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Collection Development Policies in Law Firm Libraries: Do we Need Them?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2013

Jasmin Hollingum
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Abstract

This article written by Jasmin Hollingum was adapted from her coursework that she submitted as part of an MSc in Library and Information Studies. It posits that whilst collection development policies (CDPs) are in widespread use in academic institutions, they are currently under-used in law firms. It considers what benefits a written CDP could deliver to a law firm library and identifies the problems that firm librarians face when developing such policies. Finally it seeks to establish ways in which they might be overcome.

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collection developmentlaw firm libraries

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Current Issues
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Legal Information Management , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 2013 , pp. 62 - 65
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2013. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians

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