On 12 Aug, Chris Graesser writes:
>As it turns out, however, we're experiencing lawyer backlash against
>automated research. Surveys and focus groups at our firm have revealed
>that our attys strongly favor print versions of most material, except
>the older lesser used reporters. We're not a PC phobic firm, and we
>have many CDs; the lawyers just don't feel they provide the same quality
>& breadth of research.
>Has anyone else run into this? Would love to hear from you.
>Chris Graesser cgraesser@goodwin.com
>Shipman & Goodwin, Hartford, CT
Chris --
This sounds very familiar. We have the same problem here. We're running
out of shelf space in the library and want to convert to CD-ROMs but are
getting resistance from the associates. 1 or 2 might be computer illiterate
(WordPerfect exper. only) but mostly, they think it is easier to run to a
shelf, take a book and just "LOOK IT UP" rather than sit down at a computer,
find the CD-ROM, do a search and print it out. One Rep informed me that
different vendors have different search language for thier particular CD-ROMs
- that not all of them use universal search language. We're having to store
books that we hardly ever use in the basement to make room for the reporters.
Mary Kole
Legal Library
American Farm Bureau Federation
225 Touhy Avenue
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Phone: (312) 399-5832
Fax: (312) 399-5896
E-Mail: maryk@fb.com
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