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[Note: I received this guest post last week, but the writer asked to remain anonymous. Quite frankly, this wasn’t the first time I heard someone voice this opinion, so let us know if you think they are on-point with this post, or if you think Bloomberg Law isn’t just a different
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I have found that librarians at law firms walk a tightrope strung over the thorny issues of cost, risk and user demands. We have a reputation of being “gatekeepers” or impeding advances in legal research by holding on to old media at the expense of new media. Although it may be
[Guest Post – Michael Ginsborg]
Mark Gediman questions the need for an AALL Caucus on Consumer Advocacy. His comments deserve a prompt reply as we circulate our petition to gain AALL recognition. I have not had time to confirm that my reply represents the view of Caucus members. I also write with much more haste
Recently there have been a few blog posting here about vendors, people who try to sell other people products and services. The postings are rants or raves, the kind of things that are well suited to the self indulgent nature of blogs. One such story was mine, recounted by another member of the 3 Geeks
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[Guest Post from Jan Rivers, Competitive Intelligence Liaison]
This afternoon, I was sitting here, working away and listening to Erroll Garner, when an email alert blipped up in the corner of my computer screen. It was from a Bloomberg rep.
Hmmmm…..
Now, my firm doesn’t subscribe to Bloomberg, but we’ve looked
I have a friend that noticed that one of the products she was using to pull company information was giving her some bad results. The data was either out-of-date, or was just flat out wrong. When she notified the vendor of the error, she got a little bit of the run around on why it
When librarians complain about the state of law firm / law publisher relationships, it seems to get ignored or dismissed as simply a standard response. When BigLaw Partners make the same complaints, it seems people stand up and notice.
Just for fun, go ahead and contrast this to the Law Firm / Client relationship
Note: I’m joining in on the fun of posting the statement of the Library Consumer Advocacy group that is applying to become an AALL Caucus. Please look over the statement to see if it is something that you would like to support as an AALL member. The statements are duplicated at Out of the Jungle
Although there are a lot of people on the Law-Lib listserv, I also happen to know that many of the people I know at AALL don’t subscribe for one reason or another (you can probably guess a few of those reasons.) However, one thing that did fly by on the list is a request for