Primarily for space considerations, we got rid of all state reporter
volumes (except Montana) which had parallel coverage in the West regional
reporters. After we made the decision, we then tried to sell as many as
we could--with surprising success. We sold mainly to National Law
Resource in Chicago but we also put ads in a lot of state bar journals.
Fritz Snyder, Univ. of Montana Law Library.
On
Fri, 2 Feb 1996, Helen Litwack wrote:
> Greeting. This is a survey question for academic law libraries.
>
> New England School of Law Library is snugly nestled into the
> theater district of beautiful downtown Boston. We are
> reviewing our collection in light of:
>
> (1) finite amount of space (see above);
>
> (2) revised ABA Library Standards and Interpretations
>
> (3) 15th edition of Bluebook which no longer requires
> parallel citations except when citing a case to a court in
> that state; and
>
> (4) cost considerations.
>
> We would be very interested to learn if, due to the above or
> other considerations, any of you have eliminated any sets of
> state official reports from your collection. If so, which did
> you remove?
>
> If you would reply to me, I will summarize to the list. Thank
> you so much for taking the time to reply.
>
> Helen Litwack
> Evening/Weekend Reference Librarian
> New England School of Law Library
> hlitwack@lib.nesl.edu
>
>
>
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