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Information overload strikes, lawyers hardest hit
Earlier this year I said that Information Overload may be the phrase/trend for 2008. It looks like that may have been an accurate prediction. This week LexisNexis released a workplace productivity survey that suggests legal professionals suffer from information overload at a staggering rate. 80% of legal professionals reported feeling “overloaded with information.” Law librarians are ideally suited to help individuals [...]
JD Supra lives up to the hype
I’m always fairly skeptical of new document sharing sites. There have been a host of new legal document sites in the past year, and none have really impressed me. There was a lot of hype ahead of the JD Supra release this week, and frankly I was worried it wouldn’t live up to it. But JD [...]
AALL 2008 Local Arrangements Committee Website & Blog Released
So today was the day we could finally reveal the AALL Local Arrangements Committee Website & Blog for the 2008 annual meeting in Portland. As you may have deduced it is a WordPress site. Rob Truman at the Lewis & Clark law library suggested we use the WordPress installation there. I think it worked out well. Here are some [...]
An exciting week for legal research, PreCYdent, Public Library of Law, and more
February 11th through February 15th turned out to be a very exciting week (work week) for legal research. I had originally been skeptical of the Public.Resource.Org move to make cases freely available. But in November I became a little more hopeful as I recognized how these public releases could be used to create new legal search engines. Last week those hopes became a reality [...]
Personal information management strategy
A few weeks ago I listed my goals for this year. To be perfectly honest I have not made as much progress on them as I would like, but 2008 is still early and I do need to pace myself. My goal to make a great AALL website for the annual meeting is under way. I’m [...]
Hell yeah the plane takes off!
I’m back… I’m tanned, rested, and ready for a great 2008. I’ll start with this off topic thread celebrating Mythbusters taking on the question of whether or not a plane will take off from a conveyer belt. Jason Kottke liveblogged the show, and even commemorated the event with a t-shirt.