Abstract
Professor Lee argues that traditional quality criteria for judging law libraries are now inadequate because they no longer capture the vital multiple missions of today's libraries. She suggests ways that law librarians can begin to develop indicia of quality that can adequately evaluate the contemporary law school library and preserve its core missions.
Keywords
academic libraries, European libraries, law schools, print, electronic sources, books, volume count, title count, accreditation, American Bar Association, ABA, standards, law librarians, licenses, core missions, collections, outcomes-based assessment models, inputs, outputs, services, Hinderman, patrons, teaching, interlibrary loan, ILL, access, preservation, collaboration, Legal Information Preservation Alliance, LIPA, collection development, open access, questionnaires, information literacy, Law School Survey of Student Engagement, LSSSE
Subject Categories
Law libraries, Evaluation
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Publisher
American Association of Law Libraries
Publication Date
Winter 2008
Rights Information
Author retains copyright.
Rights Holder
Sarah Hooke Lee
Permanent URL
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20001151
Recommended Citation
Lee, Sarah Hooke, "Preserving our heritage: protecting law library core missions through updated library quality assessment standards" (2008). School of Law Faculty Publications. Paper 19. http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20001151
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Notes
Originally published in Law Library Journal, v.100, p.9, 2008.