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The RIPS Law Librarian Blog is published by the Research, Instruction, and Patron Services Special Interest Section (RIPS-SIS) of the American Association of Law Libraries. All opinions expressed in the posts herein are those of the individual author and do not represent the opinions of RIPS-SIS or AALL.
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Category Archives: Career
On Sabbaticals and Term-Limits
by Beau Steenken Today marks a beginning and an end for me. On the one hand, today is the first day of my first ever research sabbatical. (U.K. considers librarians to be 12-month faculty, so I’m splitting my sabbatical and … Continue reading
Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Supporting Librarian Scholarship within Your Institution
by Ashley Ahlbrand Librarians are many things: caretakers, teachers, guides, support. These roles reflect the work that we do and the relationships we have with our patrons. Yet there is another role many of us fill, whether as a requirement … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Writing (generally)
Tagged collaboration, publication, Scholarship, writing process
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Do You Want it All?
by Dean Duane Strojny I want it all! Okay, I am generally not that greedy, but there have been quite a few things in the library world that I have come across that either I want to physically have or … Continue reading
Posted in AALL Annoucements, Annual meeting resources, Book Reviews, Career
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Time Management for Playmakers
by Margaret Jane Ambrose Lately, I have been thinking a lot about time. Mostly because I could use more of it (but then who couldn’t?), but also because I’ve been fielding a lot of questions about what I do with … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Issues in Law Librarianship, Time Management
Tagged law librarianship, time management
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Balancing Act
by Beau Steenken Recently I returned from vacationing with relatives in California. The combination of a week away from work, conversations with one of my aunts who recently retired from a career in H.R., and seeing my three-year-old son’s unrestrained … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Current Events, Work/Life Balance
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What’s in a name?
by Janelle Beitz … That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So reference librarians would, were they not so call’d, Retain that dear perfection which they owe Without that title. I don’t know if … Continue reading
