April is here and I’m showering you with another colorful mix of research and information topics:
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Welcome to 2018! If you are like me, you are eager to see what opportunities this new year has to offer. In keeping with my passion for news, I am once again going to be curating lists of stories designed to prepare us all for what may lie ahead. The first series of “must-reads” is
LexisNexis has acquired Ravel Law and I’ve been seeing it discussed from every angle in both the general business press as well as my favorite sources for library and legal news. Ravel Law’s data algorithms, predictive analytics and data visualization for case law supported by Lexis’ financial resources and market clout could make for a powerful combination.
Continue Reading Legal researchers on LexisNexis – Ravel Law merger
In February, I will have the honor of presenting an overview of a white paper on which my team at LibSource has been working. We have been reviewing various content aggregation platforms and discussing their value within the legal research industry. Fortuitously, this is happening at the same time that the juggernaut, now dubbed “fake
AALL reports this morning the name change proposal failed. A little more than 4 out of every 5 votes received were against the name change. AALL will continue to be the American Association of Law Libraries rather than the proposed Association for Legal Information.
Nearly 60% of the membership voted on the proposal, which AALL
If you are a member of the American Association of Law Libraries and have not been living under that proverbial rock as of late, you are probably more than well aware that the organization is eagerly awaiting the results of the vote on a proposed name change. As the deadline to cast ballots nears, I want to encourage everyone who is a member to have your opinion counted. It takes just minutes and the result will impact not just the Association, but the whole of our industry for years to come. While I feel it imperative to tell you to vote, what I do not want to do is tell you how you should do so. This is for several reasons.
Continue Reading AALL Name Change – Enough with the Roses!
Continuing its innovative approach to docket research and retrieval, PacerPro has announced the release of its exciting new litigant profiling functionality. Attorneys and researchers seeking to look beyond just the dockets to the bigger picture of a litigation are sure to be pleased. The platform’s already intuitive and simple approach to docket research becomes even more robust and integral with this new capability.
Continue Reading PacerPro Expands with Litigant Profiling
AALL has begun the process to potentially change its name to the Association for Legal Information. Of course, the key change is the subtraction of the word “libraries”.
Motivating this change, AALL reports “today, 51 percent of AALL members do not have ‘librarian’ in their titles, and 57 percent work in an organization that
Things are about to change in this industry and change big. That’s right, Lawmageddon lands TODAY
Law librarians and noted legal research and tech bloggers Jean O’Grady (Dewey B. Strategic) and John DiGilio (TILTlegal / iBraryGuy) are taking the revolution live in their first joint webinar. They will be discussing their 2015 hot list of disruptive technologies that are turning the world of legal research on its head. Which sites and applications made the list? We will know soon!
Continue Reading Are you ready for Lawmageddon?
The Legal Intelligencer’s annual “Best of” survey was released today; as usual, the latest edition shines a light on what legal resources attorneys in the Keystone State are using. The survey’s respondents are readers of The Legal Intelligencer, the Philadelphia-based daily law journal that has been operating for more than 150 years.
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