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Continue reading →: Strategic Librarian Blog Posts that have Stood the Test of Time
I started the daily Pinhawk Librarian News Digest in the spring of 2011 and continued editing it until May of this year. During that time I neglected this blog – posting only a few articles. That’s going to change. Starting today with 5 Practical Thoughts on Rightsizing the Law Firm…
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Continue reading →: 5 Practical Thoughts on Rightsizing the Law Firm Library – Budgeting for 2016
The days of budgeting by determining what was spent last year and adding a percentage of that amount to each line item are long gone in the law firm library world. We’ve all heard about the many law firms who have decided to downsize (I like to think of it…
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Continue reading →: Disruptive Technology or Innovation is Not a Myth
The first paragraph in this post is part of the Pinhawk Librarian News Digest today – a daily email newsletter I edit. What follows are my thoughts on the idea of disruptive technology/innovation being a myth. Wikipedia defines disruptive innovation as “innovation that helps create a new market and value…
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Continue reading →: Storytelling: From Analytics to Qualitative Measurement
The articles in this post were originally highlighted in the Pinhawk Librarian News Digest. The following articles came together for me this morning and made me think about a memo I wrote early in my career. It was to a managing partner where – like now – there were troubled…
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Continue reading →: LAC Group & Rapid Research Solutions: R2S
I’ve made a few career changes over the last few years, but nothing compares to what I am currently doing. I was asked to join LAC Group last year and was very excited to start in July after discussions with law librarian, founder, and CEO, Deb Schwarz, and industry veteran…
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Continue reading →: The Naive Librarian who expected change – Parts I and II
For Pinhawk Librarian News Digest readers, skip down to the heading, The Memo. For other readers, the first part of this post is from my editorial in today’s Pinhawk Librarian News Digest. When I began working on the digest this morning – I expected there might be an article or…