Check out the latest LLANGY webinar entitled Kaye Scholer Library: The New Model for Going Digital. It’s especially timely and topical in light of the recent New York Times article So Little Paper to Chase in a Law Firm’s New Library, which you can read here. The article takes a close look at Kay Scholer’s recent move to 250 West 55th Street. They downsized about 95% of their law books.
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Kaye Scholer Library: The New Model for Going Digital?
Join us for a webinar on Dec 17, 2014, at 1:00 PM EST.
Register now by clicking here.
LLAGNY members (login required; no charge)
Non-LLAGNY members (cost is $25)
As the library moves from being a physical space to becoming a service, learn how Kaye Scholer’s library transformed from a physical space to an all-digital library supporting lawyers in NY from their offsite location in Florida. Attendees will learn: 1. to develop a model to move from print to digital media collection 2. challenges of providing a virtual library service 3. about some of the success stories as a result of the transformation Speaker: Shabeer Khan, Director of Information Services at Kaye Scholer LLP
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AALL submitted a Letter to the Editor in response to this article. Although the letter did not get published (the New York Times receives 1,000+ letters daily and can only print a select few), the letter was shared with AALL members and is available on AALLNET (see http://www.aallnet.org/hc/NewsCallout/Riccio-Responds-to-NYT-Article.html).