Nancy and Jill, I sent mine back a couple weeks ago when I got it. I
figured for that kind of money people can use both last year's index and the
supplemental ones that come along. Did the same with Proof of Facts, too.
And sent back the Federal ALR Case Names Table and cancelled the one for ALR
5th. With various things like that, I've cut way down on what I need to
cancel to balance the budget. It's ridiculous to pay $500 for an index
every year.
Maria Sosnowski
Clark County Law Library
Vancouver WA 98666
-----Original Message-----
From: Jill Henderson [mailto:hendersj@taylorcountytexas.org]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 12:52 PM
To: NKFrye@jud.ca.gov; law-lib@ucdavis.edu; scall@aallnet.org
Subject: Re: $475 for an index?!?
Amen to what Nancy said. I am sending mine back also.
Jill Finley Henderson
Taylor County Law Library
300 Oak St.
Abilene Tx. 79602
V: 325-674-1395
F: 325-674-1365
(voice) 915-674-1395
----- Original Message -----
From: <NKFrye@jud.ca.gov>
To: <law-lib@ucdavis.edu>; <scall@aallnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 1:43 PM
Subject: $475 for an index?!?
> Greetings all!
>
> I am not one to hop on the complainin' wagon so consider this
> posting
to be
> a mere coincidence that it occurs on the same day as Bob's rant.
Yesterday, I
> got the 2004 general index pamphlets for American Jurisprudence2d. An
> eye-popping $475 for them (they were $418 last year)! As an aside,
> for
that
> price, they should be hardbound so they don't flop all over my library
shelves.
> Back they go, West! There is no reason for these indexes to be 1) so
expensive
> and 2) produced as annual editions. The bound index volumes updated
> with
pocket
> parts worked just fine in the "good ole days." IMHO, the time has
> arrived
where
> West's marketers have reached the limit of publication churning and
> price increases. With severe cuts to library budgets, the backlash
> isn't going
to be
> pretty and everyone (libraries, library patrons, attorneys, West) will
suffer.
>
> Nanna Frye
> Court of Appeal
> San Diego, CA
>
>
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