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in this issue AALL/ILTA White Paper: The New Librarian OCTOBER 2012 8 28 8 Embedded Librarianship: The Library As a Service, Not a Space by Holly M. Riccio of O'Melveny & Myers LLP 14 SharePoint: A Librarian's Most Versatile Tool by Catherine Monte of Fox Rothschild LLP 46 better access to information when properly used, and information is my livelihood. NEW FIRM, NEW PROSPECTS In 2000, I was hired by my present firm as a librarian and intranet developer. The firm did not have an intranet at that time. Since then, we've gone through four generations of intranets, introducing the first SharePoint portal around 2006. I am currently part of the portal advisory team. In 2007, I was offered and added the position of manager of the technology training department to my duties. Some of the same skills I use as a librarian translated very well to training and managing information. I have been taking on a much larger role in project management when we are looking at upgrading or replacing existing products, or introducing new tools for our end users. Being asked to lead some of these efforts is gratifying because it allows me to showcase my skills, it lets me grow professionally, and my firm benefits from it. I believe the organizational structure at Carlton Fields has also helped my career. The librarian reports to the CIO. This structure made sense when the intranet development duties were added to the plate of the 28 Driving Resource Usage Through SharePoint Customization by Emily Florio of Fish & Richardson P.C. and Molly Brownfield of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP 60 librarian. While not being an independent department has some drawbacks, being a part of IT has opened other doors and reduced potential friction. 34 Knowledge Management: A Strategic Role Change for Legal Information Professionals by Steve Lastres of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP EXPAND YOUR WORLD The need to adapt to a new world is out there for every 40 ITIL Concepts To Improve Library and Research Services by Greg Lambert of King & Spalding, Ryan McClead of Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP and Lynn Oser of LKO Information Management Consulting, LLC librarian to see, but some folks respond differently from others. I have been given good opportunities to expand my world, and I have taken them. I can't say that all librarians I know have done so. The pressures we feel to expand our horizons are sometimes due to library-related reasons and sometimes due to financial/organizational reasons (i.e., sometimes a role might be added to a librarian's plate due to potential cost savings to the firm or because of the real or perceived lack of activity in traditional library roles). Changes are occurring in the library environment, and we are busier than ever. Librarians' marked propensity to not self-promote their value and not be very visible in an organization work against us. What we do has changed, but that does not make for less work, just different work. The world around me keeps changing, so I have tried to keep up and make the best of it. You can, too. AALL/ILTA White Paper 46 Never Standing Still: True Stories of the Changing Role of Law Librarians by Liana Juliano of Nossaman LLP, Terry Psarras of Carlton Fields and Emily Cunningham Rushing of Haynes and Boone, LLP 6 AALL/ILTA White Paper 65