CD-ROM systems suit law firm storage needs; their high storage capacities, lower cost and ease of network access facilitate attorney use
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CD-ROM technology offers law firms many advantages, including low cost, high storage capacity and networkability. Law firms have started using CD-ROMS for their own data archiving and even legal documents of pending cases in addition to pre-published reference material. The technology is very secure, with most 100- and 150-disk systems coming with a physical lock and needing access and administrative codes to add or take away CDs. CD management software has appeared on the market, giving a network interface between jukebox and extended network. CD is the only technology which can be used by all hardware and on all platforms.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1997
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Now on CD: 'pageless in Philadelphia'; according to Hangley Aronchick's attorneys, the CD-ROM-only library is a must-see
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Startup law firm Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin of Philadelphia succeeded in creating a law library entirely on CD-ROM rather than with traditional print materials. This greatly reduced the space needed, cut rent and library maintenance expenses, and allowed acquisition of a much larger library despite initial equipment costs. The firm also finds the convenience and time savings valuable, as the system lets attorneys work nearly anywhere and slashes or eliminates the work of finding missing material or other typical law-library demands. The firm plans to continue and extend its experiment.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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Recordable CD's reduce paper, hard-disk storage; CD-ROM is rapidly becoming a preferred medium for record archives and Web data storage
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Law firm libraries are discovering the benefits of CD-ROM for Web information storage and data archiving. Among the advantages are cheapness, deeply entrenched standards for their reading and reliability as a storage medium. In addition, some document-imaging technologies let companies put large amounts of data on CD-ROMS quickly, thus making them ideal for Internet and Intranet data access. The technology is extremely secure because a CD-ROM can only be used once.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1997
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