Publication analysis
About the publication
Title: The Recorder
ISSN: N/A
Website: https://www.law.com/therecorder/
Purpose, objective, or mission: Per their website, “Law.com is the premiere source for trusted and timely legal news and analysis. Subscribers to the site can access stories from across ALM’s national and regional publications, with the opportunity to view news by practice area.” Also, “ALM, an information and intelligence company, provides customers with critical news, data, analysis, marketing solutions and events to successfully manage the business of business.“1
Target audience: Legal professionals, law librarians, and the general public.2
Publisher: ALM Media Properties, LLC.3
Peer reviewed? No.4
Type: Civilian publication for people in the legal industry.
Medium: Online.5
Content: “A rich selection of articles curated by ALM’s expert editorial team from across ALM’s national and regional publications, featuring leading voices in the legal field.“6
Frequency of publication: Daily.7
About the publication’s submission guidelines
Location of submission guidelines: http://www.therecorder.com/contact
Types of contributions accepted: Although most articles are written by professional journalists, the publication does accept letters to the editor and story suggestion ideas. Contact the editor to discuss other types of contributions.
Submission and review process: There are no specific guidelines on the website, but letters to the editor should match the tone of other articles in the publication.
Editorial tone: No tone specified, but articles are written as informational news pieces.
Style guide used: None mentioned.
Conclusion: Evaluation of publication’s potential for LIS authors
This publication is vital to a law library as a resource for the legal community and to keep law librarians updated on new laws and procedures. Law librarians may work daily with the legal professionals who read The Recorder.
Audience analysis
About the publication’s readers
Publication circulation: As of October 2016, The Recorder is only published online.8 Specific publication numbers for The Recorder could not be determined. The publisher, ALM, indicates that across their 20 publications, there are 1.58 million website visitors a month.9
Audience location and language or cultural considerations: Aimed at attorneys and executives in the United States and written in English.10
Reader characteristics: Considering that readership is comprised largely of attorneys and executives, most readers are college-educated professionals.
Knowledge of LIS subject matter: The majority of the readership are lawyers who will have knowledge of law libraries. Issues involving law libraries might be of interest to them, including articles on new publications in a specific field of law.
Conclusion: Analysis of reader characteristics and their potential impact on authors
Due to the level of expertise and understanding, the readers have of the law, LIS authors also need to have a high level of legal knowledge to write for this publication.
Last updated: September 8, 2020
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