This message was posted last week to the LLAGNY and privatelawlib list
servs. Thanks to all who responded (6 responses so far) but I hope that
some more librarians who are not on those two listservs might take a few
moments to reply. If you have any questions, please contact me.
Thanks so much for you help!
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The survey is particularly directed to New York City law firm libraries in 3
areas:
- Branch offices of national firms
- Large Top Tier Firmsbased in New York
- Smaller firms that are about the size of our branch (125 attorneys)
In an attempt to add professional staff, I have been asked to survey what is
happening with the competition. It would be greatly appreciated if you
would respond before Monday, August 16. Please feel free to add narrative
to any questions. All responses will be confidential and I will
summarize/post the results, and don't hesitate to respond privately, if that
would be easier. Many TIA, Martha
1. Size of Firm/Your Office
______ # lawyers
______ # paralegals
____________________________________ Other users of library services
2. Permanent Library staff (full-time equivalents)
______ Professionals
______ Paraprofessionals
______ Clericals
________________________________________________________________ Other
3. Do you have any permanent, part-time library staff? (not temps or summer
help)? If so, please describe:
4. Do you outsource any library tasks?
______ Filing looseleaf services
______ Cataloging
________________________________________________________________ Other
5. Scheduled Hours of Service when Staff is Present:
______ Monday - Friday, regular business hours
______ After regular business hours on weekdays
______ Weekends
6. Who staffs your library (# professionals, paraprofessionals, etc.:
_______________________________ During regular business hours
_______________________________ Before/After regular business hours
_______________________________ On the weekends
_______________________________ Special Projects
_______________________________ Other
7. If you have staff after regular business hours, are they:
______ Scheduled Shift (staff rotates to stay late/weekends/other)
______ Voluntary Overtime (exempt v. non-exempt)?
______ Scheduled Overtime
______ Regular, permanent Hours
__________________________________________________________ Other
8. Services Provided By Your Library: If some of these are not provided
before/after regular business hours/evenings, weekends, kindly indicate)
______ Reference
______ Research
______ Client Development Research
______ Competitive Analyis
______ Special Projects for Attorneys/Administrator
______ Legal Database searching (Lexis/Westlaw)
______ Non-legal Database searching
______ Internet Searching
______ Technical Services
______ Interlibrary Loan
______ Cite Checking (manual/electronic)
______ Case Pulls
______ Filing library materials
______ Filing materials in offices
______ Training Sessions
______ Internet
______ Legal Research
______ Business Research
______ Databases
________________________________________________ Other
______ Group subscription processing for your office or firmwide
______ Acquisitions
______ Routing/Circulation
______ Current Awareness/SDI
_______________________________________________________ Other
9. Additional Responsibilities of the Library
______ Records Center
______ CLE (maintaining the attorney records/seminar registration),
______ Intranet
______ Client development
______ Facilities
______ Conflict Checking
______ Docket
______ Form Files
______ Marketing
______ Recruiting
_______________________________________________________ Other
10. Additional Comments
Martha Goldman
Director of Information Resources
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
599 Lexington Avenue, 32 floor
New York, NY 10022
e-mail: mgoldman@interport.net
phone: 212-326-3669
fax: 212-755-7306
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