It’s that time of year again!  The big thinkers, trend watchers, and professional prognosticators are blowing the dust off their crystal balls and asking you to weigh in on what you have been doing. I know most of us have already taken a survey or two regarding where our industry has been and where we see it going. That said, I am here today promoting yet one more. This one is easy!
Continue Reading Survey says… LAC Group conducts law librarian survey. BE HEARD!

Legal librarianship is constantly in a state of flux, with continual changes in job titles, habitual shifting of responsibilities and the explosion of legal artificial intelligence all playing a part. In January of this year, LAC Group surveyed their internal personnel about the future of law librarianship, based in part by the responses collected from the 2018 American Association of Law Librarians conference. The resulting blog post, Legal librarianship in 2019-2020, showcased three major takeaways:
Continue Reading More thoughts on law firm research and librarianship

If you peruse the LAC Group blog, you’ll see many articles on the growing need for law firm librarians to demonstrate their value.

My colleague Ron Friedmann, a highly-respected expert in legal technology and knowledge management, recently presented on how law firm research and intelligence centers can contribute to firm profits. This was at an ARK (Applied Research & Knowledge) Group hosted conference, Best Practices & Management Strategies for Law Firm Library, Research & Information Services. LAC Group was a sponsor.
Continue Reading Boosting your firm’s profits

Talkback Tuesday is your chance to be heard! 

This week: Has Amazon locked up the solution to local deliveries?

The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Amazon is looking at a new way to deal with the problem of no one being home to receive a delivery.  According to their intel, that solution is

Location-based services are certainly getting a great deal of buzz these days.  From the race to become a “mayor” or “supermayor” on Foursquare to cracking the top-ten visitors to a place on Gowalla, people are REALLY getting into these services.  Is it a sign that the world is getting smaller yet again or just passing