Georgia Law - Alexander Campbell King Law Library
Collection Development Policy
TABLE OF CONTENTS
REFERENCES




GENERAL INFORMATION


LAW LIBRARY MISSION STATEMENT BUDGET STRUCTURE & ALLOCATION
GOALS/PURPOSE OF POLICY SUPPORTING PURCHASES
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY REVIEW AREAS OF COOPERATIVE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
DEFINITION OF TERMS ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION
OVERVIEW & HISTORY OF COLLECTION AUDIENCE/PATRON GROUPS SERVED

 
 


SELECTION PROCESS


SELECTION PROCESS SELECTION TOOLS & SOURCES OF INFORMATION
RESPONSIBILITY SELECTION STANDARDS/CRITERIA
FACULTY REQUESTS DEFINITIONS OF COLLECTING LEVELS - CONSPECTUS
REQUESTS FROM OTHER PATRONS  

 
 


COLLECTION POLICIES



PHYSICAL FORMAT
   
Monographs
Print – Hardcover & Paperback
Loose-leaf
Periodicals
CD-ROM
DVD
Electronic books
Floppy Disks
Internet
Videocassettes
Audiocassettes
Microforms
Art Works & Posters
Maps



TYPE OF MATERIAL
   
Admin. Codes, Regs, & Regist. - U.S.
Administrative Decisions - U.S.
Alumni-related Publications
Annual Reports
Atlases
Attorney General Opinions
Bar Journals
Bibliographies
Biography
Casebooks & Textbooks
Citators
Codes/Statutes/Session Laws - U.S.
Conference Proceedings
Constitutions/al Convention Proceed. 
Continuing Legal Education Materials
Course Examinations
Court Briefs & Records
Court Reports
Court Rules
Dictionaries
Digests
Directories
Dissertations & Theses
Encyclopedias
EU Documents
Films/Television/Radio Programs
Form Books
Government Documents - U.S. Federal
Hornbooks
Law for the Layperson
Law Reviews
Law School Catalogs
Legal Newspapers
Legislative Documents
Legislative Histories
Leisure Reading
Newsletters
Newspapers & General Magazines
Periodical Indexes
Periodicals
Practice Materials
Rare Books
Reference Materials - General
Reference Materials - Legal
Reprints
Research Guides
Reserve Materials - Permanent
Restatements & Model Codes
State Documents
State Materials
Study Aids
UN Documents



SUBJECT AREA
   
Abortion Law
Accounting
Administrative Law
Admiralty
Agency
Agricultural Law
Air & Space Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Animal Rights
Antitrust
Arbitration
Art & Preservation Law
Banking,Financial & Investment Law
Bankruptcy
Bioethics
Biography
Biotechnology
Birth Control
Business Associations
Canon Law
Capital Utilization
Children and the Law
Church and State
Civil Law
Civil Procedure
Civil Rights
Commercial Law
Communications Law
Comparative Law
Computer Law
Conflict of Laws
Constitutional Law
Construction Law
Consumer Protection
Contracts
Corporations
Courts
Criminal Justice
Criminal Law & Procedure
Critical Legal Studies
Damages
Disability Law
Discrimination
Domestic Violence
Economics & Law
Education Law
Elder Law
Energy & Natural Resources Law
Entertainment Law
Environmental Law
Equitable Remedies
Estate Planning
Ethics
Evidence
Family Law
Federal Courts
Feminist Legal Theory
Foreign Relations
Forensic Medicine & Psychology
Forestry
Gay Rights
Gender & Law
Government Contracts
Health Care, Medicine, and the Law
Human Reproduction
Human Rights
Immigration & Emigration Law
Indigenous Peoples
Insurance Law
Intellectual Property
International Commercial Law
International Law
International Organizations
International Relations
Jurisprudence & Legal Theory
Juvenile Justice
Labor & Employment Law
Land Use Law
Law of the Sea
Legal Education
Legal Ethics
Legal History
Legal Profession
Legal Research & Writing
Legislation
Leisure Reading
Librarianship, Law
Literature, Law &
Local Government/Municipal Law
Maritime Law
Mediation
Medical Malpractice Law
Military Law
Mining Law
Native American Law
Negotiable Instruments
Nonprofit Organizations
Occupational Health & Safety Law
Oil & Gas Law
Partnership Law
Pension Law
Poverty Law
Preservation
Prisons & Prisoners
Privacy Law
Private International Law
Probate
Products Liability
Professional Responsibility
Property
Public Benefits
Real Estate Law
Regulated Industries
Religion & Law
Remedies
Roman Law
Sales
School Law
Science, Technology, and the Law
Securities
Sexual Orientation Law
Sociology of Law
Sports & Entertainment Law
Taxation
Telecommunications Law
Torts
Trade Regulation
Transgender
Transnational Law
Trial Practice & Appellate Advocacy
Trusts & Estates
UCC
Wills
Women and the Law
Workers’ Compensation



JURISDICTION
   
United States
Georgia
Core States
Other States
Foreign Law

 
 


SPECIAL COLLECTION AREAS



OVERVIEWS OF SPECIAL COLLECTION AREAS
   
U.S. Federal Depository
EU Depository
Faculty Writings Collection
Archives
Rare Book Collection
Louis B. Sohn Collection on International Relations
Rusk Center
 
FACULTY & CURRICULUM INTERESTS    

 
 


ATYPICAL ACQUISITIONS



ITEMS FOR FACULTY OFFICES
FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
GIFTS
EXCHANGES
OUT OF PRINT MATERIALS
RETROSPECTIVE COLLECTING

 
 


COLLECTION MAINTENANCE


COLLECTION EVALUATION & MAINTENANCE
FREQUENCY OF UPDATING MATERIALS
RETENTION
MATERIALS MISSING FROM THE LAW LIBRARY
BINDING
PRESERVATION & REPAIR
DISPOSITION POLICY


GENERAL INFORMATION


LAW LIBRARY MISSION STATEMENT

Mission Statement of the Alexander Campbell King Law Library

GOALS/PURPOSE OF POLICY

The goals of creating this Collection Development Policy are: 
  • To provide a means of analyzing present collecting practices.
  • To provide guidance to all those involved in developing the collection in the future.
  • To inform School of Law administrators, faculty, students, and Law Library staff of the collection emphases and criteria for evaluating new materials.
    This collection development document is designed as a guide to the collection philosophy of the Law Library, and as a blueprint for the preservation and future direction of the Law Library collection, consistent with the mission of the Law Library.  This policy statement will allow present and future librarians consistently to select resources based upon stated criteria and to provide access to a substantial array of legal information resources while avoiding unnecessary duplication.  This document will provide a basis for reasoned allocation of acquisitions funds, and will inform the Law Library faculty and the communities it serves of the scope and nature of the existing array of resources.  By defining the commitments of the Law Library in specific areas, and its reliance on other institutions for certain resources, this policy document should also facilitate cooperative arrangements with other libraries in the provision of access to resources.  This policy document is intended to be an organic document and will be modified as appropriate to reflect any changes in policy or subject emphasis. 
 

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY REVIEW

    This policy is an expression of the current needs of the School of Law community.  As academic programs grow and change, and the number and formats of legal information resources proliferate, the Law Library will periodically review and revise this policy to better meet the needs of the School of Law community. 
 

DEFINITION OF TERMS

    The Law Library follows the American Bar Association Standards for Approval of Law Schools (Interpretation 606-1) in defining the word "collection" to include "printed sources, microforms, audio-visual works, and access to electronic formats," whether the latter be served from within the Law Library building, or from a remote site. 
 

OVERVIEW & HISTORY OF COLLECTION

    The Law Library has its 19th Century origins in gifts from alumni and University faculty collections, sporadic funding from the Board of Trustees, and materials owned by University Libraries.  The first law classes held on campus were in the Ivy Building, which was located next to the University Library (these buildings were joined in 1905 to form the current Holmes-Hunter Academic Building), and that collection helped to support the School of Law.  Even so, by the beginning of 20th century the Law School was attempting to support a separate Law Library, first in the Ivy Building, and then later in the Athenaeum Building (located across from campus at the corner of Lumpkin & Broad St.).  The School of Law put great importance on developing the Law Library in the 1920's in order to secure national professional accreditation, which it finally received in 1930-31.  Hirsch Hall opened on campus in 1932, which included space for the Law Library and a reading room in the space now occupied by the Hatton-Lovejoy Courtroom.  In the 1930's the Law Library began being staffed by a professional librarian and was under the official administrative control of the University Libraries.  The late 1960's brought major growth and changes to the Law Library.  In 1966, the General Assembly allocated an additional $1,000,000, over a period of 3 years, to build the Law Library collection.  These funds enabled the Law Library to develop a large print collection.  The expansion of Hirsch Hall, including a new facility for the Law Library, was completed in 1967.  In the spring of 1978 the Law Library came under the administrative and budget control of the School of Law, with the Director of the Law Library reporting to the Dean of the School of Law.  An annex to the Law Library was completed in 1981.  The six-year project to convert the basement to compact shelving was completed during 1992.  A gift from Professor Louis B. Sohn of his library on international relations in 1996 (with additional books in 2003) added several thousand unique titles to the Law Library collection and formed the core for a unique special collection, The Louis B. Sohn Collection on International Relations.  In 2001 the General Assembly allocated 3.2 million dollars to upgrade technology at the Law School and the Law Library, which enabled the Law Library to have a fully integrated library system including barcoding the collection, RFID security system, wireless Internet access, new public access PCs in the Reference area, and Thos. Moser reading room furniture with power built into the tables.
 

BUDGET STRUCTURE & ALLOCATION

    The University fiscal year begins on July 1.  The Law Library budget is divided into several sections.  Materials for the Law Library collection are purchased primarily from the Equipment section of the budget, with additional purchases made using nine Restricted Funds and any remaining funds generated in the Coin Fund each year.  The bulk of the funds are spent on maintaining serial titles with the remainder going towards monographic and electronic resources purchases. 

Equipment Funds 

  • Serials
  • Monographs
  • Microforms
  • Sohn
  • DVD
  • CD-ROM
  • Online
Restricted Funds 
  • Beaird
  • Ball
  • Cheeley
  • Fryer
  • Lokey-Bowen
  • Lumpkin
  • O'Byrne  (limited to materials about international taxation)
  • John Rees (limited to print materials for the Law Library collection)
  • Sanders


SUPPORTING PURCHASES

    Decisions concerning collection supporting purchases, such as shelving, storage space, cabinets, reader/printers, PCs, bibliographic online tools, etc., are made by the Law Library Steering Group and the Director of Law Library with input from the Collection Development Team. 
 

AREAS OF COOPERATIVE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

    Cooperative collection development and resource sharing agreements at the local, regional and national levels are a part of the Law Library collection development program.  They allow the Law Library to rely on other collections for materials that are often beyond the collection scope of the Law Library.  Cooperative agreements can include cooperative acquisitions, retention policies, the housing of joint purchases, shared building use, and other arrangements.  The criteria for entering into cooperative arrangements include: 
        1.  The conformance of the proposed arrangement with the mission of the Law Library 
        2.  The costs and benefits of the arrangement for the Law Library 
        3.  The type and reputation of the potential partner organization(s) 
        4.  The provision for the periodic evaluation of the arrangement by all parties 
        5.  The ability of participating parties to withdraw from the arrangement 
        6.  The ownership or control of purchased or licensed materials when the arrangement ends 
        7.  The ability to access materials not housed in the Law Library 

    The Law Library has entered into the following cooperative agreements: 
 



University Libraries (University of Georgia) 
    The Law Library does not duplicate materials held by University Libraries unless it is necessary because of high demand, class use, or inconvenience in access if not present in the Law Library.  The Law Library has access to all University Libraries' databases and electronic journals licensed for campus use.  The University Libraries' has allocated space to the Law Library in its remote storage facility.
GALILEO (State Virtual Library of Georgia) 
    As a part of the University System of Georgia Libraries, the Law Library has access to all databases and features included in GALILEO.
SOLINET (Southeastern Libraries Network) 
    As a member of SOLINET, an OCLC regional affiliate, the Law Library participates in shared interlibrary loan and cataloging with other members.  The Law Library also qualifies for group discount purchasing/licensing of library databases, materials, and supplies.
COSELL (Consortium of Southeastern Law Libraries) 
    COSELL members allow for interlibrary loan at no charge among member libraries.  There is a group discount purchasing plan for monographic titles through YBP, Inc. (Yankee Book Peddler), which is currently at 16%.
NELLCO (New England Law Library Consortium)
   As an Affiliate Member of NELLCO, the Law Library qualifies for group discount purchasing/licensing of library materials, mainly databases.

ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION

For information on Access to the Collection, please see the Circulation and Interlibrary Loan Policy
 

AUDIENCE/PATRON GROUPS SERVED

The following groups make up the patron base for the Law Library: 
Law Faculty 
Law Students 
LL.M. Program 
J.D. Concentrations 
Clinics 
University of Georgia Community 
Georgia Attorneys 
Academic and Library Institutions of the State of Georgia 
Other ABA accredited academic law libraries in Georgia 
Citizens of the State of Georgia 

For more information on services provided to these groups, please see the Circulation and Interlibrary Loan Policy




SELECTION PROCESS RESPONSIBILITY
    Guided by the Collection Development Policy, the Director of the Law Library, the Acquisitions/Serials Librarian, and all Librarians holding both a J.D. and a MLS degree participate on the Collection Development Team.  The Collection Development Team meets once a month to discuss selections, cancellations, and other collection policy issues.  Librarians with expertise in specific areas informally oversee collection development in those areas.


FACULTY REQUESTS
    Requests/suggestions made by faculty members are honored unless the cost or subject matter of the item is significantly beyond the scope of the Collection Development Policy.  In such cases, the Director discusses the request with the professor and makes the final decision.  Under special circumstances, and with the Director's approval, a particular title purchased with Law Library funds may be located in a faculty office.  In addition, the Law Library will order and process specific items for faculty member's offices that will be paid from that faculty member's Law School Faculty Allocation funds upon request.  In all cases, faculty requested titles are purchased and processed as library copies and expedited in processing. 


REQUESTS FROM OTHER PATRONS
    Requests/suggestions for items to add to the Law Library collection are welcomed from all Law Library patrons.  Suggestions will be considered by following the Collection Development Policy and taking into account budget limitations. 


SELECTION TOOLS & SOURCES OF INFORMATION
    The Law Library reviews a wide variety of sources to learn of the availability of new materials.  These include, but are not limited to, publishers' and vendors' brochures and catalogs, announcements from several law and academic library vendors, book reviews and announcements in major library and law journals, major bibliographies, and faculty or patron recommendations. 


SELECTION STANDARDS/CRITERIA
    Criteria to consider in evaluating materials include: 
        1. Significance of the subject matter based on Collection Policies by Subject
        2. Importance to the collection based on Collection Policies by Jurisdiction
        3. Potential for known use by patrons based on faculty research interests, curricular development or use, 
          student requests, and other sources 
        4. Accuracy and quality of the information and data based on reviews, recommendations, evaluations, etc. 
        5. Reputation of the author 
        6. Authority of the publisher or producer 
        7. Current or permanent value to the collection 
        8. Scarcity of material on the subject 
        9. Availability of material or information in other formats in the collection, availability of material or 
          information in other local libraries, and availability of material or information on the Internet 
       10. Price, including initial purchase price and maintenance costs for continuation/updating, equipment, and 
          staff 
       11. Language 
       12. Collection Policies by Type of Material and type of issuance, whether monographic or serial 
       13. Physical format or access method, whether bound printed volumes, looseleaf, microform, optical disk, 
          network access, etc., as outlined in Collection Policies by Physical Format
       14. Longevity of physical medium 
d to reflect collecting levels for the Law Library's collections more accurately. 

     0 - OUT OF SCOPE:
     The Law Library does not collect in this area. 

     1 - MINIMAL:
     A subject area in which few selections are made beyond very basic works.  It also includes works specifically requested by faculty members. 

     2 - BASIC:
     A collection of up-to-date general materials that serves to introduce and define a subject and to indicate the varieties of information available elsewhere.  It may include dictionaries, encyclopedias, access to appropriate bibliographic data bases, selected editions of important works, historical surveys, bibliographies, handbooks, a few major periodicals, in the minimum number that will serve the purpose.  A basic information collection is not sufficiently intensive to support any advanced undergraduate or graduate courses or independent study in the subject area involved. 

     Generally, reliance is on other libraries. It also includes items requested by faculty members. 

     3 - INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT:
     A collection that is adequate to support undergraduate and MOST graduate instruction, or sustained independent study; that is, adequate to maintain knowledge of a subject required for limited or generalized purposes, of less than research intensity.  It includes a wide range of basic monographs, complete collections of the works of more important writers, selections from the works of secondary writers, a selection of representative journals, access to appropriate non-bibliographic data bases, and the reference tools and fundamental bibliographical apparatus pertaining to the subject. 

     An instructional legal collection includes most primary sources, important monographs, selected looseleaf treatises, a selection of specialized journals and one or two looseleaf services in the field.  Excludes most practitioners' guides (unless essential to the area), and materials from other states.  Expensive monographs and serials are collected very selectively.  Access to sources through LEXIS and WESTLAW is assumed. 

     4 - RESEARCH:
     A collection that includes the major published source materials required for dissertations and independent research, including materials containing research reporting, new findings, scientific experimental results, and other information useful to researchers.  It is intended to include all important reference works and a wide selection of specialized monographs, as well as a very extensive collection of journals and major indexing and abstracting services in the field.  Pertinent foreign language materials are included.  Older material is retained for historical research. 

     A research level legal collection has collects enough materials to allow for extensive research.  Includes more specialized secondary sources, a large number of monographs and most specialized journals.  Excludes most practitioners' guides, and materials from other states, unless needed because of curriculum or faculty research interest.  Not all looseleaf services need to be collected if they are duplicative.  Expensive monographs and serials are collected selectively.  Access to sources through LEXIS and WESTLAW is assumed. 

     5 - COMPREHENSIVE:
     A collection in which a library endeavors, so far as is reasonably possible, to include all significant works of recorded knowledge (publications, manuscripts, other forms), in all applicable languages, for a necessarily defined and limited field.  This level of collecting intensity is one that maintains a "special collection"; the aim, if not the achievement, is exhaustiveness. 

     The Law Library's collection is reserved for subjects for which the Law Library has or seeks to have historically extensive collections.  Dissertations are included. 




COLLECTION POLICIES PHYSICAL FORMAT Monographs

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Print – Hardcover & Paperback

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Loose-leaf

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Periodicals

LEVEL: 5

SCOPE: It is the policy of the library to add subscriptions to serial publications in only one format with preference given to online availability. With the exception of the policies regarding bar journals and law school reviews and journals, the library does not add subscriptions to serial publications in print if they are available electronically (either text based or image based). This includes LexisNexis, Westlaw, GALILEO, or any separate database or electronic service purchased by the library.  Requests to begin a print subscription to a journal or review not held by the library will be evaluated by applying the Selection Standards/Criteria. Generally if the current issue of a title is found online we will not begin a print subscription without compelling justification.

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CD-ROM

LEVEL: 1 

SCOPE: The Law Library prefers not to purchase CD-ROMs because of format limitations.  CD-ROMs are subject to hardware and software incompatibilities.  CD-ROMs are not accessible off-campus. Additionally,  CD-ROMs require regular updating and  specialized knowledge of diverse, complex search interfaces.  CD-ROMs containing Georgia materials are purchased in order to expose law students to CD-ROM products  and to provide our pro se patrons with access to Georgia primary legal materials in electronic format.  The Law Library currently subscribes to several CD-ROMs.  As these products become available over the Internet, if it is feasible, we will cancel the CD-ROM format and subscribe to the Internet product. 

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DVD

LEVEL: 1 

SCOPE:  The Law Library purchases DVDs if they are requested by faculty for use in course instruction or they are of major legal significance.  DVD format is preferred over VHS.   The two main advantages of DVD are its high image quality  and its storage capacity. A typical DVD disc offers production notes and interviews in addition to the feature film.  DVDs are also more robust and occupy less shelf space than VHS. The sound quality of DVDs is superior as well. 

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 Electronic Books

LEVEL: 3 

SCOPE:   E-book titles will be selected according to our collection development policy. 

E-books will be selected when the advantages are significant enough to justify selection. When choosing between paper or electronic format for a title, the following criteria should be considered:

               •    Cost such as lower handling, storage  and other overhead costs.  In general, an e-book should cost no more than twice the cost of an equivalent print title. 
               •    Heavy demand for the title and the number of simultaneous users included in license terms. 
               •    Enhanced contents and increased functionality such as the ability to search across titles, chapters and paragraphs, etc. 
               •    Convenience for users such as unrestricted access in terms of location and time. 
               •    Availability of usage statistics.
               •    Ability to provide access for patrons with disabilities.

In general, selection will be of individual titles, rather than collections. Collections will be selected if they provide cost-effective access to a substantial amount of new material that fits within the scope of our collection development policy.

E-books should not require unusual authorization procedures, hardware configurations or software clients.  Their use should not require special knowledge or skills

E-books should be selected only if they provide reliable, stable and permanent access. Leasing or short-term access to e-books is not preferred unless special circumstances such as an immediate need for disability access exist.   E-books should have a distinct URL that can be included in the
856 field of GAVEL records. 

Only e-books available through IP address authentication should be selected.

As a general practice, selection should complement and enrich our current print and electronic holdings, avoiding duplication unless heavy patron demand or unusual preservation requirements exist. 

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 Floppy Disks

LEVEL: 0 

SCOPE: Computer disks and software are not acquired per se.  Computer disks which accompany and are an integral part of printed material are acquired with the printed material and madeavailable to patrons. 

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Internet

LEVEL:  4 

SCOPE: The Law Library prefers Internet access to electronic resources rather than CD-ROM.   Internet resources are less subject hardware and software incompatibilities.  Internet resources do not have to be manually updated by Law Library staff.  Search interfaces for Internet resources are generally easy to use.  When considering the purchase of Internet products, the  following factors are relevant: enhanced searchability, increased access, timeliness of  information, physical storage considerations, and archival significance of the information. 

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Videocassettes

LEVEL: 1 

SCOPE: The Law Library purchases videocassettes if they are requested by faculty for use in course instruction or they are of major legal significance.  DVD format is preferred over VHS. 

NOTES: The Law Library is the repository for the audio and visual recording of Law School events. 

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Audiocassettes

LEVEL: 1 

SCOPE: The Law Library purchases audiocassettes if they are requested by faculty for use in course instruction or for professional development.  Audiocassettes are purchased if they are of major legal significance, such as Supreme Court recordings.  Audio CD format is preferred over magnetic tape. 

NOTES: The Law Library is the repository for the audio and visual recording of Law School events. 

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Microforms

LEVEL: 3 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects materials in microform format, instead of print or Internet, when the following conditions become issues: 
- size, expense, infrequency of use, or unavailability precludes having a print copy 
- Internet versions are not available/suitable 
- print copies would be bulky or subject to deterioration 
- additional copies of heavily used items are needed 
- space constraints limit print copies 

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Art Works & Posters

LEVEL: 1 

SCOPE: The Law Library does not deliberately collect art works or posters.  Occasionally, gifts of art work or posters are offered to the Law Library.  The Director of the Law Library will decide if the gift is an appropriate item for the Law Library before excepting the gift.  After a gift is excepted, it is subject to the Law Library’s Gifts Policy, see Atypical Acquisitions - Gifts

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Maps

LEVEL: 0 

SCOPE: The Law Library does not collect individial maps.  Atlases are collected, see Type of Material - Atlases.  If a map of historical signifigance is given to the Law Library, then it would be treated as an art work, see Physical Format - Art Works & Posters

NOTES: In the past maps have been received as part of the Federal Depository Library Program, however, those item numbers containing maps are no longer selected. 

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TYPE OF MATERIAL


Administrative Codes, Regulations, and Registers - U.S. Federal and State

LEVEL: 3 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects in paper format only the Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, and Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia. 

RELATED COURSES: 
    JURI 4320. Administrative Law. 3 hours. 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: The Library’s web site includes links to state codes and registers in electronic format whenever possible, and both  Lexis  and Westlaw include administrative codes and registers from the various  states.  CFR and the Federal Register are obtained both in paper and electronic form through the Federal Depository Library Program. 

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Administrative Decisions - U.S. Federal and State

LEVEL: 

SCOPE: The Law Library selects many Federal administrative decisions offered in paper format through the FDLP, and obtains online access to the Federal administrative decision collection of LLMC.   Further, the Law Library’s web page provides links to Federal sites on the Internet offering administrative decisions.  In addition, the Law Library also purchases many such decisions through subject specific materials in both paper and electronic formats (examples of the subjects from which federal administrative decisions may be purchased are: tax, labor, environment and natural resources, and securities).  The Law Library does not purchase state administrative decisions in any format, with the exception of opinions of the Georgia attorney general.  Effort is made to identify Internet sites from the various states that post state administrative decisions, and to provide links to those sites. 

RELATED COURSES: 
    JURI 4320. Administrative Law. 3 hours. 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: Currently, the state of Georgia does not publish in paper the administrative decisions of any state agency or official, except the opinions of the attorney general. 

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Alumni-related Publications

LEVEL: 1 

SCOPE: Only publications intended primarily for the alumni of the University of Georgia School of Law are retained by the Law Library.  Alumni-related publications from other Universities and Law Schools are not collected, even if received gratis. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: The Law Library endeavors to acquire the alumni-related publications of the University of Georgia School of Law , in order to provide an archival record for the School of Law and its alumni. 

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Annual Reports

LEVEL: 2 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects and retains Annual Reports related to the University of Georgia, the University of Georgia School of Law, relevant state agencies of Georgia, , major national legal organizations and their sections, and major international organizations (with an important legal emphasis). 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: The Law Library does not collect annual reports from smaller national legal organizations or from r regional legal organizations, although sometimes these are sent as part of a membership with the organization.  The Law Library also does not collect annual reports from other states, universities, law schools, or other departments/schools at the University of Georgia. 

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Atlases

LEVEL: 2 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects and retains a current edition of one major world/international atlas at least once every five years. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: The Science Library maintains an extensive map collection, including over 200 atlases in the Map Room, and other atlases are maintained in several University Libraries locations (including Main Reference and Government Documents). 

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Attorney General Opinions

LEVEL: 4 

SCOPE: The Law Library endeavors to make available the attorney general opinions for all states.  Earlier opinions were collected and are maintained in paper and/or in microform although dates of coverage vary by state.  Currently the Law Library collects paper copies only for Georgia. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: More recent opinions of the states’ Attorneys General are available on Lexis and Westlaw; while coverage varies by state, most states’ opinions are available from at least 1980.  U. S. Attorney General Opinions are available on Lexis and Westlaw from 1791 to present. 

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Bar Journals

LEVEL: 4 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects journals from all state bar associations.  Bar journals are collected for selected regional, city/county, or special interest associations within individual states.  Journals produced by the ABA or an ABA section are collected.  Bar journals produced by foreign or international bar associations are selected individually for the collection. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: All ABA and state bar journals routed through Current Awareness Program. 

NOTES: All state bar association journals are received in both paper and microfiche format, however, only the microfiche format (via subscription with Hein) is retained in the Law Library collection, while the paper format is discarded after the microfiche format arrives, with the exception of the Georgia Bar Association journal and the ABA journal which are maintained in print and fiche. 

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Bibliographies

LEVEL: 2 

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Biography

LEVEL: 3 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects biographies of historical and current judicial, legal, and political figures. 

RELATED COURSES: 
    JURI 4230.  Jurisprudence.  3 hours. 
    JURI 4240.  Seminar in Jurisprudence.  2 hours. 
    JURI 5960.  Approaches to Lawyering.  3 hours. 

FACULTY INTEREST: Ball, A. Watson, Wilkes 

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Casebooks & Textbooks

LEVEL: 1 

SCOPE:  The Law Library does not collect casebooks unless: 

  • They are authored by faculty members and are then added to the Faculty Writings Collection.
  • They are received by the Law Library as gifts to the collection.
  • They are the only published material in a new area of law.
  • They are specifically requested by faculty.
  • They have research value in their own right.  For example, substantial commentary by the compiler or compiled by a notable legal scholar.
If collected, only one copy of any edition is maintained and paper supplements are not added. 

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FACULTY INTEREST: 

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Citators

LEVEL: 3 

SCOPE: Except for Georgia legal citators, the Law Library does not purchase print citators, but instead relies upon electronic access to citators. 

RELATED COURSES: 
    JURI 4070, 4080. Legal Research I and II. 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: The Law Library provides access to online database citators, Lexis' Shepards and Westlaw's KeyCite for Law School faculty, staff and students.  Although online access is limited to members of the Law School community, reference librarians will facilitiate citator access for patrons who need limited access to citator information.  Electronic access to Lexis and Westlaw citators is available to non-law school patrons on demand for a minimal credit card payment per 
transaction. 

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Codes/Statutes/Session Laws - U.S. Federal and State

LEVEL: 5 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects all federal official and unofficial, annotated and unannotated codes.  The Law Library collects the official code from Georgia and West’s Code of Georgia Annotated.  The Law Library collects the official publication of the code of each of the other forty nine states and the District of Columbia.    In addition, the Law Library collects the U.S. Statutes at Large and the session laws of all fifty states. 

RELATED COURSES: 
    JURI 4070, 4080. Legal Research I and II. 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: The Law Library retains superseded volumes from all federal and state codes that we collect. 

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Conference Proceedings

LEVEL: 2 for conference proceeding handouts and audio recordings; 3 for commercially published conference proceedings 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects selected handout materials from professional legal conferences and professional law library conferences.  The Law Library collects recordings of programs offered at professional law library conferences.  The Law Library also collects recordings from professional legal conferences when specifically requested by faculty for use in course instruction.  The Law Library collects commercially published conference proceedings according to the 
levels assigned to subjects in our collection development policy. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES:  Many conference proceedings are published in law reviews. 

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Constitutions & Constitutional Convention Proceedings

LEVEL: 4 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects U.S. and state constitutions (annotated, if available).  The Law Library collects materials about the debates and proceedings of the U.S. Constitutional Convention.  The Law Library also collects materials related to the adoption of the Georgia Constitution. 

RELATED COURSES: 
    JURI 4180.  Constitutional Law.  2 hours. 
    JURI 4400.  Comparative Law.  2 hours. 

FACULTY INTEREST: A. Watson, Wilkes, Wilner 

NOTES:  The Law Library’s existing collection includes a large number of materials about the debates and proceedings of the U.S. Constitutional Convention. 

Most of the annotated state codes held by the Law Library include state constitutions. 

The Law Library relies on the Internet and Constitutions of the Countries of the World as the key source for foreign jurisdictions but also collects selected foreign constitutions and collections of foreign constitutions, with an emphasis on English translations. 

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Continuing Legal Education Materials

LEVEL: 2 

SCOPE: 
The Law Library collects all of the materials from the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia.  Other Continuing Legal Education materials are not collected unless they are significant or are requested by faculty for use in specific courses.  Some ALI-ABA materials which are specifically requested or which come as a part of the ABA Package Plan are collected. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: Many ALI-ABA materials are available via Westlaw. 

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Course Examinations

LEVEL: 3 

SCOPE: Examinations from UGA School of Law courses are collected if the faculty provide them to the Law Library. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: Examinations are  available via GAVEL’s electronic course reserves.  Prior to academic year 1998 – 1999, three copies of exams are available in hard copy. (Reference, Basement and Rare Book Basement) 

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Court Briefs & Records

LEVEL: 3 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects briefs in cases before the United States Supreme Court. 

RELATED COURSES: 
   JURI 4150. Appellate Advocacy.  2 hours. 
   JURI 4160. Advanced Writing Seminar: Appellate Practice. 2 hours. 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: The Law Library has microfiche records of the U.S. Supreme Court briefs from 1838 to present.Online access for Supreme Court briefs is available beginning in 1979 on Lexis and with the 1990-1991 Term in Westlaw.  The Law Library also subscribes to Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the U.S. Supreme Court which contains oral arguments and briefs from significant Supreme Court cases from 1793 to present. 

Georgia Supreme Court briefs from 1990 to present are available on Westlaw.  Westlaw is currently increasing their collection of briefs by adding additional federal and state court briefs. 

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Court Reports

LEVEL: 4 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects official and unofficial reports from all federal courts.  The Law Library collects case reports from all Georgia courts.  The Law Library collects West state regional reporters, but does not collect individual case reports from the other forty-nine states. 

RELATED COURSES: 
   JURI 4070, 4080. Legal Research I and II. 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: The Law Library retains three sets of U. S. Reports (2 sets Main Floor, 1 Cheely), two sets of Supreme Court Reporter (Main Floor, Rusk 321), and one set of U. S. Reports, Lawyers Edition (Main Floor).   The Law Library has two subscriptions to United States Law Week, (Reference, Rusk 321).  The Law Library retains one set of United States Law Week.    The Law Library retains  two sets of the Federal Reporter (Main Floor, Rusk 321), and one set of the Federal Supplement (Main Floor) and all of the regional reporters (Main Floor), along with one set of the Southeastern/Georgia Reports (Rusk 321). 

Among the special subject reporters, the Law Library retains one set each of  the Federal Rules Decisions, Bankruptcy Reporter United States Claims Court Reporter, Military Justice Reporter and Veterans Appeals Reporter. 

The Law Library retains 6 copies of the Georgia Reports and the Georgia Appeals Reports (Georgia Reference, Cheely, 2 sets Basement, Sentell’s office, Legal Aid) and one copy of West's Georgia Cases (Rusk 321).  The Law Library retains one set of all West regional reporters.  The Law Library has cancelled all subscriptions to individual state reporters. 

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Court Rules

LEVEL: 4 

SCOPE: The Law Law Library collects court rules for federal and state courts. 

RELATED COURSES: 
    JURI 4010, 4020.  Civil Procedure I and II.  2 and 3 hours. 

FACULTY INTEREST: Brussack, Ellington 

NOTES: Most federal and state court rules are available on the Internet. 

The Law Library maintains one set of the Federal Rules Decisions. 

Some state court rules are part of the state code, while others are issued separately.  Court rules for each state, if issued separately, are located next to their state code. 

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Dictionaries

LEVEL: 4 legal; 3 foreign language; 2 general 

SCOPE: 
Legal Dictionaries - The Law Library collects most English language legal dictionaries and thesauri, plus selected legal dictionaries from foreign jurisdictions. 
Language dictionaries - The Law Library collects a number of English-foreign language dictionaries, with a preference for those emphasizing legal terminology. 
General Dictionaries - The Law Library selects general dictionaries. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: When a new edition of Black's Law Dictionary is issued, the Law Library collects 20-25 copies for distribution on tables. The Law Library collects a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary and a copy of Webster's 3rd New International Dictonary Unabridged. University Libraries collects a large number of general and specialized dictionaries. The OED is also accessible through GALILEO. 

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Digests

LEVEL: 3 

SCOPE: The Library collects digests to support the Legal Research & Writing program. 

RELATED COURSES: Legal Research & Writing 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: The Law Library collects the following digests: Georgia, Alabama, California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Tennessee, Texas, the Southeastern, West's Federal Practice Digest, the United States Supreme Court Digest, the United States Supreme Court Digest (Lawyer's Ed.), West's Bankruptcy Digest, West's General Digest, and West's Decennial Digest. 

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Directories

LEVEL: Law - 3, Non-law - 2 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects law-related directories, including congressional, judicial, federal, and administrative directories.  The Law Library selectively collects non-law directories. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: Primary reliance for non-law directories is on the University Libraries' collection and those available online.  The Law Library purchases the state bar directory for Georgia, but not for other states. 

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Dissertations & Theses

LEVEL: 2 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects the Legal Theses on Fiche series produced by Hein containing theses from other law schools.  The Law Library also collects in print the theses of graduates of the UGA School of Law LL.M. program.  Other theses or dissertations may be acquired in print if specifically requested by a professor for use in a course and if they are not held in the microfiche collection. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: Until 2001, the UGA Graduate School required each UGA LL.M. student to provide the Law Library with a copy of his or her own thesis. Beginning in 2002, the UGA Graduate School required electronic submission of theses and ceased requiring paper copies for the Graduate School, UGA Libraries, and the Law Library. For all UGA LL.M. theses from 2002 on, the Law Library prints, binds and catalogs a hard copy. UGA Libraries maintains a database with electronic copies of UGA theses from 2002 on.
 


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Encyclopedias

LEVEL: 2 

SCOPE: 

Legal 
The Law Library purchases Corpus Juris Secundum and American Jurisprudence 2d. The Law Library purchases a legal encyclopedia for Georgia but not for other states. 

General 
The Law Library selectively collects general encyclopedias as well as authoritative encyclopedias in the social sciences and humanities that have some relationship to the law or legal matters. 

RELATED COURSES: 
    JURI 4070, 4080.  Legal Research I and II.  2 hours. 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES:  Primary reliance for general encyclopedias is on the University Libraries' collection and on those available through online services. 

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EU Documents

LEVEL: 4 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects a broad selection of EU materials to support related courses and the International Journal, and to complement the depository collection. 

RELATED COURSES: 
    JURI 5830.  Law and Institutions of the European Union.  2 or 3 hours. 

FACULTY INTEREST: Wilner, Bodansky 

NOTES: The Law Library is a selective depository for EU documents. Supplementary materials are frequently needed for cite checks and notes. Brussels Seminar students frequently write on EU topics for independent credit. The EU depository serves the entire campus and occasional patrons from the community or region. 

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Films/Television/Radio Programs

LEVEL: 2 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects legal films, television programs, and radio programs for use in classroom instruction. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: The Law Library does not tape television and radio programs.  University Libraries' Media Archives maintains one of the largest broadcast media collections in the country.  In 2003, the Law Library established a core collection of classic legal movies based on the suggestions of Law Faculty and the Collection Development Team. 

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Form Books
see also Practice Materials

LEVEL: 3 

SCOPE: The Law Library selectively collects general form books as well as form books for specific subject areas or jurisdictions. 

RELATED COURSES: 
    JURI 5850.  Document Drafting.  2 or 3 hours. 

FACULTY INTEREST:  Nesset 

NOTES: Many practice materials contain sample forms. Legal forms are also available from a number of electronic resources, including the internet. 

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Government Documents - U.S. Federal

LEVEL: 4 

SCOPE: The Law Library purchases selected federal government documents on law-related subjects if not received through the depository program. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: The Law Library is a selective depository for federal documents. Our current selection profile can be generated at the FDLP Desktop Tools page (enter 0116A for depository number). The University Libraries is the Regional Depository for Georgia. In addition, many federal government documents are available freely on the internet. 

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Hornbooks

LEVEL: 4 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects sufficient copies of hornbooks to support the curriculum. 

RELATED COURSES: First-year courses 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: The Law Library collects 2 copies of all West Hornbook publications and additional copies to meet demand, along with selected similar study aids by other publishers. 

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Law for the Layperson
see also Practice Materials

LEVEL: 2 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects materials written for the layperson on subjects of broad interest.  If there are specific Georgia legal materials written for the lay person, such materials are also collected. 

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Law Reviews
see also Periodicals

LEVEL: 5 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects all scholarly publications of ABA approved law schools and selected scholarly publications of non-ABA approved law schools. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: Current Awareness Program 

NOTES: The Law Library binds and retains only one copy of law reviews in print, with the exception of 3 copies of University of Georgia School of Law law reviews, 2 copies of law reviews from other Georgia ABA approved law schools, and 2 copies of designated heavily used law reviews with the second copy housed in the Cheeley Room.  LEXIS and Westlaw provide electronic access to law reviews for School of Law patrons. HeinOnline electronic access to law reviews is open to all patrons. Microfiche copies of designated high use items are collected in order to assure long term access. 

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Law School Catalogs

LEVEL: 1 other schools; 5 Univ. of Georgia School of Law 

SCOPE: The Law Library's primary responsibility is to retain and make available copies of current and back issues of the University of Georgia School of Law catalog. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: Most current law school catalogs can be located at that school's web site. This level of access will meet most needs.  Two copies of the University of Georgia School of Law catalog are added to the collection and located in rare books/archives.  The Law Library does not add paper editions of law school catalogs from other schools to the collection. 

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Legal Newspapers

LEVEL: 2 

SCOPE: The Law Library will subscribe to major national and local legal newspapers. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: Current Awareness Program 

NOTES: The following titles are currently received: 

a.  National Law Journal - The Law Library subscribes to the print and microfilm versions of the National Law Journal.   Paper issues are discarded when the microfilm is received. 
b.  Fulton County Daily Report - The Law Library contracts with University Libraries to prepare microfilm of the Daily Report for retention.  Paper issues are discarded after the microfilming is completed. 
c.  American Lawyer - The Law Library subscribes to the print version of American Lawyer.   Paper issues are discarded when the microfilm is received. 
d.  Legal Times - The Law Library subscribes to the print and microfilm versions of Legal Times.    Paper issues are discarded when the microfilm is received. 

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Legislative Documents  (excluding Codes, Statutes, Session Laws) 
see also Legislative Histories
see also State Documents
see also Codes/Statutes/Session Laws

LEVEL: 4 

SCOPE: 

State 
The Law Library will attempt to collect all available print legislative documents produced by the Georgia General Assembly.  The Law Library does not collect legislative material from other states. 

Federal 
The Law Library purchases the United States Code Congressional and Administrative News which contains public laws and committee reports. Other legislative documents are received through our participation in the Federal Depository Library Program. See the Law Library's item selection profile for more detail, but in general we select committee hearings, reports and prints. 

RELATED COURSES: Many classes may require these documents. 
    JURI 4880.  The Law of Legislative Government.  2 hours. 
    JURI 5190.  Supervised Research.  1 or 2 hours. 

FACULTY INTEREST: Many faculty members may be interested in these documents. 

NOTES: This type of material can overlap with legislative histories. University Libraries is an official depository for all state of Georgia documents, as well as collecting all federal depository documents in its role as a Regional Federal Depository Library. The Law Library provides access for our primary patrons to state documents on LEXIS (since 1989), Westlaw (since 1990), and Loislaw (current session),. Additionally, state documents may be found on GALILEO and at the Georgia Legislature’s web site. The Law Library provides access for our primary patrons to federal documents from LEXIS, Westlaw, and Congressional Universe. Additionally, documents may be found at http://thomas.loc.gov/ and from the various congressional web sites. 

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Legislative Histories
see also Legislative Documents

LEVEL: 4 

SCOPE: 

State 
To the extent possible, the Law Library collects any available current and retrospective indexes and finding aids to Georgia materials which indicate legislative intent.  The Law Library does not collect print materials comprising legislative history for other states. 

Federal 
To the extent possible, the Law Library collects any available current and retrospective indexes and finding aids to materials which indicate legislative intent. We will not purchase compiled legislative histories unless they include added intellectual content. 

RELATED COURSES: Many classes may require these documents. 
    JURI 4880.  The Law of Legislative Government.  2 hours. 
    JURI 5190.  Supervised Research.  1 or 2 hours. 

FACULTY INTEREST: Many faculty members may be interested in these documents. 

NOTES: This type of material can overlap with legislative documents. The Law Library collects the Journal of the Senate of the State of Georgia and the Journal of the Representatives of the State of Georgia. The Law Library also collects The Peach Pages, a section of the Georgia State University Law Review. The Law Library provides access for our primary patrons to state documents on LEXIS (since 1989), Westlaw (since 1990), and Loislaw (current session). Additionally, state documents may be found on GALILEO and at the Georgia Legislature’s web site.  The Law Library collects the Congressional Record and United States Code Congressional and Administrative News. The Law Library provides access for our primary patrons to federal documents from LEXIS, Westlaw, and Congressional Universe. Additionally, documents may be found at http://thomas.loc.gov/ and from the various congressional web sites. 

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Leisure Reading

LEVEL: 2 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects a limited number of legal fiction and popular books written about the law, lawyers, or famous court cases. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: These items are intended for recreational reading and not for research, reference, or class preparation. 

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Newsletters

LEVEL: 2 

SCOPE: The Law Library selectively collects and retains newsletters that are of special research interest to the faculty or relevant to the curriculum.  The Law Library collects and retains newsletters from Georgia agencies or organizations that have a legal subject matter.  The Law Library collects newsletters from legal organizations, but generally retains them for a limited amount of time. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: Current Awareness Program 

NOTES:  All newsletters are retained for the “Most current 2 years only” except for Georgia legal-related newsletters and others specifically selected to retain permanently in the collection.  All newsletters are classified and located in the collection. 

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Newspapers & General Magazines

LEVEL: 1 

SCOPE: The Law Library maintains a limited collection of general newspapers and magazines to provide patrons with a browsing collection for current events. Mainly major magazines with news and opinion are collected.  An effort is made to maintain a selection of magazines that vary in ideology. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: Current Awareness Program 

NOTES: New titles are added only after review by the Collection Development Team.  The most recent issues of these newspapers and magazines are located on the table and newspaper rack in the Leisure Reading area near the front entrance.  The most current 6 months of these newspapers and magazines are housed behind the Circulation Desk. Issues older than 6 months are not retained by the Law Library, but are available from University Libraries and online access through GALILEO. 

The following newspapers are collected: 
     Athens Banner Herald 
     Atlanta Journal-Constitution 
     New York Times 
     Wall Street Journal 

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Periodical Indexes

LEVEL: 3 

SCOPE: The Law Library collects print legal periodical indexes on a selective basis. Among the factors in deciding whether to collect an index in hard copy are: comprehensive coverage, electronic access to the index, and cost. 

RELATED COURSES: 

FACULTY INTEREST: 

NOTES: For non-legal periodical indexes, the Law Library relies primarily on GALILIEO and the University Libraries' collections and online services.  The Law Library also subscribes to electronic versions of some legal periodical indexes. Lexis and