This article is appearing in Today's SF Daily Journal and Joan Loftus will archive it on our web site. Attend Programs to Stay on Top One of the challenges that information professionals face is keeping abreast of the latest developments in the legal profession, legal publishing and technology. A very efficient way to stay on top of the trends and the changes taking place is to attend programs sponsored by local and national professional organizations. Each program has unique benefits. Several programs provided practical knowledge which could be applied immediately in your own setting.
Librarians often pick up information relevant to other firm departments.
At LegalWorks 2000, held last month, a program on recruiting demonstrated how the internet has changed recruiting efforts and offered some websites recruiting professionals would find useful. Programs teach us new skills which are critical to meeting the needs of the users and accomplishing the objectives of our firms. Skills learned at an HTML workshop, sponsored by BayNet, allowed a librarian to begin designing web pages for the research page of the firm's intranet. As in almost any other field, the internet is changing the way we do our jobs. It has opened up new avenues to provide information.