In Part 1, we examined evidence for two kinds of limitations on WestSearch’s effectiveness. Ron Wheeler has studied limitations related to how WestSearch ranks documents for importance and relevance. (Does WestlawNext Really Change Everything?, 103 Law Libr. J. 359 (2011))…
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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…
The WestSearch Straitjacket For Legal Research – Thinking Beyond The Keyword: Part I
07
Sep
Thomson Reuters – Legal (TR Legal) advertises sweeping claims for the benefits of WestlawNext (WN) at Customers. WestlawNext.com. Given the scale of the advertising blitz, these claims merit careful examination. Though it remains too early to reach a conclusion, initial…
Legal Information Institute and CALI Partner to Publish Free eBooks
06
Sep
So, it looks like my first post on Law Librarian Blog since I started working for a publisher/vendor/partner in legal information is going to be….to promote one of our products. Awkward. But it’s a FREE product! Does that help? I…
How Much Does Your Online Legal Search Vendor Know or Could Know About You and Your Clients?
01
Sep
Got any clue? Jason Wilson writes: I sometimes wonder how much these CALR vendors could know about you (lawyer/law firm) and your clients at any given moment. Sure, they might not know names, but they would know if related C/M…
Will ePUB3 Lead to the Enhanced eBook?
23
Aug
The enhanced eBook, by which I mean an interactive product that seemlessly integrates embedded audio, video and applications related to content contextually, will make current eBook offerings obsolute at least with respect to professional and educational eBook literature. ePub has…
Checking Out Exotic Scraps and Marvellous Rarities on The Public Domain Review
20
Aug
A project of the Open Knowledge Foundation made possible by funding from the Shuttleworth Foundation, The Public Domain Reivew “aspires to become a bounteous gateway into the whopping plenitude that is the public domain, helping our readers to explore this…
