Law librarianship in academic libraries : best practices

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• List of figures and tables = xi
• About the author = xiii
• Acknowledgement = xv
• Prologue = xvii
• Introduction = xix
• 1 What is law librarianship? = 1
• Qualifications for law librarians = 1
• Education of law librarians = 6
• Academic law libraries = 6
• Structure of academic law libraries = 6
• History of academic law libraries = 10
• Accreditation＆standards for academic law libraries = 10
• Other types of law libraries = 14
• Conclusion = 15
• 2 Users of the academic law library = 17
• Faculty／Professors(Full-time＆Adjunct) = 17
• Graduate students(LL.M＆Ph.D.) = 18
• Undergraduate students(JD／LL.B) = 19
• Distance education students = 19
• Researchers = 21
• Visiting fellows = 21
• Prospective students = 21
• Alumni = 22
• Members of the public = 22
• Users with disabilities = 22
• Mooting teams = 24
• Law journal editors = 24
• Conclusion = 24
• 3 Collection development／management = 27
• The law library collection = 27
• Materials found in academic law libraries = 27
• Managing academic library collections = 34
• Law library collection development policy = 35
• Selection process = 38
• Selecting electronic resources = 39
• Selection tools = 40
• Acquisitions = 41
• Weeding = 41
• Copyright＆licensing = 42
• Inter-library loans = 42
• Resource sharing＆cooperative collection = 43
• Managing the foreign, comparative＆international law collections(FCIL) = 44
• Conclusion = 46
• 4 Reader services = 47
• Reader services = 47
• Circulation services = 47
• Reference＆information services = 48
• Library instruction＆teaching = 50
• Creating instructional materials = 52
• Legal citation and legal abbreviation = 52
• Conclusion = 53
• 5 Cataloguing＆classification = 55
• Cataloguing = 55
• The Anglo-American cataloguing rules = 55
• Resource description and access(RDA) = 55
• International standard of bibliographic description(ISBD) = 56
• Selected classification schemes used for law materials = 56
• Conclusion = 64
• 6 IT practices in academic law libraries = 65
• How is IT managed in academic law libraries? = 65
• Role of the IT department in academic law libraries = 67
• Integrated library systems(ILS) = 68
• Law library websites = 69
• Social media practices in academic law libraries = 70
• Institutional repositories(IRs) = 73
• Conclusion = 74
• 7 Management＆administration in academic law libraries = 75
• Status of the library director = 75
• Role of the law library director／head of law library = 75
• Human resources = 77
• Financial resources = 79
• Physical resources = 80
• Succession planning = 81
• The library committee = 82
• 8 Professional development and networking = 83
• Membership in professional associations and organizations = 83
• Professional associations for law librarians = 84
• Short courses for academic law librarians = 88
• Publishing = 89
• Professional ethics = 89
• Conclusion = 89
• Conclusion = 91
• AppendixⅠ : Examples of law librarianship course descriptions in the master of library science programs in ALA accredited schools in Canada and the United States = 93
• AppendixⅡ : Code of professional ethics = 99
• AppendixⅢ : AALL social media policy = 105
• AppendixⅣ : Legal publishers＆booksellers = 109
• Bibliography = 111
• Index = 115