Hong Kong Library Education and Career

Forum 2007

SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Presented by Monita YeungLibrary Manager, Baker & McKenzie

11 August 2007

Special Library is….

Corporate: Accounting, architectural, construction and design, insurance, banking and financial, consultancy, chemical, legal, media

Government/Public Services: Courts, consulates, hospitals, welfare, museums, polices, prisons, telecommunications, televisions, transportations

Specialties: Culture, sports, languages, religion, subject libraries in public, academic and governmental libraries

Special Library is….

Unit: Library, Information & Research Centre, Resource Centre, Knowledge Management Centre, Business Information Unit, Business Intelligence Centre, Archive Library

Serving specific customersMaintaining specialised collectionsOffering specified services

Special Library is….

People: Librarian, Information Specialist, Knowledge Manager, Chief Information Officer, Information & Research Manager

“Information Professional uses information in his/her job to advance

the mission of the organisation” (Special Libraries Association, USA)

Working in

Library and Information Centre

Facts and Figures

Full range of Legal Services to Clients (70 offices in 38 countries)

HK Library’s Clientele: Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Hanoi and HCMC offices

250 lawyers, 500+ legal assistants, paralegals, general staff

Library: a team of 9 – Librarian, 2 ALs, 4 LAs, 2 LCs

A Working Day8:30 – 9:00 Read Newspapers & Internet9:00 – 10:00 Circulate Daily Newsletter10:00 – 10:30 Update Looseleafs 10:30 – 11:15 Internal Meeting on Corporate Intranet11:15 – 11:25 Locate Missing Book11:25 – 11:45 Cataloguing11:45 – 12:15 Draft Library Manual 12:45 – 1:30 Urgent Research Enquiry

2:30 – 3:30 Conduct Training3:30 – 4:00 Update In-house Database4:00 – 4:30 Compile Monthly Newsletter4:30 – 4:45 Check-in and Circulate Journals4:45 – 5:00 Reshelve Books5:00 – 5:30 Meeting with Publisher/Vendor5:30 – 6:00 Research Enquiry6:00 – 7:00 Prepare Budget and Annual Action Plan

Key responsibilities

Acquire prints and electronic databases Cataloguing and technical services Maintain and develop databases and intranet Current awareness, information monitoring Compile regular newsletters and reports Provide reference services, information

retrieval Library administration and management Conduct training and induction Organise interest activities Communicate with management and users

Professional Competencies

Library Qualification Subject Knowledge Knowledge of Information Resources Information Retrieval Skills Management and Administration

Skills Compliance Upholders

Prove Value to the Organisation

Personal Competencies

Flexible and dynamic to challenges Proactive and positive to ever-

changing environment Problem solving Multi-tasking Customer-oriented Communication skills Independent and team worker

Career Path

VerticalHorizontal

Pay Range

Market- / Economy-drivenNo pay scale / benchmarkEstimated 15K – 70K++

Thank you!