When I look at my own
law firm library budget, the cost of collection items that are not available on CanLII is 88 % and the cost of decsions and legislation makes up only 11 % of my budget — though these are not necessarily availabe on CanLII.
What does all of this mean for
my law firm library budget?
Not exact matches
On the other side of that, I currently work in a
law firm library, and we just don't have the space or
budget to include «just in case» materials.
«This edition highlights the need to innovate to be green, to stretch
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law school, Penn State's Dickinson School of Law, and a law firm, O'Melveny & Myers San Francisco, both aim for LEED certification; a new decentralized library at Bose McKinney & Evans emphasizes green
law school, Penn State's Dickinson School of
Law, and a law firm, O'Melveny & Myers San Francisco, both aim for LEED certification; a new decentralized library at Bose McKinney & Evans emphasizes green
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law firm, O'Melveny & Myers San Francisco, both aim for LEED certification; a new decentralized library at Bose McKinney & Evans emphasizes green
law firm, O'Melveny & Myers San Francisco, both aim for LEED certification; a new decentralized
library at Bose McKinney & Evans emphasizes green; a
I think so often metrics in the
law firm library circle around things like number of reference requests, docketed / billed hours spent, and
budget targets; it is good to learn about alternatives that provide more value for measuring performance.
For example, one
law firm was able to slash its
law library budget in half over a two year period by offering its collection in e-book format and making it available through a digital
library solution.
The days of
budgeting by determining what was spent last year and adding a percentage of that amount to each line item are long gone in the
law firm library world.
With
law firm revenues and growth flat, the
library budget will be cut.
Only
law firm and private company
law libraries spend less than half of their content / materials
budgets for print resources.
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