Comments on: LegalPubs for Greener Law? http://www.stemlegal.com/strategyblog/2009/legalpubs-for-green-law/ by Steve Matthews Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:11:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: LegalPubs for Greener Law? | Library Stuff http://www.stemlegal.com/strategyblog/2009/legalpubs-for-green-law/comment-page-1/#comment-1499 LegalPubs for Greener Law? | Library Stuff Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:25:39 +0000 http://www.stemlegal.com/strategyblog/?p=382#comment-1499 [...] Stem Legal – “The only way the premise works of course, is for Law Librarians to be using RSS for new product awareness. So the question becomes: Are we there yet?” Posted in Going Green, RSS | Trackback | del.icio.us | Top Of Page [...] [...] Stem Legal – “The only way the premise works of course, is for Law Librarians to be using RSS for new product awareness. So the question becomes: Are we there yet?” Posted in Going Green, RSS | Trackback | del.icio.us | Top Of Page [...]

]]> By: Emma http://www.stemlegal.com/strategyblog/2009/legalpubs-for-green-law/comment-page-1/#comment-1498 Emma Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:43:16 +0000 http://www.stemlegal.com/strategyblog/?p=382#comment-1498 I have to admit that since LegalPubs.ca came around, unless something *really* catches my eye, I usually throw print blurb away without even really looking at it. I know that I'm going to learn about new products from the LegalPubs RSS feed and can generally tell from the publication's title whether I want to read more about it. Sometimes my print reps call or email me about new items they think might be good additions to my collection. This is much more useful to me than receiving stacks and stacks of advertising indiscriminately sent to mass mailing lists. And, I might add, I'm far more likely to trial a book that a human has contacted me about. I'm still working up the nerve to ask my vendor reps to take me off their print mailing lists. It would save so much paper, not to mention all that postage on the publishers' dime. Has anyone taken that plunge? I have to admit that since LegalPubs.ca came around, unless something *really* catches my eye, I usually throw print blurb away without even really looking at it. I know that I’m going to learn about new products from the LegalPubs RSS feed and can generally tell from the publication’s title whether I want to read more about it.

Sometimes my print reps call or email me about new items they think might be good additions to my collection. This is much more useful to me than receiving stacks and stacks of advertising indiscriminately sent to mass mailing lists. And, I might add, I’m far more likely to trial a book that a human has contacted me about.

I’m still working up the nerve to ask my vendor reps to take me off their print mailing lists. It would save so much paper, not to mention all that postage on the publishers’ dime. Has anyone taken that plunge?

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