Comments on: WestlawNext and law librarians http://legalcurrent.com/2010/02/15/westlawnext-and-law-librarians/ Information and commentary on the business and practice of law from Thomson Reuters. Thu, 10 May 2012 14:09:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jill http://legalcurrent.com/2010/02/15/westlawnext-and-law-librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-1135 Jill Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:36:23 +0000 http://legalcurrent.com/?p=5785#comment-1135 Anne, Thank you for this response and clarification. Could you also speak to the issue of pricing? For example, in a comment on 3 Geeks, an anonymous Westlaw rep says costs will be "10 for each search, $5 for each find, and $2 for each KeyCite" and one of the bloggers invited to Egan for a preview says this is in line with what they were told. However, other Westlaw reps have said that searches would be $60. It seems that in an effort to create buzz around this new product, West has failed to adequetely prepare its sales force with the information they need to do their jobs. I'm not sure if most librarians follow Legal Currents with the same regularity as the dicussion lists and blogs like 3 Geeks. Unless West (or the lists) have a policy against posting to discussion lists, it would be helpful if you could post links to further WestlawNext updates to Law Librarian, SLA's Legal Division and AALL's PLL lists. Thank you, Jill Anne,

Thank you for this response and clarification. Could you also speak to the issue of pricing? For example, in a comment on 3 Geeks, an anonymous Westlaw rep says costs will be “10 for each search, $5 for each find, and $2 for each KeyCite” and one of the bloggers invited to Egan for a preview says this is in line with what they were told.
However, other Westlaw reps have said that searches would be $60.

It seems that in an effort to create buzz around this new product, West has failed to adequetely prepare its sales force with the information they need to do their jobs.

I’m not sure if most librarians follow Legal Currents with the same regularity as the dicussion lists and blogs like 3 Geeks. Unless West (or the lists) have a policy against posting to discussion lists, it would be helpful if you could post links to further WestlawNext updates to Law Librarian, SLA’s Legal Division and AALL’s PLL lists.

Thank you,
Jill

]]> By: Lisa Solomon http://legalcurrent.com/2010/02/15/westlawnext-and-law-librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-1129 Lisa Solomon Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:02:37 +0000 http://legalcurrent.com/?p=5785#comment-1129 Nearly a week ago, I began raising specific questions about pricing and how West conducts its upgrade negotiations with solos and small firms on my blog at http://tinyurl.com/y8exfkv. I've also tweeted about this issue frequently in the past week, with almost all tweets containing the term "WestlawNext." In fact, I've even explicilty invited West to comment (see http://tinyurl.com/y8wd357). To date, there has been no official response from West. I hope that West will respond to these issues promptly. Nearly a week ago, I began raising specific questions about pricing and how West conducts its upgrade negotiations with solos and small firms on my blog at http://tinyurl.com/y8exfkv. I’ve also tweeted about this issue frequently in the past week, with almost all tweets containing the term “WestlawNext.” In fact, I’ve even explicilty invited West to comment (see http://tinyurl.com/y8wd357). To date, there has been no official response from West. I hope that West will respond to these issues promptly.

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