2012 Best Practices for Government Libraries
2012 Best Practices for Government Libraries
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Follow Up to the <strong>2012</strong> Federal Law Librarians' Conference<br />
By Marie Kaddell, Senior In<strong>for</strong>mation Professional Consultant, LexisNexis<br />
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BEST PRACTICES <strong>2012</strong><br />
The Justice Department Library, in conjunction with the Law Library of Congress,<br />
hosted the Federal Law Librarians’ Conference on May 9 th -11 th . The conference<br />
provided both training and professional development opportunities <strong>for</strong> federal<br />
library professionals and included opportunities to hear from, and speak to, law<br />
librarians and library staff members from federal executive, legislative and judiciary<br />
libraries. Speakers included: Roberta Shaffer (Associate Librarian <strong>for</strong> Library<br />
Services, Library of Congress), David Ferreiro (Archivist of the United States, U.S.<br />
National Archives and Records Administration), and Edwin S. Kneedler (Deputy<br />
Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice).<br />
You can find some of the PowerPoints from the conference on the conference<br />
website at http://www.justice.gov/jmd/ls/conf<strong>2012</strong>/index.htm.<br />
Here are my tweets from the <strong>2012</strong> Federal Law Librarians' Conference:<br />
New Pew study says 21 percent of US public read an electronic book last<br />
year. Ferreiro #fllc12<br />
You can't have open government without good records. Ferreiro #fllc12<br />
Good piece of advice <strong>for</strong> searching the web: caveat lector! Let the reader<br />
beware. #fllc12<br />
Looking <strong>for</strong> everything about Mr./Ms. X? Check out<br />
http://www.governmentinfopro.PublicRecordsGuide.pdf . McMahan #fllc12<br />
Check out NARA's Citizen Archivist Dashboard -<br />
http;//www.archives.com/citizen-archivist jones #fllc12<br />
Reference at 140 characters or less? Sometimes it can work. Weber. #fllc12<br />
Yammer has been used at Smithsonian to increase info flow and<br />
transparency, crowdsourcing, cultivating innovation. Erixon-Stan<strong>for</strong>d #fllc12<br />
The USCS differs from official USC and the USCA by being very attentive to<br />
preserving the original language of a statute. McKinney #fllc12<br />
We lose 4 – 6% integrity when we migrate data. How do we make sure that<br />
4 – 6% is not the important part? Shaffer #fllc12<br />
Strategic Vision. What can you do in 90 days, 900 days, 9000 days? What do<br />
you want to leave <strong>for</strong> the next gen? Shaffer #fllc12<br />
40 years ago we received about 500 messages a day – now it’s can be up to<br />
8000 a day. Lofton #fllc12<br />
Out of the up to 8000 messages a day we receive only about 200 a day stick.<br />
Lofton #fllc12<br />
Leadership styles: captain, coach, collaborator, conceiver. #fllc12<br />
3 Cs of communication: be clear, speak concisely, have conviction about<br />
what you’re saying. Lofton #fllc12<br />
A strategic goals <strong>for</strong> Law Lib of Congress is to acquire, preserve, & provide<br />
access to universal collection of legal knowledge. Mao #fllc12<br />
LC collection includes 2.8M volumes, 60% <strong>for</strong>eign, primary legal materials<br />
from > 240 jurisdictions, over 60,000 rare materials. Mao #fllc12
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