Resources can yield revenues; information brokering enables law firms to sell library service to others

Article Abstract:

Law firm libraries may be able to make money by providing information brokering services to clients and others. This can be done either by joining a consortium and exchanging information through a barter system or setting up an ancillary information brokerage business. Most of the information the latter provides will come from online legal databases or more general data bases such as Dialog. Ethical concerns of such a business include client referral policies and conflict of interest. Copyright liability is also an important issue.

Law firms, Libraries, Law libraries

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Librarians online might get entangled in the Web: its allure as a research medium could make the Internet the focal point of a librarian's profession

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The Internet and the World Wide Web offer librarians enormous opportunities but pose special problems as well. The value of such newsgroups as Law-Lib and Teknoids is so great, and the attraction of discussion of important issues with one's peers so strong, that they become addictive. Together with e-mail, they can become vast drains on time and energy. Furthermore, many of the potential resources are ill-used, notably the offerings of law schools. Law librarians should work to shape the on-line environment they need.

United States, Management, Usage, Internet

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An embattled profession faces new challenges; the 'information revolution' is leaving librarians behind

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The 1990s are a difficult time for librarians as a number of noted library schools have already closed or are under threat of closure and many law firm librarians become victims of downsizing. Computer professionals are taking over some library positions. Librarians need to organize and fight for their profession. They need to take a proactive stance, showing that there is a need for their profession as an articulator of the public's information needs to those who design and market products serving those needs.

Practice

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