I agree with Mr. Snyder. This is an excellent research tool which I
personnaly have used many times. It would indeed be a shame if it is no
longer published.
mda
On Fri, 26 Jan 1996, Frederick R Snyder wrote:
> This is really a shame. I think it's an excellent set. It's one of my
> favorite research tools in the library. One of the nice things about it
> is that it's so simple to use, but it sounds like it's not going to be so
> simple anymore. It has been a very worth competitor to Am.Jur.Proof of
> Facts and Am.Jur.Trials.
> Fritz Snyder, Univ. of Montana Law Library.
>
> On Fri, 26 Jan 1996
> mummj@vmsa.csd.mu.edu wrote:
>
> > We recently received our invoice for renewal of Shepard's "Causes of
> > Action" (01/96-12/96).
> >
> > We have a letter in our file which states that "After 1995 ... no further
> > print volumes of COA will be published. Instead, new articles will be
> > made available on CD-ROM in WordPerfect format as an optional add-on to
> > the annual supplement service." (Letter from Roderick J. Mortimer,
> > Managing Editor - COA, dated January 5, 1995).
> >
> > I talked to someone at Shepard's Customer Service, who told me the title
> > had been sold to Thomson (Warren Gorham Lamont, I assume), and that she
> > did not know at this point what the future holds for this publication.
> > She is supposed to call me back next week.
> >
> > The unresolved question is:
> >
> > Will this title be CD-ROM, or continue in paper, or will it continue to
> > be published at all?
> >
> > If anyone knows any more about this, please respond.
> >
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