A-6 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? The Future of Print Periodicals in Law Libraries

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Sunday, July 26 - 1:30pm - 2:45pm
Location: 
WCC-Room 146 C
Target Audience: 
Technical services and collection development librarians and library managers who are involved in the selection, acquisitions and maintenance of periodicals collections
Learning Outcomes: 
1) Participants will be able to identify vendors’ plans for digitization of law reviews and journals.
2) Participants will be able to assess the impact of the e-journals and law reviews on collection maintenance and services to the patrons.

The number of law reviews, journals and other serial publications appearing in digital format has increased dramatically in recent years. HeinOnline’s attempt to digitize each law review title up to the last issue published is making many libraries reconsider format preferences in collection development and retention policies. This program presents scenarios of how electronic periodicals have changed collection development policies, and how libraries are managing and maintaining periodicals collections. Explore collection development policies from a recently-established library, a long-established library that has adopted changes in its collection development policy to prefer electronic format of journals, vendor plans to continue a digitization project of law reviews, and a non-academic library’s explanation of how e-journals have impacted its collection development and service to the public.

Speaker(s): 
Paula Tejeda, Coordinator and Speaker, Charleston School of Law
Ann B. Kolodzey, Moderator, Widener University School of Law
Michael J. Petit, American University, Washington College of Law, Pence Law Library
Katrina M. Piechnik, Jenkins Law Library
Richard J. Spinelli, William S. Hein & Co., Inc.