This post was inspired by the AALL 2022 Conference session called “Aggravation or Aggregation: Managing News Information Overload”, which examined current awareness development and delivery in the legal information world. I have expanded on some of the ideas and highlighted the essential functionality expected of a premium news aggregator platform.
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?”.
A genuine commitment to sustainability is critical for organisations to remain relevant and competitive in this changing world. Much like digital transformation, driving sustainability requires organisations to transform their business from within. Organisations require individuals to take the lead and as we saw at BIALL 2022, library and information professionals are not only at
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 chat with people! The second reason, from a library and information person’s point of view, was the sharing of knowledge and experience.
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 current issues? What can we learn from our previous endeavours? How can we explore new horizons for the benefit of our organisations?
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 delivered was to stop and think before reacting to anything we read online. We live in dangerous and fractured
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 they come into contact. It’s the same at Vable. To be innovative, effective and understand our audience, we need to know the
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 about all the conversations that we will soon be sharing (watch this space!). I’ve missed informal exchanges about hot topics with other knowledge and information
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, encouraged us to think about attention management instead. During the session, they provided an overview of useful books, showed us how to identify tasks which sabotage your