Target Audience: Library managers and directors; technical services librarians; research managers; library staff responsible for implementing software and/or working with vendors to implement online services
Learning Outcomes:
1) Participants will be able to provide IT with the information they need to facilitate a smooth implementation of a product or online service, as well as provide IT with proper requirements for any custom development work that the library needs.
2) Participants will strategically examine the skills of the library staff in order to describe them in a way that will resonate with technology executives.
Sometimes it seems as if librarians are from Venus and technologists are from Mars. This highly interactive session will explore two aspects of partnering effectively with IT. Learn how you can position the library to play a strategic role in firm technology initiatives and be a savvy consumer of IT services. A CIO for a large firm will talk about how his world changed when the library was added to his areas of responsibility, what his world is like now, and what he looks for in partners on technology initiatives. A director of knowledge management and library services at a large law firm will explain how the librarian’s skill set brings value to technology projects. Learn strategies to position the library as a "go-to" resource for technology projects, such as enterprise search, intranets, precedent collections, and mobile technology. A panel of IT professionals will candidly discuss how to get the support you need for building a custom application, integrating data from your library systems into your portal, or implementing commercial products on the firm’s network. This is your chance to ask the questions you would love to pose to your IT colleagues. A glossary of technical terms, a checklist for implementing software, guidelines for developing a requirements document for a custom database, and other tips will be provided so that you are well prepared when asking IT for help with a project.
Target Audience: All librarians who are interested in technology leadership
Learning Outcomes:
1) Participants will be able to identify new opportunities and roles for law librarians as the use of mobile devices and iPads continues to grow in the legal workplace.
2) Participants will learn about features and apps for iPads and other mobile devices that are useful for lawyers and law librarians.
Lawyers expect their mobile devices to connect at their workplace, and many now have iPads for personal use. Law students use smartphones to access resources and expect to use iPads in the classroom. Some law firms and courts have embraced the iPad as their mobile tool of choice. How does the law librarian fit into this picture? Hear from a law firm director of library and research services who stepped up to answer the question many attorneys ask upon receiving an iPad: What am I supposed to do with this? Discover a variety of lawyer- and law student-friendly apps for accessing firm and law school library resources, performing online research, and increasing productivity of iPads and various other mobile devices. An academic law library administrator will also describe the role his library staff played in developing and publicizing to the law school community a multi-platform smartphone app for accessing key library services. Attendees will gain a better understanding of the mobile device world and be better able to engage in conversations about the iPad’s place in legal settings. The session concludes with audience questions.
Target Audience: Law firm librarians who are responsible for distributing information throughout their law firms
Learning Outcomes:
1) Participants will be able to evaluate the current awareness needs of their firm.
2) Participants will be able to identify solutions for organizing and delivering information in their firm.
"Infobesity" doesn't begin to define the current awareness problems facing legal professionals today, but there are new and evolving ways to meet the challenge of getting the right news to people in a less disruptive manner. Librarians and technologists can team up to find creative and effective ways to locate a good source, sift through it for relevant content, curate it, consolidate it with other sources, organize it, and deliver it in a variety of ways to reduce the interruptions and distractions caused by too-frequent emails and alerts. This program will help librarians evaluate the available tools to make informed decisions. Case studies will illustrate solutions in action, including ways to include internal content, and what mobile options can and cannot do.
Target Audience: Law firm librarians who are responsible for building awareness of resources and services; librarians who have an interest in building upon existing technical skills to create collaborative solutions
Learning Outcomes:
1) Participants will gain perspective on basic features of SharePoint, such as no-code development and taxonomy/metadata management.
2) Participants will examine case studies,which include solutions that librarians have developed to meet the business needs of their organizations, and gain ideas for how they can do the same.
Join library and knowledge management (KM) professionals who are responsible for architecting solutions in SharePoint to explore a variety of ways to bring value to your firm/organization. Find out why SharePoint is so powerful and easy to learn and use for creating custom pages without coding experience. Panelists will explain how SharePoint 2010 "thinks like a librarian" in utilizing features such as taxonomy/metadata management services. They will also provide examples of how librarians are directly involved with intranet development, not only in creating research pages, but also in creating team sites to increase efficiency for collection envelopment, lateral onboarding/orientation, and general project/task management. Additionally, client extranets and the value librarians can bring to these projects will be discussed.
