Law librarians are competing with lawyers and other departments for resources. There are wide differences in technological knowledge among clients which impacts how research is done and its cost-effectiveness. Spiraling book costs and the consolidation of the legal publishing industry are also of great concern. It is difficult to communicate to lawyers that the same product in different media may be quite different in content and searching methods. The group concluded that forming partnerships with lawyers and MIS staff is an effective means for implementing new technologies for library services.
Librarians offer their unique perspective on print versus online contents.
Although participants agreed library services are in great demand, the resources needed to maintain and expand services come only with marketing and promotion of the library. In addition, librarians feel great pressure to stay abreast of technological developments. It is of great concern that the time to accomplish such is lacking. Further pressure is felt as librarians roles' are expanding with the explosion of information. Librarians struggle to provide quality information services as library staffs may not possess the increasing skills needed to implement such service.