Law Librarianship in the Twenty-First Century

Roy Balleste is the law library director and professor of law at St. Thomas University School of Law, in Miami Gardens, FL.Sonia Luna-Lamas is the associate director and head of technical services at St. Thomas University School of Law, in Miami Gardens, FL.Lisa Smith-Butler is the associate dean and director and a professor of law at the Charleston School of Law, Sol Blatt Jr. Law Library where she has been since 2009.

• Foreword James Andrews Preface Acknowledgments DedicationIntroduction Roy M. Mersky (In Memoriam) 1 A Brief History of Law Librarianship Robert C. Berring Jr. 2 Working at the Law Library: A Practical Guide Karl T. Gruben 3 The Administration of the Academic Law Library: The Glue That BindsLisa Smith-Butler 4 Public Services Anne Klinefelter & Sara Sampson 5 State Law Libraries in the Twenty-First Century: The Maryland ExperienceSteve Anderson 6 The Curious Case of County Law Libraries Robert Riger 7 Law Firm Libraries Abigail E. Ross 8 Collection Development, Licensing, and Acquisitions Frederick W. Dingledy, Benjamin J. Keele & Jennifer E. Sekula 9 Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Librarianship Mary Rumsey10 Technical Services Sonia Luna-Lamas 11 The Evolution of Government Documents Jennifer Bryan Morgan 12 Technology Trends in Law Libraries Billie Jo Kaufman & Roy Balleste 13 The Law Library of Congress Christine Sellers 14 The World of Library Consortia: Collaboration and Resource Sharing in the Twenty-First Century Tracy L. Thompson Index About the ContributorsBibliography

It is valuable to have this much insight and information condensed in a single publication. . . .[T]his work will be a useful addition to virtually any law library collection as a primer or reminder of what is done in this field. It should also be of considerable interest to schools of librarianship and information management, especially those that offer a course on law librarianship.