Perspectives: Changes in Reference Assistance and Collection Development in the Digital Age* |
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| Authors: | Stewart Caton |
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| Institution: | 1. Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USAscaton@uw.edu |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTLaw librarians are well aware that it is difficult to maintain print and electronic collections in today's law library. The author of this article compares his personal experience in reference assistance and collection development with findings from the literature and from responses to an open-ended questionnaire. The author looks for trends and differences in reference assistance and collection development among academic, firm, and government law libraries. |
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| Keywords: | collection development reference assistance electronic resources print resources law library |
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