CRIV CONNECTION

The official PUBLICATION for the AALL Committee on Relations with Information Vendors

Legal Vendors

  • Getting Up to Speed with Vendors and WCAG

    Author: Syd L. Stephenson, Technical Services & Systems Librarian, Thurgood Marshall State Law Library The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are an especially hot topic with the WCAG and ADA Title II compliance deadline coming up in April 2026. Law librarians are working diligently to ensure that the resources they provide to patrons meet these… Continue reading

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  • Professional Development Planning: 2026 CRIV Related Programming and Conferences

    Author: Laurel Moran, Assistant Director, San Diego Law Library This year, I have decided to be more intentional and focused on my professional development. Perhaps it is because I sign up for webinars that I too often fail to attend, do not have time for, or forget to calendar. Last year left me feeling distracted… Continue reading

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  • Lexis+ Certification for Professionals

    Author: Kamilah Wentworth, Knowledge Analyst, Neal, Gerber and Eisenberg LLP This post provides information on the Lexis+ Certification for Professionals Fall 2025 sessions that I attended. The certification can be particularly beneficial for those transitioning from Lexis Advance to Lexis+, or from Lexis+ to Lexis+AI. Adapting to these upgraded platforms can present challenges, especially when it comes… Continue reading

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  • Impact of ALM’s New Law.com Model on Libraries

    Our readers are aware that ALM, the producer of Law.com and other information and news resources for the legal, financial, real estate, and other markets, announced in July 2024, and at various times since, that it would be expanding the Law.com platform and providing exclusive content. The aim of this post is to summarize ALM’s… Continue reading

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  • CRIV/Bloomberg Law SemiAnnual Update

    Author: Deanna Barmakian, Foreign, Comparative & International Law Research & Student Services Librarian, Harvard Law School Library On November 20, 2025, Madeline Cohen, library relations director at Bloomberg Law met with CRIV to provide an update on feature and content developments in the past six months. The conversation centered on docket coverage and related tools,… Continue reading

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