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I am working with members of
staff at the University of Law who actively investigating library
services platforms (LSP) and associated discovery services. A key goal is to
improve the user experience of finding the best, most appropriate law resources
to meet undergraduate and postgraduate needs. Many key law resources (notably
some of the resources provided by Westlaw and LexisNexis) are not indexed in
the central indexes of discovery services such as EDS, Primo and Summon so this
limits the value of these tools. Some of the issues were nicely summarised
(from a Canadian law firm perspective) a few years ago in “The problem
with discovery tools and law firm libraries”. By Susannah Tredwell. Slaw
[Canada’s online legal magazine]. Nov 2013 http://www.slaw.ca/2013/11/06/the-problem-with-discovery-tools-and-law-firm-libraries/
We would be especially grateful
for advice on how other libraries are dealing with this issue. In particular
how are you providing links to the full text of electronic law resources in an
overall ‘discovery’ environment that includes a catalogue of
printed material and ebooks. What feedback do you get from law students about
the solutions you offer?
We do note of course that
universities provide subject guides to help user navigate the information
landscape e.g.
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Cambridge: https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/legal-resources-0
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LSE: http://www.lse.ac.uk/Library/Collections/Subject-guides/Law?from_serp=1#CaseLaw
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Portsmouth: http://www.libr.port.ac.uk/subject/page220.html
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Southampton (Libguides):
http://library.soton.ac.uk/law
All advice and comment is
gratefully received. Please respond to the list or directly to me [log in to unmask]
Many thanks
Ken
Ken Chad Consulting Ltd http://www.kenchadconsulting.com
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