Evaluation of information is essential, especially as regards legal information. The Internet is at its core democratic, anarchic and chaotic. As such, the information accessed from the Internet is as reliable as its source. Training users to search the Internet also means training users to properly evaluate the information they are seeking. One of the most useful and most used capabilities of the Internet is electronic mail.
Electronic mail can be more efficient than telephone communications in many circumstances.
Issues All staff members at the Appellate Division Law Library will require high-speed reliable access to the Internet within a very short time. At present, six professional staff members have Internet accounts. Access to databases used to catalog the libraries holdings, and to perform other functions related to the management of information are moving rapidly to Web-based access. This will mean that library clerks will have to have Internet access accounts in order to catalog holdings and to process Interlibrary Loan requests. The library has several access options for acquiring Internet accounts.