Librarian Relations Group
Carol Barra
Carol is the Senior Librarian Relations Consultant for CT, NY, New York City, MA and OH. She came to LexisNexis with many years of experience as a librarian in both a corporate legal and law firm environment. Prior to joining LexisNexis, Carol was Head Librarian at Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan, where she was instrumental in moving her firm toward use of electronic research services. She brings a wealth of experience in management, research, budgeting, collection development and contract negotiation. Carol has been with LexisNexis as a Librarian Relations Consultant for 11 years.
Carol is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries, the Law Library Association of Greater New York, the Special Libraries Association, The Southern New England Law Library Association, the Law Librarians of New England and the Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York.
She received both her B.A. and M.L.S. from the State University of New York at Albany.
125 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 916-3438
carol.barra@lexisnexis.com
Articles
Expert Witness Research on Lexis Advance™ (May 15, 2012)
Do you need to conduct research to find information about an expert witness?
I have a source you may not have thought about! Searching for an expert witness using Lexis Advance™ provides a wealth...
Lexis Advance™ - Searching News (April 24, 2012)
What do I love about News searching using Lexis Advance ™?
If you haven’t tried using the Lexis Advance service for finding relevant news articles, I highly recommend it.
With the...
Be the first to know about breaking litigation activity with new CourtLink® hourly Tracks (February 14, 2012)
With hourly Tracks for Federal U.S. District civil courts, you no longer need to depend on the court clerk or opposing counsel to know about important filings or orders in your case. Now you can be the...
Where can you find information about Federal Judges? (November 1, 2011)
Our customers have been asking for more background information about judges and LexisNexis recently added two important resources through lexis.com ®. ALM® Judicial Profiles are developed...
Thinking about work-life balance (10/11)
As I thought about this column’s topic, I was feeling that work is taking over my life again. Does this sound familiar? I know everyone struggles with work-life balance, so I am in great company....
Now search ALL of the Federal Register through lexis.com®! (October 25, 2011)
Customers asked LexisNexis to add the full archive of the Federal Register to lexis.com ®. We listened, and now you can! The Federal Register from Volume 1, March 14, 1936, to present is now...
Want to see more context around your search terms in the Cite list at lexis.com®? (September 19, 2011)
When reviewing a Cite list and looking at where your search terms appear, have you thought “Why can’t I have the option to see more words around the search terms?” More flexibility...
Got requests for non-U.S. legal sources? Lexis® Global Legal Research expands your reach—from within lexis.com®… (August 2011)
Got requests for non-U.S. legal sources? Lexis® Global Legal Research expands your reach from within lexis.com ® by Carol Barra, LexisNexis Senior Librarian Relations Consultant
Recently, as I browse requests posted to library LISTSERVs and review questions from law librarians to my fellow LexisNexis Librarian Relations Consultants and to me, I have become aware of more frequent requests for non-
De-duplication of news articles is now available when searching news through lexis.com®! (August 23, 2011)
Carol Barra provides some tips for getting the results you expect from the de-duplication feature for news. First, set your “Preferences” to determine which article you want to display in...
2011 Patent and Trademark images (April 27, 2011)
Starting with 2011 Patent and Trademark images will be embedded in decisions at lexis.com ®. Why do I care?
LexisNexis has responded to requests from patent and trademark researchers and is now...
LexisNexis® Expert Witness Profiles (April 20, 2011)
I’ve been asked to find information about an expert witness—either the one being used by my firm, or an expert that counsel on the other side of our case will be using. Where do I start? ...
Research Description (December 8, 2010)
Do you wish there was a way for your researchers to provide a clue about what they were researching on lexis.com ® when they used a general office client/matter number?
Now there is a way for...
LexisNexis® Verdict & Settlement Analyzer: It’s Worth a “Wow!”
Wow! Cool! Impressive! These are some of the comments I have been receiving recently as I show LexisNexis® Verdict & Settlement Analyzer, a new resource for looking at verdict and settlement information. (You can find it under the More tab.)
I think these reactions sum up the power that this product brings to the process of assessing cases early—either before the firm agrees to take on a client matter or when the firm prepares for a meeting with the client to determine
Searching the U.S. Serials Set at lexis.com® (December 1, 2010)
Have you wished for a way to search and find information from government documents, and said there should be a way to search the full text? Now you can with the U.S. Serials Set at lexis.com ®....
U.S. Serials Set and full-text hearings at lexis.com® (November 17, 2010)
Have you ever wished that full-text hearings for U.S. legislation were easy to find? And, you didn’t have to flip pages to find the relevant testimony? Your wish has been answered with the addition...
Mega News Without the Newswires (August 25, 2010)
Have you ever wanted to see how many news results there are for your search without seeing the newswire stories? I am guessing the answer is YES!
There is a way to FOCUS™ your results using...
Now You Have More Options to Choose From as You Manage Lexis® IDs
LexisNexis recently asked information professionals how to improve the Lexis® ID Maintenance Tool and make it a better, more useful resource. As a result of your colleagues’ input, here are...
Gulf Coast Oil Spill Sources (August 4, 2010)
If you need to conduct research on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, there are several sources available through lexis.com ®.
News is often a good starting point and there is a recently added...
More User Options Make Customizing LexisNexis® PowerInvoice™ Service Easier
New enhancements to the LexisNexis® PowerInvoice™ service—enhancements your librarian colleagues have suggested—now make this billing tool even more useful and easier to navigate....
My AALL Journey—How did all those years fly by? (7/10)
Recently I received a letter from AALL congratulating me on 20 years (or more) as a member of AALL. This got me thinking and adding the years on my fingers. Of course, I quickly ran out of fingers. Even...
How Can You Leverage LexisNexis® PowerInvoice™ to Help Your Firm Better Serve Clients?
Have you noticed the theme to this month’s LexisNexis Information Professional Update ? Our focus this month is LexisNexis Client Development resources. You are all aware that the economy is forcing...
Looking for a needle in a haystack? Or, finding information about a person who may not want to be found? (October 21, 2009)
Have you been asked to find information about an individual and you think you have searched everywhere and come up empty?
Recently, millions of additional phone numbers have been added to the LexisNexis...
So, You’ve Lost Your Job. Now What? (07/09)
I am reliving, through librarians I talk to, what I went through in 2000 when I lost the job I had held for 26 years as the manager of a law firm library. For the first time in more than 20 years I had...
Need Model Documents? Your Colleagues Weigh In on Finding Them Without Hours of Research
LexisNexis® Precedent Search, a new resource available on lexis.com , provides access to model documents drafted by top law firms and filed as exhibits to SEC filings*. It gives you the ability to...