Table of Contents
Qualifications for law librarians
Structure of academic law libraries
History of academic law libraries
Accreditation & standards for academic law libraries
2. Users of the academic law library
Faculty/Professors (Full-time & Adjunct)
Graduate students (LL.M & Ph.D.)
Undergraduate students (JD/LL.B)
3. Collection development/management
Materials found in academic law libraries
Managing academic library collections
Law library collection development policy
Selecting electronic resources
Resource sharing & cooperative collection
Managing the foreign, comparative & international law collections (FCIL)
Reference & information services
Library instruction & teaching
Creating instructional materials
Legal citation and legal abbreviation
5. Cataloguing & classification
The Anglo-American cataloguing rules
Resource description and access (RDA)
International standard of bibliographic description (ISBD)
Selected classification schemes used for law materials
6. IT practices in academic law libraries
How is IT managed in academic law libraries?
Role of the IT department in academic law libraries
Integrated library systems (ILS)
Social media practices in academic law libraries
Institutional repositories (IRs)
7. Management & administration in academic law libraries
Status of the library director
Role of the law library director/head of law library
8. Professional development and networking
Membership in professional associations and organizations
Professional associations for law librarians
LIBR 533: Legal information sources and services – course description
Z654: Law librarianship (3 cr.)
Appendix II. Code of professional ethics
Code of ethics of the American Library Association
Code of professional practice for library and information professionals
Appendix III. AALL social media policy
Policy for social media site administrators:
Responsibility for the enforcement of this policy:
Social media policies for site administrators