Reminder: Vendor Roundtable at Annual Meeting in Philadelphia

July 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment

This is one final reminder that CRIV will be hosting the Vendor Roundtable at the AALL Annual Meeting in Philadelphia at 11:45AM to 12:45PM on Sunday, July 19.

For more information about the Vendor Roundtable, see below.

Click here for information about other CRIV and vendor relations-themed sessions at AALL

Will you be in Philadelphia for the Annual Meeting?

Please join us for the annual Vendor Roundtable: Marketing, Discovery, Navigation, and Other Win-Win Opportunities for Libraries and Vendors.

How do patrons know about your research tools? Do patrons know how to use them? Will patrons be able to find what they need? How can librarians and vendors work together to improve these and other aspects of research? We’ll be discussing these questions and more at this year’s CRIV Vendor Roundtable. This session will be held during the AALL Annual meeting in Philadelphia from 11:45AM to 12:45PM on Sunday, July 19th, at the Marriott-Grand Ballroom Salon A.

We look forward to an interesting and informative discussion between vendors and librarians!

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Vendor Relations-themed sessions and CRIV activities at AALL 2015

July 1, 2015 by 1 Comment

CRIV will be participating in a number of Annual Meeting activities, including tabling at the exhibit hall and the annual Vendor Roundtable. In addition, a number of scheduled programs look relevant for vendor relations. Below is a list of events we’d like to highlight. For more exhaustive and updated information, please see the Conference Planner.

Saturday, July 18

Tabling, CONELL Marketplace, 10:30AM-11:40AM, PCC Room 113AB 108AB

CRIV Business Meeting (incoming and outgoing CRIV members), 4PM-5PM, Marriott Room 307

Sunday, July 19

Tabling, Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break, 10:15AM-11:15AM

CRIV Vendor Roundtable, 11:45AM-12:45PM, Marriott Grand Ballroom Salon A

A7: Effective Content Management, 1PM-2PM, PCC Room 113BC

B2: Work Smarter, Not Harder – More Hip Tips for the Acquisitions Librarian, 2:30PM-3:30PM, PCC Room 108AB

Monday, July 20

Tabling, Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break, 8:45AM-9:45AM

D7: Striking a Balance in Your Library Catalog: TMI vs. TLI, 10AM-11AM, PCC Room 113BC

E3: Balance Your Books – What Librarians Need to Know About Accounting, 11:30AM-12:30PM, PCC201A

F7: Strategic Integration of Ebooks and Digital Content, 2PM-3PM, PCC Room 103A

Tuesday, July 21

Tabling, Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break, 9:45AM-10:45AM

J5: The Wonderful World of Metrics:  Show Your Value to Leadership, 4PM-5PM, PCC Room 103A

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Blog Roundup: June 1-June 30

June 30, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Chuck Lowry from Fastcase offered some advice to Librarians and Exhibitors looking to get the most out the AALL Annual Meeting Exhibit Hall over at On Firmer Ground.

At Law Librarians Blog Mark Giangrande examined a study on Academic Publisher profits. The underlying paper is here.

At Dewey B. Strategic, Jean O’Grady took a deep dive into Lexis Advance Practice Pages. Jean also looked at some new analytics products from Lex Machina.

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CRIV Advocacy Request Update: Changes to Thomson Reuters web store

June 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment

CRIV was approached by a member librarian of AALL who had concerns about changes made to the Thomson Reuters web store. CRIV spoke to Lori Hedstrom, National Manger of Librarian Relations for Thomson Reuters about this. Her response is below:

The site has undergone a redesign which was completed in two phases – both of which altered the materials mentioned.

During the first phase, the shipping schedule information, which is part of product details page, was removed. Through [the AALL member]’s feedback, as well as other customers’, we have restored that functionality.

During the second phase of the redesign, the “highlights and filing instructions” link was moved – an effort to improve the user experience by making the link available with the publication itself, eliminating the need to navigate through another tab.

These changes were made as part of an effort to improve the site and its functionality. We know our customers are being tasked to do more with less and our goal through this redesign was to ultimately make your interaction more seamless. I apologize for the inconvenience it caused.

I appreciate you reaching out to us. Please let me know if you have any further questions that I may be able to answer.

Thank you to Lori Hedstrom for her help with this issue.

If you have a similar issue or any issue that CRIV can assist with, please use our Request for Assistance form available at http://aallnet.org/main-menu/Advocacy/vendorrelations/request-assistance.html.

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Blog Roundup: May 12 – May 19

May 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Over at Law Librarians Blog, Mark Giangrande reported on his recent experiences searching case law on Google Scholar, coming away with a better impression than his earlier forays.

Jean O’Grady spent some time looking into the new Bloomberg Law: Corporate Transactions product, including an evaluation of how it fits into Bloomberg BNA’s overall business strategy.

Lisa Solomon took a (skeptical) look at the “Legal Professional Community” from Thomson Reuters. You can watch a video about this social network targeting small firms here.

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ProQuest acquiring Coutts and MyiLibrary, partnering with Ingram.

April 30, 2015 by Leave a Comment

ProQuest announced today that it is acquiring Coutts and MyiLibrary from Ingram Content Group. It is also “entering into a strategic partnership” with Ingram for print distribution.

The press release can be read on the ProQuest website (the same release can also be read on the Ingram website).

More info on these changes from ProQuest is available here. A PDF of FAQs is available as well.

Without knowing how long this has been in the works, the easiest interpretation of this move is that it is a response to EBSCO’s purchase of YBP (see earlier coverage of that development here). ProQuest is selling this acquisition as a further expansion of its ebook content (adding MyiLibrary titles to the Ebrary and EBL titles already available from ProQuest). At the same time, these statements say that nothing will change immediately for current MyiLibrary customers. ProQuest also promises this will not delay the ongoing integration of the Ebrary and EBL platforms.

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2015 New Product Award Winner: Legal Analytics, from Lex Machina

April 29, 2015 by Leave a Comment

AALL has announced its 2015 Award Recipients, including the winner of the New Product Award. This year’s winner was Legal Analytics, produced by Lex Machina.

There were a number of great nominees for the New Product Award this year, and CRIV thanks everyone who submitted a nomination.

Beginning next year, the New Product Award will no longer be one of CRIV’s responsibilities. AALL is creating a separate jury for the New Product Award. We will post more information about any new procedures here on the CRIV Blog when we know more.

Previous winners can be viewed here.

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Blog Roundup April 22-April 28

April 29, 2015 by Leave a Comment

At 3 Geeks, Greg shared some excitement about Lex Machina, Ravel Law, and Casetext.

Jean O’Grady explored Ravel’s Judge Analytics.

At Slaw, Robert McKay pondered the importance of, and difficulty in, speculation about legal publishing.

Jason Wilson has begun what looks like a deep dive into legal practice management and other tools at the recent ABA Tech Show: Part 1 and Part 2.

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Vendor Roundtable at the Annual Meeting in Philadelphia

April 28, 2015 by 1 Comment

Will you be in Philadelphia for the Annual Meeting?

Please join us for the annual Vendor Roundtable: Marketing, Discovery, Navigation, and Other Win-Win Opportunities for Libraries and Vendors.

How do patrons know about your research tools? Do patrons know how to use them? Will patrons be able to find what they need? How can librarians and vendors work together to improve these and other aspects of research? We’ll be discussing these questions and more at this year’s CRIV Vendor Roundtable. This session will be held during the AALL Annual meeting in Philadelphia from 11:45AM to 12:45PM on Sunday, July 19th, at the Marriott-Grand Ballroom Salon A.

We look forward to an interesting and informative discussion between vendors and librarians!

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Effects of Swets Bankruptcy Still Reverberating

April 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment

My library only subscribed to a handful of Swets subscriptions when we got the news of its bankruptcy last fall, so the “fallout” for us consisted of finding another vendor to continue the subscriptions. We were comparatively lucky.

Coverage continues of the libraries likely to lose significant amounts of money due to credits with, or prepayments to, Swets. The assumption is that, despite filing claims, the libraries will not recover much of these amounts in bankruptcy proceedings. Potential losses by academic libraries mentioned in the article range from $850,000 to $3,000,000.

Back when the bankruptcy was first announced, Duke librarian Kevin L. Smith suggested alternative arrangements to protect libraries in the future. He mentioned holding prepayments in a type of escrow account, an idea from conversations he had with SAGE CEO Blaise Simqu.

Competing vendors may simply respond to this bankruptcy by welcoming the new business and ensuring libraries they’re on much more solid financial footing.

More Library Journal coverage of developments in the Swets bankruptcy is available here.

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Ravel Law Launches Judge Analytics

April 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Ravel Law is one of several entrants in the legal research market to come out of Silicon Valley in recent years. Its newest feature is Judge Analytics, and an upcoming webinar (Thursday, April 16 at 11AM Pacific) promises to introduce it to anyone interested. It will be conducted by Jean O’Grady, who writes more about it here.

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About EBSCO Buying YBP

March 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment

It’s been ten days since the announcement that EBSCO bought YBP from Baker &Taylor, but the benefit of being late to comment is that we can corral much of what’s already been said.

Here is the original press release from EBSCO that it is buying YBP (including its GOBI platform) from Baker & Taylor.

Here is a PDF of FAQs for current customers.

Both of these documents promise minimal disruption in the near future.

Notably, within an hour of receiving the EBSCO press release over email, I received ProQuest’s press release assuring customers that its ongoing relationship with YBP would not change. ProQuest elaborated on this here, promising that its ebrary and EBL ebooks would continue to be available through GOBI. ProQuest is often seen as EBSCO’s big rival in academic ebooks and online journal databases, and both EBSCO’s and ProQuest’s ebook platforms have been playing reasonably nice with YBP’s GOBI platform.

Here is Baker & Taylor’s press release about the sale of YBP to EBSCO.

Meredith Schwartz at Library Journal did a write-up, with her same-day article containing quotes from three EBSCO executives, as well as an academic librarian from EBSCO’s advisory board.

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Final Call for CRIV New Product Award Nominations

January 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment

It is once again time to submit nominations for the CRIV New Product Award! Please let us know of any new products you think are worthy of consideration. Nominations may be submitted by librarian users or vendors. The deadline is February 1, 2015.

This award honors new commercial information products that enhance or improve existing law library services or procedures or innovative products which improve access to legal information, the legal research process, or procedures for technical processing of library materials. A “new” product is one which has been in the library-related marketplace for two years or less. New products may include, but are not limited to, computer hardware and/or software, educational or bibliographic material, or other products or devices that aid or improve library workflow, research, or intellectual access. Products that have been reintroduced in a new format or with substantial changes are eligible.

Details: http://www.aallnet.org/main-menu/Member-Resources/AALLawards/award-best.html
Application: http://www.aallnet.org/Documents/Awards/newproductform.pdf

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Interview With New Bloomberg BNA President David Perla

September 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Over at Dewey B Strategic, Jean O’Grady has an interview with David Perla. The new president of Bloomberg BNA discusses his ideas for how his products fit in with law firms and in-house counsel. Read the full interview here.

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ALM Free Digital Membership Program

August 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Over at LawSites, Robert Ambrogi discusses ALM’s newly announced free digital membership program. ALM’s original press release announcing the program is here.

The program being adopted seems similar to the porous paywall of the New York Times. Users get access to a small number of articles on ALM’s platforms per set period for free, before theoretically having to upgrade to access more. Workarounds, like free access to articles when their URLs are sent from colleagues or posted on Facebook/Twitter, seem to prevalent.

Of course, the ability to actually rely on the likelihood that a workaround will be available will depend on how frequently readers are sharing ALM articles.

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