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Worst Legal supplier/publisher?

By scott

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Last weekend many of my fellow Legal Library and Information friends (and legal publishers/vendors) took over Brighton for the annual BIALL conference. I couldn’t make it, but I believe a good time was had. But it did get me thinking.

Each year several awards are handed out including those for Law librarian of the Year (congratulations Jules Winterton, Associate Director and Librarian, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies for winning this one this year), Best Legal Information Service, Supplier of the Year Award, and Legal Journals Award.

The latter two are always interesting ? won this year by Wildy & Sons Ltd and Common Market Law Review respectively, but for me the more interesting award would be for Worst Supplier of the Year Award, and/or Worst Legal Journals Award ? or maybe a Legal Information ‘Villain’ award. Yes, we should recognise excellence but we should also as an association be turning the spotlight on those who consistently demonstrate poor customer service, excessively hike prices without justification and who ? in the buzz word of our new government ? are anything but ‘transparent’ in their subscription costs.

So, what say you BIALL. How about next year we have a new category for those who should be doing better.

In the meantime, your nominees for worst legal supplier/publisher of the year ? feel free to be anonymous - are more than welcomed.

Full post as published by Information Overload on June 15, 2010 (boomark / email).