Ark Group/Managing Partner Magazine’s 3rd Annual
Best Practices & Management Strategies for Law Firm Library & Information Service Centers

Strategic planning in the face of structural change as demands for services and expectations morph in parallel to a changing media world

February 25, 2009—AMA Executive Conference Center—New York, NY

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Dear Information and Library Professional,

As information and technology become synonymous, we find law firms constantly re-engineering their knowledge-sharing environments to increase their ability to take
effective action, compete and survive.

As a key component of the service delivery team, librarians and information resource professionals are faced with an opportunity to arm attorneys with the tools to compete in today’s marketplace. As members of practice groups, sales teams, client teams and other strategic initiatives, librarians and information resource professionals are poised to assist in the leadership, development and competitiveness of the modern law firm.

With interaction at the forefront, Ark Group/Managing Partner Magazine’s 3rd annual forum on Best Practices & Management Strategies for Law Firm Library & Information Service Centers will once again provide a unique opportunity for meaningful dialogue in an intimate setting – with an undiminished focus placed on extensive audience participation.

With Key Contributions & Real-World Illustrations from:

• Baker & McKenzie LLP
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
• DLA Piper US
• McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP
• White & Case LLP
• Goodwin Procter LLP
• Foley Hoag LLP
• Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
• Dechert LLP
• Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
• Nina Platt Consulting, Inc

As leaders and managers within the profession, several key questions need to be addressed—

• How do you cultivate a focus on client service goals and profitability?
• How do you coordinate with other practice support functions?
• How do you deal with emerging overlapping roles and responsibilities?
• How do information professionals and librarians support the coordination and optimization of knowledge within our firms through their delivery of solutions, services, and improved knowledge processes?

We hope you will join us once again as we candidly discuss and evaluate current opportunities and challenges to working more strategically with firm management in the delivery of value to front-line attorneys and their clients.

This one-day forum is designed to help you:

• Develop a strategic plan in the face of structural change as demands for services and expectations morph in parallel to a changing media world

• Integrate and solidify the library into the profitability equation—leveraging cross-functional synergies that enable the firm to better understand its own clients and strengthen its position in the market

• Protect and maintain strong core services while stretching to meet new demands in providing client-specific or industry-based current awareness and competitive intelligence information

• Identify (and seize upon) opportunities to champion KM projects and other initiatives

• Demonstrate to firm leadership that your goals are aligned with the firm’s business goals