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Handoffs and Hurdles: Managing the Communication Relay of Collection Development
By: Guest Author Emilie Menzel, Collections Management and Strategies Librarian, Goodson Law Library, Duke Law School. In the world of collections and e-resources librarianship, shepherding a purchase request through the collection development cycle can often resemble coordinating a field day relay race. Lap 1: Faculty shares a resource need with their liaison librarian, who then… Continue reading
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Who has Access to Motor Vehicle Accident and Driving Records? It Depends.
I recently had an interesting convergence of my personal and professional lives involving risk management records. First, some caveats: while my examples both involve LexisNexis Risk Solutions, I am sure that my observations would not be unique to one vendor. This short post is not meant to be a comprehensive look at public records or… Continue reading
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Product Review: Skopenow Workbench
A couple of years ago, I sought a more efficient method for conducting comprehensive research to locate individuals, encompassing various aspects. I am accustomed to public records, news, and business research on Lexis+ and Westlaw, and I was a long-time TLOxp user, among other resources. As a legal info pro at a law firm, I… Continue reading
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Presidential Databases: Selected Resources
I just finished reading Roy Morris Jr.’s intriguing book Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876, so a blog post on presidential databases—in an election year at that!—seemed fun. Instead of listing several, I thought I would focus on two in particular that have captured my interest.… Continue reading
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AALL ANTITRUST POLICY
AALL now has an Antitrust Compliance Policy, which the organization encourages its members to read. The Antitrust Policy recognizes the changing landscape of antitrust enforcement in the United States in the context of professional association activities. The policy is inclusive and applies to “comments at any AALL meetings and on any AALL platform including webinars, Conference… Continue reading
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