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Current Trends in the Use of Collection Development Policies in Law Firm Libraries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2015

Mark Pexton
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Abstract

Mark Pexton, of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, provides a report on the findings of a survey into the use of Collection Development Policies (CDPs) and related collection development issues in law firm libraries. The survey was conducted during September 2014 and during the course of this article he provides an analysis of the benefits and difficulties of creating and implementing a CDP.

Keywords

law firm librariescollection development
Type
Focus on Law Firm Library Issues
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , September 2015 , pp. 160 - 164
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2015. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 

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