Maximizing Law Library Productivity - Primary Research Group


TABLE OF CONTENTS	2
SUMMARY OF SOME MAJOR FINDINGS	9
STAFFING	9
THE PHYSICAL SPACE OF THE LIBRARY	9
TRENDS IN PHYSICAL TRAFFIC TO THE LIBRARY	10
HANDLING REFERENCE QUESTIONS	10
INFORMATION LITERACY TRAINING	10
CONTENT/KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS	11
POLICIES ON THE RETENTION OF PRINT REPORTERS	12
SPENDING ON PRINT INFORMATION RESOURCES	12
USE OF BRAND NAME AND EMERGING INFORMATION VEHICLES	12
LIBRARIAN TIME MANAGEMENT	13
LIBRARY ROLE IN THE FIRM WEBSITE/INTRANET	14
SERVICING OUTLYING LIBRARIES IN SMALLER OFFICES	14
FIRM-WIDE LICENSING OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES	14
USE OF OUTSOURCING	15
DATABASE ACCESS ISSUES	15
BLOGS & LISTSERVS	15
TRACKING ELECTRONIC LICENSES	16
USE OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS	16
FOLEY HOAG LLP	17
DESCRIPTION OF FOLEY HOAG	17
LIBRARY STAFFING TRENDS	17
TRENDS IN PHYSICAL TRAFFIC TO THE LIBRARY	17
POLICIES ON RETENTION OF PRINT REPORTERS	17
PROCEDURES USED IN KEEPING TRACK OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES	18
DATABASE ACCESS ISSUES	18
USE OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS	19
USE OF DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL SERVICES	19
LiveEdgar as a PRODUCTIVITY TOOL	19
USE OF FREE WEB RESOURCES	19
USE OF THIRD PARTY DOCUMENT DELIVERY SERVICES FOR SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION	20
INFO LITERACY TRAINING	20
LIBRARY PAGE ON THE FIRM WEBSITE	21
PATENT RESEARCH OUTSOURCING	21
MARKETING THE LIBRARY	22
ADVICE TO PEERS	22
BEUF GILBERT PLLC	23
FAVORED DATABASES	23
PRINT REPORTERS	23
OUTSOURCING	24
TIME MANAGEMENT	24
KNOWLEDGE  MANAGEMENT	24
ADVICE FOR YOUR PEERS	25
NELSON, MULLINS RILEY AND SCARBOROUGH	26
DESCRIPTION OF NELSON, MULLINS, RILEY AND SCARBOROUGH	26
STAFFING	26
STAFFING MULTIPLE LIBRARIES WITH TRAVELING LIBRARIANS	27
DUPLICATION OF SERVICES AMONG THE OFFICES	28
USE OF PRINT REPORTERS	28
TRENDS IN PHYSICAL TRAFFIC TO THE LIBRARY	29
TRACKING THE FIRM’S ELECTRONIC DATABASES	29
TIME USAGE	29
USE OF FREE WEB RESOURCES	29
MANAGEMENT OF THE LIBRARY WEB SITE	30
USE OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS	30
DUPLICATION OF PRINT RESOURCES	30
ADVICE TO PEERS	30
NEW LIBRARY AUTOMATION SYSTEM	31
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL	32
DESCRIPTION OF NORTHWEST MUTUAL	32
PHYSICAL SPACE OCCUPIED BY THE LIBRARY	32
POLICIES ON OUTSOURCING	32
TRACKING ELECTRONIC SUBSCRIPTIONS	32
TRAINING	33
USE OF BLOGS & LISTSERV’S	33
TRACKING, COMPILING AND STUDYING REFERENCE REQUESTS	34
NORTHWESTERN’S CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM	34
TABLES OF CONTENTS ROUTING	35
ADVICE FOR PEERS	35
SCHWABE WILLIAMSON & WYATT	36
DESCRIPTION OF SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON & WYATT	36
LIBRARY INTRANET PRESENCE	36
POLICIES ON SERVING MULTIPLE OFFICES	37
OUTSOURCING	37
SPENDING ON PRINT AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION	37
POLICY ON PRINT REPORTERS	38
CONTRACTS FOR USE OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION	38
USE OF LESSER KNOWN DATABASES	38
USE OF LISTSERVS & BLOGS	39
TRACKING OF REFERENCE QUESTIONS	39
USES OF THE LIBRARY WEBSITE/INTRANET SERVICES	39
USE OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS	40
LIBRARY OFFICE SPACE DOWNSIZING	40
DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT	41
MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW	42
DESCRIPTION OF Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw	42
USE OF FIRM-WIDE SITE LICENSES	42
PRINT COLLECTION DOWNSIZING	43
REFERENCE QUESTION PROCEDURES	43
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT INITITIATIVES	44
KEEPING TRACK OF LICENSES	44
OUTSOURCING	44
USER TRAINNG & INFOLITERACY	44
DOWNSIZING THE RECORDS ROOM	45
ADVICE FOR PEERS	45
USE OF BLOGS, LISTSERVS	46
SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP	47
DESCRIPTION OF SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL	47
MATERIALS PURCHASING COORDINATION	47
POLICIES ON RETENTION OF PRINT REPORTERS	47
TRENDS IN SPENDING, PRINT VS ELECTRONIC	48
CHANGES IN THE PHYSICAL SPACE OCCUPIED BY THE LIBRARY	48
OUTSOURCING	48
TRACKING OF REFERENCE QUESTIONS	49
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT	49
USE OF FREE WEB RESOURCES	49
USE OF BLOGS	49
INFORMATION LITERACY TRAINING	50
FAVORED BUT LESS WELL KNOWN DATABASES	50
CHANGE IN HOW THE LIBRARIANS SPEND THEIR TIME	51
ADVICE FOR PEERS	51
BRINKS, HOFER, GILSON & LIONE	53
DESCRIPTION OF BRINKS, HOFER GILSON & LIONE	53
STAFF COVERAGE OF SATTELITE LIBRARIES	53
CHANGES IN THE PHYSCIAL SIZE OF THE LIBRARY	53
POLICIES ON RETENTION OF PRINT REPORTERS	54
SPENDING ON PRINT VS ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES	54
REFERENCE QUESTION MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY	54
OUTSOURCING	55
TRACKNG & ROUTING ELECTRONIC SUBSCRIPTIONS AND USAGE	55
USE OF FREE WEB RESOURCES	55
USE OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS	55
CHANGES IN USE OF THE LIBRARIAN’S TIME	56
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT POLICIES	56
INFORMATION LITERACY	56
ADVICE	57
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW	58
DESCRIPTION OF LOYOLA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL	58
INFO LITERACY	58
BLOGS	59
USE OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS	60
ADVANTAGES OF A LOCAL LIBRARY COOPERATIVE	60
POLICES ON REFERENCE QUESTIONS	60
PHYSICAL TRAFFIC TO THE LIBRARY	61
ADVICE FOR PEERS	61
CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK	62
DESCRIPTION OF THE CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK	62
ORGANIZATION OF THE LIBRARY	62
INFORMATION PURCHASING PRACTICES	63
PRINT VS ELECTROINC	63
TIME MANAGEMENT	64
REFERENCE PRACTICES	64
WEBSITES OR BLOGS	65
TRAINING & INFORMATION LITERACY	65
ADVICE FOR PEERS	66
PRINT SPENDING	67
USE OF WEBLOGS	67
CORNELL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL	69
THE LIBRARY’S ROLE IN LEGAL EDUCATION	69
PHILOSOPHY ABOUT TEACHING LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING	69
REDEFINING THE LAW LIBRARIAN	70
SELLING THE LAW SCHOOL ON AN ENHANCED ROLE FOR THE LIBRARY	71
PLANS FOR THE PHYSICAL SPACE OF THE LIBRARY	71
PROCUREMENT	72
USE OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS	72
STAFF ORGANIZATION	73
WEB TEAM	73
OPEN ACCESS POLICIES	73
REFERENCE QUESTION PRACTICES	74
ADVICE FOR PEERS	74
OTHER REPORTS OF INTEREST FROM PRIMARY RESEARCH GROUP INC.	75
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