Scarecrow Press
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978-0-8108-9232-3 • Hardback • November 2013 • $116.00 • (£89.00)
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Roy Balleste is the law library director and professor of law at St. Thomas University School of Law, in Miami Gardens, FL.
Sonia Luna-Lamas is the associate director and head of technical services at St. Thomas University School of Law, in Miami Gardens, FL.
Lisa Smith-Butler is the associate dean and director and a professor of law at the Charleston School of Law, Sol Blatt Jr. Law Library where she has been since 2009.
Foreword
James Andrews
Preface
Acknowledgments
Dedication
Introduction
Roy M. Mersky (In Memoriam)
1 A Brief History of Law Librarianship
Robert C. Berring Jr.
2 Working at the Law Library: A Practical Guide
Karl T. Gruben
3 The Administration of the Academic Law Library: The Glue That Binds
Lisa Smith-Butler
4 Public Services
Anne Klinefelter & Sara Sampson
5 State Law Libraries in the Twenty-First Century: The Maryland Experience
Steve Anderson
6 The Curious Case of County Law Libraries
Robert Riger
7 Law Firm Libraries
Abigail E. Ross
8 Collection Development, Licensing, and Acquisitions
Frederick W. Dingledy, Benjamin J. Keele & Jennifer E. Sekula
9 Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Librarianship
Mary Rumsey
10 Technical Services
Sonia Luna-Lamas
11 The Evolution of Government Documents
Jennifer Bryan Morgan
12 Technology Trends in Law Libraries
Billie Jo Kaufman & Roy Balleste
13 The Law Library of Congress
Christine Sellers
14 The World of Library Consortia: Collaboration and
Resource Sharing in the Twenty-First Century
Tracy L. Thompson
Index
About the Contributors
Bibliography
It is valuable to have this much insight and information condensed in a single publication. . . .[T]his work will be a useful addition to virtually any law library collection as a primer or reminder of what is done in this field. It should also be of considerable interest to schools of librarianship and information management, especially those that offer a course on law librarianship.
— Law Library Journal
This compilation comprises chapters by many of the leading figures in the law library profession. It is a wonderful collection full of insights that would be both useful for the seasoned librarian and of critical importance for the novice or someone considering entering the field. The writings, dealing with the many aspects of this special niche of librarianship, range from the philosophical to the very practical, and all are well-written and entertaining.
— Scott B. Pagel, director of the Law Library & professor of Law, Jacob Burns Law Library, The George Washington University
In an age where nothing is certain; and, in which the legal profession itself is experiencing unprecedented upheaval and change, this volume combines the wisdom of historical perspective, the boldness of sophisticated peer advice, and the richness of nuanced and diverse voices of law librarianship's most accomplished and respected luminaries. The second edition of Law Librarianship in the Twenty-first Century is very highly and enthusiastically recommended.
— Filippa Marullo Anzalone, professor of Law & associate Dean for Library & Technology Services, Boston College Law School