Publishing
The future law book is not a book
Considering whether we were experiencing the beginning of the end of print, I ended my previous post with the prediction that the law text book would be the last print format left standing (after journals, law reports, looseleafs). I stand by that. The printed (and bound) book is wonderful information package, designed 500 years ago […]
The end of print?
We’ve been here before and each time the answer is no. There’s too much in favour of print to bury it prematurely. However, we know that particular types of print are under severe threat. The continuing decline of newsprint in particular is well documented. But what of legal publications? Law journals, particularly the scholarly, look […]
Law publishing at the crossroads
First Published in the Solicitors Journal, November 2008. Also published in Legal Information Management Vol 9 No 3 2009. In the current climate of increasingly rapid technological change and upheavals in the legal profession, are law firms’ legal information needs being adequately met by law publishers? And what does the future hold, particularly as we […]
In praise of editors
In the The end of the story – as we know it in Guardian Media Jeff Jarvis republishes the argument in his earlier blog post that The building block of journalism is no longer the article. Single posts, videos, Wikipedia entries or search results may be new building blocks of media, but we need order […]
Are you being served?
I’ve been asked – and I ask you as I have some difficulty with the question: What are law firms’ needs when it comes to legal publishing? And to what extent are those needs being met by the legal publishing companies? My difficulties with the question are twofold. Firstly, who and what are “legal publishing […]
Not a plug for Lexis Web
Tried out the (US) Lexis Web beta search engine yet? It indexes “important, legal-oriented Web content selected and validated by the LexisNexis editorial staff”, including Governmental agency information (federal, state, local) Informal commentary on legal issues (e.g., blogs specifically for lawyers and legal professionals) General Web information about legal topics At first it seems quite […]
The Law publishers and Web 2.0
(with James Mullan) First published August 2008 in the Legal Web ebook Law 2.0 in Progress Web 2.0 has revolutionised publishing. Technologies like blogs, wikis and RSS have made the publishing process so easy that countless millions are now publishers and yet more millions are contributors. And no longer is publishing simply about broadcasting a […]
Hello Canada!
I’ve recommended the Canadian-based co-operative blog Slaw before as one of the best blawgs around. Pop it in your reader now. There’s been a recent decision to expand its coverage beyond the original “legal research” – we’ll have to see how that pans out – and to expand its membership. I’m chuffed to have been […]
No such thing as a free lunch
According to an email received (as a valued subscriber) from FreePint (highly recommended): In June 2008, VIP Magazine will be publishing a special focus on legal products. The issue will feature: LexisNexis and Westlaw: Comparing the Big Two head-to-head in an in-depth research review CCH from Wolters Kluwer: A close look at a tax and […]
Keeping company
Company Law Forum from LexisNexis is the first attempt at a substantial Web 2.0 site from a mainstream law publisher. It is intended to provide an environment for the legal and business community to share insights and discuss company law-related issues. It is free to access; registration entitles you to create a profile, publish opinions, […]
Who goes to the top? – you decide
The ABA Journal Blawg 100 are “the 100 best Web sites by lawyers, for lawyers, as chosen by the editors of the ABA Journal.” Kevin O’Keefe reacts to this with a star post Law Blog vanity contests : ABA adds to the silliness: to get sucked into believing a contest like the ABA Journal’s 100 […]
2008 – the year of the wiki?
Mark Chillingworth, writing in Information World Review, posts a summary of the Information Industry Outlook 2008 report from analyst Outsell. STM and legal information providers will achieve growth of $20.9bn between 2007 and 2010 … before experiencing a gradual slowdown. Growth in the sector will be driven not so much by the information, as its […]
Susskind 2.0 digested (5)
From the fifth Times extract from The End of Lawyers? No-one who might be thought to be in the driving seat of the legal system [not law schools, nor legal academics, nor the professional bodies, nor the UK Government, nor the Law Commission] is thinking systematically, rigorously and in a sustained way about the long […]
Dear Publisher – we want RSS now!
Following is an open letter to all UK law publishers asking for RSS feeds to be provided for new title information. Publishers please respond! Librarians etc please give your support via comments and links to this post. Follow later developments via the Feeds category or on lo-fi librarian’s Facebook group. Dear Publisher You may be […]
It’s a legal information world
The Information World Review Blog posts an interview with James Mullen, Information Officer at CMS Cameron McKenna and author of LI Issues. He speaks for many serious blawgers in saying that his blog has exposed him to many individuals and organisations he may never have encountered otherwise. Thanks to James for mentioning Binary Law along […]
