Preface – Ellyssa Kroski, MLIS, Director of Innovation & Engagement, The New York Law Institute
Forward - Ronald E Wheeler, MLIS, JD, Associate Dean, Law Libraries/Associate Professor of Law and Legal Research, Fineman and Pappas Law Libraries, Boston University School of Law
Law Library Management
1. Policy Development in Law Libraries – Sheri H. Lewis, JD, MLIS, Director, D'Angelo Law Library, The University of Chicago Law School
2. Budgeting for the law library – Justin Huckaby, MSLIS, JD, Director of the Grisham Law Library and Assistant Professor of Law, University of Mississippi Grisham Law Library
3. Negotiating Contracts – Kerry Lohmeier, MSIS, JD, Associate Dean of Library and Information Services The University of Akron School of Law/ Suzanne Darais, JD, MLS, Director, Faust Law Library, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
4. The Business of Running a Law Library - Abigail Ross, MLS Principal RoFinCo, LLC
5. Managing remote and hybrid workers - John DiGilio, MLIS, JD Firmwide Director of Library Services, Sidley Austin LLP
6. Vendor Relations: Navigating Challenges & Opportunities with Collaboration, Negotiation & Implementation – Crystal Alberthal, MLIS, Head of Collections, Resources & Information Management, University of Washington Gallagher Law Library/Pearl McCrea, MLIS, Collection Management Librarian, University of Washington Gallagher Law Library
7. Institutional Knowledge Management and Succession Planning - Sabrina Sondhi, JD, MLIS Director of the H. Laddie Montague, Jr. Law Library and Professor of Legal Research, Penn State Dickinson Law/Amy Carr, MLIS Senior Manager, Knowledge Management, Bowman and Brooke LLP
8. How to create a strategic plan and prove the ROI of the library – Rachel Gordon, MLIS, MBA, JD, Director of Library Services, Yale Law Library/ Marci Wilding, JD Public Services Law Librarian/Assistant Professor of the Practice of Law University of Mississippi
9 .Law firm Libraries: Organizational structure, Positioning of the Library, and Law Firm Mergers – Marcia Burris, Director of Research and Knowledge Management, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
10. Digital Leases and Lost Legacies: The Quest for Sustainable Access - Sabrina Sondhi, JD, MLS Director of the H. Laddie Montague, Jr. Law Library and Professor of Legal Research, Penn State Dickinson Law
11. Risk Management in Law Libraries - Marci Wilding, JD Public Services Law Librarian/Assistant Professor of the Practice of Law University of Mississippi
Law Library Technologies
12. The Law Library Website - Syd Stephenson, MLIS Electronic Services & Systems Librarian Oklahoma City University School of Law/Jingwei Zhang, MLS, LLM Reference and student services librarian, Rutgers Law Library
13. The Law Library Intranet - Erik Adams, MLIS, Director of Library Digital Technology, Sidley Austin LLP/ Iain Barksdale, MLS JD, Law School Technology Services Librarian, The University of Alabama School of Law/ Kristen Naik, MLIS, Digital Initiatives Analyst, Sidley Austin LLP
14. Cybersecurity Issues and Training - Susan Boland, MLIS, JD Associate Director, University of Cincinnati Robert S. Marx Law Library
15. AI and Machine Learning in Law Libraries - Sarah Ryan, MLS, PhD, JD, Director of the Law Librarianship Program; Associate Professor of Information Science, University of North Texas/Cas Laskowski, MLIS, JD, Head of Research, Data, & Instruction; Director, Law Library Fellows Program, University of Arizona
16. Generative AI in Law Libraries - Michelle Rodenburg, MIS, JD Law & Technology Librarian University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law/ Jennifer Wondracek, MLIS, JD Associate Dean for Legal Information and Library Services, Capital University Law Library
17. AI-Driven Competitive Intelligence – Jim Currie, MBA, Competitive Intelligence Manager, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP/Josh Farley, Senior Competitive Intelligence Coordinator, Norton Rose Fulbright /Victoria Swindle, MLIS, Library Technology Specialist, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
18. Big Data and Law Libraries - Monique Gonzalez, MLIS, JD Associate Dean and Director for the Library and Information Technology Services, Paul M. Herbert Law Center, Louisiana State University
19. Data on the Horizon: Involvement and Impact of Law Librarians in Big Data Projects - Erik Adams, MLIS, Director of Library Digital Technology, Sidley Austin LLP/ Kristen Naik, MLIS, Digital Initiatives Analyst, Sidley Austin LLP
Law Library Challenges and Opportunities
20. Advancing the Impact of Legal Information: Challenges and Opportunities in Law Firm Libraries – Scott Bailey, MSIS, Director of Research & Knowledge Services, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
21. Challenges and Opportunities in Government Law Libraries - Holly Grimes, MLIS, Circulation Librarian, Alabama Supreme Court and State Law Library
22. Using Scenario Planning to Discover Challenges and Opportunities in Academic Law Libraries - Debbie Ginsberg, MLIS, JD Faculty Services Manager Harvard Law School Library
23. How Law Libraries Can Reimagine Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in an Anti-DEI Climate – Monique Gonzalez, MLIS, JD Associate Dean and Director for the Library and Information Technology Services, Paul M. Herbert Law Center, Louisiana State University/ Phebe Huderson-Poydras, MLIS, JD, Director of Library Services, Professor of Law, Southern University Law Center
24. Access to Justice (A2J) - Latia Ward, MSLS, JD Research Librarian University of Virginia School of Law, Arthur J. Morris Law Library/Rebecca Katz, MSLIS, JD, Founder and Executive Director, JusticeAccess
25. Law Library Partnerships - Kris Turner, MLIS, JD Associate Director of Public Services University of Wisconsin Law Library
26. Working in the Field Without an MLIS - Don Boman, MLIS Research & Knowledge Resources Manager Skadden Arps
27. The Professional Law Librarian Today - Malika Lipscomb, MLS Research & Training Librarian Fisher Phillips/ Nicholas Lamb, MA, JD Information Research Specialist in Learning Technology at Baker Library, Harvard Business School
28. The Law Library as a Center for Innovation - Kenton Brice, MLS, JD Law Library Director University of Oklahoma College of Law
Bibliography
Index
About the Editor
About the Contributors