Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age
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Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age

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Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age

About this book

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 created an explosion of both commercial and private online publishing. The cost of electronic publishing has caused many traditional law book publishers to sell their companies rather than invest in the needed technologies to compete in the 21st century. Small publishers and book jobbers have been forced to reinvent themselves. The amount of legal information available and its costs continue to soar. Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age deals with these and other issues related to law library collection development. Chapters range from the theoretical to the practical.

Inspired by Penny Hazleton's seminal paper "How Much of Your Print Collection is Really on Lexis or Westlaw?" the editors and chapter authors of Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age endeavor to expand on professor Hazleton's work, with examinations of:

  • the role of law libraries in strategic planning for distance learning
  • Web mirror sites
  • trust vs. antitrust issues
  • access vs. ownership issues
  • how law libraries deal with electronic court records, dockets, and filings
  • the growth of e-journals as they relate to legal publishing
  • how the Hein Greenslips and Blackwell North America's Bookservice cover legal materials
  • past, present, and future roles of specialized book jobbers
  • and more!

Anyone interested in law librarianship or the information industry will find this book informative and useful. Make it a part of your professional collection today.

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Index

AAAS. See American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
AALL. See American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
AALS. See Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
ABA. See American Bar Association (ABA)
Academic Press, 192, 210-211
Access issues
intellectual property (access vs. ownership), 153-171. See also Intellectual property (access vs. ownership) issues
long term access, 88-92. See also Long term access issues
open access, 289
open access site archives, 96-97
remote access, 231-232
scholarly information resource access, 219-223
Accreditation standards, 14-15
Acquisition issues, 207-212
Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Office of Judges Programs, 291-292
Aggregator and consortia issues, 212-214. See also Consortia and cooperative networks
ALA. See American Library Association (ALA)
ALCTS, Electronic Serials Institutes, 209
ALWD. See Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 192
American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), 1, 25, 30-31, 35, 97-98, 134-135, 208-209, 214-220, 235-236
American Bar Association (ABA), 13-16, 23-25, 70, 74-75, 77-81, 97-98, 124, 216-217, 260
American Library Association (ALA), 90, 191-193, 200, 207-208, 221
Archival-related issues, 232-235
ARL. See Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
ARL-EJOURNAL, 244
ASCII text, 207-208
Association of American Law Schools (AALS), 25, 190-191, 208-209
Association of American Universities, 196-197
Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD), 235-236
Association of Research Libraries (ARL), 33, 192, 196-197, 201, 205, 213-218, 231, 233-234
Authentication and security technologies
authenticity issues and, 89-90
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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. ABOUT THE EDITORS
  7. Preface
  8. Books, Bytes, Bricks and Bodies: Thinking About Collection Use in Academic Law Libraries
  9. Re-Engineering the Law Library Resources Today for Tomorrow’s Users: A Response to “How Much of Your Print Collection Is Really on WESTLAW or LEXIS-NEXIS?”
  10. Availability of Works Cited in Recent Law Review Articles on LEXIS, Westlaw, the Internet, and Other Databases
  11. Strategic Planning for Distance Learning in Legal Education: Initial Thoughts on a Role for Libraries
  12. Web Mirror Sites: Creating the Research Library of the Future, and More . . .
  13. Legal Scholarship and Digital Publishing: Has Anything Changed in the Way We Do Legal Research?
  14. Trust v. Antitrust: Consolidation in the Legal Publishing Industry
  15. Access versus Ownership: A Changing Model of Intellectual Property
  16. A Law Library in the New Century: The Creation of the University of St. Thomas Law Library
  17. Electronic Journals in the Academic Law Library—Law Reviews and Beyond
  18. Book Selection Services: One Law Library, Two Vendors
  19. Changes in the Courthouse—Electronic Records, Filings and Court Dockets: Goals, Issues and the Road Ahead
  20. The Changing Role of Law Library Vendors: The William S. Hein & Company Perspective
  21. Index