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T
he success of any online community can
be attributed to the enthusiasm of the
communities' members and their willingness
to share and educate their peers. The ILTA membership
has that in spades. With over 60 + online communities
the diversity of the ILTA population becomes apparent.
Whether your interest is in a specific product; a specific
practice area; geography - there is something for
everyone. As an ILTA member, once you log in - if you
visit the communities page you can page through the
listings of all of the online communities available.
Did you know that of the ILTA membership there
is a small but growing population of Law Schools
members? ILTA currently has over 20 Law Schools as
members. So it's not surprising that our newest addition
to our online community list would be the Law Schools
Community.
ILTA's Law Schools Community is an open forum
for law school faculty, administrators, IT staff, students,
and any ILTA member interested in supporting efforts
to improve legal technolo education for future
lawyers. The Goals for the community are to increase
collaboration among law school faculty and students
around legal technolo issues. Identify ways to
assist law schools with integrating legal technolo
competencies into the curriculum. Build connections
between law schools and other ILTA member entities
to expose law students to the growing number of
professional opportunities for lawyers. Serve as an
information commons or pathfinder for information
on legal technolo course syllabi, vendors open to
academic agreements, certificate programs and centers,
conferences, and publications.
If your employer has an active ILTA membership
and this sounds like something you would want to be a
part of, click here to join the community. Want to know
more about the online community? Emily Janoski-
Haehlen, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the
University of Akron School of Law is the community's
online champion. Is your Law School not yet a
member? Reach out to Casey Baxley in our membership
department and find out if your law school qualifies for
a free first year membership.
Diversity in Technolo [in the ILTAverse] is also
displayed in how you interact within the communities.
Once you join a community - you can participate in
discussions while on the website or even directly from
within your email inbox. Are you an RSS fan? Every
user has a personal RSS feed which can be customized
so that you are notified when new content (discussions,
library entries, and blogs) are added to the site that you
are interested in. You can customize what you want
to be delivered to you and then copy and paste your
personal feed link into the RSS reader of your choice. If
being mobile is your thing - we've got you covered with
the ILTA mobile app for our communities. Information
Diversity of the
ILTA-verse
When read out loud - my article title sounds eerily like a message
from Aereon in the Chronicles of Riddick. But fear not … unlike
the Underverse (which is only available to a few select dead Lord
Marshalls) the ILTAverse is available to all. Okay - I'll stop with
the sci-fi references now ...
N E W
C O L U M N !
