Best Practices 2009: Change: Managing It, Surviving It, Thriving on It. is now available in a PDF version. Best Practices is a collaborative document that is put out annually on a specific topic of interest to government libraries and includes content submitted by government librarians and community leaders with an interest in government libraries. The 2009 edition includes 60 articles and other submissions provided by more than 50 contributors from librarians in government agencies, courts, and the military, as well as from professional association leaders, LexisNexis Consultants, and more.
Articles include:
CHANGE: Managing It
- Library Crisis Op – US Trademark Law Library
Anne Marie Parsons, Senior Reference Librarian and Working Supervisor (IRIS contract), Trademark Law Library, USPTO - LexisNexis® Digital Asset Management
- The New LexisNexis® DAM Center
- The Federal Library Competencies: A Tool for Meeting the Challenges of Change
Roberta I. Shaffer, Executive Director, FLICC/FEDLINK, Library of Congress - The GSA Terms of Service Agreements
Chris Zammarelli, Chair, Government Information Division, Special Libraries Association - Electronic Legislative Histories at the Department of Justice Libraries
Lisa Kosow, Law Librarian, 1425 NY Ave., Library, U.S. Department of Justice Library Staff - Patrick Henry Library Information Commons – One Year Later
Ned Wolff, Supervisory Librarian, Patrick Henry Library, U.S. Department of Justice Library Staff - Reports, Hearings and Debates, oh my! The Electronic Future of Legislative History at the Department of the Interior Library
Jennifer Klang, Deputy Project Manager / Head of Reference Services, Department of the Interior Library - The Library’s Training Committee Takes the Lead on Training Activity at the Department of Justice
Michele Masias, Law Librarian, Patrick Henry Library, U.S. Department of Justice Library Staff - Engineering Your Library for Change, or, Everything that I needed to know about change I learned from my customers
Deborah E. B. Keller, Librarian, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity Library - Information Professionals as Intelligence Analysts: Making the Transition
Dr. Edna Reid, Associate Professor, Clarion University, Department of Library Science - Virtual Reference: Embracing the Possibilities
Jennifer McMahan, Supervisory Librarian, 1425 NY Ave. Library, U.S. Department of Justice Library Staff - Transblogrification – Changing from a Blog to ???
Janet Oberla, Law Librarian, RFK Main Library, U.S. Department of Justice Library Staff - “ … a pretty face may last a year or two, but pretty soon we’ll see what you can do.”
Robert A. Farina, Director, Trademark Law Library, USPTO - Justice Libraries See Opportunities for the Future of Reference
Dennis Feldt, Assistant Director for Access and Organization, Jim Gernert, Law Librarian, Jennifer Hammond, Law Librarian, Derek Jones, Law Librarian, and Mimi Vollstedt, Law Librarian, U.S. Department of Justice - Essential Components of Change
Anne Marie Parsons, Senior Reference Librarian and Working Supervisor (IRIS contract), Trademark Law Library, USPTO - Online Learning: Making the Switch from Twitter to Term Papers
Kristin Hehe Whitman, Graduate Student - Careers in Federal Libraries Resume Review Service: Connecting Newbies and Professionals
Kim Lyall, Outreach Specialist, NASA Center for AeroSpace Information operated by Chugach Industries, Inc. - Law Librarian 2.0: Building the Law Librarian of the Future
Michael Saint-Onge, Team Lead, LexisNexis Customer Consulting Group - Green Thoughts
Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis Press Release: Survey Reveals Growth in Online Professional Networking Among Legal Professionals, Appetite for Lawyer-Specific Networking Solutions
CHANGE: Surviving It
- LexisNexis® Professional Consulting Services
- Change Is Good
Gayle Lynn-Nelson, Senior Librarian Relations Consultant, LexisNexis - METRO’s Digital Dilemmas Symposium Surfaces Opportunities & Best Practices
Tom Clareson, Senior Consultant for New Initiatives, Lyrasis, and Jason Kucsma, Emerging Technologies Manager, Metropolitan New York Library Council - Multitasking as a DOJ Law Librarian
Jim Higgins, Law Librarian, and Mariana Long, Reference Librarian, 1425 NY Ave., Library, U.S. Department of Justice Library Staff - Careers in Federal Libraries to reach NextGen Feds
Nancy Faget, U.S. Government Printing Office, President, ALA Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Roundtable - Managing Transition: Outlining a Course of Action
B.Vick, Technical Librarian, United States Government Accountability Office - CH-CH-CH CHANGES
Laura Keen, Former Federal Librarian - Pursuing Your Passion
Paul Henriques, Research Librarian, United States Postal Service Headquarters Library - Libraries in Change
Suzanne Morrison, Branch Librarian, U.S. Courts Library 8th Circuit - Sharing Information
Manuela Fortenberry, MIM, Senior Data Librarian, Professional Solutions - And Now a Word from Gov Gab
Jake, Gov Gab Blogger, Office of Citizen Services and Communications at the U.S. General Services Administration - AALL 2008: Marketing Your Library
Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis - Libraries on the High Seas 2009
Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis - SLA Government Information Division News Feed by Marie Kaddell
Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
CHANGE: Thriving on It
- Government Info Pro Blog and Podcast
- Are You Subscribed?
- Cobell v. U.S. Department of the Interior: How an Internet Shutdown Helped Change the Course of the DOI Library
George Franchois, Coordinator of Library Services, U.S. Dept. of the Interior Library - The Embedded Archivist, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Change
Jan Zastrow, Archivist, Office of Senator Harry Reid, U.S. Senate - LexisNexis® Web Centers
- Library 2.0 Bibliography
David E. McBee - Building a Transportation Library Community Infrastructure
Lisa Haakon Pogue, former director of technology transfer, American Public Works Association - Twitter: Changing our Lives in <= 140 Characters
Karen Huffman, Senior Systems & Database Administrator, National Geographic Society, Chair-elect, SLA Knowledge Management Division - Virtual Reference, Real Librarians
Biblio Latte, Reference Librarian Volunteer, Alliance Virtual Library, Information Island International, Second Life - Professional Benefits of Online Social Networking
Madeline Kriescher, Acting Circuit Librarian, U.S. Courts Library, 10th Circuit - Best Practices: Are You a Web 2.0 Genius Yet?
Deb Hunt, Senior Information Specialist, The Exploratorium, and Principal, Information Edge - 23 Things: Week-by-Week
Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
SLA's 23 Things: Week 1 Introduction
SLA's 23 Things: Week 2 Blogging
SLA's 23 Things: Week 3 Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati
SLA's 23 Things: Week 4 Photos & Images
SLA's 23 Things: Week 5 RSS & Newsreaders
SLA's 23 Things: Week 6: Play Week
SLA's 23 Things: Week 7 Wikis - Collaborative Portals
SLA's 23 Things: Week 8 Online Applications & Tools
SLA's 23 Things: Week 9 Podcasts, Video & Downloadable Audio - Volunteering To Make a Difference
Julie Webster-Matthews, LexisNexis - Making a Difference - One Librarian's Walk
Kate Follen, President, Monroe Information Service - NPR Librarians Launch New Blog: As A Matter Of Fact
Maureen Clements, Librarian, National Public Radio - Motivation and Achieving Your Goals
Dianne Chambers, Librarian Relations Consultant, LexisNexis - LexisNexis® Government Info Pro Podcast: Sharon Lenius, Librarian, U.S. National Guard
Government Info Pro Podcast: Gov Gab Bloggers Interview
Introducing the Smithsonian Channel Blog
Susanne Mei, VP Digital Media, Smithsonian Channel
Programs, Conferences & Events
- LexisNexis® Government E-Learning Series
- SLA 2008: The Best Conference Badge Ever
Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis - Park Ranger Speaker Series Fliers: Clara Barton National Historic Site, Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site, The Architecture of John Russell Pope, Rock Creek
George Franchois, Coordinator of Library Services, U.S. Department of the Interior Library - CIL 2008 Conference Takeaways
James King, Information Architect, National Institutes of Health Library - AALL 2008: Gi21
Maryalice Cassidy, Senior Law Librarian, Law Library, Federal Reserve Bank of New York - AALL 2008: Opening General Session on Disruptive Technology—Part 1
Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis - AALL 2008: Opening General Session on Disruptive Technology—Part 2
Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
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