Using a Law Library

Using a Law Library
Author: Peter Clinch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1992
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The ability to use a law library is central to any lawyer's effectiveness, yet is often treated as peripheral. This book is designed for the law student and will provide a grounding in legal research which will be useful for lecturers and future employers. It not only describes the tools of the lawyers trade - the literature of law for England and Wales and the European Communities - but also the techniques for using these sources effectively. It adopts two novel approaches which make it easy to use. Firstly, information about each type of legal publication is presented under standard headings, and secondly, diagrams and charts are provided where possible to outline the content of publications. It also explains how to use electronic databases, both remote online such as Lexis and CD-ROM.

Law Library Benchmarks

Law Library Benchmarks
Author: Primary Research Group
Publisher: Primary Research Group Inc
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2008
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1574401041

. Data in the report is based on a survey of 55 North American law libraries drawn from law firm, private company, university, courthouse and government agency law libraries. Data is broken out by size and type of library for ease in benchmarking. The 120+ page report covers developments in staffing, salaries, budgets, materials spending, use of blogs & wikis, use of legal directories, the library role in knowledge management, records management and content management systems. Patron and librarian training, reimbursement for library-related education and other issues are also covered in this latest edition.

Law Library Benchmarks, 2014 Edition

Law Library Benchmarks, 2014 Edition
Author: Primary Research Group
Publisher: Primary Research Group Inc
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2014-04-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1574402854

The 155-page study gives extensive data and commentary on law library spending plans and management practices including current and future expected budgets, spending on salaries, and materials such as online databases, print reporters, online and print directories, books, e-books, journals and other information resources. The report also looks at use of particular types and brands of information resources, at cost recovery efforts and at law library effort to reduce costs and improve productivity through better negotiation and other tactics. The study also presents detailed data on library measures to enhance mobile device access and to use social media, blogs and other internet resources in the law library service effort.

Legal Research and Law Library Management

Legal Research and Law Library Management
Author: Julius J. Marke
Publisher: Law Journal Press
Total Pages: 1218
Release: 2006
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781588520135

This revised edition of Legal Research and Law Library Management retains the best elements of the previous edition while covering the latest in law library management.

Law Library Journal

Law Library Journal
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 350
Release: 1909
Genre: Electronic journals
ISBN:

Vols. 1- include Proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries.

Maximizing Law Library Productivity

Maximizing Law Library Productivity
Author:
Publisher: Primary Research Group Inc
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2006
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1574400770

This report looks closely at a broad range of management practices of law firm libraries including those from the following institutions: Foley & Hoag; Northwestern Mutual Insurance; Nelson, Mullins Riley And Scarborough; Cornell University Law School; Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt; Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw; Loyola University Law School; Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal; Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione; The Civil Court of the City of New York; Beus Gilbert The many issues covered include: trends in the physical space allocated to the library, print vs. electronic information spending, retention policies on print reporters, uses of blogs, personnel and training policies, outsourcing, relations with records and knowledge/content management, ways to serve multiple offices and locations, use of RSS feeds and weblogs, uses of intranets and other shared workspaces, information literacy training, favored databases, optimizing librarian time management, management of the flow of reference requests, software selection and other issues impacting the performance of law libraries.

Public Law Librarianship: Objectives, Challenges, and Solutions

Public Law Librarianship: Objectives, Challenges, and Solutions
Author: Selwyn, Laurie
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2012-10-31
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1466621850

While there are common misconceptions regarding the definition of a public law library, it can be defined as a government mandated library which provides the public with access to legal resources. Largely, public law libraries are instituted by state or federal law. Public Law Librarianship: Objectives, Challenges, and Solutions aims to introduce firsthand knowledge on the funding, organizational structures, and governance related to the public law library. This book includes comprehensive research for current and future public law librarians to provide administrative guidance and professional sources essential for running a public law library.