Attached is a pdf file that is the first in a series of short articles
you will be receiving over the next few months that explain the new AALL
Guide to Fair Business Practices for Legal Publishers.
The second article will be sent to Law-Lib within a day or two. Then
future articles will be spaced out over the next few months.
On behalf of the AALL Fair Business Implementation Task Force, I hope
you find this information to be interesting and useful.
Jim Mumm
Acquisitions / Serials Librarian
Marquette University Law Library
PO BOX 3137
MILWAUKEE WI 53201-3137
414-288-5351 414-288-5914 (FAX)
jim.mumm@marquette.edu
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The AALL Fair Business Practice Guide
Part 1
In 2000, the Federal Trade Commission rescinded the Guides for the Law
Book Industry (65 FR 2867 (2000)), and in their rescission suggested
that AALL develop its own set of guidelines.
After seeking input from the membership of AALL, and after much work,
this project was completed with the publication of The AALL Guide to
Fair Business Practices for Legal Publishers.
Last year, AALL President Carol Avery Nicholson set up The AALL Fair
Business Implementation Task Force, for the purpose of introducing the
guide and encouraging use and reference to the guide. It is the resolve
of the task force to help the members better understand the guide, and
encourage the use of it in dealing with publishers and vendors.
Over the next few months, we will be sending out emails to a variety of
listservs, highlighting different sections of the guide. It is our hope
that these will be of benefit to you.
We also encourage you to read through either your paper copy of the
guide, or the electronic version at
http://www.aallnet.org/about/fair_practice_guide.asp.
Finally, we encourage you to make use of the guide. It describes
standards for the business practices that most directly affect law
librarians, and is intended to be a basis for fair practice, and to
foster better communication between librarians and publishers.
The AALL Fair Business Implementation Task Force
Kay Todd, Chair <mailto:kaytodd@paulhastings.com>
Michael Beaird <mailto:ambeaird@ualr.edu>
Kamla Hedges <mailto:khedges@bna.com>
Judy Lauer <mailto:jlauer@courts.state.ny.us>
Linda McLane <mailto:lmclane@law.berkeley.edu>
James Mumm <mailto:jim.mumm@marquette.edu>
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