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Reflections on Current Trends and Predictions for Commercial Law Libraries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2019

Samuel Wiggins
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Abstract

This article, written by Samuel Wiggins, examines current trends within commercial law firm libraries, and considers how those trends might continue over the next five to ten years. Areas considered include legal technology, the future of the library space, the role of the professional body, training, and the relationship between traditional librarianship and knowledge management.

Keywords

law firm librarieslaw firm librarianslegal information managers
Type
BIALL’s 50th Anniversary: A Celebration
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , June 2019 , pp. 94 - 97
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2019. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 

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