helping the hybrid: leveraging personal networks to support changing roles
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Helping The Hybrid: Leveraging Personal Networks to Support
Changing Roles
Olwen Walker, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Sara Batts, Reed Smith LLP
• What is a Personal Learning Environment?• What do we mean by a hybrid role?• Why is this a useful idea? • Some suggestions and
recommendations
What exactly does a PLE look like?
Sara Batts
Blogged at bit.ly/UnData
OLWEN WALKER
READING• Freepint• Legal Information Management• Internal Policies & Procedures
EXTERNAL NETWORKS• City Legal Information Group• British & Irish Association of Law Libraries• LIS-LAW Mailing List• Colleagues in Other Firms
INTERNAL NETWORKS• Monthly Records Calls• Colleagues• Training
TRAINING• External Seminars• Internal Training• Soft Skills• Key Subject Areas
• Informal learning nebulous• Recognises informal
contribution• Spot unrecognised sources • Address deficiency or excess • Organise personal
information flows • Deal with information
overload
What is a hybrid role?
Records
Library
Conflicts
Legal Assistants
Pros
Variety
New challenges
Professional respect
Knowledge of the business
Cons
Not enough time
Becoming less of a specialist
Prioritising
Less attention to each component
Key resources • Internal networks– regular conference calls and online training– meet with all new hires
• External networks– Seminars
• Training– Internal & External
• Background reading– Legal Information Management– Freepint
Developing a hybrid role• New ideas and new challenges• Internal visibility– Introductions–Departmental meetings
• Utilise external contacts• Think about using a PLE• Serendipity – being in the right place at the
right time
Implications for the PLE idea
• Getting up to speed in a new area• Key Players and Major Concerns• Don’t have to reinvent the wheel• Establish the lie of the land • Extensions of existing networks• In your context, is it need to know?
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In conclusion
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