By Candice Fong (Follow us on LinkedIn) Fill out your occupation. Seems like such an innocuous request but as a person who has a hard time defining themselves into a nice, neat package, I go through an existential crisis whenever I see this question. Do I write Librarian? Lawyer? Lawyer/Librarian? Librarian/Lawyer? Knowledge Management Specialist? Each labelContinue reading “Fill Out Your Occupation”
Tag Archives: Law Librarians
Meditation, Mindfulness, and Legal Research
By Michael Muehe (Follow us on LinkedIn) “Please tilt away your computers and phones; in front of you is an index card,” I explained at the beginning of my research workshops. “I’m going to start the timer for 2 minutes, and as your mind wanders, I want you to write down on the card any thoughtsContinue reading “Meditation, Mindfulness, and Legal Research”
Disrupting Law: Free Access and the Modern Librarian
By Ulysses Jean (Follow us on LinkedIn) The traditional scarcity principle has long governed the economics of legal publishing, leveraging the perception of exclusivity to exact premium fees for specialized or rare legal resources. Corporate publishers became the gatekeepers of the cases, statutes, and regulations that comprise the laws. They repackaged them with annotations and convenientContinue reading “Disrupting Law: Free Access and the Modern Librarian”
Westpac 2023: Scholarship, Connection, a Pool Shark, and a Wedding?
By Jenny Silbiger (Follow us on LinkedIn) Aloha and Happy Fall! I’m grateful for the opportunity to share my first “outside of Hawai‘i” AALL Western Pacific Chapter conference experience, held on September 28th-30th, 2023. We had a beautiful start with the opening reception on the San Diego Harbor, where AALL Board Member, Kris Niedringhaus joined usContinue reading “Westpac 2023: Scholarship, Connection, a Pool Shark, and a Wedding?”
Law Librarians in Paradise: A Celebration of our Community
By Mandy Lee (Follow us on LinkedIn) We hurried toward one another, arms outstretched. Although we had met in person only once before, nearly a year previously, at the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) conference in Denver, our reunion was one of old friends. Jenny Silbiger greeted me, Hawaiian-style, with a fresh orchid lei whichContinue reading “Law Librarians in Paradise: A Celebration of our Community”
Keeping a Healthy Mindset at Work – The Librarian’s Four Agreements
By Havilah Steinman Bakken (Follow us on LinkedIn) I recently had the opportunity to read The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz for the first time. The author explores four decisions they have made to promote mental health and a practical mindset in daily life. Making the following four agreements with myself as the author describesContinue reading “Keeping a Healthy Mindset at Work – The Librarian’s Four Agreements”
Your First Rodeo: What to know before you go to the AALL Annual Meeting
By Ramon Barajas (Follow us on LinkedIn) This year’s Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) will be my first in person conference since the Baltimore meeting in 2018. Little did I know at the time that I wouldn’t return for another five years. In preparing for this year’s meeting, I find myselfContinue reading “Your First Rodeo: What to know before you go to the AALL Annual Meeting”
Work Life Balance, Guilty Mom Syndrome
By Itunu Sofidiya (Follow us on LinkedIn) I am the first to admit that I completely understand why many people don’t want to have kids. I have a ten-year-old son, who I absolutely adore. However, mommying while working is difficult and expensive. I guess expensive is relative, because kids don’t have to bankrupt you. However, as a parent,Continue reading “Work Life Balance, Guilty Mom Syndrome”
Ruthlessly Doing Less
By Sabrina Sondhi (Follow us on LinkedIn) Last summer I wrote a blog post asking if we should all step back, look at our job duties, analyze what is truly important, and then do only that, i.e., should we be doing less. Today I want to discuss two related ideas: applying that “do less” concept toContinue reading “Ruthlessly Doing Less”
ChatGPT and Law Librarians – Potential and Peril
By Jennifer Mendez (Follow us on LinkedIn) In the May/June 2022 issue of AALL Spectrum, I had the honor of co-authoring an article titled, Innovation Is Changing the Role of Law Librarians—And They’re Ready for It. In that article, my coauthors, G. Patrick Flanagan and Jill L. Kilgore, and I argued that, “Because law librarians areContinue reading “ChatGPT and Law Librarians – Potential and Peril”