Charles - When we installed our West Ohio Library on cd-rom, we were
thinking that it would, in fact, result in lower Lexis usage. And
despite the fact that around the same time we went on a flat-rate
arrangement with Lexis that may have skewed our figures, based on the
invoices, we really haven't experienced any siginificant reduction. At
least not yet. Many of our potential cd-rom users are still more
comfortable with online sources (or even books), and so they may be going
online rather than learning how to use the cd-rom. However, that is
starting to change as more users do learn, and as newer associates come
in who have had cd-rom training already. So, I suppose our Lexis usage
may still drop at some point, but not as of yet. By the way, this West
Ohio Library is the only cd-rom we have on the network. All the others
are installed on a stand-alone PC in the library.
Anne Kirkhope
Law Librarian
Eastman & Smith
Toledo, OH
kiraab@sys1.openohio.com
419-247-1794
On Fri, 4 Aug 1995 lsz01@hti.net wrote:
> at the risk of beating a dead horse, have any of you that invested heavily
> in west reporter cds noticed a drop in either westlaw or lexis usage. have
> been curious about this for some time, but have never heard anyone mention it.
>
> have a goodend.
>
> Charles Gibson
> Liddell, Sapp, etal
> 600 Travis #2500
> Houston, Tx 77002
> 713-226-1442
> lsz01@hti.net
>
>
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