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Issue 171 1 May 2009
Table of Contents
Editorial
Joy references an interesting article in this week’s excited utterances… There is No ‘Right Way’ for Law Firms to Adopt Social Software. Scott Vine, the Senior Information Officer at Clifford Chance comments on James Mullan’s recent post (“Social Software Adoption . . . Why Law Firms Get it Wrong!”) on social software adoption in law firms (Mullan’s post was prompted by Michael Idinopulos’s blog). Michael’s view is that most law firms take exactly the wrong approach to social software rollout. “They try to “chip away” at social software implementation by starting with “easy” use cases like know-how. In my experience, however, firms are most successful when they introduce social software right into the heart of their business: Client-specific collaboration.” – full article in eu
Legal Publishers have been busy since Easter. Thomson Reuters have announced the opening of two offices in Asia to cement the supply of legal information in the Asia region, one in Hydrabad the other in Manilla.. Westlaw have also interestingly developed an iphone app for the latest edition of Black’s Law Directory and Lexis Nexis have announced they are to work with BPP to integrate professional development courses.
The world of legal twitter has come to life in the past 3 weeks. It looks as though we have reached a critical mass of legal tweets as there are suddenly a range of articles, apps and rankings of legal tweets appearing. We highlight some of these in our Blogs du Jour section of the newsletter. Also: do have a look at our last trawling link .. a spoof video for “Flutter” a nano blogging site. We found it amusing
Finally some self promotion – please do take a moment to have a squizz at our beta social networking site for legal information professionals and those interested in the Asia Pacific Legal market / industry. We’re at http://community.practicesource.com and would love feedback ideas & suggestions .
Best wishes Sean & Joy
excited utterances
News KM 101 for Legal – New Webinar Series
Law 2.0: JD Supra Frees Legal Content
Articles A Law Firm Is a Jazz Band
Legal Web 2.0 - Online Social Networking: Is It a Productivity Bust or Boon for Law Firms?
There is No ‘Right Way’ for Law Firms to Adopt Social Software
Resistance to RSS
Letter from Australia
White Papers and Surveys
Books Handbook of Research on Knowledge-Intensive Organizations
LLN News Stories BNP Paribas Professional Publishing Research Group Publish Report On Professional Publishing Industry
Thomson Reuters Two New Legal Content Units In Asia
Further Consolidation By Incisive Media: National Law Journal Incorporates Legal Times
Are Inner Temple & Middle Temple Law Libraries (UK) To Merge?
Justis Publishing secures Nigerian distributorship with Niche Konsult
Law Librarian Blog Polls KM’s & Librarians On Lexis, West Vs Free Legal Content
Lexis Nexis Work With BPP To Integrate Professional Development Courses
Black's Law Dictionary Now Available As An iPhone App
Features / Vendor Articles In our new section vendor articles/features we will feature pieces written by employees at legal publishing, legal technology, legal KM and legal web 2.0 companies. If articles have been paid for we will always let you know
Some Link Advice For LNB / Fiona Fogden: Baker Tilly
Our Favourite Blogs – We were recently asked to compile a list of our favourite blogs. Readers will know we have two areas of special interest . Legal content & information and law in the Asia Pacific region. This top 10 (11) reflects this – Sean Hocking
Conferences and Events CILIP
IALL Conference: Turkey In A Global Context: Law and Legal Information
The KM group of the Society for Computers and Law will be holding a seminar on 13 May in London entitled "Information for free".
Janders Dean International Presents the 2nd Annual Law Firm Knowledge
UK's Content Architecture: Exploiting and Managing Diverse Resources 22-23 June 2009, London UK
KM Legal 2009
KM Australia
New Zealand Law Librarians’ Association
and many more……
Hitwise
Charon QC Speed Dating For The Credit Crunched? …And A Revised Forecast For Law Schools
Blogs Du Jour
Law Librarians Of Leisure
USA Govt Web 2.0 Tools
Chi.mp
Tinker
IT Pints (beta)
Twitter: Legal Twitter Scorecard - Bill’s Blog ( Incisive Media)
Twitter Top 100 Twitters For Law Students
Trawling
Article: After a Layoff, Law Librarian Starts 'A La Carte' Business
Article: Shh, this is a digital library The modern librarian is an online facilitator with an MA
Article: Reed Elsevier hires Bunzl chairman and warns of tough year
Article: Thomson's Eagan HQ is Strong and Growing
Article: LexisNexis agrees to settlement with Florida AG
Blog Article: Law journals - forcing the shift to online only access
Blog Article: The most important skills law firms require new grads to possess - writing is among them
Blog Article: What Canadian Librarians Need to Know About Foreign Copyright
Blog Article: Twitter tools on the rise
Discussion List For Law Librarians: Law Librarians Room & Friend Feed
Exhibition: Landmarks of Law Reporting at Yale
Spoof Video : Flutter
Legal Technology Insider News
Cyber law conference call for papers
eBillingHub launches TAP partner programme
Law Librarians, Legal KM & Legal Publishing Jobs Board
UK / EUROPE Information Assistant - Davies Arnold Cooper, London
USA
Information Services Librarian, Law Library, Lincoln Memorial University
Technical Services/Circulation Librarian, Law Library, Lincoln Memorial University
Chief Information Officer (Chicago)Chief Information Officer
Access & Public Services Librarian, Texas Wesleyan
Reference Librarian with a strong background in business & marketing research (Washington, DC)
New & Forthcoming Titles / Products Hein
Informa Law
2008 LawInn Legal Salary Survey & Review
UK Law Society
