On Tue, 1 Nov 1994, Lee Warthen wrote:
> 3. I hope James Love does not presume to speak for the law library
> profession. He may be a consumer advocate, but he doesn't advocate for me.
It seems to me that the law librarians are well represented on their own.
As some persons on this list know, the law librarian community has been
working on this issue for many years, in a number of forums, including
the proposals by the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Barney
Frank proposal in 1992 to clarify copyright law, and the several state
initiatives, not to mention the fine work of the AALL Task Force or the
outspoken president of AALL, Carol Billings, who was featured in the
American Lawyer Article, or Bob Oakley, who has done an outstanding job
of representing the library community in Washington DC.
Of course, even with such expertise, ordinary citizens should be
allowed to have opinions, and to represent their interests. We can't
afford to use the fine products such as LEXIS or WESTLAW, and we hope
that increased competition will lead to lower prices, and broader access
to legal information. That's why we are involved.
>
> 4. It would be very unfortunate if the AALL Task Force on Citation Forms
> were to allow the controversy to impede their work or to allow the opinions
> of TAP or West to influence it. I think we can trust them to make
> recommendations that are neutral, objective, and credible.
As I recall, West is a member of the AALL Task Force on Citation
Forms, so one would expect that they would have some influence.
jamie
>
> Lee Warthen
> University of Utah Law Library
> WARTHEN@ADMN1.LAW.UTAH.EDU
>
>
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