Law Libraries And Emerging Technologies
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This document discusses emerging technologies and how they can be used in law libraries. It outlines several Web 2.0 technologies like blogs, wikis, Flickr, Facebook, diigo, and Twitter. It also discusses virtual worlds like Second Life and how they have been used by law libraries for research, teaching, knowledge management, and marketing purposes. The document concludes that the future of law libraries is connected to technology and that librarians need to utilize their training and raise awareness of how technologies can be implemented.
Law Libraries And Emerging Technologies
- 1. Law Libraries and Emerging Technologies Saskia Mehlhorn, Assessor jur., LL.M. March 2009
- 2. Emerging Technologies Nanotechnology Semantic Web Cognitive Science Artificial Intelligence and Web 2.0 with an assortment of tools suitable for use in law libraries
- 3. Web 2.0 Has no hard boundary but rather a gravitational core. Visualize Web 2.0 as a set of principles and practices that tie together a veritable solar system of sites that demonstrate some or all of those principles, at a varying distance from that core.
- 4. Blogs: Participation Flickr, diigo: Wiki’s: trust in Tagging Universal not taxonomy knowledge Services, “Attitude not The Web not packaged Technolgy” as a Platform software Software gets better Harnessing with the growing collective number of users intelligence Playful
- 5. Applications Social networking Social bookmarking Participation and Expression Initiation of virtual realities
- 6. flickr One of the earliest web 2.0 platforms Image, video hosting website, web service suite, and online community platform
- 7. flickr This is a snapshot of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library on flickr
- 8. Facebook Social network website, especially used by students other than LinkedIn which is for “older” professionals or myspace which is popular among high school students Useful to stay in touch with friends and colleagues around the country and the globe Excellent tool for alumni associations
- 9. Facebook
- 10. diigo Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other things Social bookmarking website which allows users to bookmark and tag web-pages Can be shared with friends and groups In 2006 named one of the 10 best research tools
- 11. diigo
- 12. Wiki Comes from the Hawaiian and means “fast” Designed to enable anyone who accesses to contribute and modify content Can be open, and for anyone, or access- restricted Often used in business to provide Knowledge Management
- 13. Wiki
- 14. Twitter Twitter is a free social networking and micro- blogging service launched in 2006 Allows users to send and read other users' updates which are up to 140 characters in length Public or private Ideal for exchange of links etc. In August 2008 it was used the first time for up-to-the-minute court reporting
- 15. Twitter
- 16. Twitter Applications Twitter is elegant, but limiting. As a result, hundreds of third-party tools were developed to enhance Twitter. TweetBeep Twellow TwitterFeed
- 17. TweetBeep
- 18. Twellow
- 19. TwitterFeed
- 20. Second Life Internet-based virtual world launched in 2003, became widely known in 2006/2007 Used by companies as a training tool Info Island offers a variety of specialty libraries among them law libraries
- 21. Law Firms in SL
- 22. Open House of Law Libraries
- 23. Law Library of Nova Southeastern University
- 24. Second Life
- 25. legallyminded Provided by the ABA Currently in the beta phase Geared towards legal community Combines networking features (People Map, blog, wiki etc.) with news and articles and the possibility to schedule meetings within your sub-community.
- 26. Use of emerging technologies As a research tool As a teaching tool As a knowledge management tool As a marketing tool
- 27. Research Tool Diigo – bookmark once – share with a group Facebook – network, connect and share Twitter – write and share
- 28. Teaching Tool Second Life – Set up a session in SL – a different set of students will respond Wiki – assign every student a topic to report on Blog – widely used in private law libraries, good way to prepare for practice Twitter – in trial (or moot court) instant connection - train now - use later
- 29. Knowledge Management Tool Creation Capture/Harvest Organize Share Refine
- 30. Marketing Tool Flickr – present your library and your school Facebook – connect with alumni, current and future students Twitter – through Hein Online, WestLaw and the like stay connected SL – have a presence Diigo – search and find where you are present
- 31. The Future of Law Libraries is connected to technology. We librarians have the training to use technology, but we have to raise our voice and make it be heard.