2024-03-28 13:52
While the official theme of this year's British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) Conference is "Full Steam Ahead: From Industrial to Knowledge Revolution", I've chosen t… Read More
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2024-02-29 11:39
2024-02-05 11:23
A reliable and effective natural language search option has been a long time coming. Although this functionality has existed for a while, many library and information professionals hav… Read More
2024-01-29 16:21
2024-01-02 15:26
Migrating to a new current awareness system is a daunting task which demands significant time and staffing resources. Vable’s new eguide to migration offers valuable insights int… Read More
2023-12-20 17:43
What were the most popular posts on the Vable current awareness blog in 2023? What were some of the common themes that rocked the information management world this year? Just in time f… Read More
2023-11-28 10:55
2023-11-14 16:57
How do you obtain the data you need to prove the value of your library and information service? We are all data-driven so you need the relevant information at your fingertips. You are… Read More
2023-10-25 12:07
After Vable's small survey on the use of ChatGPT within the legal information community, I wanted to explore further possibilities. Although the survey results suggested a stance of &l… Read More
2023-10-02 10:56
Is there anything new we can say about Generative AI? I’ve been putting off writing about ChatGPT because I’ve been too busy reading about it! But amongst the hype, halluci… Read More
2023-09-18 16:15
For library and information professionals, platform migrations are not just about transitioning from one system to another; they represent an investment in the future of the service. A… Read More
2023-08-30 11:46
Client satisfaction is a priority for Team Vable and we are proud when our clients recognise our efforts - after all, you as library and information people are also striving for excell… Read More
2023-08-14 09:48
It’s nearly that time of year again! We are ready to introduce new joiners, trainees and students to their library and information training. Over the past few years, we have seen… Read More
2023-07-20 10:35
What else did we learn at the BIALL conference? In this second BIALL-related post I bring together insights from three more thought-provoking sessions; enhancing our visibility, utilis… Read More
2023-07-05 16:23
An example from the session "Lego® Serious Play® and student learning; let them build it and they will come to their own conclusions" Read More
2023-06-19 14:58
Your clients are driving legal tech disruption and development. Are you with them? In an increasingly competitive landscape, law firms must maintain exceptional client service levels w… Read More
2023-06-19 11:54
Library and information professionals know that end users make endless use of Google. This is not inherently a bad thing and information departments continue to ensure that everyone ca… Read More
2023-05-25 17:17
BIALL listens! This year's theme, "Gaining the Edge: Investing in Our Skillset," came from ideas submitted from last year’s post-conference survey. BIALL members asked the Confer… Read More
2023-05-09 08:58
You have rolled out your current awareness solution and created 100s - if not 1000s - of relevant alerts and topics populated with articles designed to keep your end users informed.&nb… Read More
2023-04-17 15:07
It's astounding. Every day, Google receives over 9.6 billion search queries and around 333.2 billion emails are sent. To say that we are living in an age of information overload where… Read More
2023-04-17 13:38
Business development and marketing professionals must constantly be informed about their clients, competitors, and industry news to identify new business opportunities and make informe… Read More
2023-03-30 08:37
Software trials are an essential part of the library and information management role. We are constantly being bombarded with new products, services, solutions and databases, however, o… Read More
2023-02-23 15:58
This question is key when implementing a premium content aggregator platform like Vable. Whether you are setting up simple automated alerts or more complex curated newsletters, for ind… Read More
2023-01-18 17:58
Are your recent current awareness news alerts alive with fascinating (and practical) tech news? Who can resist the exciting debut of AI-driven document handling at the Old Bailey? And… Read More
2023-01-10 09:41
Compiling competitive intelligence is a standard requirement for most library and information professionals. We live in an age of intelligence; without targeted and actionable informat… Read More
2022-11-30 13:03
What’s going to be hot in legal tech in 2023? It’s that time of year when legal information professionals start thinking about the threats and opportunities that lie ahead… Read More
2022-11-01 08:53
Legal tech investment and expectations are at an all-time high. But how do you know the best ways to approach a tech implementation project to ensure success for you, your team, your e… Read More
2022-09-20 08:14
Proving the value of the library and information team to management is an ongoing challenge. How can information people who work in legal, commercial or financial industries move beyon… Read More
Information Experts Outline 8 Essential “must Have†Capabilities Of A Premium Content Aggregator
2022-09-13 10:25
This post was inspired by the AALL 2022 Conference session called “Aggravation or Aggregation: Managing News Information Overload”, which examined current awareness develop… Read More
2022-08-11 16:13
This post was inspired by a brief conversation we had with a library manager where they asked, “where is the one news aggregator that brings everything together in one place?&rdq… Read More
2022-08-09 16:17
A genuine commitment to sustainability is critical for organisations to remain relevant and competitive in this changing world. Much like digital transformation, driving sustainability… Read More
2022-07-20 11:12
I recently asked why people should attend BIALL 2022 and I now have the answers! The first reason is simple - for the joy of making human connections and having a good face-to-face cha… Read More
2022-06-29 10:44
Why should you attend BIALL 2022 in July? Leading innovation and facilitating knowledge sharing has always played a massive part in our library and information roles. What are the curr… Read More
2022-05-24 16:50
How many times have you been outraged by something on social media today? How did you respond - did you share and amplify? In a recent webinar, one of the key messages Dr Carl Miller d… Read More
2022-05-12 09:34
What’s in a name? If it’s hard to define a library and information job title, it can be a challenge for information professionals to know what to call the people with whom… Read More
2022-05-11 11:52
2022-04-27 14:00
This year is shaping up to be the most sociable this decade! We have multiple library and information conferences and events in the Vable calendar, and I’m excited to think ab… Read More
2022-04-20 09:43
Time management courses are a waste of time. Or are they? In a recent webinar, Sally Marshall and Claire McMillan, Talent Development Managers of international law firm Dentons, enc… Read More
2022-04-04 16:21
We’ve heard it time and time again, we are living in an information age. Never before have we had so much information available to us, and so many different ways by which to c… Read More
2022-04-04 16:19
The January luncheon for ALLA – the Atlanta chapter of AALL invited information professionals to "learn about strategies and tools to improve your workflow processe… Read More
2022-03-28 16:21
Emily Baldwin, Vable’s Head of Client Success, joined a panel of experts at a recent AALL event. It was designed to bring together information people and business partners to… Read More
2022-03-17 16:40
Your colleagues are overwhelmed by information. It is your job to employ your library management skills to ensure that they can identify that key article that will impress their cli… Read More
2022-02-16 17:18
Innovation is about finding new and efficient ways to solve existing problems and challenges. So is it possible to approach budget setting in an innovative way - after all, isn&rsqu… Read More
2022-02-07 15:51
Vable is excited to announce a number of new features on our content aggregation and news monitoring platform. As we commence the Year of the Tiger, we are reflecting on what it tak… Read More
2022-02-02 16:44
During January’s SKILLS22 conference, Alicia Hardy from White and Case gave us some suggestions to ensure a law firm is successful when implementing innovative solutions. As a… Read More
2022-01-10 10:55
How advanced, and more importantly, how effective is your law firm’s tech? How do you keep driving its implementation and success? It is rare for law firms not to have a growi… Read More
2021-12-29 15:32
Another tumultuous year is drawing to a close - congratulations, we made it! Looking back on the year's events, I’m irresistibly reminded of Billy Joel’s “We didn… Read More
2021-12-13 11:21
How has COVID-19 impacted our collective and independent decision making processes? In this piece, I want to highlight some recent academic research which suggests that COVID may ha… Read More
2021-11-29 16:58
This Google themed post was inspired by a tweet. A librarian and client had an email exchange and the librarian tweeted the following: Read More
2021-11-18 08:51
In a previous post, Vable’s Head of Client Success, Emily Baldwin explained how to create and nurture successful client/vendor relationships. When I attended ILTA’s &ldq… Read More
2021-10-27 13:32
There has been an interesting run of webinars on the topic of libraries and AI recently. One particularly informative one was CILIP’s webinar on "AI, machine learning, process… Read More
2021-10-06 07:25
Finding library and information themed webinars and conferences that do not over-hype artificial intelligence (AI) can be a challenge. This is why I was pleasantly surprised by the… Read More
2021-09-27 08:53
I’ve been seeing an increased number of articles about attention spans in my health and wellbeing current awareness alerts every morning. This got me thinking about informatio… Read More
2021-09-15 14:30
After a long spring and an uncertain summer, September is the perfect time to stop, refocus and reset our New Year’s Resolutions. Once we as library and information people hav… Read More
2021-08-05 14:25
Time for a conference update - library and information conferences are returning to various cities, or being presented as a hybrid of online/physical. Dates are all over the place b… Read More
2021-08-04 08:13
“An informed perspective is more important than ever in order to anticipate what comes next and succeed in emerging futures”. HBR, October 16, 2015 Read More
2021-07-28 09:15
Occasionally someone publishes an academic paper which is of immediate interest and this one by Haim Sandberg caught my eye. "What is Legal Innovation?" was flagged by my morning cu… Read More
2021-07-08 13:32
Six months, six popular blog posts: we are halfway through 2021 and I wanted to see what people were reading on the Vable current awareness strategy blog. This year has seen us all… Read More
2021-06-30 07:23
This post is an examination of the difference between content aggregation and content curation, and why they make a difference to a firm’s information flow - indeed, to explor… Read More
2021-06-17 16:21
When was the last time that a library and information conference inspired your intellectual curiosity? Why is it so important to think about information ubiquity? What apps should w… Read More
2021-05-12 14:00
A session from the recent LIDA conference outlined how the power of the crowd contributed to the success of a local history documentation project. The possibilities for this type of… Read More
2021-04-29 09:05
As an undergraduate nearly thirty years ago, business information management was an emerging and almost glamorous(!) specialism. In 1992, Loughborough University appointed Derek Ste… Read More
2021-04-22 08:41
There are a number of news monitoring and content aggregation platforms on the market. They all promise to make your current awareness provision more efficient. As vendors, we want… Read More
2021-04-07 08:30
Welcome to the second conference post this month. Full BIALL is back! After last year’s shortened (but brilliant) online version, once again we are looking forward to a 3 day… Read More
2021-04-01 08:05
Although library and information conferences have changed beyond recognition this past year, we can still get excited about their new look and feel. We recently had notifications ab… Read More
2021-03-12 09:38
I want to offer practical solutions to library and information managers. In Vable’s new and updated white paper, I cover (amongst other things) the librarian’s role in s… Read More
2021-03-05 16:29
Twitter can be an inspiring place for information people, and we are all in need of being part of a supportive, friendly, and sharing community. #UKLibChat is one of my favourite ev… Read More
2021-02-24 16:52
Notes from a Webinar: "Web archiving services at the National Archives" (Wednesday 3 February 2021)with Tom Storrar - Web Archiving Service Owner at The National Archives. Chair was… Read More
2021-02-18 08:57
February used to see us making travel plans but that isn’t possible right now. With all those Facebook memories popping up, it’s making me nostalgic. Photos from a time… Read More
2021-02-10 08:00
In the past two posts, I’ve discussed the practicalities of current awareness migration projects, as well as how to take the first steps towards implementing an automated syst… Read More
2021-01-29 16:30
My last post focused on migrations so this one is for people at the beginning of their current awareness journey. Library and information managers are always keen to capitalise on n… Read More
2021-01-27 12:51
Team Vable is proud to have had our suite of products - Vable InfoPro, Vable Inbox and MyVable - included once again in the LAC Group's Report (Jan 2021), where they compared Vable… Read More
2021-01-20 11:01
A number of new clients have come on board recently, so I wanted to share some Vable current awareness migration experiences with a wider audience. Tech migrations and new implement… Read More
2020-12-30 08:00
Who can believe 2020 is nearly over? Normally we approach the close of the year with optimism and anticipation of spending time at home with friends and family. We are still hopeful… Read More
2020-11-17 09:04
I want you to become the trusted advisor for IT and Business Development teams, as well as your other end-users. It is important for you to appreciate the technology that news monit… Read More
2020-11-05 09:51
There are many reasons why library managers should be avid readers of legal IT surveys. They are useful in giving an overview of the market, a focus on current thinking and attitude… Read More
2020-10-20 09:46
Premium content aggregator sites like Vable are a great current awareness tool for library and information professionals. However the unprecedented challenges presented by 2020 have… Read More
2020-10-01 06:30
2020-09-16 14:30
The UK government is urging the nation’s workforce to return to offices and workplaces in central business districts. Since the start of August, employers in England have had… Read More
2020-08-12 08:21
As an information professional, how long do you spend on email management? How many emails do you forward everyday? How often do you reach zero in your Gmail or Outlook inbox? A rec… Read More
2020-08-04 09:34
With the easing of lockdown restrictions, information professionals are looking to move back into the office, and Caroline wondered what the future of law firm libraries would look… Read More
2020-08-03 05:24
Cindy Adams discussed this phrase in a presentation she gave to the Atlanta Law Libraries Association. Although the term may have fallen out of favour over the past decade or so, we… Read More
2020-07-29 07:00
I recently took a holiday to catch my breath, and on my return I thought I'd look at the figures behind the Vable current awareness strategy blog. I was interested to see which post… Read More
2020-07-13 14:28
How do you know if you’re investing in the right resources? Our organisations are currently facing some difficult financial challenges, so all budgets are under review. One ar… Read More
2020-07-01 07:07
Grey literature is hard to categorise, occasionally elusive, and users value it more than we can imagine. So when CILIP announced a webinar presented by The King’s Fund, I jum… Read More
2020-06-19 05:58
Here we are at the start of summer and it seems like a long time since any of us stepped foot in a physical law library space. But even prior to this global pandemic, times were cha… Read More
2020-06-03 10:05
This is the second post to emerge from the CLIG panel discussion. Aside from training during COVID-19, the panel discussion covered collection management, workload and working patte… Read More
2020-05-26 10:08
I recently attended an online panel discussion hosted by City Legal Information Professionals (CLIG). The broad theme was how library services were handling the challenges posed by… Read More
2020-05-19 16:46
Are you out of sight, out of mind? Your library and information services are currently operating away from a physical space within a building, so how do you ensure that you're not s… Read More
2020-05-08 10:22
My last post, about trying to predict what products are going to sell well in this environment made me want to re-read one of my all-time-favourite business books – The S… Read More
2020-04-24 07:17
Predictions from our marketing expert, which was first published on LinkedIn. Read More
2020-04-24 07:00
We are all under pressure at work and so it is to be expected that we occasionally face frustrations. As key service providers, information professionals often find themselves manag… Read More
2020-04-22 05:38
A recent article said libraries are proving that they’re more important than ever so in honour of the US National Libraries Week, I've created a list of varied digitised colle… Read More
2020-04-16 10:31
This is the second in Roberto's series of marketing blogposts. We can all benefit from his expertise in these challenging times. Read on for analysis on his recommendations Read More
2020-04-15 05:51
In a recent article for Aeon Magazine, John Kaag and Susan Froderberg suggest that for the full life experience, we should put down all our mobile devices and just walk Read More
2020-04-14 07:59
Not only are we coming to terms with the change that this virus has brought about in our lives, we are trying to fight an avalanche of information. Every time I do a search for COVI… Read More
2020-04-09 09:32
Marketing is typically one of the first items to be slashed by management in hard times. During the 2008 recession I received an instruction from my CEO to immediately cut 1/3 of my… Read More
2020-03-26 06:32
We are currently in the midst of unexplored territory and life as we know it is changing. There have been few global events which have kept everyone glued to the news like COVID-19… Read More
2020-03-20 17:15
Today I wanted to inject some lightness into COVID-19 current awareness. I will declare up front that I am a big fan of technology, especially in the workplace. I love the way somet… Read More
2020-03-13 09:14
I have always been a big believer in the benefits of cross-pollinating ideas – of picking up concepts and techniques from one field, then adapting and implementing them in ano… Read More
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