Author: Erik Beck

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, a Denver based law firm of 250+ attorneys, is seeking a Business Development Research Specialist who holds their Masters degree in Library and Information Science and has experience from within a legal environment.  This role is responsible for researching and monitoring a wide variety of resources for the purposes of identifying potential business opportunities with clients and prospective clients, analyzing related matters using information research tools, and providing strategic and analytical support to identify business development opportunities and strengthen client relationships.

The Business Development Research Specialist will provide competitive intelligence research and analysis service for all research requests emanating from the Marketing Department, including both the Business Development and the Communications groups. The successful candidate will respond to direct requests from attorneys and policy advisors relating to business development projects and will assist library staff with business research. The incumbent will report to the Senior Director of Marketing & Business Development and will be based in Denver.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conduct competitive intelligence, business strategy and in-depth business development research on targeted prospect companies, individuals and industries, using both external and internal databases and human sources.
• Synthesize research findings in support of the firm’s business development initiatives and ensure the information is packaged in crisp, clear and compelling deliverables
• Provide proactive monitoring and alerting using a variety of sources to identify potential prospects and trends in industries and customer segments of interest to the firm.
• Stay educated and current in the use of the most relevant and appropriate proprietary databases that directly relate to targeted research initiatives
• Provide regular status reports on competitive intelligence research activities and accomplishments to various stakeholders
• Work with senior lateral hires and business development managers to set up competitive intelligence initiatives to support new practices
• Collaborate with co-workers on projects such as developing an internal business development database, encouraging cross-selling among attorneys and policy advisors, and planning events and communications campaigns
• Additional responsibilities as assigned

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to keep up with new competitive intelligence materials, changes in resources and techniques, and shifts in information demands
• Resourcefulness in obtaining needed materials and information
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and competitive intelligence communication skills; ability to work constructively, efficiently, and proactively with attorneys and policy advisors, who have limited time for business development
• Ability to analyze company information and data within the context of the firm’s expertise and business development plans
• Ability to research and organize data in a concise manner and keep abreast of industries, global economic information, legal and geopolitical trends
• Ability to consistently provide high-quality business development and competitive intelligence research service to a large group of demanding users in a fast-paced business environment.

 

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

• MLIS required; JD and/or MBA preferred.
• Minimum of five years of substantive research experience in a professional services firm or corporate library, with at least one year focusing on competitive intelligence and analysis
• Knowledge of the legal services industry required; marketing and/or business development experience preferred
• Proven ability to organize and manage a diverse range of business development and competitive intelligence projects and prioritize multiple tasks and projects
• Advanced online research skills and knowledge of electronic and print business resources
• Knowledge and experience conducting research using tools such as Lexis Advance, Capital IQ, MarketLine, MonitorSuite, Business Development Premier/ContactNet, LinkedIn, Leopard List, and other public and proprietary databases
• Strong written communication skills and ability to analyze and present complex information
• Ability to work effectively in a culturally and educationally diverse environment

 

Please send cover letter & resume to Colleen Wheeler, Staff Recruiting Manager, at CWheeler@bhfs.com

Please help congratulate and thank our new incoming 2017-2018 CoALL Board for their service and dedication to this great organization.

In-coming President – Holly Pinto, Holland & Hart

Past President – Andrea Hamilton – Davis Graham & Stubbs

VP/President Elect – Deborah Hamilton, Pikes Peak Library District in Colorado Springs

Treasurer – Jane Thompson, William A. Wise Law Library, CU-Boulder

Secretary – Jill Rittersbacher, Davis Graham & Stubbs

Member at Large – Susan Nevelow Mart, William A. Wise Law Library, CU-Boulder

Member at Large – G. Patrick Flanagan, Baker & Hostetler

On behalf of the Grants & Scholarships Committee, please join me in congratulating this year’s CoALL Grant winners, Nick Harrell and Jill Sturgeon.

Nick Harrell will receive 2017 Martha Keister Memorial Travel Grant in the amount of $400. Nick is the Student Services and Outreach Librarian at the William A. Wise Law Library at Colorado Law.  He plans to use the award to attend the AALL Annual Meeting where he is coordinating and moderating a program, C1 Social Media Use in Libraries.

Jill Sturgeon will receive the 2017 CoALL Student/Newer Member Grant in the about of $500. Jill is the Access Services Librarian at the William A Wise Law Library at Colorado Law. She will use the award to attend her first AALL Annual Meeting. Jill earned her MLIS from the University of Arizona where she served as a Law Library Fellow at the James E. Rogers College of Law. She is a new CoALL member, and she will be serving at the national level next year on the AALL Innovations in Technology Award Jury.

Congratulations to both of these deserving members!

Join us for the 4th Annual Rocky Mountain Mini-Conference sponsored by the Colorado Association of Law Libraries, the Colorado Association of Libraries New Professionals Interest Group, the University of Denver Library and Information Sciences Program and the Rocky Mountain Special Libraries Association. The registration fee includes admission to 4 sessions presented by local information professionals, as well as a lunch buffet.

Register here: https://rmmc2017.eventbrite.com

A big Thank You goes out to our sponsors, CLiC, Hollinger Metal Edge Inc., and the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver.

Event Date: Friday, August 11, 2017, 9:00am to 3:30pm
Registration Close Date: Thursday, August 3, 2017
*Refunds will not be issued after registration closes.

Location: Katherine A. Ruffatto Hall, Morgridge College of Education, the University of Denver, 1999 E Evans Ave, Denver CO 80210

Cost:
$20.00 Students
$30.00 Regular attendee

Pay using Paypal as a part of the registration process or send checks made out to RMSLA to Mary Arnold, 7266 Torrey St, Arvada, CO 80007

Parking: Hourly parking is available throughout the DU campus. See a map of parking locations here.

Schedule:
9:00 to 9:20 Registration

9:20-9:30 Introduction

9:30 to 10:30 Facilitating a Dialogue between People & Data: Lessons in Designing for Big Data presented by Danielle Albers Szfair, Assistant Professor from the Department of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder

Synopsis: Large collections of data can provide valuable insight into problems across a wide range of domains. However, this data is often inaccessible by itself–there is simply too much information for people to process. This talk explores how information visualization can combine design, cognition, and computation to make data more accessible to people, discussing visualization techniques and systems that allow people to take advantage of their own expertise and visual capabilities to make sense of data at scale. 

10:45 to 11:45 Creating a strategy using content and UX (User experience) presented by Kevin Trice, Web UX Specialist, Health Sciences Library, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 

Synopsis: We will cover: The basics of Content and UX strategies. How to make your site more usable, creating a better experience.

11:45 to 1:15 Lunch (included in cost of registration) 

1:15 to 2:15 Combating the Prevalence of False Information

Synopsis: Featuring a panel of information professionals discussing false information in today’s world. The panel includes Andrew Calabrese, Professor, College of Media, Communication and Information, University of Colorado Boulder; Ross Mays, Denver Public Library; and Kent Willmann, Instructor, School of Education, University of Colorado Boulder.

2:30 to 3:30 Best Ways to Research LIS Career Paths (Regardless of What They May Be Called) presented by Kim Dority, President of Dority & Associates, Inc.

Synopsis: At some point in your career you may want to learn more about at least some of the hundreds of LIS career paths open to someone with your skills. But given the complete lack of standardization among what all the relevant jobs are likely to be called, how do you even get started? Join us as we discuss the top eight resources you can check out for current, reliable information on the LIS career path(s) that may be of interest to you and strategize how to navigate the language barrier!

3:30 Join us for happy hour at Fermaentra at 1715 East Evans Ave (only 1 block away)

Questions? Please contact Jen Abbott.

Congratulations to CoALL members Karina Condra and Peter Kersten of the Westminster Law Library, University of Denver Strum College of Law, for winning AALL’s Law Library Publications Award – Print Division.  This award was given in recognition of their Certificate in Legal Research Marketing Materials.  

Candidates were announced for the AALL Executive Board this morning and our very own Karen Selden, Metadata Services Librarian at the Wm. A. Wise Law Library, University of Colorado, is running for a board member position.  Look for her on the ballot in the month of October when the voting begins.

Colleague Connection 2017: Complex Challenges/Compelling Solutions

Colleague Connection is an annual continuing education event organized by the Colorado Association of Law Libraries (CoALL), Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL), Rocky Mountain Special Library Association (RMSLA), Colorado Council of Medical Librarians (CCML), and the University of Denver Library and Information Science program. The popular event brings together library students, paraprofessionals, librarians, library administrators, trustees, vendors, and friends of libraries from across the State for an evening of networking, learning, and community.

This year’s event, with featured speaker Deb Zell, is focused on Design Thinking – addressing complex challenges with compelling solutions. This interactive and engaging session will illustrate the methodology of Design Thinking to address actual library challenges/issues/problems submitted by attendees!  Design Thinking is used to solve complex issues – like how to make library services more appealing to users, or how to better understand your user’s library experience – by drawing on logic, imagination, intuition, and systemic reasoning.

Our speaker began her career in technology a decade ago. After launching a website for Charles Schwab which was a complete failure with users, Deb was puzzled by how she could follow the ‘right’ process (working with extremely smart engineers, talented designers, and lots of data) and fail so miserably.  She learned the answer and has spent the last eight years practicing Design Thinking and Human-Centered Design, working with both startups and Fortune 500 companies.

The event will be held at Ruffatto Hall on the University of Denver campus on Thursday, April 27, 2017, 5:00-8:30pm. A networking happy hour from 5:00-6:30pm is followed by dinner and the featured speaker.

Cost: $40.00. Please consider sponsoring student attendance at this event ($25 per student).

Registration: goo.gl/eJSdfN.  

Davita Vance-Cooks, Director of the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) appointed Erik Beck, Digital Services Librarian, University of Colorado Law School (and CoALL webmaster) to the Depository Library Council (DLC).  DLC members serve three-year terms and advise the Director on policy matters relating to the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).  The FDLP “was established by Congress to ensure that the American public has access to its Government information.”  As a new member, Erik “will help position the DLC and the FDLP for the GPO’s ongoing mission of Keeping America Informed.”

The full text of the GPO News Release is available here.

The 2017 annual meeting of the Colorado Association of Law Libraries will take place at 4 PM on Thursday, June 29^th, at Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP.  A cocktail hour will follow the meeting.

Additional details about happy hour venue will be announced closer to the meeting.