Posts By: Joanne Kiley

What’s in a Name? The Future of Law Firm Library Departments

Joanne Kiley | January 21, 2022

The American legal profession has had a uniform conception of a law firm’s library department and its role for several generations: great big rooms full of books and periodicals staffed by librarians responsible for making sure the firm had the most important volumes on hand for instant reference by the lawyers — or to track down what the lawyers needed if it was not on hand. The nomenclature was universal, and everyone knew the role of the department.

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Lanyard Making: Highlights from PLLIP’s Virtual Summit and AALL’s 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting  (Summer Camp for Law Firm Librarians #2)

Joanne Kiley | August 06, 2020

One of my favorite summer camp activities used to be making a lanyard – weaving together colored cording to create an accessory I could proudly display. Here, I attempt to weave together some of the cords from PLLIP’s recent Virtual Summit – Transformation 2020 and AALL’s 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting.

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