scholarly journals International Legal Collections at U.S. Academic Law School Libraries

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camelia Naranch
Keyword(s):  
School Libraries ◽  
Law School

scholarly journals The American Association of Law Libraries 1906–1973

1973 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Marian Boner
Keyword(s):  
Rhode Island ◽  
American Association ◽  
American Library Association ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Private Firm ◽  
Law School ◽  
American Library ◽  
State Library

In the spring of 1906 the librarian of the Iowa State Library wrote to a few of his colleagues suggesting that at the next meeting of the American Library Association they should join in establishing an organization of law librarians. Accordingly, in July of that year, they gathered at Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, and organized the American Association of Law Libraries. The twenty-four original members were almost equally divided between States libraries, law school libraries, and local or county bar associations. These groups still form a large part of the membership, although government libraries and private firm collections are also strongly represented.

The Virtual Law School Library

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 615-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Pengelley
Keyword(s):  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Law School ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Alternative Futures ◽  
Melting Pot ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
Law Library

What do the next twenty years hold for law school libraries? How will they look in 2021? What will be in them? Who will use them? Will we still use books, or will everything be accessed through an electronic medium? These questions are canvassed in the context of a law school library that is, in 2001, uneasily poised at a junction where signposts point to alternative futures for the delivery of legal education itself.I. IntroductionWe seem, yet again, to be at one of those moments in time, so common in the last quarter of the 20th century, and likely to be continuous in the 21st, when the future appears as a melting pot of possibilities for law libraries, particularly university law libraries. This time the uncertainty is largely driven by the potential advent of Web-based learning, and the as yet largely undeveloped nature of the law school response to the possibilities of education outside of the traditional classroom model. Uncertainty is also due to the growing awareness that IT literacy is increasing rapidly among our user community, and that students in particular now prefer electronic sources of information over print – sources which, increasingly, they can access from places other than the physical law library.

Making the most of free legal research: a selected annotated bibliography

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
Ashley Krenelka Chase
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Annotated Bibliography ◽  
Law School ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Resources

Purpose - This selected annotated bibliography is designed to aid any user with access to the internet in performing legal research, without requiring access to expensive legal research databases and subscription services. Design/methodology/approach - These online resources are regularly referred to by those hoping to help self-represented litigants or those without access to paid legal resources. Findings - As traditional legal research databases, such as HeinOnline, Lexis, and Westlaw become more and more expensive, while at the same time legal services become more expensive, these free and open legal research resources are increasingly important, particularly for self-represented litigants. This selected bibliography contains resources that will be helpful to librarians in all types of libraries, from public to academic, from county law libraries to large, private law school libraries. Originality/value - This is an original annotated bibliography that may be valuable to those working in libraries, who are regularly asked questions about legal research or resources.

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