Basics of Law Librarianship

Contents Chapter One: The History and Nature of Law Libraries

History of Law Libraries Types of Law Libraries Chapter Two: The Nature of the Legal Field and the Legal Clientele The Nature of the Legal Clientele The Nature of Legal Research Tools Chapter Three: Collection Development Growing Importance of Collection Development The Acquisitions Policy Alternatives to Purchasing Legal Materials Selection Tools Current Awareness Sources Weeding Chapter Four: Technical Services Library Acquisitions Check-In Systems for Serial Records Routing Missing Books Superseded Material Preservation Cataloging and Classification Managing Special Collections Chapter Five: User Services Information Needs of the Clientele Legal Databases Legislative Databases Non-Legal Databases Chapter Six: The Impact of Technology on Law Libraries Microfilm and Microfiche Computer Databases CD-ROMS The Librarian as Consumer The Librarian as Educator Chapter Seven: Management Issues The Law Library Director and the Organization's Administration Space Planning and Design Disaster Planning Marketing the Law Library Budgeting Chapter Eight: Personnel and Staffing Issues The MLS The JD Continuing Education Burnout Career Options for Law Librarians Comparable Worth Ethics and Professional Responsibility Staffing Chapter Nine: Special Issues for Law Firm Libraries Client Billing Confidentiality and Security Issues Representing the Unpopular Client Managing Branches Mergers Dissolving the Library Summer Associates Teaching Legal Research Chapter Ten: Special Issues for Academic Law Libraries Accreditation of Law School Libraries Sharing Resources Faculty Status and Tenure Teaching Legal Research The Student Employee Conservation and Preservation Chapter 11: Special Issues for Government-Sponsored Law Libraries Clientele With Various Needs Dealing With the Public Budgetary Constraints Space Limitations Meeting the Need for Non-Legal Research General Bibliography Index