Dear friends and colleagues,
Many of you know that when I make a mistake I try and correct it as quickly
as possible. For those of you that don't know me, well this post should
give you a good idea. Last Friday, June 12, 1998, one of our colleagues,
Amy Weiner of Kramer, Levin posted a help request to law-lib. I realize
that a part of my reply was inappropriate and certainly not fair to Amy. I
was trying to make a point that law-lib for the most part has become an
avenue for some of the most basic ILLs and has gotten away from a good law
librarian discussion list. I do realize the wonderful resource this list is
for getting help from colleagues and everyone that offers their help makes
our profession one that I am glad to be part of, but sometimes the endless
requests for help, especially from the same libraries becomes a bit hard to
swallow. I believe for the most part, ILLs should go back to getting to the
know your neighbor philosophy. Ill librarians and others that perform this
very important task should get to know the collections from their local
libraries. By attending association events, paying visits, and simple phone
calls, a librarian can build a very impressive rolodex of resources ( and
make life long friends and contacts). Then there are Serial Union lists to
use, OCLC and RLIN searches that can yield good results. Law-lib should be
last resort. Anyway, this is where my ire should have been directed and not
to Amy. Amy if you are listening, I AM SORRY IF I OFFENDED YOU.
Regards always,
Eric :>)
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Eric M. Kaufman, Senior Reference Librarian
New York County Lawyers' Association
14 Vesey Street, 3rd Floor
New York, N.Y. 10007
(212)267-6646, ext. 204
Fax: (212)791-6437
Email: ekaufman2@mindspring.com
"Any opinions expressed are my own and not thoses of my employer"
"Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge-broad, deep knowledge-is
to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. To know the
thoughts and deeds that have marked man's progress is to feel the great
heart throbs of humanity through the centuries; and if one does not feel in
these pulsations a heavenward striving, one must indeed be deaf to the
harmonies of life". Helen Keller
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