Callinan the Librarian


This blawgger hopes "to explore the joys and triumphs of librarians in the 21st century and to use that good news to empower all who read it."

Author: Law Library Consultant Ellen Callinan has more than 20 years of experience in law library management and is committed to empowering law librarians and their patrons through her law library consulting firm, Callinan the Librarian. She has taught the popular Law Firm Research seminar at Georgetown University Law Center since 1999.

Blawg Related Categories: Law Libraries • Law Practice Management • Work/Life Balance • Georgetown University • Librarian

Recent Posts from Callinan the Librarian


  • Part-Time Work: Variations on a Theme

    I came across an interesting initiative out of UC Hastings called the Project for Attorney Retention [http://www.pardc.org/ ]. This page includes observations from attorneys who have been working part-time inside DC law firms: http://www.pardc.org/LawFirm/real_life.shtml. Their…

  • Career Re-Entry Program At American University

    Washington's American University has launched a Lawyer Re-Entry Program for attorneys looking to return to their careers after taking time off. See this link for the press release. What a great idea! We need something…

  • Flexible "Weekends"

    In the nearly three years since I've been consulting from home, traditional weekends have gradually disappeared from my work routine. It's now more unusual for me not to work on a weekend than it is…

  • Parenthood, Productivity and Billable Hours

    Joe Hodnicki posted an abstract of an interesting article entitled Parenthood and Productivity: A Study of Demands, Resources and Family-Friendly Firms, on Law Librarian Blog a few days ago. Sociologists Jean Wallace and Marisa Young…

  • Career Lattice or Ladder?

    The Washington Post ran a terrific article yesterday entitled, "After a Baby, Full Time or Part?" written by former Life at Work columnist Amy Joyce. (Yup, she had a baby and adjusted her career a…

  • New Look, New Focus

    Callinan the Librarian has a new look, designed to complement the soon-to-be launched new website over at Axelroth & Associates. I joined Joan Axelroth and Mary Talley last year and have enjoyed our association enormously.…

  • A Whole New Take on Teleconferencing

    I had such high hopes for this year’s Computers in Libraries conference. Since I’m not going to be able to attend AALL or SLA, this was to be my only conference this year. Life began…

  • Multi-Tasking Mommy Guilt

    A few weeks ago, there was a flurry of media coverage on a study released by the University of Maryland in which sociologist Suzanne Bianchi and her colleagues found that women are actually spending more…

  • B in Balancing, D in Blogging

    So . . . since my last post, I’ve been busy balancing. School started for the kids and life has been moving at warp speed ever since. I’ve:helped with hours of homework, organized class parties,…

  • The Fork in the Road

    The Fork in the Road: Can Women and Wall Street Live Together? By Jenny Anderson (B1, NYT, 8/6/06)The cover story in the Times’ Sunday Business section focused on the work-life balance dilemma playing out on…