“Content, Not Containers!” is the brief comment Jason Wilson added to his tweet that calls attention to CALI Director of Content Development Sarah Glassmeyer’s recent CALI Spotlight Blog post. Content is certainly important but the reality is content is always…
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Content In Their Containers: The birth of a new form of legal publication and how it will be sold
26
Jan
Time and duty to one’s employer is "of the essence" in vendor relations; much less so for AALL
25
Jan
Most if not all of us who have budgets to manage, collections to develop, and patrons to serve view vendor relations as something more than just is “a topic on everyone’s mind.” We have been and continue to take actions…
Why are we still citing to page numbers?
25
Jan
Never one to mince words, Jason Wilson answers the question asked in the title of his post, Why the fuck are we still citing to page numbers in cases? Highly recommended. Do note he also lists the 16 enlightened states…
CALI’s New Booth Bunny
19
Jan
Sarah Glassmeyer reflects on representing an exhibitor instead of being a conference attendee. See A Booth Bunny’s Tale (“[T]o say I was dreading this duty was putting it mildly really. I don’t schmooze well. I’m pretty introverted. … It is…
Jerome Rubin, 1925 – 2012: Passing of a Pioneering Giant in Electronic Publishing History
17
Jan
At a 1989 gathering of publishing giants, Jerome Rubin made an unpopular forecast: Technology would render the book obsolete. He argued that the expansion of computerized databases would decrease the need for printed books, a pronouncement based on firsthand experience….
AALL’s Biggest Blunder of 2011
11
Jan
It’s a tough call but I think our association’s way-over-the-top antitrustism takes the cake. While a draft (actually it was a second draft) antitrust policy was rejected by the AALL’s Executive Board last summer, and the first version of its…
Publishers Hate Libraries, But We Sort Of Knew That
06
Jan
Techdirt has an interesting article on ebooks called If Libraries Didn’t Exist, Would Publishers Be Trying To Kill Book Lending? The article is a reaction to an examination of major publisher attitudes to providing ebooks to libraries as published in…
