This study, the third in a series, presents data from 47 law firm, university, government, courthouse, private company and other law libraries about their plans for their print materials collection. The sample includes 17 law firm, 5 university, 10 government and 8 courthouse, among other libraries. The study presents highly detailed data about their spending on and plans for primary legal materials, secondary legal materials, books, directories, newspapers and magazines and other print materials.
The report presents data on recent, current and expected rates of change in spending on print and on the library’s overall philosophy on the maintenance of print collections. In addition to 60 detailed tables of data on law library current and expected spending on various forms of print resources, the study presents open ended answers to questions about library purchasing plans.
Data in the report is broken out by size and type of library, and by the personal age of the survey taker. In addition, data is broken out separately for US and Canadian law libraries.
Just a few of the report’s many findings are that:
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The government law libraries in the sample spent a mean of $774,000 on print materials in the past year.
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Canadian law libraries in the sample culled a mean of 6.38% of the book collections in the past year.
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Large law libraries with 5 or more librarians reduced the number of print subscriptions to law journals that they maintain by nearly 19% in 2019.
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Small and medium-sized law firm libraries expect to increase their spending significantly on print editions of newspapers and magazines in 2020.
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Primary legal works accounted for a mean of 34.21% of the print materials budget for the organizations sampled.
This study, the third in a series, presents data from 47 law firm, university, government, courthouse, private company and other law libraries about their plans for their print materials collection. The sample includes 17 law firm, 5 university, 10 government and 8 courthouse, among other libraries. The study presents highly detailed data about their spending on and plans for primary legal materials, secondary legal materials, books, directories, newspapers and magazines and other print materials. The report presents data on recent, current and expected rates of change in spending on print and on the library’s overall philosophy on the maintenance of print collections. In addition to 60 detailed tables of data on law library current and expected spending on various forms of print resources, the study presents open ended answers to questions about library purchasing plans.
Data in the report is broken out by size and type of library, and by the personal age of the survey taker. In addition, data is broken out separately for US and Canadian law libraries.
Just a few of the report’s many findings are that:
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The government law libraries in the sample spent a mean of $774,000 on print materials in the past year.
-
Canadian law libraries in the sample culled a mean of 6.38% of their book collections in the past year.
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Large law libraries with 5 or more librarians reduced the number of print subscriptions to law journals that they maintain by nearly 19% in 2019.
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Small and medium-sized law firm libraries expect to increase their spending significantly on print editions of newspapers and magazines in 2020.
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Primary legal works accounted for a mean of 34.21% of the print materials budget for the organizations sampled.