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Roi’S Can Validate Your Library’S Value, Robert H. Hu Nov 2019

Roi’S Can Validate Your Library’S Value, Robert H. Hu

Robert Hu

The Return-On-Investment (ROI) rate, when determined and positively proven, may be the most effective tool for marketing a library. ROI is a cost-and-benefit analysis that determines whether money spent on the library produces a positive return. Proving and communicating a library's value to its governing board or constituents is increasingly necessary for law libraries to survive and flourish. A ROI analysis may be difficult to undertake if the library works in a not-for-profit setting, and requires a set of criteria different from those used for libraries in the for-profit setting. Although the ROI is a time-consuming and difficult analysis, libraries …


2018-2019 Annual Report, Caroline L. Osborne Oct 2019

2018-2019 Annual Report, Caroline L. Osborne

Law Library Annual Reports and Assessments

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Book Review: Academic Law Library Director Perspectives: Case Studies And Insights, Adeen Postar Aug 2019

Book Review: Academic Law Library Director Perspectives: Case Studies And Insights, Adeen Postar

Adeen Postar

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Everything From Soup To Nuts: The Full Plate Of Academic Law Library Directorship, Ronald E. Wheeler Jan 2019

Everything From Soup To Nuts: The Full Plate Of Academic Law Library Directorship, Ronald E. Wheeler

Shorter Faculty Works

Inspired by "A Day in My Law Library Life,' Circa 1997," this compilation collects descriptions of a day in the lives of law librarians in 2018. The descriptions provide a current snapshot and historical record of the law library profession, with similarities to, and differences from, the profession of 1997.