Actually Cynthia, we are talking about that. If the info is available
on Westlaw and all students and faculty have access to it what is the
problem? The only paper sacrosanct as far as our reference staff is
concerned is codes, etc. The rest is taking up a lot of space, gets
less use each semester, costs an arm and a leg, takes endless
processing, and decimates a forest daily. As academic institutions, our
first priority is our students and faculty (or vice versa!)
1. Can we afford to support users beyond our immediate responsibility.
2. Is there a better way to insure "ownership" of the information than
have everyone save the same paper copy?
3. Is elimination of hard copy going to impact library statistics
title/volume count? (check all of the government documents which are no
longer coming in paper, CD, or microform).
To be honest, this memo was sent to spark some conversations on the
topic. And we may only be talking about multiple copies, when all is
said and done!
Felice
Cynthia Aninao wrote:
>Felice, let us know what you find. You're not talking about reporters
>that are "required" by the ABA, such as F3d, etc? How are you going to
>deal with that? Cynthia.
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>Cynthia Aninao, Acquisitions Librarian
>University of Cincinnati Law Library
>Clifton and Calhoun Streets
>Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0142
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>cynthia.aninao@law.uc.edu
>513-556-0156, Fax 513-556-6265
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>On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Felice K. Lowell wrote:
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>>Now that there have been several "surveys" on the acquisition of hard
>>copy for Shepard's and digests, we'd like to know whether any academic
>>law libraries have begun to evaluate their reporter subscriptions with
>>the thought of relying solely on electronic access. We know there are
>>some law firms doing just that. It seems a little radical for us, but
>>budget issues are forcing us to be more creative than we have been in
>>the past!!
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>>Thanx for your input.
>>
>>Felice Lowell
>>Asst. Director for Technical Services
>>Cleveland State University Law Library
>>216-523-7388
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