selecting law journals

From: John Doyle (DoyleJ@wlu.edu)
Date: Sun Jan 07 2007 - 10:44:43 PST


I've verified and updated the prices in the database of law journals
at
http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/selecting.aspx
and also somewhat expanded the page to include selected non-U.S. law
journals.

The purpose of the page is to allow a library to submit a dollar budget
amount and to see a list of what law journals should be purchased, or
not purchased, based on a ratio of how frequently each journal is cited
and how much it costs a U.S. academic library to subscribe.

All U.S. law journals are included, but only non-U.S. law journals that
are recorded as having at least 30 cites over the past 8 years are
included. As many non-U.S. journals are both quite expensive and
relatively little cited in the U.S. legal literature that means that
only about 80 non-U.S. law journals are listed.

Total accuracy is not likely over such as large list of prices, and
prices are a moving target, so if anyone sees any subscription price
that should be changed please let me know.

Thanks
John Doyle
Washington & Lee Law School Library



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