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LAC Group CEO/Founder Deb Schwarz writes frequently on the topic of ongoing changes in the delivery of legal services and the effect on law libraries and information centers. Her two latest views were published on LinkedIn:
LAC Group’s recruiting division, LibGig, recently conducted a survey of online job boards and the number one complaint was about the challenge of crafting relevant keyword searches.
San Jose State University School of Information collected data on job requirements from 400 job postings for library and information science professionals the first few months of 2016.
Employers want candidates who are adept at:
Communication and collaboration, moving these soft skills from nice-have to must-have.
Trend spotting and analyzing and implementing new trends and technologies.
Training and educating others.
Much lower on the list were skills like collection management and operations/facility management.
We are reading fewer books overall, down by 6% since 2011.
e-books have risen in popularity from 17% to 28% the last five years, with smartphones and tablets becoming the device of choice over dedicated e-readers.
The majority of Americans (65%) continue to read books the old-fashioned way.
Alas, the survey did not include data on books borrowed from a library.
