Law Librarianship in the Digital Age [Hardcover]

Law Librarianship in the Digital Age pulls into one place introductory information on almost every topic about which a law firm librarian might be curious. ... I read through many other chapters in this book and found that the quality of editing throughout was superb, the bibliographies were thoughtfully constructed, the book was extremely timely, and the writing and organization were clear and helpful. The table of contents is thorough and serves as a handy checklist of our issues. . . . Well-written and comprehensive in coverage, the book is engaging for both the merely curious and those in need of step-by-step instructions for implementing a change in their librarys services or infrastructure. I highly recommend Law Librarianship in the Digital Age for any law librarian.Written by the director of information technology for the New York Law Institute and the esteemed editor of Neal-Schumans Tech Set series, this book explores the issues that are most relevant to law librarians and that are at the forefront at law library conferences and events. The work is arranged into eight sections: Major Introductory Concepts (e.g., copyright in the digital age, law library management), Technologies (e.g., e-books in law libraries, the cloud), Reference Services (e.g., online information sources, major legal databases), Instruction (e.g., educational technologies), Technical Services (e.g., collection development, electronic resources management), Knowledge Management (e.g., the law library intranet), Marketing (e.g., digital age marketing, competitive intelligence), and Professional Development and the Future (e.g., associations and conferences, the future of law librarianship). Articles have been contributed by well-known law librarians from academic, government, and private law libraries. This book is a great overall handbook for anyone in the area of law librarianship. Its combination of scholarship and practical application make it a must-read for those in this industrylp