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Collection Development Policy

Charles B. Sears Law Library State University of New York at Buffalo July 2002

MISSION STATEMENT

The Law Library's primary mission is to support the research and educational needs of the U.B. Law School community. Additionally it serves the legal information needs of the University community, the practicing bar, and the public at large. As the only research level law library in Western New York, it is an important anchor and archive.

The Law Library is committed to providing easy access to information in an atmosphere conducive to study and research, a collection development policy that includes print, electronic and other non-print material, and expert information access services that promote the effective use of the library's resources.

PURPOSE: Goals of Collection Development Policy

The primary goal of the Collection Development Policy is to support the study, teaching, and research of the U.B. Law School community. Secondarily, as befitting its anchor status in Western New York, the Law Library attempts to maintain as complete a collection of primary source materials at the state and federal level as possible.

Efforts are made for cooperative collection development with other University Libraries as well as other academic law libraries in Upstate New York.

The Law Library supports the A.L.A. Bill of Rights, Intellectual Freedom Statement and its statement on Challenged Materials. No censorship will be exercised on the controversial nature or unpopularity of an author's point of view or mode of expression.

RESPONSIBILITY

The ultimate responsibility for collection development lies with the Director of the Law Library. However, Law Faculty, Librarians and department heads may make selection requests directly though the Acquisitions Department using the selection criteria listed below. Librarians with expertise in specific areas informally oversee collection development in those areas. Also, student and staff requests are welcomed and will be reviewed according to the selection criteria.

Special, expensive or borderline items will be reviewed by the Director, Head of Technical Services, Reference Librarians, and other appropriate department heads.

SELECTION

Selection decisions involve a range of factors including: program relevance, collection depth, quality, format, price and language. Attendant factors include: staff costs, storage, space and necessary hardware/software needs. Specific considerations are listed below.

A. SELECTION CRITERIA

Materials relevant to the law school curriculum and law faculty research areas have the highest priority. See attached list.
Research level works and works by prominent authors in a profession are preferred. Undergraduate texts are not purchased. Lay, popular or "how to" texts maybe purchased if determined by Reference Librarians to fill a need.
Law Faculty requests are given special consideration and are purchased whenever possible.
Price and availability in other UB Libraries are considered.
On-line availability may be considered in selection decisions of paper copies. The LEXIS and WESTLAW databases and growing resources on the Internet provide significant access that may be preferable to paper.
Practitioners' materials are purchased selectively for federal and New York jurisdictions; rarely for other states.
Fiction is purchased only if the subject matter or author makes the title appropriate for an academic law library.
Requests from librarians, Law faculty and department heads for non-serial works costing less than $50.00 need not be reviewed.
Initial requests for serials, periodicals and works requiring fund encumbrance in future budget years will be reviewed by the Director, Head of Technical Services, Reference Librarians, and/or appropriate department heads.
Materials for the course or permanent reserve collections may be ordered by the Head of Circulation directly through the Acquisitions Department which will give such orders priority.
Package plans are given serious consideration. Current subscriptions exist for: the PLI handbook series, AALL Publication Series, ABA, ALI Restatement, Amnesty International, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, and Human Rights Watch.
PLI (Practising Law Institute) - current subscription includes the following series: Intellectual Property, Corporate Law & Practice, Tax Law & Estate Planning.
Library retains only the current five years of any PLI title.
Formats: Paper (hard/soft cover), documents, audiotape, videotape, microfilm, microfiche, CD-ROM, computer disk, and remote on-line sources. The Director of the Koren Center is consulted for compatibility to equipment; the Head of Electronic Information and Access Services is consulted on CD-ROM, computer disk and remote online purchases.
Federal and State primary sources and reference tools are collected as described in the collection overview.
Government Documents: U.S. and New York government documents are selected via depository programs or purchased individually using general selection criteria. Other state documents are selected individually. Items are shelved with the regular collection by classification or special location assigned to its title or type of material.
Core Ten State Policy: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas.
- Session Laws: Complete holdings for all 50 states are kept in microfiche in the Koren AV Center.
- Current Annotated Statutory Codes
- Superseded Statutory Codes: Microfiche
- Historical Codes/Revised Statutes
- Shepards Citations
- Digests: Current and historical
- Encyclopedias (except DE)
- Administrative codes: CT, NJ, NY, PA, OH
- Bar Journals
  Microfiche subscription for all available bar journals. Maintain historical paper sets for Core Ten States and only up to beginning of the microfiche collection. Current paper subscriptions retaining only current two years without binding. [Maintain full bound sets for New York and ABA]
Faculty office copies are purchased depending on subscription and handling costs and after consultation with the Library Director. Filing and updating are the responsibility of the faculty member.
Faculty works: Two copies are purchased, one sent to Law Archives.
Lost Book Policy: Titles reported missing are recorded on a Bison Trace Form and searched several times by Circulation staff before marking the BISON record "missing". Replacement titles or loose-leaf contents will be purchased if deemed significant to the collection. Entries in the public on-line catalog for items missing more than one year and not replaced will be suppressed.
Weeding Policy: Items with little historical value are weeded as they come to the attention of librarians and staff. Items whose obsolete information poses a reliance risk, eg. cancelled serials, are reviewed for weeding. If retained, notices are placed prominently on the item.
Periodic efforts are made by librarians to review specific subject areas in the stacks particularly during the reclassification project.

As the Head of Cataloging identifies questionable items during reclass, she notifies the Head of Technical Services who in turns seeks input from the Reference Librarians and Head of Circulation. A majority decision will decide whether to keep or discard the item or group of items.

Deteriorating items are reviewed for replacement before discarding under the Brittle Books policy below.

Weeded titles are offered to other units or students as appropriate before discarding.
Brittle Books: Since the Preservation Office in the University Libraries does not perform conservation work, one of the following options must be chosen:
- Replace with the same exact piece.
- Replace with a reprint edition.
- Replace with another format (microform, photocopy, etc.)
- Have Preservation enclose piece as is, so as to keep together and prevent further deterioration and mark as "Does Not Circulate."
- Discard.
Retrospective collection development depends on funds and identifying titles that would add to the completeness of an academic research level collection.
Gift Book Policy: Gifts are accepted according to the above criteria. Duplicative titles are kept only if high use. A list of titles for charitable donation purposes is prepared upon request.
Rare Books: Books published before 1875 are in the Morris L. Cohen Rare Book Collection on the third floor.
Computerized Resources: LEXIS, WESTLAW, CD-ROM, Internet. See Section XII.
Audiovisual and Microforms: Koren Center for Clinical Legal Education.

B. SELECTION TOOLS

The following selection tools, used to identify titles for purchase, are listed below in no order of priority:

Rothman's Greenslips and Bimonthly Review of Law Books
Abstracts of book reviews in current legal periodicals
Book reviews found in various journals, newsletters, newspapers, etc.
AALS Recommended Books for Law Libraries
Law Books in Print / Law Books Published
Publishers' blurbs, catalogs, notices from sales reps.
Rothman's Current Publications in Legal and Related Fields
National Legal Bibliography (Hein)
Catalog of Current Law Titles
Catalog of New Foreign and International Law Titles
Lawyer's Monthly Catalog

C. COLLECTION LEVELS

Comprehensive: aim is to obtain all significant works in English providing access to historical and present day legal materials. (This level is limited to federal and New York primary legal sources).
Research: aim is obtain major source materials in English to support the curriculum and faculty research including primary and secondary legal sources, important reference works, and a wide selection of specialized monographs and serials.
Instructional/Practitioner: aim is to provide access to primary, secondary, and legal reference materials to support the instructional program of the Law School and, as budget permits, the local bar. Selection of monographs and serials is more limited than the research level.
Basic: aim is to provide an introduction and indicate the varieties of information available elsewhere. It includes major reference tools, selected important works, serials and bibliographies.

COLLECTION OVERVIEW: UNITED STATES

The United States collection is a comprehensive collection of primary legal materials and a research level collection of secondary legal materials.

U.S. Primary Sources

A. Legislative

Bills:
- 97th Congress, 1st Session, 1981+ (microfiche)
- 103rd Congress available via GPO Access
Session Laws:
- Statutes at Large
- U.S. Code Congressional & Administrative News
- Public Laws 103rd Congress + available via GPO Access
Statutory compilations
- Early compilations available in Federal Core collection
- United States Code (3 copies ; also available via GPO Access
- U.S.C.S.
- U.S.C.A. (3 copies)
Treaties and International Agreements - U.S. Depository
- United States Treaties and Other International Acts
- United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
- Senate Treaty Documents
97th Congress, 1st Session, 1981+ in CIS Microfiche>
formerly Senate Executive Documents, 96th Congress, 1973-80 in CIS Microfiche

B. Judicial

Reporters: All current official and unofficial federal reporters
- United States Reports
- Supreme Court Reporter (2 copies)
- United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyer's Edition
- Federal Cases (2 copies)
- Federal Reporter
- Federal Rules Decisions
- Federal Supplement
Specialized reporters are classified by subject:
West's Social Security Reporter
West's Bankruptcy Reporte
West's Military Justice Reporter

Records and Briefs for U.S. Supreme Court (1792 - date) and Second Circuit (1977 - date) in microform in Koren Center.

Oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court (1953-date) in microform in Koren Center.

C. Administrative

All agency rules and regulations, decisions, and opinions are selected via the US depository program or ordered directly through GPO Sales Program. Care is taken not to select agency rules and regulations that can easily be found in the CFR.

Regulations

Federal Register

Current 18 months in paper
1936-date in microfilm
Also available via GPO Access

Code of Federal Regulations

Current year (2 copies)
1939-date on microform with hard copy indexes
Current edition available via GPO Access

Agency Decisions and Opinions: All available decisions and opinions are received through the U.S. depository or ordered directly.
Attorney General's Opinions are received through U.S. depository.
Presidential Papers

Public Papers of the President series received from U.S. depository. 1929 (Hoover) - date. [Vols. for Roosevelt privately published.]
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1967-date

U.S. Secondary Sources

A. Legislative

Legislative history materials - U.S. Depository: (Gaps filled by scanning discard lists of other depository libraries)

Congressional Reports and Documents: Available since 1980 in CIS Microfiche Collection also available via GPO Access from 103rd Congress
Congressional Record: most complete set in UB Libraries; paper, microfiche and available via GPO Access from 103rd Congress
Annals of Congress, 1789-1872
Journals of the Continental Congress, 1776-1789
Register of Debates and Proceedings, 1824-1837
Journal of the House of Representatives, 1943-46;1969; 1972; 1974-5; 1977-date
Journal of the Senate; 1953-46; 1974; 1979-date
Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate, v.122+, 1980-date

Finding Aids:

Congressional Information Service

CIS Index, 1970-date

Accompanying microfiche hearings, reports, prints in Koren Center

Congressional Masterfile I (1789-1969), CD-ROM
Congressional Masterfile II (1970-date), CD-ROM
U.S. Congressional Committee Hearings Index (1833-1969)
Unpublished U.S. Senate Committee Hearings(1823-1972)
Unpublished U.S. House of Representative Hearings (1833-1946)
U.S. Congressional Committee Prints Index through 1969
U.S. Serial Set Index (1789-1969)
Congressional Universe - CIS web product

CCH Congressional Index 1961- date

B. Judicial

West's federal and Supreme Court digests
Lawyer's Co-op U.S. Supreme Court Digest
Shepard's Citations: United States and Federal Citations
Specialized Shepard's Citations

C. Administrative

CIS Index to the CFR
CIS Index to the Federal Register

D. Loose-leaf Services, Treatises and Formbooks, Practitioner's Materials, Reference materials:

Acquired selectively according to Selection Criteria.

General Reference Sources

A. Encyclopedias

American Jurisprudence 1st and 2d Series
Corpus Juris 1st and Secundum

B. Annotated Selective Reporters

American Law Reports 1st - 5th Series (2 copies)
American Law Reports Federal

C. Dictionaries (legal, US, foreign, subject) D. Law reviews, legal periodicals, legal newspapers E. Directories (legal, general) F. Legal Bibliographies G. Legal Biographical Sources

Depository Program

Many of the federal publications that the Law Library receives are available for no charge through the U.S. Government Printing Office Depository Library Program. The Law Library became a member in 1978 as a result of Public Law 95-261 which provided that libraries of ABA accredited law schools were eligible for participation.

The Law Library currently selects 9% of the material available through the Federal Depository Library Program. The material selected compliments the curricula of the Law School. Lockwood Library, a federal depository since 1963, selects 88% and depository items that are not selected or owned by the Law Library can usually be found in their collection. The Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, a Federal depository library since 1896, is a valuable resource for older documents.

The Depository Library "Profile of Selections" is reviewed annually to determine that our selections are meeting the needs of our primary user community. In addition, the Law Library selects core reference sources and frequently requested government publications for use by the general public. A Microsoft Access database of GPO Item Numbers Selected is available in the Acquisitions Department.

Deposit accounts are maintained with the U.S. Government Printing Office, Bernan Associates and the National Technical Information Service in order to purchase extra copies of publications or to acquire publications not available through the Federal Depository Library Program. Duplicate copies of selected primary sources are acquired from commercial sources. The "Needs and Offers" listing received from the Government Printing Office is regularly reviewed for items to add to the collection and for the acquisition of missing serial issues.

Electronically formatted items - The Law Library selects materials in this medium distributed through the Federal Depository Library Program, based on the following considerations: subject content, hardware and software specifications and ease of use.

Public computer workstations provide access to GPO Access, an on-line service of the Government Printing Office which includes access to the Federal Register, the Congressional Record, House and Senate Reports, House and Senate Calendars and the United States Code as well as other selected materials.

A copy of the CD-ROM product, Government Publications Index, is acquired from Silverplatter as an aid in identifying government publications of interest. Interlibrary loan, utilizing the OCLC databases, is available when Law or Lockwood Library does not own a publication.

COLLECTION OVERVIEW - REGIONAL SOURCES

A. Regional Reporters B. American Digest System C. National Reporter Blue Book D. Shepard's Citations for regional reporters E. Pre-National Reporter System reporters (Microfiche)

COLLECTION OVERVIEW - NEW YORK

The New York collection is a comprehensive collection of primary source materials and a research level collection of secondary sources including practitioners' materials.

N.Y.Primary Sources

A. Legislative

Bills: Current paper bills kept until bound volumes (1959+ ) received
Current legislative session laws

McKinney's Session Law News (2 copies)
CLS Session Laws

Session Laws

Laws of New York
McKinney's Session Laws (2 copies)
CLS Session Laws
Local Laws of Cities, Towns, & Villages
Available in paper 1924 - 1975
Available in microfiche 1976-81

Statutory Compilations

Early codes and compilations
McKinney's Consolidated Laws of New York (9 copies)
Superseded volumes retained
1909-date also on Microfiche
Current also on CD-ROM Reference
CLS (2 copies)
Current edition also on CD-ROM
Superseded editions retained
Gould's Consolidated Laws (2 copies)

Other Legislative Materials

New York Assembly Documents & New York Senate Documents, 1830-1918
New York Legislative Document Series 1919-1975
Journal of the Assembly of the State of New York
[1828,1849-1906 Inc.];161st -175th sess., 1938-1952
187th sess. 1964 - date. Received from Lockwood Library
Journal of the Senate of the State of New York
[1896-1917 Inc.]; 161st-174th sess., 1938-1951;
187th sess. 1964 - date. Received from Lockwood Library

On-line Legislative Resources

New York Legislative Retrieval Service: (LRS) provides access to New York State bills, sponsors' memoranda, agency rules and regulations and the consolidated laws of New York.
Internet: New York Assembly and Senate web and gopher sites

Local and county codes: The Law Library maintains codes from all the counties, cities, towns and villages located in the 8th judicial district of New York which are available from General Code Publishers (GCP). GCP does not publish all local codes in NY State; many are unavailable. Some local codes are purchased directly from the issuing governmental unit if not available commercially.
Local Charters: Charters not included among the GCP publications are obtained directly if possible.

B. Judicial

Official reporters (3 copies), Also available since 1956 on CD-ROM
N.Y. Supplement (3 copies), also available since v. 141, 1955 on cd-rom; lst series available in microfiche
Early Nominative Reporters

C. Administrative

Regulations

State Register
Current, on microfiche since 1979
New York Official Compilation of Codes, Rules & Regulations
2 copies, also available on CD-ROM, in NY-ADC file in WESTLAW, superceded filings retained beginning with 1974

Attorney General Opinions 1796/1872, 1889 - date in paper, 1979-date in microfiche and also on CD-ROM
N.Y. State Department Reports (2 copies)
Other Agency Decisions & Opinions
A few are available via depository; others purchased directly

N.Y. Secondary Sources

West's New York Digest 4th (3 copies), Retain earlier editions
New York Jurisprudence 2d, (2 copies)
Shepards citators, (2 copies), also available on CD-ROM
Cases and Points, Microform

Court of Appeals 1960-date; retrospectively 1960-1933+
Appellate Division retrospectively 1984-1975+
Selective 4th Dept. 1984-88

Legislative History materials

State of New York Legislative Digest 1985 - date
Previous title: NY Legislative Record and Index 1912-1984
Governor's Bill and Veto Jackets 1905, 1920-1992+ Microform

Treatises, formbooks, practitioners materials purchased selectively according to Selection Criteria.
New York law reviews, legal periodicals, & legal newspapers purchased as comprehensively as possible according to Selection Criteria.

Depository

The Law Library is an Information and Referral depository library for New York state documents and receives titles directly from the New York State Library. Lockwood Library is a research Collection Depository for New York State documents and receives the microform collection issued by Research publications, Inc. Publications are also selected from any other relevant sources.

COLLECTION OVERVIEW: OTHER STATES

The State Core collection is an instructional/practitioner level collection of primary sources. Secondary sources are maintained at a basic level for only the Core Ten States as described in Selection Criteria.

A. Legislative

Session Laws: All 50 States on microfiche, complete to date.
Statutory Compilations: Current code for all 50 states.
Superseded State Codes: Microfiche for the following states:

Core Ten: CA, CT, DE, FL, IL, MA, NJ, PA, OH, TX.
D.C., GA, HA, LA, ME, MI, NH, NC, RI, SC, VT, VA, & WA.

B. Judicial

Retrospective coverage in hard copy varies.
All pre-National Reporter System on microfiche.
Regional reporters publish all state appellate decisions.
Official state reporter. Where no official reporter exists, we do NOT collect individual state reprint from the Regional Reporter: AL, AK, CO, IA, KY, LA, MA, MN, MI, MO, ND, OK, SD, TN, TX, UT, WY.

C. Administrative Codes

Hard copy: CT, NJ, NY, PA, OH

D. Shepards Ordinance Law Citations E. Law Reviews, Journals and Newspapers:

Goal is to subscribe to most titles indexed in Index to Legal Periodicals and Books, Legal Resource Index, and LegalTrac.

Law Reviews (General & specific): One copy of all ABA accredited schools. Some historical volumes on microform
State Bar Journals: See Core Ten State Policy under Selection Criteria.
Local bar publications are not purchased.

F. Treatises and monographs, Loose-leaf Services, Practitioners' Materials are not collected.

COLLECTION OVERVIEW: FOREIGN LAW

Much of the foreign law collection is dated reflecting the changing faculty interests and budgetary commitments over the life of the Law School. It is being weeded to reflect a basic level collection for certain countries. Current primary and selected secondary sources are maintained for Great Britain, Canada and South Africa; more selectively for Germany. English language materials are preferred except for Germany. Customary law from any country is purchased if in English.

A. Statutory

Current statutory codes are maintained for Great Britain, Canada, Germany, and (South Africa) (CD-ROM).
English translations (monographs) of other foreign codes including civil law countries.
English translations of customary law codes
Some foreign laws are available on LEXIS/WESTLAW, Quicklaw, and the Internet

B. Judicial

Reporters are maintained for England, Canada & South Africa (CD-ROM).

C. Other Serials

Foreign law journals or reviews are purchased on a limited bases with emphasis on Great Britain, Canada, South Africa, and Germany. Preference is given to titles in Legaltrac or Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals.
Looseleafs which reprint English translations of foreign laws on specific topics are considered.

D. Treatises

Generally not purchased, except for selective Canadian titles and & "doing business" type titles.

E. Reference Materials

Bibliographical tools and titles which discuss legal systems and legal research in foreign countries as well as foreign law collections at other institutions are purchased.
Audiocassettes of AALL presentations and other audiovisual materials on foreign legal systems and legal research should be purchased.

F. York University Collaboration

An agreement with York University Law Library in Toronto, Ontario, Canada allows for reciprocal sharing of resources including student use of the libraries, borrowing privileges, reference and interlibrary loan.

COLLECTION OVERVIEW: COMPARATIVE LAW

The Comparative Law collection is maintained at an Instructional/Practitioner level. Materials in English only with emphasis on materials where the U.S. is included are preferred.

A. Major comparative law journals are purchased. B. Looseleafs:

are purchased if broadbased and reference in nature, eg. Constitutions of the Countries of the World.

C. Basic reference materials:

are purchased to help users identify sources for interlibrary loan, eg., International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law and Szladits' Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative Law.

D. Monographs, treatises, etc.:

are purchased according to the Selection Criteria.

E. Early legal and religious systems:

Limited basic materials preferably in English are purchased for Ancient, Roman, Canon, Islamic law.

COLLECTION OVERVIEW: INTERNATIONAL LAW

A research level collection in international law supports the curriculum as well as the Buffalo Human Rights Law Review. The collection has a concentration in the area of human rights supporting the curriculum, the Human Rights Center, and the Graduate Group on Human Rights. The University's collection of United Nations materials along with the Council of Europe and the Organization of American States is included.

A. Reference Sources

All major international law reference sources in English are purchased including periodical indexes, encyclopedias, bibliographies, English/foreign language dictionaries, abbreviations guides, and research guides.
Treaty indexes include U.S., U.N. and multilateral sources in paper and CD-ROM.

B. Primary Sources

Treaties and International Agreements

U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST)
Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS)
U.N. Treaty Series (UNTS)
European Treaty Series (ETS)
League of Nations Treaty Series (LNTS)
Consolidated Treaty Series (CTS)
Treaty series from Canada and Great Britain
Some treaty series available on LEXIS/WESTLAW

State Practice / International Relations

All Digests of State Practice ,e.g.,

Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law
The Third Restatement of the Law: The Foreign Relations of the U.S.
Foreign Relations of the United States is maintained by Lockwood Library with selective holdings in the Law Library.

Court Reports: All major intergovernmental tribunals including:

Permanent Court of International Justice
International Court of Justice
Court of Justice of the European Communities
European Court of Human Rights
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
(Selected cases from these and other tribunals appear in International Law Reports.)

C. Treatises

This collection covers a wide variety of topics. Priorities include: Human Rights, Environment, International Trade, Law of the Sea, Criminal Law, Peace and War, General Public International Law, Private International law, and general sources of the law.

D. Serials

Looseleafs and other serials are acquired if specific to the curriculum or faculty research. Practice materials are generally not selected. All international law journals and reviews from American law schools as well as many international law yearbooks are collected.
Association Proceedings: Published proceedings, workshops, course materials,and major publications of important international associations and institutes are collected:

American Society of International Law
Hague Academy of International Law/Academie de Droit International
Association of Attenders and Alumni of the Hague Academy of International law(AAA)/L'Association des Auditeurs et Anciens Auditeurs de l'Academie de Droit International de la Haye
International Law Association
Institute of International Law/Institut de Droit International
International Bar Association

E. International Governmental Organizations: United Nations

The Law Library maintains a comprehensive collection of United Nations publications as this organization has the responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, the promotion of human rights and the development of international law. It is the only United Nations collection (in microform or paper) on campus and therefore serves the needs of a varied clientele. It is best described by format.

Hard copy

Standing orders from the Sales Office of the United Nations

Official Records from 1946 (early sets incomplete).

Includes: General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Disarmament Commission, Trusteeship Council, Trade and Development Board and the International Law Commission.

Publications from the following categories (includes only non-copyrighted materials):

O. ACCIS, UNIDIR and Miscellaneous Publications
I.General Information
IV. Social Questions
V. International Law
VIII. Transport and Communications
IX. Disarmament and Atomic Energy
XI. Narcotic Drugs
XIII. Demography
XIV. Human Rights
XVI. Public Finance and Fiscal Questions
XVII. International Statistics

UN Indexes: (Paper and Readex CD-ROM in Reference)

Titles distributed under other standing order categories are reviewed for possible acquisition in paper, based on Selection Criteria.
United Nations Treaty Series: standing order beginning with 1946/47.
International Court of Justice: standing orders for all series issued by the Court.

Microform

Readex Microprint: 1946-1981: (Includes official records and mimeographs excluding the Secretariat)
Readex Microfiche: 1982- : (Includes all publications issued by the United Nations, including monographs & serials not copyrighted)
United Nations Documents: 1946-1967: (Selected documents from the United Nations issued during the time period 1946-1967)

CD-ROM

United Nations Index on CD-ROM is distributed by Readex Corporation and indexes publications from 1976 to date. Recently, the full text of some resolutions have been added. Retrospective indexing will be purchased as available depending on cost.
UNBIS PLUS ON CD-ROM is available via the Law Library cd-rom network.

F. International Government Organizations: United Nations - Specialized Agencies

The agencies established under Article 57 of the United Nations Charter have been "established by intergovernmental agreement and hav(e) wide international responsibilities, as defined in their basic instruments, in economic, social, cultural, health and related fields."

Selection of publications from the following specialized agencies is made pursuant to Selection Criteria . Standing orders are maintained when appropriate.

Food and Agriculture Organization
General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade
Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency
International Civil Aviation Organization
International Fund for Agricultural Development
International Labour Organization
International Monetary Fund
International Telecommunications Union
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Universal Postal Union
World Bank
World Health Organization
World Intellectual Property Organization
World Meteorological Organization

Agency catalogs and commercial indexes are checked to determine publications of interest for addition to the Law Library collection.

G. Other Intergovernmental Organizations

Publications from intergovernmental agencies are selected according to subject content. Emphasis is placed on those publications which deal with judicial, legislative or human rights questions.

Council of Europe - An extensive collection via standing order from Manhattan Pub. Co.
European Communities - Selective acquisition as Lockwood Library is a depository.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development - Selective acquisitions as Lockwood Library maintains an overall standing order for this agency. The Law Library canceled its comprehensive standing order in 1975.
Organization of American States - Maintain a comprehensive direct standing order.

H. Human Rights Non-Governmental Organizations

Standing package plans for:

Human Rights Watch including Africa Watch, Asia Watch, Middle East Watch, Helsinki Watch, Amnesty International and International Commission of Jurists.
Human Rights Internet: Human Rights Internet Reporter indexes and abstracts NGO publications. All HRI publications are seriously considered, serial and monograph.
Human Rights Documents on microfiche, a collection of NGO publications with printed guide. New installments added as budget permits.

COMPUTERIZED RESOURCES

A. LEXIS & WESTLAW

Current law student access to WESTLAW and LEXIS is available through the Permanent Learning Center with eight computers accessing LEXIS/Westlaw via the Internet. Access for training purposes is provided via 12 computers located in the Electronic Instruction Room and networked to the University Libraries' server. Librarians have access via their office computers. The Reference Desk also has Internet access.

Continuing subscriptions depend on funding. Canceling paper subscriptions available on these databases must be made in light of needs of the public (i.e., non-law) and law school clientele.

B. Other On-Line Databases

The Law Library as part of the University Libraries has public terminals that access numerous on-line indexes and databases. Titles available here are generally not duplicated in paper in the Law Library except for those of significant value to an academic law library, e.g., LegalTrac and Index to Legal Periodicals and Books on CD-ROM.

C. CD-ROM

Selection of CD-ROMs is primarily determined by Selection Criteria. The following additional criteria will also be considered and determined by the Head of Electronic Information Services:

User-friendliness of the software search engine, including the ability to download data to disk.
Hardware requirements necessary for making the CD-ROM accessible.
Windows-based products are preferred and must be compatible with the environment currently supported by the University Libraries.

In order to insure that cd-roms are useable within the Law Library, the following form should be completed and forwarded to the Head of Electronic Information and Access Services, Checklist for Ordering Offline Electronic Resources.

D. Internet Resources

The Internet provides quick access to many traditional legal sources, e.g., cases, statutes and legislative materials, rules and regulations and information from government agencies. For the foreseeable future and as funding permits, there are no plans to cancel materials listed the Collection Overview sections above.

For new titles, whether monograph or serial, consistent and dependable availability on the Internet will be a factor in the determining whether to purchase a title in paper. In some cases a title may only be available in an on-line electronic format.

In order to insure that the Law Library is able to provide access to a web-based resource, the following form should be completed and forwarded to the Head of Electronic Information and Access Services, Checklist for Ordering Web-Based Electronic Subscriptions.

For guidelines on printing Internet resources, please see the following policy: Guidelines for Adding Internet Resource Printouts to the Law Library Collection

Internet sites of particular legal interest are highlighted on the Law Library's Home on the World Wide Web and paper handouts at the Reference Desk.

Koren Center for Clinical Legal Education

Link to Koren Center for Clinical Legal Education: Audio-Visual and Microform Collections Policy

FACULTY & CURRICULUM INTERESTS

CLINICS

Affordable Housing Clinic
Community Economic Development Clinic
Copyright and Publishing Clinic
Environment and Development
Family Violence
Federal Criminal Law
Legal Concerns of the Elderly
Securities Law
Special Education Law
State Counsel
Public Service Externships

CONCENTRATIONS

Affordable Housing and Community Development (Pitegoff, Hezel, Breen)
Civil Litigation (Finley)
Criminal Law (including L.L.M. program) (Dubber)
Environmental Law (Boyer, Meidinger)
Family Law (Susan Mangold)
Finance Transactions (Disare)
Health Law (Albert, Szczygiel)
International Law (Matua)
Law & Social Justice (Miller)
Regulatory Law & Policy (McKluskey, Wooten)
State and Local Government Law (Munger, Kaplan)

FACULTY INTERESTS

Albert:
Atleson
Avery
Bassett
Berger
Binder
Boyer
Bratman
Breen
Buckley
Carr
Disare
Dubber
Engel
Ewing
Faherty
Filvaroff
Finley
Ghosh
Halpern
Hezel
Joyce
Kannar
Konefsky
Lingren
Malkan
Mangold
Marcus, Jeff
Marcus, Isabel
McGarvie
McKluskey
Meidinger
Mensch
Miller
Milles
Munger
Mutua
Newhouse
Nichols
Olsen
Oreskovic
Phillips
Pittegof
Reis
Saran
Scales-Trent
Schaffer
Schlegel
Schulman
Staudt
Steinfeld
Swartz
Szczygiel
Tomkins
Westbrook
Wooten


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