Just like to add my two cents on this issue.
I believe that these requests should be handled on the
local level. Libraries should turn to their local list
servs first and if all else fails, turn to Law-lib. No
need to use a baseball bat to swat at a fly!
In all seriousness, this would help cut down on some
traffic.
Have a great weekend!
Betsy
--- "M. S. Burrows" <MBurrows@Centuryinter.net> wrote:
> Dear Mary
>
> I think it's a very helpful suggestion and well Put.
> Thanks for the info.
>
> Melanie B.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary Whisner" <whisner@u.washington.edu>
> To: "Law Library Discussion Group"
> <law-lib@ucdavis.edu>
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 10:47 AM
> Subject: Please send a copy of X
>
>
> >
> > I'm puzzled by a certain style of request on this
> list. It follows the
> > form:
> > I need a copy of ___. Please copy it and fax it to
> me. I'd be
> > happy to pay the cost.
> >
> > The item in question is often something that is
> owned by hundreds of law
> > libraries. (For instance, today there were
> requests for articles from the
> > Columbia Law Review and the Cincinnati Law
> Review.)
> >
> > Do requests like this end up with multiple copies
> being sent? Does the
> > requestor happily pay the charges to each library
> that sent a copy?
> >
> > I think it might be more efficient -- both for the
> people who need copies
> > and for those of us who read law-lib regularly --
> if librarians became
> > aware of institutions that are set up to provide
> copies. For example, our
> > library has a Copy & Send service that is set up
> to do just that (for a
> > fee). (See
>
http://lib.law.washington.edu/copy&send/copy&send.html.)
> > There are many others -- see "Law Library Document
> Suppliers" (a list
> > compiled by AALL's Document Delivery Caucus in
> 1998),
> >
>
http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/caucuses_document_suppliers.asp
> >
> > If requestors contact one document supplier, then
> they will get what they
> > need without all of the readers of law-lib needing
> to read their requests.
> > Law-lib will still be available to them when they
> have requests for
> > hard-to-locate items, puzzling citations, and
> other mysteries.
> >
> > Yes, I understand that I can use my delete key
> when I see requests for
> > photocopies or faxes. I do. I'm actually posting
> this in an effort to be
> > helpful to requestors (as well as in the hope that
> I will need to delete
> > fewer messages of this genre).
> >
> > -- Mary
> >
> >
>
__________________________________________________________
> > Mary Whisner, Assistant Librarian for Reference
> Services
> > Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington,
> Seattle, WA
> > whisner@u.washington.edu library's website:
> http://lib.law.washington.edu
> >
> >
>
>
=====
Betsy Sandison
Library Director
Baltimore County Circuit Court Law Library
401 Bosley Avenue
Towson, MD 21204
410-887-6042 fax 410-887-4807
http://www.co.ba.md.us/bacoweb/circuit/html/lawlib2.htm
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