The New Librarians: AALL/ILTA Joint White Paper

The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) which many law firms belong to jointly produced a white paper in October 2012 entitled The New Librarian. 

According to Steven Lastres via the On Firmer Ground blog:

The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) recently released a joint white paper that acknowledges the strategic alliance that has developed between law librarians and technologists in driving efficient and effective legal information management.

Kate Hagan, Executive Director of AALL says, “As legal professionals retool and reskill through innovation and new business models, technology will continue to be key. This white paper provides information about how technology is being used to deliver customized access points to information, embed information professionals within practice groups, and deliver innovation in law schools. You can also read about the impact of SharePoint, iPads, and enterprise search tools, among other topics.”

Topics in the white paper ranged from embedded librarianship, to knowledge management, e-books, tech innovation and more. It should be noted that the overwhelming majority of the articles in the 89 page white paper were authored by private law firm librarians.

The full White Paper is available here from the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) website: http://www.iltanet.org/MainMenuCategory/Publications/WhitePapersandSurveys/The-New-Librarian.html

The full thing or individual chapters are available here from the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) website: http://www.aallnet.org/main-menu/Publications/aall-ilta-white-paper

Or click here to read the full thing:
AALL/ILTA Digital White Paper: The New Librarian – full issue
Here are the individual papers (in PDF):

• Embedded Librarianship: The Library As a Service, Not a Space

  By Holly M. Riccio

• SharePoint: A Librarian’s Most Versatile Tool

  By Catherine Monte

• Driving Resource Usage Through SharePoint Customization

  By Emily Florio and Molly Brownfield

• Knowledge Management: A Strategic Role Change for Legal Information Professionals

  By Steve Lastres

• ITIL Concepts To Improve Library and Research Services

  By Greg Lambert, Ryan McClead, and Lynn Oser

• Never Standing Still: True Stories of the Changing Role of Law Librarians

  By Liana Juliano, Terry Psarras, and Emily Cunningham Rushing

• Generational Divides: Paper and Electronic Resources

  By Jocelyn Stilwell-Tong

• Portrait of the New Librarian

  By Nina Platt and Deb Schwarz

• Pave the Way to Success with iPad Apps

  By Karen Helde

• The Challenges of E-Books in Law Firm Libraries

  By Bess Reynolds

• Tech Innovation in the Academy

  By Roger V. Skalbeck

• Sell a Solution to Their Problems: Training Today’s Lawyers

  By Barbara Fullerton

• From Manual to Online Cataloging

  By Candice Fong