Most law librarians are hired by their employers to work for their "primary"
patrons: in house lawyers, students/faculty, practising lawyers, etc.
When we get a request for i to answer every question posted on Law-Lib.
That's just not our job, or a very practical approach to the problem.
I still feel that questions of reference nature should be posted to the
law reference list.
Frank Weston
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On Tue, 8 Aug 1995, Anne Jochnowitz wrote:
> Laura Raymond writes:
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> "Personally, I tend to ignore requests from unnamed or
> non-librarian requestors, so perhaps that is the solution. If we
> answer them, they will come. If we ignore them, maybe they'll go
> away. . . .
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> I think this is terrible! I'm a non-librarian who works for a publishing
> company. Not answering us (non-librarians) is childish. It's not a
> solution it's misleading! The types of questions as well as the "rules"
> should be defined and updated as needed.
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> If non-librarians are not acknowledged, why are we allowed to join in the
> first place? Ridiculous AND disappointing.
>
> Anne
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