In the Canadian law library context, all major private law firms with national practices, save one, use modified KFThe best article on KF and the development of Canadian
law library cataloguing comes from UBC.
The irony here is that KF Modified can actually save time and money in
law library cataloguing departments.
None of the CLIC material is now online, I think, so I searched through the UVic
law library catalogue.
Not exact matches
Though this has helped the
libraries realize significant savings — not least, a full - time, professional cataloguer's salary — it has also led to a significant loss of
law cataloguing expertise.
[late addition: sorry, most of the links above will take you to a message about the session being «timed out» — they were links to searches I did of the U of A
catalogue, showing the holdings of the
law library.]
In many situations,
law librarians are well - suited to be involved on these internal projects, which could include such things as evaluating and implementing a new document management system or integrating
library catalogues in a merged firm.
You can now stay abreast of what Osgoode Hall
Law School's law library is buying thanks to a new blog that lists purchases catalogued within the last we
Law School's
law library is buying thanks to a new blog that lists purchases catalogued within the last we
law library is buying thanks to a new blog that lists purchases
catalogued within the last week.
From a survey of websites and
library catalogues, most
law reform bodies publish the full text of their materials on their websites and also make some available in print.
Have an idea of ways they could explore these topics further in understand how they relate to various areas of the
law library community, such as
cataloguing, leadership, information system development, and how to best use developing information resources going forward
The ideal for coordinating these decisions would be a union
catalogue of all types of
law library collections, but that would take a minor miracle to start, let alone complete.
I'm using it to
catalogue a small
library collection for one of the
law firms at which I work.
A colleague of mine recently commented that she dealt with
law students who had never used the university's
library catalogue; they just Googled for materials.
Larger
law libraries, such as university
law libraries, generally have the technical resources to integrate the list of journal and electronic titles directly into their
catalogue.
Since the
catalogues of both the
Law Society of Manitoba's Great
Library and the University of Manitoba's
Law School
library are available online, it was easy, although time - consuming, to verify that older editions of some of the less - used items in my
library were readily available.
A wide range of
law library topics is discussed, including reference questions, online databases, World Wide Web sites, interlibrary loan, materials selection,
cataloguing and classification, technical services, position announcements and
law library administration.
Library Services tends to involve fairly concrete actions or steps (order a book, research a point of
law, train students on how to use Quicklaw) with specified daily activities for
library staff (check in new case
law reporters, circulate newspaper stories from Lexis Publisher,
catalogue new books, etc.).