1. Intranets for information
management and
accessibility
Alison Jones
Library and Information Manager
Meyer Vandenberg
2. Scope of this paper
? The library component of our Intranet on
SharePoint
? Library catalogue
? Knowledge management repository
? What has worked well, what has not
? Developing a search engine
? Current in house project
? Building a taxonomy to provide metadata
? Related to developing a search engine
3. Meyer Vandenberg
? 8 partners, 35 practicing certificates, 80+ staff
? Key staff in knowledge management: 1 library
staff member (me), 3 IT staff, 1 training
coordinator
? Commercial law firm, with broad coverage
and expertise but a strong Canberra
knowledge and focus.
4. Meyer Vandenberg’s Intranet
? SharePoint based
? Free to use as I see fit to meet the needs of
my end users (don’t need HTML or other
language)
? Storing information
? Communicating information
? Accessing information
22. Why build an in-house search
engine?
? No “out of the box” solution
? No apparent method of browsing precedents
to suit every area of practice
? Firm needed better search capability on
SharePoint anyway
? Plus we had the staff expertise
27. Creating a taxonomy
1. Work with end users
2. Use precedents already available to draft up
a taxonomy to discuss with lawyers.
3. Develop it in lawyers’ natural language
4. Give room to grow the taxonomy and space
(fields) for non-standardised terminology
28.
29. Projects that work…
…are collaborative – the lawyers, the librarian,
the IT staff, other experts on staff all involved
…have room to respond to inevitable changes
in the legal world and within the firm
30. Further information…
Alison Jones, Library and Information Manager
Meyer Vandenberg
T (02) 6279 4435
E alison.jones@meyervandenberg.com.au
