Category: Soapbox / Opinions
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Monday’s Musing: Working from Home Not Working?
I was surprised to read an article on CNN today regarding the move by Yahoo!’s new CEO to end work at home opportunities for the company’s employees. Marissa Mayer, herself a known work-a-holic, is pulling the plug on this privilege in the interest of fostering greater collaboration among Yahoo! employees. This in the interest of…
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Monday’s Musing: The Next Level of Search
CNN Money is reporting that fresh off its vindication for antitrust violations, Google is already looking ahead to how it can leverage its newfound clout. “Search 2.0” is what they are calling it and the goal is to bring users even more precision. The “direct answer” remains as elusive and an almost as mythological as…
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A Grain of Salt & A Teaspoon of Sugar: Reading Patrick Lamb’s Thoughts on Law Librarians.
A bit of a brouhaha was created today when The ABA Journal released its most recent installment of its The New Normal series. In it, Valorem Law Group’s Patrick Lamb asks and sort of answers a stark question – Does it pay to hire a law librarian? His response and rationale are provocative. Reaction to his…
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Soapbox: Law Librarians need to exercise their shrinking voice!
The Soapbox is a new iBraryGuy weekly feature debuting in December 2010. It will feature a new opinion piece on a topic of interest to law librarians and info pros. All opinions presented are those of the iBraryGuy team and do not represent the positions of any particular business or industry group. Recent news reports…
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