{"id":2694,"date":"2024-06-21T18:55:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T18:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/?page_id=2694"},"modified":"2026-02-03T01:21:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T01:21:26","slug":"the-recorder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/is-publications\/civilian-publications\/the-recorder\/","title":{"rendered":"The Recorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Publication analysis<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>About the publication<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Title:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>The Recorder<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ISSN<\/strong>: N\/A<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/therecorder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Recorder<\/em> Home<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0Per their website, \u201c<em>Law.com is the premiere source for trusted and timely legal news and analysis. Subscribers to the site can access stories from across ALM\u2019s national and regional publications, with the opportunity to view news by practice area.<\/em>\u201d Also, \u201c<em>ALM, an information and intelligence company, provides customers with critical news, data, analysis, marketing solutions and events to successfully manage the business of business<\/em><span class=\"utility-page\">.&#8221;<\/span><sup class=\"footnote\">1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0Legal professionals, law librarians, and the general public.<sup class=\"footnote\">2<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0ALM Media Properties, LLC.<sup class=\"footnote\">3<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0No.<sup class=\"footnote\">4<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Type:<\/strong>\u00a0Civilian publication for people in the legal industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Online.<sup class=\"footnote\">5<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Content:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201c<em>A rich selection of articles curated by ALM\u2019s expert editorial team from across ALM\u2019s national and regional publications, featuring leading voices in the legal field.<\/em>\u201c<sup class=\"footnote\">6<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Daily.<sup class=\"footnote\">7<\/sup><\/p>\n<h3>About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"The Recorder Submission Guidelines\" href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/therecorder\/static\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Recorder<\/em> Contact<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0Although 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0There are no specific guidelines on the website, but letters to the editor should match the tone of other articles in the publication.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0No tone specified, but articles are written as informational news pieces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0None mentioned.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion: Evaluation of publication\u2019s potential for LIS authors<\/h3>\n<p>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\u00a0<em>The Recorder<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Audience analysis<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>About the publication\u2019s readers<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0As of October 2016,\u00a0<em>The Recorder\u00a0<\/em>is only published online.<sup class=\"footnote\">8<\/sup>\u00a0Specific publication numbers for\u00a0<em>The Recorder\u00a0<\/em>could not be determined. The publisher, ALM, indicates that across their 20 publications, there are 1.58 million website visitors a month.<sup class=\"footnote\">9<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0Aimed at attorneys and executives in the United States and written in English.<sup class=\"footnote\">10<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Considering that readership is comprised largely of attorneys and executives, most readers are college-educated professionals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0The 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.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion: Analysis of reader characteristics and their potential impact on authors<\/h3>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0September 8, 2020<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>References<\/h4>\n<div id=\"footnotes-4908\" class=\"footnotes\">\n<ol>\n<li id=\"fn-4908-1\">\u201cAbout Us,\u201d TheRecorder.com, accessed September 16, 2018,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/therecorder\/static\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.law.com\/therecorder\/static\/about-us\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-4908-2\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/therecorder\/static\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About Us<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-4908-3\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/therecorder\/static\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About Us<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-4908-4\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/therecorder\/static\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About Us<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-4908-5\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/therecorder\/static\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About Us<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-4908-6\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/therecorder\/static\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About Us<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-4908-7\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/therecorder\/static\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About Us.<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-4908-8\">\u201cThe Recorder Expands Daily Digital News Platform,\u201d prnewswire.com, accessed September 8, 2020,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/the-recorder-expands-daily-digital-news-platform-300337603.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/the-recorder-expands-daily-digital-news-platform-300337603.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-4908-9\">\u201c2020 Legal Media Kit,\u201d Law.com, accessed September 8, 2020,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/images.law.com\/contrib\/content\/uploads\/documents\/1\/2020-Legal-Media-Kit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/images.law.com\/contrib\/content\/uploads\/documents\/1\/2020-Legal-Media-Kit.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-4908-10\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/therecorder\/static\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About Us<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0The Recorder ISSN: N\/A Website:\u00a0The Recorder Home Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0Per their website, \u201cLaw.com is the premiere source for trusted and timely legal news and analysis. Subscribers to the site can access stories from across ALM\u2019s national and regional publications, with the opportunity to view news by practice area.\u201d Also, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":772,"featured_media":0,"parent":2017,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2694","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2694"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3330,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2694\/revisions\/3330"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}