
- STAFF COVERAGE OF SATTELITE LIBRARIES
- CHANGES IN THE PHYSCIAL SIZE OF THE LIBRARY
- POLICIES ON RETENTION OF PRINT REPORTERS
- SPENDING ON PRINT VS ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES
- REFERENCE QUESTION MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY
- OUTSOURCING
- TRACKNG & ROUTING ELECTRONIC SUBSCRIPTIONS AND USAGE
- USE OF FREE WEB RESOURCES
- USE OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS
- CHANGES IN USE OF THE LIBRARIAN’S TIME
- KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT POLICIES
- INFORMATION LITERACY
- ADVICE
- LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW
- DESCRIPTION OF LOYOLA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
- INFO LITERACY
- BLOGS
- USE OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS
- ADVANTAGES OF A LOCAL LIBRARY COOPERATIVE
- POLICES ON REFERENCE QUESTIONS
- PHYSICAL TRAFFIC TO THE LIBRARY
- ADVICE FOR PEERS
- CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
- DESCRIPTION OF THE CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
- ORGANIZATION OF THE LIBRARY
- INFORMATION PURCHASING PRACTICES
- PRINT VS ELECTROINC
- TIME MANAGEMENT
- REFERENCE PRACTICES
- WEBSITES OR BLOGS
- TRAINING & INFORMATION LITERACY
- ADVICE FOR PEERS
- PRINT SPENDING
- USE OF WEBLOGS
- CORNELL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
- THE LIBRARY’S ROLE IN LEGAL EDUCATION
- PHILOSOPHY ABOUT TEACHING LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING
- REDEFINING THE LAW LIBRARIAN
- SELLING THE LAW SCHOOL ON AN ENHANCED ROLE FOR THE LIBRARY
- PLANS FOR THE PHYSICAL SPACE OF THE LIBRARY
- PROCUREMENT
- USE OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS
- STAFF ORGANIZATION
- WEB TEAM
- OPEN ACCESS POLICIES
- REFERENCE QUESTION PRACTICES
- ADVICE FOR PEERS
- OTHER REPORTS OF INTEREST FROM PRIMARY RESEARCH GROUP INC.
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