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Free v Fee: Drivers and Barriers to the Use of Free and Paid-for Legal Information Resources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2007

Thomas Shaw
Thomas Shaw
Affiliation:
NHS Direct in Bristol
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Abstract

This article by Thomas Shaw discusses the key findings of an MSc dissertation which examined legal information professionals' perceptions of what facilitates, and what impedes, the use of free and paid-for legal information resources. It also compares and contrasts the views of information professionals working in academia with those working in law firms. It is situated in the context of significant criticism of commercial legal publishing and the existence of many resources providing free legal information.

Keywords

free legal informationcommercial legal informationlegal publishersacademic law librarieslaw firm libraries
Type
Articles
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , March 2007 , pp. 23 - 30
Copyright
2007 The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians

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