During this year’s Open Access Week, CALI Director of Content Development Sarah Glassmeyer published the first post-launch announcement feature on the new CALI Spotlight blog. In Why We Fight, Sarah writes: I feel like OA doesn’t get as much traction…
Posts Tagged ‘legal publishing’
Some Thoughts on Thomson’s Acquisition of West Being Honored as Worst Legal Publishing Merger
24
Oct
Reporting on the findings of Dewey B Strategic’s self-admitted unscientific poll on best and worst legal publishing industry mergers, Jean O’Grady writes: According to the Legal Information Buyers Guide and Reference Manual, between 1995 (the year before the Thomson acquisition)…
Reminder: Dewey B Strategic’s Survey on the Best and Worst Legal Publishing Mergers Closes Today
23
Sep
Here’s the post with link to the survey. Watch for Jean O’Grady’s forthcoming summary and survey findings on Dewey B Strategic. [JH]
Vote for the Best and Worst Law Product Mergers
09
Sep
Jean O’Grady has launched a poll for law librarians (and others) to assess the consequences of the legal publishing industry consolidation for once independently owned but now “brand” products of Thomson Reuters, Reed Elsevier and Wolters Kluwer. Jean writes I…
Uniform Law Commissioners Address Official Electronic Legal Publishing
29
Jul
One of the more recent developments when it comes to official online law is the creation of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act by the Uniform Law Commission. The Act was approved for publication on July 12th. It requires official…
The World of Actionable Actions, Part III: Who Protects Individual Buyers of Commercial Legal Resources When Their Legitimate but Ill-informed Expectations Aren’t Fulfilled by Their Acquisitions?
13
Jul
The means to achieve our major legal publishing vendors wet dream of selling directly to consumers, instead of being mediated by expects (ah, that would be us), has arrived. It’s call eCommerce and eCommerce sites like West-Mart illustrate that our…
