“The Evils of Law Libraries”

Networks and Law Libraries

Evils of cost shifting.

Law Libraries as Special Libraries: An Educational Model

THISARTICLE SUMMARIZES the history of the law library profession and the development of the educational model for law librarians. The American Association of Law Libraries’ (AALL) Guidelines for Graduate Programs in Law Librarianshifi is analyzed in light of the current education model in law librarianship. The key characteristics that define law library careers in the private sector are scruti...

Social evils, poverty & health.

There is a close association between social circumstances and health. In India, there is a significant burden of both communicable and non communicable diseases. Risk factors responsible for these conditions are underweight, unsafe sex, unsafe water, poor sanitation and hygiene, indoor smoke pollution, zinc, iron and vitamin A deficiency, tobacco use, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. ...

Studying Law Students’ Information Seeking Behaviour to Inform the Design of Digital Law Libraries

In this paper, we describe our ongoing work which involves examining the information seeking behaviour of legal professionals. This work involves studying the behaviour of both academic and practicing lawyers with the long-term aim of integrating user-centred legal information seeking support into digital law libraries. We report preliminary findings from the initial phase of the study, which c...