The Public Mission of the Public Law School Library

IF 0.3 4区 社会学 Q4 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Connie S. Lenz
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Abstract

This article explores the evolving public mission of the public law school library. Following a brief overview of the history of the public university and its public mission, the article examines the mission of state-supported law schools — particularly those affiliated with public research universities — and explores how that mission is affected as those law schools transition to a model of greater financial self-sufficiency. This consideration of the public mission of the public law school is crucial to understanding the public mission of the public law school library, as the library exists to support the law school’s mission. The article next reviews the public law school library’s traditional public mission and the unique challenges the public academic law library now faces in fulfilling that mission. The article concludes by encouraging public law school libraries to examine and, as necessary, redefine their public missions and to take a broader view of their role in supporting their law schools’ public missions. Public law school libraries also are encouraged to collaborate with one another and with state-supported university libraries to fulfill their public missions on a national basis.
公立法学院图书馆的公共使命
本文探讨了公立法学院图书馆公共使命的演变。在简要概述公立大学的历史及其公共使命之后,本文考察了国家支持的法学院的使命——特别是那些附属于公立研究型大学的法学院——并探讨了随着这些法学院向财政自给自足模式过渡,这种使命是如何受到影响的。考虑公立法学院的公共使命对于理解公立法学院图书馆的公共使命至关重要,因为图书馆的存在是为了支持法学院的使命。其次,文章回顾了公立法学院图书馆的传统公共使命以及公立大学法学院图书馆在履行这一使命时所面临的独特挑战。文章最后鼓励公立法学院图书馆检查并在必要时重新定义其公共使命,并以更广泛的视角看待其在支持其法学院公共使命方面的作用。还鼓励公立法学院图书馆相互合作,并与国家支持的大学图书馆合作,在全国范围内履行其公共使命。
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CiteScore
0.30
自引率
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期刊介绍: The Law Library Journal has been the "official" publication of the Association since 1908. It is published quarterly and distributed to members directly.
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