Hello, ABLL Members:
I am forwarding the following message to the LLNE and
Law-Lib listservs. Please excuse any duplication. I look forward to
seeing you at this panel discussion.
Mary Ann Neary
ABLL President
WESTLAW AND THE ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON LAW LIBRARIANS
present...
A KEYCITE SEMINAR
Tues. Nov. 10
Noon to 2:00 pm Le Meridien Hotel
250 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110
Our guest speakers will be:
Forrest Rhoads, one of the principal developers of KeyCite
Betsy McKenzie, Vice President, ABLL, and author of "Comparing
KeyCite with Shepard's Online"
Kim Sweet, Reference Librarian at Ropes & Gray
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Forrest Rhoads - is general manager for, and one of the principal
developers of, KeyCite, the new citation research system offered
through Westlaw, CD-ROM, and the Internet. He has been with West
Publishing and West group since 1985. As part of the new West Group,
he is presently Vice President, Strategic Product Devleopment,
Primary and Secondary Materials, focused on new product development
for West Online.
Betsy McKenzie - Betsy's article comparing KeyCite and Shepard's on
Westlaw will appear in the October 1998 AALL Spectrum. A longer
article will appear in Legal Reference Services Quarterly. Both
articles detail actual tests citating randomly chosen state and
federal cases with both services.
Kim Sweet - Kim will be speaking about KeyCite as a cite-checking
tool and more. Kim has been at Ropes & Gray for over ten years.
Prior to that, she worked with the Department of the Army on both
civilian and military bases. She was an Intelligence Analyst while
serving in a military capacity.
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Space is limited. Reserve your seat by calling the West Group
Information Center at 617-261-4664 or 1-800-458-5939 or by e-mailing
Holly Rush, Westlaw Marketing Program Manager at
holly.rush@westgroup.com
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