Rich - How is a flat fee for online use different than paying for a book
and its supplement(s)? As a firm librarian, there should be a bigger deal
made of inefficient use of research tools regardless of format.
Inefficient is inefficient. Also, a blanket statement claiming as
"reality" that CALR is cheaper and more efficient for substantive research
and more efficient for ready reference seems a bit glib and mis-guided.
This is not ALWAYS the case. A little more care on your generalizations,
please.
Stuart Zimmerman
Stoel Rives
srb-lib@wln.com
(206) 386-7502
On Sun, 5 Jun 1994, Rich Leiter wrote:
> Heather-
>
> I'm not sure that I agree with Anna, either, BUT I'm not sure that
> screwing up on CALR is much different than they way that looseleafs,
> treatises and digests are misused. It's just too bad that all the other
> vendors of looseleafs, treatises and such don't charge by the minute (or
> through the nose, in the case of flat fees). Then there'd be a much
> bigger deal made regarding the use of these important print resources....
> One thing I know is that we need to do whatever we can to educate the kids
> about reality: CALR is cheaper and more efficient for substantive
> research and more efficient for fact-specific types of research.
>
> Perhaps we should make the students pay for use.
>
> Richard Leiter
> richlei@beacon.regent.edu
>
>
> On Sat, 4 Jun 1994, Heather Simmons wrote:
>
> >
> > I must disagree with Anna Cherry's comment that having a password
> > with out training will demonstrate to students that CALR does not
> > always save time or give better answers.
> >
> > My experience is that students don't care if it takes longer on
> > the computer. They are happy to sit and stare at a screen for
> > hours rather than have to get up and find a book. They also
> > assume that if they were not able to find it on the computer,
> > then it must not exist.
> >
> > Rather than showing them that computers aren't always the best
> > research method, having an ID will give them a false sense of
> > security that they REALLY understand how the computer works
> > because they were able to figure it out for themselves. The
> > whole law school experience encourages students to be independent,
> > If you don't know the answer by all means make something up,
> > but NEVER admit that that you don't know what you are doing!
> >
> > I can't actually prove this scientifically, it's just a gut
> > feeling.
> >
> > Heather Braithwaite Simmons
> > Wayne State University Law Library
> > hsimmon@cms.cc.wayne.edu
> >
> >
>
>
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