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Beginning Oct. 22, 2007, the reporter began releasing all of the
Court’s opinions as slip opinions by posting them on the Web site.
The fully edited versions are then published in the Ohio Official Reports
advance sheets approximately four to six weeks later (see story on page
45).
Law Library
The Law Library offers research assistance and online database access
to Court staff and public patrons. In 2007, the library served more
than 6,000 public patrons, answered nearly 10,000 reference questions,
circulated more than 1,500 books, provided more than 60,000
photocopies, and assisted the state’s prison population, responding
to 2,513 letters requesting research help or documents for which the
library provided about 60,000 additional photocopies.
Additionally, the staff checked in and distributed more than 24,000
items, and processed more than 18,000 item records from the library’s
collection of materials.
In 2007, the Law Library moved its administrative offices from the
10 th to the 12 th Floor of the Ohio Judicial Center, thereby providing a
more cohesive and consolidated presence for Court staff and public
patrons.
Further, Law Library staff members continue their involvement with
projects, associations and committees outside the Court, including the
Columbus and Ohio Bar associations, the Ohio Library Support Staff
Institute, Ohio Law Libraries Consortium, Ohio Regional Association
of Law Libraries, American Association of Law Libraries and the Ohio
Electronic Records Committee.
Case Mediation Section
In 2007, the Case Mediation Section reviewed 179 cases with a
primary focus on state and local tax cases, workers’ compensation
matters and extraordinary writs. The Court referred 93 of these cases
to mediation and the section cleared 91 cases, 26 of which the parties
settled after one or more mediation conferences with the Court’s
mediation counsel. The mediation counsel conducted 125 mediation
conferences in the referred cases.
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