CRIV CONNECTION

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

vendor-calls

  • CRIV/Wolters Kluwer Semiannual Update

    Author: Jean Davis, Associate Librarian for International Law at Brooklyn Law School Library Introduction The CRIV semiannual call with Wolters Kluwer (WK) occurred on May 12, 2026. The call included updates on: Kluwer Law International titles now available through certain VitalLaw subscriptions; VitalLaw’s expanded Academic Initiative; and VitalLaw Expert AI’s new features. It also included WK’s responses to CRIV’s product accessibility questions. This report concludes with recommended sources for further reading. Participants Jean Davis (CRIV member and liaison… Continue reading

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  • Bloomberg Law CRIV Liaison Meeting

    June 15, 2022 Attendees:             Michelle Hook Dewey, CRIV, Board Liaison (Mercer University Law Library)             Tom Hemstock, CRIV, Vendor Liaison (Albany Law School, Schaffer Law Library)             Mike Bernier, Bloomberg Law             Kristyn Hyland, Bloomberg Law             Vani Ungapen, ALL Executive Director Prior Business             None Current CRIV Member Issues with Bloomberg Law            … Continue reading

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  • CRIV/Lexis May 2016 Call

    On May 19, 2016 CRIV had its second semi-annual call with LexisNexis. There were no outstanding Requests for Assistance involving LexisNexis products from the membership to discuss. CRIV inquired about non-disclosure language in LexisNexis licenses so broad that it would prevent libraries from discussing any aspect of the license agreement with CRIV or AALL. CRIV… Continue reading

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  • CRIV/WoltersKluwer Semiannual Call

    On December 14th, 2015 CRIV had its first semiannual call with Wolters Kluwer. There were no outstanding Requests for Advocacy involving WK products from the membership to discuss. We discussed an ongoing project regarding MARC records. WK is creating MARC records for Intelliconnect and Cheetah. VRAG is working closely with WK to develop what the… Continue reading

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  • CRIV/Thomson Reuters Semiannual Call

    The first semi-annual call between CRIV and Thomson Reuters was held on December 15, 2015. In attendance were Lori Hedstrom (Thomson Reuters); Jeff McCoy (Thomson Reuters); Kate Hagan (AALL); and Gilda Chiu (CRIV Vendor Liaison). The conversation started with discussion about any new products or other issues of interest Thomson Reuters wanted AALL members to… Continue reading

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