--- From: Kate Wakefield <KWakefieldat_private> To: "'declanat_private'" <declanat_private> Subject: Excellent article Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:24:39 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Declan - Your Politech subscribers may be interested in this... An excellent article has been posted online in the electronic journal "Searcher: The magazine for database professionals". In this article, Melissa Barr, Legal Resources Specialist at Cuyohoga County Public Library, offers a comprehensive review of free or low-cost public access to statutes and caselaw in the United States. The article documents the controversial policy of West Publishing and LexisNexis who will not sell subscription-based access to public libraries (individual documents can be purchased by anyone with a credit card, but this gets pricey very quickly). A response by Lexis-Nexis is included. http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jan03/barr.htm Kate Wakefield, CISSP/MLS/MPA CISSP-Discuss Moderator vraptorzat_private kwakefieldat_private ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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