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21 Legal Information Alert 1 (2002)

handle is hein.lbr/leinfal0021 and id is 1 raw text is: What's new in legal publications, databases, and research techniques Volume 21, No. 1 January 2002 Contents Diary of a Mad Cybrarian... the Saga Continues Database Report 1 7 Calendar 10 New Sources 11 For Your Information 19 Publishers 20 Index 20 Diary of a Mad Cybrarian ... the Saga Continues by Linda Will Monday There's a call from the Boston office. They want to have access to Maine materi- als, preferably MCLE titles that are supposed to be available on Loislaw. I log on, but don't see any secondary materials. Loislaw has been acquired by Aspen. Maybe something is in the works. I call the rep on the card I find stapled to the file. He doesn't answer; I leave a voicemail message. My EIS (electronic information specialist) stops by. She is now completely Microsoft certified. She is still attached to the library but works even closer with MIS and has a counterpart on the MIS side. Together they have compiled a list of all the firm's electronic subscriptions and coded it to show which department supports which application. It has worked well, and smudging the boundaries of the three departments (MIS, Research, and Legal Systems Support) has worked well for the firm. She tells me that the UN Treaty Collection has been canceled without notice. She needs a credit card number or they will not permit us to sign back on. I give her my card and ask her to create a paper trail for accounting. Tuesday While reviewing my Westlaw variance, I am shocked to find over $10,000 billed to 9999 instead of legitimate client matter numbers. I find the original bill and check it closely. There are no user names next to the West IDs. I remember now that EIS has been working closely with West to make a seamless interface via the West Tool Kit. I wanted to equalize our small book-less libraries by embedding user IDs on our firm intranet so that users could search West's treatises without charging clients. Thus, what had traditionally been retrieved from a book could be retrieved online and not be a cost item, but $10,000 is a lot of Wright and Miller. Users are obviously going into the treatises and then branching out and searching continued on page 3

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