Legal Research And Law Library Management

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.

​Whether you are a lawyer, a law librarian or information specialist, now you can organize, locate and evaluate the most valuable legal resources. 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, including: collection development; controlling the cost of obtaining and maintaining legal information; strategic planning; retaining a law library consultant; online legal research; the changing role of academic law reviews in legal scholarship; and copyright law and "fair use" of research materials.Legal Research and Law Library Management includes the cost of leading print resources, designed to serve as a resource in collection development decision-making, a source of pricing information for budgetary purpose, and a quick and comprehensive reference tool for legal researchers.

Here is an essential introductory guide on all aspects of law librarianship written especially for non-law librarians, library school students, and beginning law librarians. Although there are several excellent practical handbooks and numerous articles on specific topics of law librarianship for practicing law librarians, Basics of Law Librarianship is the only resource that addresses the information needs of the student or new law librarian. Author Deborah Panella, managing librarian of a large, prominent New York law firm, explores the major areas of law librarianship. She covers vital topics such as the legal clientele, collection development, research tools, technical services, impact of technology, and management issues, and describes what makes law libraries different from other special libraries. She has written a clear, readable volume without excessive detail or the use of special terminology. The bibliography of law library literature and the index add enormously to the book’s value as a major reference.

How to Manage a Law Firm Library is an authoritative, insider's perspective on key strategies for managing a law firm library. Featuring library directors and managers representing some of the nation's top law firms. these experts guide the reader through the key services that need to be provided by a firm library best practices for providing those services and the skill set needed by today's information professional. These top librarians give tips on addressing challenges associated with a managerial role at the library including understanding staffing needs maintaining cost efficiency and implementing new resources and technologies. Additionally these leaders offer advice on evaluating library services collection development and cost recovery. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside the minds of some of the leading information managers of today as these experienced law librarians offer up their thoughts around the keys to navigating an ever-evolving profession. Book jacket.

. 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.