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Interview with our AALL 2013 Kayak & Paddle Sweepstakes Winner: Ruck DeMinico

On Monday July 15th 2013 at the 106th American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting & Conference, Practising Law Institute announced its lucky sweepstakes winner, Ruck DeMinico of Merlin Law Group.

Tell us a little about yourself, your work, and what a typical day looks like for you:

I started off my legal career as a trial attorney and litigated for the first dozen years, trying a couple hundred jury trials. I had always been interested in librarianship and decided to go back to get my degree and work at what I really enjoyed. I don’t know that there is a typical day – unless controlled chaos can be considered typical. Being a sole librarian for a firm with offices on both coasts and in seven states, research questions can come in on any jurisdiction and, as in any private firm, they are all considered rush/priority by the sender and can come at any time of the day or night. I also handle the traditional library functions, vendor relations, DMS/KM, edit and maintain the firm blogs, create handout materials and PowerPoints for presentations by firm attorneys at seminars, and along with the Managing Attorney and COO am a member of the firm’s Management team.

Have you kayaked before? Where will you take your Discover PLUS branded Kayak:

I have, in the Miami/Everglades area. I love canoeing and spend as much free time as I can on the rivers here in Florida. I’m looking forward to exploring the mangroves around Tampa Bay with the kayak and may take fishing back up now that I can maneuver in the mangroves.

What do you like most about your job as Knowledge Manager of Merlin Law Group:

The constant change in what I’m doing. Every day is different, with new challenges.

As an attorney and law librarian, what do you think are the most challenging issues/trends shaping the legal industry today?:

I would say ESI/e-discovery, especially for smaller cases that may still have large amounts of electronic data to provide – where the use of vendors may be cost prohibitive.

Are you familiar with Discover PLUS, PLI’s eBook library?  Did you receive a demo at PLI’s booth at the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Conference in Seattle:

I did see the demo at AALL.  I like the ‘all-inclusive’ business model, rather than having to choose which individual books to purchase or subscribe to.

 

Discover PLUS provides complete online access to PLI’s Course Handbooks, Treatises, Answer Books, Legal Forms and Program Transcripts.

Georgetown Blogs about Discover PLUS!

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Georgetown Law has access to PLI’s Discover PLUS and the Georgetown Law Library let their patrons know about their new resource via their blog, Due Process!

Do you subscribe to Discover PLUS? If so, a blog post is a great way to spread the word to your patrons. Contact the PLI Library Help Desk for images and information you can add to your blogs, intranet, subject guides, practice area pages, listservs, or any other way you’re reaching your patrons!

Our Lucky Discover PLUS Kayak Raffle Winner

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On Monday July 15th 2013 at the 106th American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting & Conference, Practising Law Institute  announced its lucky sweepstakes winner,  Ruck DeMinico of Merlin Law Group.

We received an overwhelming amount of submissions, which meant you shared in our excitement in giving away our Discover PLUS branded REI Kayak and Paddle! Discover PLUS–PLI’s eBook library containing our authoritative Treatises, Course Handbooks, and Answer Books, Legal Forms and Program Transcripts–was named 2013 New Product of the Year at this year’s annual meeting.  As such, we wanted to offer a raffle prize that reflected our sincere gratitude at being awarded this honor and that paid homage to our host city of Seattle.  A kayak seemed like the perfect fit.

Ruck lives in Florida and manages all aspects of the Merlin Law Group’s document management system, library and informational operations. He ensures that all legal research and supporting documentation associated with current and previously litigated cases is accurately maintained, catalogued, updated, and accessible to the firm’s attorneys and designated staff personnel. Congratulations and enjoy!

Discover PLUS Featured on Harvard Law School Library ‘Ask a Librarian!’

Harvard Law School has access to PLI’s Discover PLUS and the Harvard Law School Library let their patrons know about PLI’s eBook library platform via their ‘Ask a Librarian!‘ page.

Do you subscribe to Discover PLUS? If so, a blog post or library page is a great way to spread the word to your patrons. Contact the PLI Library Help Desk for images and information you can add to your blogs, intranet, subject guides, practice area pages, listservs, or any other way you’re reaching your patrons!

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AALL 2013 Seattle: Post-Conference Wrap-Up

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(Left to Right): Alexa Robertson, Director of Library Relations, Jean Wenger, AALL Immediate Past President, Andrew Pantoja, Associate Publisher

 

  • Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth at the AALL Conference in Seattle. We were there to provide you with information on PLI’s eBook library, Discover PLUS, which provides online access to PLI’s Course Handbooks, Treatises, Answer Books, Legal Forms and Program Transcripts.
  • Discover PLUS was named the 2013 New Product of the Year at this year’s annual meeting!  The picture (above) shows Alexa Robertson, Director of Library Relations and Andrew Pantoja, Associate Publisher, accepting the award at the Awards Ceremony July 13, 2013.
  • We had a great turnout at the PLI Lunch & Learn on July 14, 2013 at the Sheraton Seattle.  Alexa Robertson delivered a presentation on eBooks, how Discover PLUS came to be and continues to evolve, and how we won the AALL New Product of the Year award with your help.
  • The lucky sweepstakes winner of our Discover PLUS branded REI Kayak and Paddle was Ruck DeMinico of Merlin Law Group.  Ruck currently lives in Florida where he manages all aspects of Merlin Law Group’s Document Management System, library and the informational operations of the firm. Congratulations and enjoy, Ruck!
  • There were more than 1475 attendees at the 106th American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting & Conference.  We enjoyed meeting many of you at our booth, and hope that you had an opportunity to see our award-winning platform, Discover PLUS.  See you next year in San Antonio, Texas!

 

 

What’s New on Discover PLUS?

Whats new on PLUSBeing a PLUS subscriber means you have the benefit of instantly receiving our new content.  PLI is excited to announce that we’ve added 400 additional legal forms to Discover PLUS so you now have nearly 2,000 forms at your fingertips.

Based on the feedback we received, our customers need fast, up-to-date access to legal forms.  You can search, download, customize, email, and print forms from 24 practice areas.  PLI is committed to delivering critical and competitive value to our Discover PLUS customers, and as such, we will continue to add forms to Discover PLUS on a quarterly basis.

Stay tuned for upcoming updates!

If you have any questions or comments, please contact the PLI Library Help Desk:

libraryrelations@pli.edu
877-900-5291

Law Librarian Blogs about Discover PLUS

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Joe Hodnicki of Law Librarian Blog and County Law Library Director of the Butler County Law Library reviewed PLI’s Discover PLUS and gave his feedback on our award-winning eBook library.  Check out his 7/22/13 recommendation in “Discovering Discover PLUS.”  Thank you, Joe!  We appreciate your comments!

Questions? Contact the PLI Library Relations Help Desk at libraryrelations@pli.edu or 877.900.5291.