1st Edition

Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age

By Gordon Russell, Michael Chiorazzi Copyright 2002
338 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

While the digital revolution has touched every aspect of law librarianship, perhaps nowhere has the effect been more profound than in the area of collection development. Many of the materials law libraries traditionally collected in print form are now available in electronic format. Digital technology has affected the way we select, order, and process legal materials. The World Wide Web has... Read more
  • Preface
  • Books, Bytes, Bricks, and Bodies: Thinking About Collection Use in Academic Law Libraries
  • Re-Engineering the Law Library Resources Today for Tomorrow’s Users: A Response to “How Much of Your Print Collection Is Really on WESTLAW and LEXIS-NEXIS?”
  • Availability of Works Cited in Recent Law Review Articles on LEXIS, Westlaw, the Internet, and Other Databases
  • Strategic Planning for Distance Learning in Legal Education: Initial Thought on a Role for Libraries
  • Web Mirror Sites: Creating the Research Library of the Future, and More…
  • Legal Scholarship and Digital Publishing: Has Anything Changed in the Way We Do Legal Research?
  • Trust v. Antitrust: Consolidation in the Legal Publishing Industry
  • Access versus Ownership: A Changing Model of Intellectual Property
  • A Law Library in the New Century: The Creation of the University of St. Thomas Law Library
  • Electronic Journals in the Academic Law Library—Law Reviews and Beyond
  • Book Selection Services: One Law Library, Two Vendors
  • Changes in the Courthouse—Electronic Records, Filings and Court Dockets: Goals, Issues and the Road Ahead
  • The Changing Role of Law Library Vendors: The William S. Hein & Company Perspective
  • Index
  • Reference Notes Included

Biography

Gordon Russell, Michael Chiorazzi