denotes premium content | Jan 9 2009 Feature
posted 19 May 2008 in Volume 2 Issue 4
Case study: Duane Morris LLP
The concept and implementation of a best practice seminar in online research skills for fee earners, devised by the Library and Research Services team at US firm Duane Morris LLP. By Christine Scherzinger.
One of the biggest challenges facing law librarians today is how to effectively communicate information about the cost of online research to time-pressed lawyers. Large firms may have access to hundreds of electronic resources, all with different price structures. Making lawyers aware of resources and explaining the differences among free, flat-rate subscription, per-minute and transactional pay-per-use services is no easy task yet it is a core function of the modern law library. Informed lawyers are better able to choose the best resource to answer their legal issue at the least cost to the client.
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