Law Firm Libraries--Planning/Budgeting

From: barbara m flanagan (barbara.flanagan@juno.com)
Date: Thu Sep 11 1997 - 11:36:39 PDT


I have not tracked library costs for a number of years and suddently have
to produce some information. Has anyone collected spending information
for law firm libraries (excluding cost of personnel) regarding any of the
following:

(1) amount per attorney spent on the library collection annually

(2) percentage of gross revenue spent on library collection

(3) reduction (in $$) of hard copy in favor of online or CD-ROM

(4) percentage of collection (in $$) that is CD-ROM

Also, I have seen many postings expressing dissatisfaction with CD-ROM
products. If anyone has collected the comments, I would love to have a
copy.

I have explored LEXIS and AALL's site and found some potentially useful
sources but no useful information. If anyone knows where I could find
some statistics, I would be most grateful.

TIA

Barbara Flanagan
Environmental Law Librarian
101 N. Broadway, Suite 800
McKinney, Stringer & Webster
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
405-239-6444 x1216
405-239-7902 (fax)



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