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>We are open to the public and also get heavy use from the rest of the
campus. Our Lexis and Westlaw contracts do not extend to passwords for
non-law people, and free web-sites may not offer reporter citations (our
state supreme court, for example) or support complex search strategies. If
we give up the books, we couldn't serve those patrons very well, so we're
getting hard copy as well as CALR.
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>Laurel Wendt
>Southern Illinois University
>Carbondale, IL
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>At 11:43 AM 3/13/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>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.
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>>Felice Lowell
>>Asst. Director for Technical Services
>>Cleveland State University Law Library
>>216-523-7388
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