Tag: Law Librarianship

  • Work Life Balance: What’s That?

    Work Life Balance: What’s That?

    I, like many professionals, have at certain times been swept up in the concept of work-life balance.  Unfortunately, this is such an anomalous state of being, that I’ve struggled to determine whether such a thing exists.

  • Key Resources in Middle East Librarianship

    Key Resources in Middle East Librarianship

    This semester I am taking a class in Middle East Librarianship. As part of the course, I have been tasked to select 10-15 reference works that should be part of any basic Middle East reference collection. In order to determine what these resources ought to be, I developed a few research strategies. First, I narrowed…

  • Law Firm v. Academic Librarians

    Law Firm v. Academic Librarians

    I recently graduated from library school and started my law librarianship career. Although I had previously set out to become an academic law school reference librarian, I was presented with a wonderful opportunity to begin my law librarianship career at a top law firm. I am often asked how being an academic reference librarian is different…