Back on Dec. 15, 2011, a law firm librarian posted a warning on law-lib about how anyone who has a credit card or knows the firm’s Land of 10,000 Invoices account number can execute a transaction that will be billed…
Archive for the ‘Collection Development’ Category
Guide to eBook Collections Identity eBook Providers Features
04
Feb
For the following eBook collection providers: ACLS Humanities E-Book Blackwell Reference Online Books@Ovid Books 24×7 Brill CogNet Ebrary EBSCO e-Books Gutenberg-e Hathi Trust MyiLibrary National Academies Press OECDiLibrary Oxford Reference Online Oxford Scholarship Online Royal Society of Chemistry Ebooks Collection…
Thank You LLMC. I Heart You!
28
Nov
Law journals seem to be taking the brunt of the space burden in the world of the shrinking library. My impression is that many libraries are tossing them, though there are some old fashioned librarians like me who are philosophically…
Right-sizing Academic Law Library Print Collections in and for the 21st Century: Cornell substituting print with digital like "all other top law schools are doing" but consequences need to be addressed
23
Nov
Most every academic law library director knows that when their institutions need more space, the law library’s big footprint on the blueprint becomes an attractive target for a land grab. Law firm directors too. At least since the hiring boom…
The Labyrinth of Library eBook Acquisitions
21
Nov
When interviewed for being recognized as a 2011 Mover & Shaker, Sue Polanka, Head of Reference/Instruction at Wright State University Libraries, was quoted in the LJ profile article: “As much as people call me an expert, I’m not,” Polanka says….
Quid Pro Books Now on YBP’s Approved List of Law Publishers for Library Service
18
Nov
All 56 books published by Quid Pro Books can be easily ordered by librarians now that this small but very innovative indie legal publisher has been added to the approved list for YBP Library Services. A comprehensive list (excluding law…
TR Legal’s Format Switcheroos: From Loose-leaf Sets to Pamphlet Editions to Bringing ProView eBooks to Market
09
Nov
Shaun Esposito, CRIV Chair, 2011-2012 and Head of Public Services at the University of Arizona College of Law Library, asked about the format change TR Legal has been executing from loose-leaf to pamphlet editions because “Several AALL members have asked…
The Patron-Driven Licensing Model: Turning the law library into a demand center for law eBooks
02
Nov
On Inside Higher Ed, Steven Kolowich reports: The [Education] Advisory Board report, a thick primer covering a range of trends in digital librarianship, predicts a shift in the way academic libraries provide book content to their patrons that mirrors a…
Law Library Information Budget Estimates Decline by 21.7% According to 2011 AALL Findings
01
Nov
The 2011 edition of The AALL Biennal Salary Survey and Organizational Characteristics is now available. While the salary survey findings may not be very useful in the private and government sectors, the findings of organizational characteristics with respect to information…
Are eBooks Destined to Become the "8-track Tape" of the 21st Century?
29
Sep
In the context of current law eBook offerings, I think we can conclude from Jean O’Grady’s recent Dewey B Strategic post the answer to the title question is “yes.” (“The more I talk to publishers about the model for “circulating”…
