Law Librarians in Demand!

The August 20, 2004 print edition of Business First of Columbus highlights the legal profession, focusing particularly on corporate and litigation topics. Law librarians, ably represented by Maggie Toole of Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn, Susan Hanrahan of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, Nancy Clark of Jones Day's Columbus office, and Pat Christian of Squire, Sanders, and Dempsey, are the focus of one article that looks at the increasing demand of law firms for librarian skills. While demand for print resources is challenged by the cost and access of electronic resources, librarians are doing far more non-legal research than ever before. Law firms who look to law librarians solely for legal research assistance may be missing valuable skills; law firms not engaged in business research about opponents and clients may be omitting an important source of competitive intelligence.
Other topics include corporate e-mail retention policies and how they might reduce liability and electronic data discovery.