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What Will Your Firm Stop Buying In Five Years? How About Vendor Content Tied to Their Search Engines

08 Sep

That’s the question asked and answered in another installment of 3 Geek’s Elephant Posts series. While all answeres were interesting, the response that got me thinking about the future was by Mark Gediman: Q. What will your firm stop buying…

 

What Will Your Firm Stop Buying In Five Years? How About Vendor Content Tied to Their Search Engines

08 Sep

That’s the question asked and answered in another installment of 3 Geek’s Elephant Posts series. While all answers were interesting, the response that got me thinking about the future was by Mark Gediman: Q. What will your firm stop buying…

 

Sign of the Times and Trust in Law Library Relations with HeinOnline: No Shelving Units Required for Law Review and Journal Runs

24 Jun

Both Washington State Law Library and Case Western Reserve Univ. Law Library are offering law review and journal runs for the cost of shipping. For Case Western the scope of titles being removed from the collection can be measured by…

 

ALM Webinar to Address Law Journal Press Online Issues Set for June 16

14 Jun

Hat tip to Rob Myers, CRIV Chair, for passing along the information that ALM will be hosting a webinar to address the many issues law librarians have raised about Law Journal Press Online’s move to print-online combo or online-only pricing…

 

Innovative Solution to Closure of Camden Public Library’s Main Branch May Point the Way for Struggling County Law Libraries

06 Jun

The downtown “branch” of New Jersey’s Camden City Public Library was closed in February when Mayor Dana Redd decided the city could no longer afford its 100-year-old public library system while facing a $26.5 million budget deficit. “As soon as…