Georgia Law - Alexander Campbell King Law Library
Staffing for Law School Computing Services, Second Edition

Introduction

The Staffing for Law School Computing Services survey was completely revised during the spring semester of 2006. No data from prior questionnaires were used in this revision. If the law school you are looking for is not represented in the table, it is because that law school has not yet replied to the questionnaire or we have not yet had time to post the reply on our web page.

Results of the survey are reported in three tables. The first table represents answers to questions 1-5 and 8-10. Questions 6 and 7, which ask for textual answers, are represented in the second table. The third table shows the free text comments made by some of the respondents to the survey. If a respondent wrote comments, an asterisk appears in the column with the letter which describes how computing is administered at that law school. It is surprisingly difficult to distill all the varieties of administration into discrete categories. The categories in the original questionnaire are:

  1. All computing is administered through the law library_____.
  2. All computing is administered through the law school_____.
  3. Law library and law school computing are administered through two separate departments within the law school_____.
  4. All computing is administered through a university department_____.
  5. All computing is outsourced to a vendor (not the university)_____.
  6. Some combination of the above choices (please explain).
A number of respondents chose more than one category and others selected f and gave extensive comments. I sometimes recorded answers in another category if it seemed obvious from the comments that it belonged there, but for clarity's sake, I included all comments in Table 3.

Each table includes data from 158 out of 191 law schools. Each table is organized by state, then alphabetically by university name (or law school name in the case of free standing law schools). All accredited law schools are listed, even if they did not participate in the survey. Non-participants are encouraged to become participants, and participants are encouraged to send revisions at any time a change occurs. I revise the table monthly if necessary. The most efficient way to report is by dropping a note to me at apuckett@uga.edu. Click here for a copy of the questionnaire and instructions for completing it.

Thank you for using the Staffing for Law School Computing Services survey.


Professor Ann Puckett
University of Georgia Law Library
Athens, Georgia
July 5, 2006


 
Date of Response State University Library FTE Law School FTE Total FTE Comp. Staff Incl. Ed. Tech? Admin. Question # Computers Comp. Serv. Budget? Budget Amt. Incl. Personnel?
AL Cumberland School of Law, Samford University Not Reported
02/2006 AL University of Alabama 1.50 3.00 4.50 Y c 135 N N/A
02/2006 AR University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 4.00 0.00 4.00 N a 200 Y $300,000 Y
02/2006 AR University of Arkansas, Little Rock 4.12 0.00 4.12 Y a 118 N N/A
02/2006 AZ Arizona State University 0.25 6.75 7.00 Y b 300 Y $13,000 N
03/2006 AZ University of Arizona 2.50 4.50 7.00 Y c 200 Y $300,000 N
02/2006 CA California Western School of Law 2.50 4.50 7.00 N c 250 N N/A
02/2006 CA Chapman University 0.33 1.00 1.33 Y b 60 Y not available
05/2006 CA Golden Gate University 3.15 3.50 6.65 Y c 185 Y $140,060 N
03/2006 CA Loyola University 4.00 17.00 21.00 Y c 350 Y not disclosed
02/2006 CA McGeorge School of Law 1.50 6.50 8.00 Y c 300 Y $475,000 Y
03/2006 CA Pepperdine University 0.50 7.50 8.00 Y b 200 Y $612,602 Y
03/2006 CA Santa Clara University 0.00 7.00 7.00 Y b 275 Y $100,000 N
02/2006 CA Southwestern University 3.00 7.50 10.50 Y c * 275 Y $160,000 N
Date of Response State University Library FTE Law School FTE Total FTE Comp. Staff Incl. Ed. Tech? Admin. Question # Computers Comp. Serv. Budget? Budget Amt. Incl. Personnel?
05/2006 CA Stanford University 0.00 4.00 4.00 N b 800 Y no response N
02/2006 CA Thomas Jefferson School of Law 2.80 4.00 6.80 Y b 125 Y not available Y
05/2006 CA U.C.L.A. 1.25 10.50 11.75 N c 1700 N
02/2006 CA University of California, Berkeley 3.00 12.00 15.00 Y c * 140 Y $500,000 Y
05/2006 CA University of California, Davis 0.00 6.00 6.00 Y b 200 Y Unknown
02/2006 CA University of California, Hastings 5.50 10.50 16.00 N c 525 Y $1,167,289 Y
02/2006 CA University of San Diego 2.00 2.00 4.00 Y c 284 N N/A
04/2006 CA University of San Francisco 0.00 2.50 2.50 Y f * 289 Y confidential
02/2006 CA University of Southern California 8.00 0.00 8.00 Y a 300 Y $630,000 Y
02/2006 CA Western State University 0.00 1.70 1.70 N b 230 N N/A
02/2006 CA Whittier Law School 2.50 0.50 3.00 N f * 200 N N/A
03/2006 CO University of Colorado 0.75 2.50 3.25 Y c * 173 Y pending
02/2006 CO University of Denver 2.00 9.50 11.50 Y c 200 Y $750,000 Y
CT Quinnipiac College Not Reported
02/2006 CT University of Connecticut 5.37 0.00 5.37 Y a 425 Y $379,000 Y
Date of Response State University Library FTE Law School FTE Total FTE Comp. Staff Incl. Ed. Tech? Admin. Question # Computers Comp. Serv. Budget? Budget Amt. Incl. Personnel?
02/2006 CT Yale University 9.00 3.00 12.00 Y a 550 Y $500,000 N
02/2006 DC American University 14.50 0.00 14.50 Y a 1900 Y $1,269,000 Y
02/2006 DC Catholic University of America 1.00 7.00 8.00 N c 350 Y unknown
02/2006 DC George Washington University 9.00 10.00 19.00 Y c 500 N N/A
03/2006 DC Georgetown University 3.50 30.00 33.50 Y b 925 Y $3,000,000 Y
DC Howard University Not Reported
04/2006 DC University of the District of Columbia 1.00 1.00 2.00 Y 40 * 0
DE Widener University, Wilmington Not Reported
02/2006 FL Barry University 3.00 0.00 3.00 Y a 400 Y pending N
FL Florida A & M University Not Reported
FL Florida Coastal School of Law Not Reported
02/2006 FL Florida International University 0.00 4.50 4.50 Y b * 150 N N/A
02/2006 FL Florida State University 3.00 5.00 8.00 Y c 200 N N/A
02/2006 FL Nova Southeastern University 10.00 0.00 10.00 Y a 1200 N N/A
04/2006 FL St. Thomas University 4.50 0.50 5.00 Y d 150 Y unknown
Date of Response State University Library FTE Law School FTE Total FTE Comp. Staff Incl. Ed. Tech? Admin. Question # Computers Comp. Serv. Budget? Budget Amt. Incl. Personnel?
04/2006 FL Stetson University 1.65 10.00 11.65 Y c 1800 Y confidential
02/2006 FL University of Florida 8.00 0.00 8.00 Y a 350 Y $111,615 N
FL University of Miami Not Reported
03/2006 GA Emory University 0.00 6.00 6.00 N b 165 Y $250,000 N
03/2006 GA Georgia State University 2.20 4.00 6.20 Y c 266 N N/A
03/2006 GA John Marshall Law School 0.25 2.00 2.25 Y b 70 Y $56,000 N
01/2006 GA Mercer University 3.25 0.00 3.25 Y f * 550 N N/A
01/2006 GA University of Georgia 8.00 0.00 8.00 Y a 250 Y $279,000 Y
02/2006 HI University of Hawaii 0.50 3.87 4.37 Y b 160 N N/A
02/2006 IA Drake University 2.75 0.00 2.75 Y a * 568 Y $80,000 N
01/2006 IA University of Iowa 2.25 4.00 6.25 Y c 550 Y $275,000 Y
04/2006 ID University of Idaho 0.00 2.00 2.00 Y b 90 Y $50,000 N
02/2006 IL Chicago-Kent College of Law 3.00 10.00 13.00 Y c * 1600 Y confidential Y
02/2006 IL DePaul University 0.80 0.00 0.80 N c * 30 N N/A
04/2006 IL John Marshall Law School 0.00 6.25 6.25 Y b 300 Y $880,000 Y
Date of Response State University Library FTE Law School FTE Total FTE Comp. Staff Incl. Ed. Tech? Admin. Question # Computers Comp. Serv. Budget? Budget Amt. Incl. Personnel?
02/2006 IL Loyola University 0.00 5.50 5.50 N b 270 Y $145,758 N
03/2006 IL Northern Illinois University 0.39 1.60 1.99 Y f * 89 N N/A
02/2006 IL Northwestern University 2.00 8.00 10.00 Y f * 1300 Y $830,000 Y
02/2006 IL Southern Illinois University 0.50 4.00 4.50 Y f * 140 Y $125,000 N
04/2006 IL University of Chicago 0.00 6.50 6.50 Y f * 920 Y no answer
02/2006 IL University of Illinois 0.00 5.00 5.00 Y b 0 Y unknown
04/2006 IN Indiana University, Bloomington 2.00 3.50 5.50 N f * 200 Y $30,000 N
IN Indiana University, Indianapolis Not Reported
02/2006 IN Notre Dame University 8.50 0.00 8.50 Y a * 250 Y $500,000 Y
02/2006 IN Valparaiso University 0.00 2.00 2.00 Y b 125 Y $45,000 N
06/2006 KS University of Kansas 1.50 1.50 3.00 Y c 336 N
02/2006 KS Washburn University 7.00 0.00 7.00 Y a 670 N N/A
01/2006 KY Northern Kentucky University 3.50 0.00 3.50 Y a 200 N N/A
02/2006 KY University of Kentucky 0.00 2.50 2.50 Y b 0 N N/A
03/2006 KY University of Louisville 1.00 2.00 3.00 Y a 125 Y $35,170 N
Date of Response State University Library FTE Law School FTE Total FTE Comp. Staff Incl. Ed. Tech? Admin. Question # Computers Comp. Serv. Budget? Budget Amt. Incl. Personnel?
02/2006 LA Louisiana State University 3.62 4.00 7.62 Y f * 500 Y $443,493 Y
LA Loyola University Not Reported
02/2006 LA Southern University 3.00 1.00 4.00 Y c 600 N N/A
02/2006 LA Tulane University 0.00 4.00 4.00 Y c 300 Y $190,000 N
02/2006 MA Boston College 4.50 0.00 4.50 Y a 300 N N/A
MA Boston University Not Reported
MA Harvard University Not Reported
MA New England School of Law Not Reported
02/2006 MA Northeastern University 1.50 5.25 6.75 Y c * 180 Y $288,550 Y
02/2006 MA Suffolk University 0.88 6.50 7.38 Y c * 500 Y $389,400 N
MA Western New England College Not Reported
01/2006 MD University of Baltimore 2.50 0.00 2.50 Y a * 125 N N/A
MD University of Maryland Not Reported
02/2006 ME University of Maine 1.50 0.50 2.00 N f * 25 N N/A
02/2006 MI Ave Maria School of Law 5.50 0.00 5.50 Y a 488 Y $242,390 N
Date of Response State University Library FTE Law School FTE Total FTE Comp. Staff Incl. Ed. Tech? Admin. Question # Computers Comp. Serv. Budget? Budget Amt. Incl. Personnel?
02/2006 MI Detroit College of Law, Michigan State University 5.40 1.00 6.40 Y a 250 Y $425,000 N
02/2006 MI Thomas M. Cooley Law School 2.00 19.00 21.00 Y c * 688 Y no response
MI University of Detroit Not Reported
MI University of Michigan Not Reported
02/2006 MI Wayne State University 3.50 3.00 6.50 Y c 200 N N/A
05/2006 MN Hamline University 1.30 1.00 2.30 Y d * 50 Y no response Y
02/2006 MN University of Minnesota 0.50 6.00 6.50 N b * 1000 Y $250,000 N
03/2006 MN University of St. Thomas 0.00 1.00 1.00 Y d * 125 N N/A
02/2006 MN William Mitchell College of Law 2.50 9.00 11.50 Y c * 400 Y $540,000 Y
02/2006 MO Saint Louis University 0.00 5.00 5.00 Y b 245 N N/A
02/2006 MO University of Missouri, Columbia 4.00 0.00 4.00 Y a 175 N N/A
04/2006 MO University of Missouri, Kansas City 2.12 2.12 4.24 Y f * 100 Y $24,000 N
04/2006 MO Washington University 2.75 7.50 10.25 Y f * 175 Y $280,000 N
02/2006 MS Mississippi College 0.20 1.44 1.64 Y f * 95 N N/A
02/2006 MS University of Mississippi 1.00 2.00 3.00 Y c * 100 N N/A
Date of Response State University Library FTE Law School FTE Total FTE Comp. Staff Incl. Ed. Tech? Admin. Question # Computers Comp. Serv. Budget? Budget Amt. Incl. Personnel?
02/2006 MT University of Montana 3.25 1.75 5.00 Y a 300 N N/A
01/2006 NC Campbell University 3.50 0.00 3.50 Y a * 125 Y $135,000 N
02/2006 NC Duke University 0.00 12.50 12.50 Y b 464 Y $951,167 Y
05/2006 NC North Carolina Central University 0.00 6.00 6.00 Y b 135 Y $500,000 Y
02/2006 NC University of North Carolina 1.00 4.00 5.00 Y c 351 Y $279,908 N
04/2006 NC Wake Forest University 0.00 4.00 4.00 Y c 600 Y $500,000 Y
04/2006 ND University of North Dakota 3.00 0.00 3.00 N a 150 Y $25,000 N
04/2006 NE Creighton University 2.00 0.00 2.00 Y d 150 Y unknown Y
01/2006 NE University of Nebraska 1.50 0.00 1.50 Y a 100 N N/A
02/2006 NH Franklin Pierce Law Center 0.00 8.02 8.02 Y b 300 Y $300,000 N
NJ Rutgers University, Camden Not Reported
NJ Rutgers University, Newark Not Reported
NJ Seton Hall University Not Reported
02/2006 NM University of New Mexico 0.00 6.00 6.00 Y b 300 Y $100,000 N
03/2006 NV University of Nevada-Las Vegas 0.00 5.00 5.00 Y f * 150 N N/A
Date of Response State University Library FTE Law School FTE Total FTE Comp. Staff Incl. Ed. Tech? Admin. Question # Computers Comp. Serv. Budget? Budget Amt. Incl. Personnel?
02/2006 NY Albany Law School 0.50 7.00 7.50 Y c * 329 Y $685,410 Y
02/2006 NY Brooklyn Law School 7.00 12.50 19.50 Y c * 330 Y confidential N
02/2006 NY City University of New York 2.00 7.00 9.00 Y b 350 N N/A
NY Columbia University Not Reported
NY Cornell University Not Reported
04/2006 NY Fordham University 1.00 15.00 16.00 Y f * 400 Y $1,600,000 Y
02/2006 NY Hofstra University 1.00 6.00 7.00 Y c 1125 N N/A
02/2006 NY New York Law School 0.33 12.00 12.33 Y e * 400 Y $3,345,000 Y
NY New York University Not Reported
02/2006 NY Pace University 1.00 4.00 5.00 N c * 650 Y $100,000 N
02/2006 NY St. John's University 1.00 4.00 5.00 Y f * 1200 N N/A
05/2006 NY SUNY, Buffalo 3.25 4.00 7.25 Y c 36 N
03/2006 NY Syracuse University 1.60 7.00 8.60 Y b 325 N N/A
04/2006 NY Touro College 0.00 4.00 4.00 Y b 195 Y $129,000 N
04/2006 NY Yeshiva University 2.00 1.00 3.00 Y f * 180 N
Date of Response State University Library FTE Law School FTE Total FTE Comp. Staff Incl. Ed. Tech? Admin. Question # Computers Comp. Serv. Budget? Budget Amt. Incl. Personnel?
02/2006 OH Capital University 0.00 3.50 3.50 Y b 0 Y unknown Y
03/2006 OH Case Western Reserve University 2.00 7.00 9.00 Y b * 100 Y $628,000 Y
02/2006 OH Cleveland State University 4.00 0.00 4.00 Y a 200 Y $50,000 N
02/2006 OH Ohio Northern University 1.00 0.00 1.00 Y a * 345 N N/A
03/2006 OH Ohio State University 1.75 4.00 5.75 Y b * 180 Y $50,000 N
OH University of Akron Not Reported
02/2006 OH University of Cincinnati 4.50 0.00 4.50 N a 446 N N/A
04/2006 OH University of Dayton 0.00 6.50 6.50 Y b 500 Y $450,000 Y
02/2006 OH University of Toledo 1.00 2.00 3.00 Y c 100 N N/A
OK Oklahoma City University Not Reported
02/2006 OK University of Oklahoma 0.00 6.00 6.00 Y b * 220 Y variable Y
02/2006 OK University of Tulsa 0.50 4.00 4.50 Y b 260 Y $123,990 N
03/2006 OR Lewis and Clark Northwestern School of Law 2.00 5.00 7.00 Y c 255 Y no amt given
02/2006 OR University of Oregon 0.00 5.25 5.25 Y b 650 Y $500,000 Y
02/2006 OR Willamette University 0.75 1.60 2.35 Y d 125 Y unknown
Date of Response State University Library FTE Law School FTE Total FTE Comp. Staff Incl. Ed. Tech? Admin. Question # Computers Comp. Serv. Budget? Budget Amt. Incl. Personnel?
02/2006 PA Duquesne University 3.00 0.00 3.00 Y a 275 N N/A
04/2006 PA Pennsylvania State University 0.00 6.50 6.50 Y f * 950 Y no answer
PA Temple University Not Reported
PA University of Pennsylvania Not Reported
04/2006 PA University of Pittsburgh 0.50 2.80 3.30 Y a 150 Y unknown
02/2006 PA Villanova University 6.00 0.00 6.00 Y a 800 N N/A
PA Widener University, Harrisburg Not Reported
PR Inter American University of Puerto Rico Not Reported
PR Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Not Reported
PR University of Puerto Rico Not Reported
03/2006 RI Roger Williams University 1.00 0.50 1.50 N a * 175 N
03/2006 SC University of South Carolina 4.50 0.00 4.50 Y a 200 N N/A
SD University of South Dakota Not Reported
04/2006 TN University of Memphis 1.00 0.00 1.00 Y a 75 N
02/2006 TN University of Tennessee 3.00 0.00 3.00 N a * 350 Y $30,000