Generally speaking, our library does not "collect" casebooks.
We hold on reserve one copy of any casebook adopted for any currently
offered course but we do not have a purchase-one-of-everything policy.
We weed casebooks from our holdings regularly, retaining only those that
have some special historical interest, or that were written by our
faculty.
Stanley
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Stanley R. Conrad, JD / MLS
Reference / Special Collections Librarian
St. John's University School of Law
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, NY 11439
718-990-2012 (voice)
718-990-6649 (fax)
conrads@stjohns.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On
Behalf Of Carmela Kinslow
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 9:21 AM
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Casebooks and cite checking
What is your library's policy with regard to collecting casebooks? Over
the past few years I have noticed an increase in the number of casebooks
that are requested for cite checking by our journals. If you do collect
casebooks what criteria do you use in selecting which to get? If you
don't collect casebooks do you have a policy to add at least one copy to
the collection if it is given to you as a gift?
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