Various Articles!

Citation:

Chase, A., & Barnes, E. (2014). The Road Oft Traveled: Collection Analysis and Development in a Modern Academic Law Library. Collection Management, 39(2-3), 196-210.

Sinder, J. (2016). The effects of demand-driven acquisitions on law library collection development. Law Library Journal,108(2), 155-180.

Street, Leslie A., & Runyon, Amanda M. (2010). Finding the middle ground in collection development: How academic law libraries can shape their collections in response to the call for more practice-oriented legal education. Law Library Journal, 102(3), 399-439.

Summary:

The first article I read “The Road Oft Traveled: Collection Analysis and Development in a Modern Academic Law Library” talked about the current shift in print materials to digital. They talk about the lack of demand in their law library of print materials. In law library they have not notices a significant shift in patrons not demanding print materials they are still heavily requested. At their library they used the input of non-librarian staff which I agree because we also work closely with the public and can offer valuable input.

The second article I read was titled “The effects of demand-driven acquisitions on law library collection development” in this article the author talks about patron driven acquisitions which is a new term to me but I found it very interesting and useful. In this model of collection development, instead of purchasing materials and then adding records for them to the online catalog, a library adds records for certain items without purchasing them. Payment occurs only if and when the item is used. (Sinder, 2016) For my last presentation I suggested my library cut the foreign law gazettes because for years no patron has ever asked to use these and they are expensive and time consuming to process.

 The following article was also on academic law libraries “Finding the Middle Ground in Collection Development: How Academic Law Libraries Can Shape Their Collections in Response to the Call for More Practice-Oriented Legal Education.” In this article the author talks about the struggles with budget and the new trends in technologies for law library materials. She mentions the growing reliance on electronic materials. She talks about the importance of secondary sources of law as they are practice oriented and useful for students in their future practice.