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Building A Collaborative Digital Collection: A Necessary Evolution In Libraries, Michelle M. Wu
Building A Collaborative Digital Collection: A Necessary Evolution In Libraries, Michelle M. Wu
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Law libraries are losing ground in the effort to preserve information in the digital age. In part, this is due declining budgets, user needs, and a caution born from the great responsibility libraries feel to ensure future access instead of selecting a form that may not survive. That caution, though, has caused others, such as Google, to fill the silence with their vision. Libraries must stand and contribute actively to the creation of digital collections if we expect a voice in future discussion. This article presents a vision of the start of a collaborative, digital academic law library, one that …
A Response To The Durham Statement Two Years Later, Margaret A. Leary
A Response To The Durham Statement Two Years Later, Margaret A. Leary
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This response to The Durham Statement Two Years Later, published in the Winter 2011 issue of Law Library Journal, addresses that article's call for an end to print publication of law journals and its failure to sufficiently consider the national and international actors and developments that will determine the future of digital libraries.
Why Print And Electronic Resources Are Essential To The Academic Law Library, Michelle M. Wu
Why Print And Electronic Resources Are Essential To The Academic Law Library, Michelle M. Wu
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Libraries have supported multiple formats for decades, from paper and microforms to audiovisual tapes and CDs. However, the newest medium, digital transmission, has presented a wider scope of challenges and caused library patrons to question the established and recognized multiformat library. Within the many questions posed, two distinct ones echo repeatedly. The first doubts the need to sustain print in an increasingly digital world, and the second warns of the dangers of relying on a still-developing technology. This article examines both of these positions and concludes that abandoning either format would translate into a failure of service to patrons, both …