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    Law Library Value

    by  • February 22, 2012 • Books, Case Law, Collection, Database, ebooks, Knowledge, Legal Research, Legislation, Management, Management, Organization, Publishers, Research • 0 Comments

    Imperial Roman coin by clarita at Morguefile.com

    There is no reliable way to provide an adequate measure of a law library based on outputs.  This creates a tension when we are planning what we need as far as resources and understanding what has been a good investment and what hasn’t.  Law firms have opportunities that other organizations don’t, in that they...

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    Changing Approach to Legal Research

    by  • September 23, 2011 • Case Law, Creation, Database, Large Firm, Law Firm, Law Library, Legal Research, Mid Size Firm, Publishers, Publishing, Small Law Firm, Solo • 0 Comments

    Leaves on stairs by MaryKBaird on Morguefile.com

    I will be talking to a board of directors of a non-profit this morning about their investment in legal information and trends in usage data.  One of the things that has been of interest to me over the past few years is the seeming disconnect between the approach that librarians teach law students and...

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    I Want E-Books, Just Not Yours

    by  • September 8, 2011 • Books, Canada, Collection, Content, Creation, ebooks, Law Firm, Law Library, Law School, Legal Research, Management, Organization, Presentation, Publishers, Publishing, U.S., Writing • 0 Comments

    Soaking Phone Book by jeltovski at Morguefile.com

    I participated in a meeting with a Canadian legal publisher’s sales rep today to see the latest in their e-book offerings.  Canada is significantly behind US peers, with about 6 titles available at the moment from LexisNexis Canada and Westlaw Canada.  For people who follow e-book trends, it’s like wandering into a rural village...

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    Finding Free E-Books

    by  • August 18, 2011 • Books, Business, Collection, Content, Creation, ebook Readers, ebooks, Knowledge, Law Firm, Law Library, Law School, Legal Research, Management, Publishers, Publishing, Research, Small Law Firm, Solo, University • 2 Comments

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    The Web4Lib discussion list hosted by Webjunction is an interesting one to lurk on.  I occasionally contribute but I mostly learn from other posts, both questions and answers.  There was an interesting thread in the last few days, on sources for free e-books.  The initial post highlighted Project Gutenberg, one of the best known....

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    Legal Publishers Are Not Playing to Their Strengths

    by  • July 26, 2011 • Books, Canada, Case Law, Collection, Content, Creation, Database, Large Firm, Law Firm, Law Library, Legal Research, Mid Size Firm, Publishers, Publishing, U.S., United Kingdom • 0 Comments

    Ice Berg from Morguefile.com

    If you have not read Ruth Bird‘s post at the Slaw Blog (Aggravation due to (dis)aggregation), you should do so.  It’s a great review of the issues currently arising from some particularly poor business decisions being made by legal publishers.  I attended a presentation by Nigel Holloway, VP of ALM’s Legal Intelligence group, that...

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