It sounds like he doesn't MIND charging a client to go online because he
doesn't want to take apart the binder (been there, seen that...) to
photocopy the material.
Maybe he's from the mindset that going online doesn't cost anything extra.
You're not still at school, buddy, you're billing for EVERYTHING! :)
Then again, why didn't he go online in the FIRST place. :)
Ah, summer associates, so many lessons, so little time...
Eve Valdivia
Library Information Services Asst
Spiegel & McDiarmid
Washington, DC
eve.valdivia@spiegelmcd.com
http://www.spiegelmcd.com/
> ----------
> From: Genie Tyburski[SMTP:tyburski@virtualchase.com]
> Reply To: tyburski@virtualchase.com
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 8:00 AM
> To: Law-Lib; PrivateLawLib-L; SLA-LAW
> Subject: A Summer Associate Story
>
> The following is a true story.
>
> Sensing a presence I hadn't heard approaching, I looked up from my desk
> to find a shy smiling young (and I do mean young) man holding an old CCH
> transfer binder.
>
> "Excuse me," he says. "I think I need help."
>
> I smile. His aura emanates innocence, inexperience, youth.
>
> He points to a page inside the CCH volume explaining it reproduces the
> SEC release he wants. Despite his amazing feat in finding this release
> in a BOOK, his discovery is not the point of this message.
>
> He asks, "Is there an online source where I can print a copy?"
>
> Now I'm confused. To make sure I understand his question, I confirm
> that he wants an online source for the same SEC release he holds in his
> hand.
>
> "Yes," he concurs.
>
> I can't help myself. "Why?" I ask.
>
> Flipping the transfer binder around, he shows me how difficult it would
> be to photocopy. The binding is tight.
>
> "No problem," I explain showing him the screws for taking apart the
> binding.
>
> "Yes," he admits to noticing them earlier, "but isn't it just easier to
> get it online?"
>
> Does this incident not illustrate a generation gap? For this young man,
> locating and printing a copy of a document online is easier than
> removing screws from a book in which he has already found the document!
> The computer is a tool, a friend; the book is foreign, baffling.
>
> The moral for me? Well, for one thing, this weekend I'm going to make
> sure my son knows what to do with a screwdriver, hammer and nails!
>
> Genie
> --
> Genie Tyburski, Research Librarian
> Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
>
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