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LAW LIBRARY PLANS FOR THE PRINT MATERIALS COLLECTION,

2018 EDITION

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Table of Contents

THE QUESTIONNAIRE 11

SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS 17

Role of Inter-Library Loan & Consortia in Shift to Digital Resources 17

Trends in Overall Spending on Print Materials, 2016 to 2018 17

Plans for the Print Collection Over the Next Five Years 18

Percentage of Book Titles Culled Each Year 18

Trends in the Number of Journal Titles in Print Formats Maintained by the Library, 2016-2018 19

What is the Future of Print Journal Subscriptions? 20

Number of Volumes of Legal Encyclopedias Maintained in Print Formats in 2016 to 2018? 20

Number of Subscriptions to Loose-Leaf Services in Print Formats Maintained in 2016 to 2018 21

Use of eLoose-Leaf Services 21

Future of Print Loose-Leaf Services 22

Division of the Print Collection Among Primary and Secondary Legal Materials and Non-Legal Materials 22

Library Use of Print Forms of Directories from 2016 to 2018 23

Law Library Spending on Print Books 24

Replacement of Print Books with eBooks 24

Library’s Greatest Mistakes in Recent Years in Print Materials Collection Decision-Making 25

What role has your inter-library loan capabilities and relations with consortia and other partners played in your print materials culling practices? Does the library maintain particularly vigorous print materials sharing arrangements with any other institutions? Broken out by type of law library 26

Table 1 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in each of the following years: 2016, 2017, 2018? (in $US) 28

Table 1.1.1 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2016? 28

Table 1.1.2 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2016? Broken out by country 28

Table 1.1.3 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2016? Broken out by type of law library 28

Table 1.1.4 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2016? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 29

Table 1.2.1 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2017? ($ US) 29

Table 1.2.2 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2017? Broken out by country 29

Table 1.2.3 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2017? Broken out by type of law library 29

Table 1.2.4 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2017? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 30

Table 1.3.1 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2018 (anticipated)? ($ US) 30

Table 1.3.2 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by country 30

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Table 1.3.3 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2018

(anticipated)? Broken out by type of law library 30Table 1.3.4 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2018

(anticipated)? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 31

In your view what will happen to your library's print materials collection over the next five years? Will it become larger or smaller? If so, what areas will be most affected and why? Will spending remain the same? Increase or decrease? Broken out by type of law library 32Table 2.1 Approximately what percentage of titles in your print book collection do you cull each year? 35Table 2.2 Approximately what percentage of titles in your print book collection do you cull each year? Broken out by country 35Table 2.3 Approximately what percentage of titles in your print book collection do you cull each year? Broken out by type of law library 35Table 2.4 Approximately what percentage of titles in your print book collection do you cull each year? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 36Table 3 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain

in each of the following years: 2016, 2017, 2018? (include journals available in both print and online formats) 37Table 3.1.1 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2016 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? 37Table 3.1.2 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2016 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by country 37Table 3.1.3 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2016 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by type of law library 37Table 3.1.4 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2016 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 38Table 3.2.1 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2017 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? 38Table 3.2.2 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2017 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by country 38Table 3.2.3 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2017 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by type of law library 39Table 3.2.4 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2017 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 39Table 3.3.1 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? 39Table 3.3.2 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by country 40Table 3.3.3 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by type of law library 40

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Table 3.3.4 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 40Table 4 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain

in each of the following years: 2016, 2017, 2018? (NOT including those to which the library maintains a subscription that include journals available in both print and online formats) 41Table 4.1.1 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2016 (NOT including those to which the library maintains a subscription that include journals available in both print and online formats)? 41Table 4.1.2 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2016 (NOT including those to which the library maintains a subscription that include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by country 41Table 4.1.3 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2016 (NOT including those to which the library maintains a subscription that include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by type of law library 41Table 4.1.4 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2016 (NOT including those to which the library maintains a subscription that include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 42Table 4.2.1 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2017 (NOT including those to which the library maintains a subscription that include journals available in both print and online formats)? 42Table 4.2.2 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2017 (NOT including those to which the library maintains a subscription that include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by country 42Table 4.2.3 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2017 (NOT including those to which the library maintains a subscription that include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by type of law library 43Table 4.2.4 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2017 (NOT including those to which the library maintains a subscription that include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 43Table 4.3.1 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (NOT including those to which the library maintains a subscription that include journals available in both print and online formats)? 43Table 4.3.2 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (NOT including those to which the library maintains a subscription that include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by country 44Table 4.3.3 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (NOT including those to which the library maintains a subscription that include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by type of law library 44Table 4.3.4 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (NOT including those to which the library maintains a subscription that include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 44

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What is the near future of print journal subscriptions at your library? Broken out by type

of law library 45Table 5 How many volumes of legal encyclopedias in print format did the library maintain

in each of the following years: 2016, 2017, 2018? Note that the question is about volumes and not subscriptions 47Table 5.1.1 How many volumes of legal encyclopedias in print format did the library maintain in 2016? 47Table 5.1.2 How many volumes of legal encyclopaedias in print format did the library maintain in 2016? Broken out by country 47Table 5.1.3 How many volumes of legal encyclopaedias in print format did the library maintain in 2016? Broken out by type of law library 47Table 5.1.4 How many volumes of legal encyclopaedias in print format did the library maintain in 2016? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 48Table 5.2.1 How many volumes of legal encyclopaedias in print format did the library maintain in 2017? 48Table 5.2.2 How many volumes of legal encyclopaedias in print format did the library maintain in 2017? Broken out by country 48Table 5.2.3 How many volumes of legal encyclopaedias in print format did the library maintain in 2017? Broken out by type of law library 48Table 5.2.4 How many volumes of legal encyclopaedias in print format did the library maintain in 2017? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 49Table 5.3.1 How many volumes of legal encyclopaedias in print format did the library maintain in 2018 (anticipated)? 49Table 5.3.2 How many volumes of legal encyclopaedias in print format did the library maintain in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by country 49Table 5.3.3 How many volumes of legal encyclopaedias in print format did the library maintain in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by type of law library 49Table 5.3.4 How many volumes of legal encyclopaedias in print format did the library maintain in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 50What are your plans over the next few years for print encyclopedias? Broken out by type of law library 51Table 6 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that include print formats did the library maintain in each of the following years: 2016, 2017, 2018? 53Table 6.1.1 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that include print formats did the library maintain in 2016? 53Table 6.1.2 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that include print formats did the library maintain in 2016? Broken out by country 53Table 6.1.3 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that include print formats did the library maintain in 2016? Broken out by type of law library 53Table 6.1.4 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that include print formats did the library maintain in 2016? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 54Table 6.2.1 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that include print formats did the library maintain in 2017? 54Table 6.2.2 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that include print formats did the library maintain in 2017? Broken out by country 54Table 6.2.3 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that include print formats did the library maintain in 2017? Broken out by type of law library 54

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Table 6.2.4 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that include print formats did the library maintain in 2017? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 55Table 6.3.1 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that include print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (anticipated)? 55Table 6.3.2 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that include print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by country 55Table 6.3.3 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that include print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by type of law library 55Table 6.3.4 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that include print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 56Table 7 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that do not include print formats did the library maintain in each of the following years: 2016, 2017, 2018? 57Table 7.1.1 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that do not include print formats did the library maintain in 2016? 57Table 7.1.2 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that do not include print formats did the library maintain in 2016? Broken out by country 57Table 7.1.3 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that do not include print formats did the library maintain in 2016? Broken out by type of law library 57Table 7.1.4 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that do not include print formats did the library maintain in 2016? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 58Table 7.2.1 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that do not include print formats did the library maintain in 2017? 58Table 7.2.2 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that do not include print formats did the library maintain in 2017? Broken out by country 58Table 7.2.3 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that do not include print formats did the library maintain in 2017? Broken out by type of law library 58Table 7.2.4 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that do not include print formats did the library maintain in 2017? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 59Table 7.3.1 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that do not include print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (anticipated)? 59Table 7.3.2 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that do not include print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by country 59Table 7.3.3 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that do not include print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by type of law library 59Table 7.3.4 How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that do not include print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 60What is the future of print versions of print loose-leaf services at your library? Broken out

by type of law library 60Table 8 How is the library's print materials budget approximately divided between

primary (cases, laws, regulations, statutes), secondary (journals, treatises, books, reference works, etc), and on-legal materials? The answers should add up to 100% 62Table 8.1.1 What percentage of the library’s print materials budget is accounted for by primary works? 62

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Table 8.1.2 What percentage of the library’s print materials budget is accounted for by primary works? Broken out by country 62Table 8.1.3 What percentage of the library’s print materials budget is accounted for by primary works? Broken out by type of law library 62Table 8.1.4 What percentage of the library’s print materials budget is accounted for by primary works? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 63Table 8.2.1 What percentage of the library’s print materials budget is accounted for by secondary works? 63Table 8.2.2 What percentage of the library’s print materials budget is accounted for by secondary works? Broken out by country 63Table 8.2.3 What percentage of the library’s print materials budget is accounted for by secondary works? Broken out by type of law library 63Table 8.2.4 What percentage of the library’s print materials budget is accounted for by secondary works? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 64Table 8.3.1 How is the library's print materials budget approximately divided into non-Legal Subjects? 64Table 8.3.2 What percentage of the library’s print materials budget is accounted for by non-legal subjects? Broken out by country 64Table 8.3.3 What percentage of the library’s print materials budget is accounted for by non-legal subjects? Broken out by type of law library 64Table 8.3.4 What percentage of the library’s print materials budget is accounted for by non-legal subjects? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 65What kind of print presence do you maintain in primary legal materials and why does your library maintain this presence and what is its future? Broken out by type of law library 66Table 9 How much has the library spent on print forms of legal and other directories in the following years: 2016, 2017, 2018? 69Table 9.1.1 How much has the library spent on print forms of legal and other directories

in 2016? 69Table 9.1.2 How much has the library spent on print forms of legal and other directories

in 2016? Broken out by country 69Table 9.1.3 How much has the library spent on print forms of legal and other directories

in 2016? Broken out by type of law library 69Table 9.1.4 How much has the library spent on print forms of legal and other directories

in 2016? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 70Table 9.2.1 How much has the library spent on print forms of legal and other directories

in 2017? 70Table 9.2.2 How much has the library spent on print forms of legal and other directories

in 2017? Broken out by country 70Table 9.2.3 How much has the library spent on print forms of legal and other directories

in 2017? Broken out by type of law library 70Table 9.2.4 How much has the library spent on print forms of legal and other directories

in 2017? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 71Table 9.3.1 How much has the library spent on print forms of legal and other directories

in 2018 (anticipated)? 71Table 9.3.2 How much has the library spent on print forms of legal and other directories

in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by country 71Table 9.3.3 How much has the library spent on print forms of legal and other directories

in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by type of law library 71

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Table 9.3.4 How much has the library spent on print forms of legal and other directories

in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 72What are the library's plans for its print directory subscriptions? Broken out by type of law library 73Table 10 How much has the library spent on print subscriptions to newspapers and

magazines that are not research or professional journals in each of the following years:

2016, 2017, 2018? 75Table 10.1.1 How much has the library spent on print subscriptions to newspapers and magazines that are not research or professional journals in 2016? 75Table 10.1.2 How much has the library spent on print subscriptions to newspapers and magazines that are not research or professional journals in 2016? Broken out by country 75Table 10.1.3 How much has the library spent on print subscriptions to newspapers and magazines that are not research or professional journals in 2016? Broken out by type of law library 75Table 10.1.4 How much has the library spent on print subscriptions to newspapers and magazines that are not research or professional journals in 2016? Broken out by number

of full time equivalent librarians employed 76Table 10.2.1 How much has the library spent on print subscriptions to newspapers and magazines that are not research or professional journals in 2017? 76Table 10.2.2 How much has the library spent on print subscriptions to newspapers and magazines that are not research or professional journals in 2017? Broken out by country 76Table 10.2.3 How much has the library spent on print subscriptions to newspapers and magazines that are not research or professional journals in 2017? Broken out by type of law library 77Table 10.2.4 How much has the library spent on print subscriptions to newspapers and magazines that are not research or professional journals in 2017? Broken out by number

of full time equivalent librarians employed 77Table 10.3.1 How much has the library spent on print subscriptions to newspapers and magazines that are not research or professional journals in 2018 (anticipated)? 77Table 10.3.2 How much has the library spent on print subscriptions to newspapers and magazines that are not research or professional journals in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by country 78Table 10.3.3 How much has the library spent on print subscriptions to newspapers and magazines that are not research or professional journals in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by type of law library 78Table 10.3.4 How much has the library spent on print subscriptions to newspapers and magazines that are not research or professional journals in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 78Table 11.1 In the past year, how much has the library spent on print versions of books that are not legal materials? 79Table 11.2 In the past year, how much has the library spent on print versions of books that are not legal materials? Broken out by country 79Table 11.3 In the past year, how much has the library spent on print versions of books that are not legal materials? Broken out by type of law library 79Table 11.4 In the past year, how much has the library spent on print versions of books that are not legal materials? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 80

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Table 12.1 What percentage of the print book purchases that the library currently makes

do you feel will be replaced with purchases of eBooks over the next year? 81Table 12.2 What percentage of the print book purchases that the library currently makes

do you feel will be replaced with purchases of eBooks over the next year? Broken out by country 81Table 12.3 What percentage of the print book purchases that the library currently makes

do you feel will be replaced with purchases of eBooks over the next year? Broken out by type of law library 81Table 12.4 What percentage of the print book purchases that the library currently makes

do you feel will be replaced with purchases of eBooks over the next year? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed 82What is the greatest mistake that the library has made in its print materials collection development decision making in recent years? Broken out by type of law library 83

2 Which phrase best describes your law library?

A Law School Library

B Law Firm Library in Firm with Less than 150 lawyers

C Law Firm Library in Firm with more than 150 lawyers

D Government Law Library

E Courthouse Law Library

F Other (please specify)

3 How many full time equivalent librarians are employed by your library?

Alternatives to Print

4 What role has your inter-library loan capabilities and relations with consortia and other partners played in your print materials culling practices? Does the library maintain particularly vigorous print materials sharing arrangements with any other institutions?

Print Book Culling Strategy

7 Approximately what percentage of titles in your print book collection do you cull each year?

Print Journals

8 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in each of the following years (include journals available in both print and online formats)

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Legal Encyclopedias

11 How many volumes of legal encyclopedias in print format did the library maintain

in each of the following years? Note that the question is about volumes and not subscriptions

A Primary Works

B Secondary Works

C Non-Legal Subjects

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17 What kind of print presence do you maintain in primary legal materials and why does your library maintain this presence and what is its future?

Non-Legal Subject Materials

18 How much has the library spent on print forms of legal and other directories in the following years?

A 2016

B 2017

C 2018 (anticipated)

19 What are the library's future plans for its print directory subscriptions?

20 How much has the library spent on print subscriptions to newspapers and

magazines that are not research or professional journals in each of the following years?

23 What is the greatest mistake that the library has made in its print materials

collection development decision making in recent years?

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PARTICIPANTS LIST

Alberta Law Libraries Barclay Damon LLP Bibliotheque de droit Michel-Bastarache - Universite de Moncton

Bloomberg BNA Buchalter City of Toronto Conyers Dill & Pearman Court of Appeal Law Library Courts Administration Service, Library Services

Denton County Law Library Department of Justice Canada Drake Law Library Fairfax Public Law Library Federal Reserve Board Law Library Fowler School of Law at Chapman University

Frost Brown Todd LLC Gardiner Roberts LLP Groom Law Group Jeffer Mangels Butler and Mitchell LLP Kegler Brown Hilll + Ritter Law Library Association of St Louis

Lawson Lundell LLP Manitoba Law Library Inc

Maryland State Law Library Mayer Brown LLP Montgomery County Circuit Law Library

National Judicial Institute Nossaman LLP Parsons Behle & Latimer Saint John Law Society Superior Court Law Library Resource Center, Maricopa County

Widener Univ Delaware Law School

Wyrick Robbins

Law Firm Library in

Firm with Less than 150

Law Firm Library in

Firm with more than

More than 3 10

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SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS

Role of Inter-Library Loan & Consortia in Shift to Digital Resources

We asked: What role has your inter-library loan capabilities and relations with consortia and other partners played in your print materials culling practices? Does the library

maintain particularly vigorous print materials sharing arrangements with any other

institutions?

In general, inter-library loan is less important for law libraries than for many other types of libraries However, many law firm libraries emphasized their relationships with local public and university law libraries, as well as those of other firms Corporate and

government law libraries seem more involved in inter-library loan than we had expected

Trends in Overall Spending on Print Materials, 2016 to 2018

We asked what had been total library spending on print materials in three years, 2016,

2017 and estimated for 2018 Print spending for the libraries in the sample was a mean of

$451,309 in 2016 It dropped to $404, 083 in 2017, a decline in nominal terms of 10.46 In

2018 mean spending on print resources for the libraries sampled is expected to drop precipitously once again, to a mean of $367,342, or by 9.092% Over the three-year period drops by major law firms with more than 150 lawyers are a shade more than average for all law libraries sampled, as spending on print materials drops from $558,901 to a mean of

$447,100, a drop of 20% For law school libraries sampled, the drop was from $263,945 to

$215,000, a cumulative decrease of $37,945, or 14.38% For smaller law firms the drop was to $185,292 from $210, 541, a cumulative drop of $25,249 or 12% For the corporate

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and government libraries in the sample the decline in spending on print materials was more substantial, falling from a mean of $772,162 to $616, 263, a decrease of 20.19% For courthouse libraries, the drop was less extreme, from a mean of $174,286 to $171,857 or only 1.4%

Plans for the Print Collection Over the Next Five Years

We asked: In your view what will happen to your library's print materials collection over the next five years? Will it become larger or smaller? If so, what areas will be most affected and why? Will spending remain the same? Increase or decrease?

Three out of the four university library respondents planned to increase their print

collections For the smaller law firm libraries, those in firms with less than 150 lawyers, the majority were planning on decreasing spending For the major law firm libraries, all were planning on print cutbacks For corporate and government law libraries, virtually all planned to continue to shrink the print collection The situation was more mixed among the courthouse law libraries but, even among them, about believed that they would shrink the print collection, but this sentiment was least strong among them compared to other types

of law libraries

Percentage of Book Titles Culled Each Year

We asked: Approximately what percentage of titles in your print book collection do you cull each year?

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The overall mean was 9.43% with a median of 10% and a range of 1% to 27.5% Small law firm libraries were most ardent cullers, and they eliminated 11.25% of their stock of print titles each year; corporate/government libraries were the least enthusiastic, culling an annual mean of 7.29% of their book collections

Trends in the Number of Journal Titles in Print Formats Maintained by the Library, 2016-2018

We asked: How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library

maintain in 2016 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? We also asked about 2017 and 2018 In 2016 the median number of print subscriptions was 20 through the mean was much higher, 132.88 reflecting the few government and courthouse libraries with a great number of subscriptions The median fell to 10 in 2017, and the mean

to 126.12 The median remained at 10 in 2018 though the mean fell again, to 121.621

Next, we asked: How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2016 (NOT including those to which the library maintains a subscription that include journals available in both print and online formats)?

For these “pure print” subscriptions, the mean was 59.9 and the median 15 Most of the print subscription volume was in larger law libraries with more than 3 full time equivalent librarians, though it should be noted that many of these were not university law libraries Indeed, it was larger government and courthouse law libraries that seemed to be the mainstay for print journal subscriptions In 2017 the mean number of pure print journal subscriptions dropped substantially, to a mean of 43.41 and a median of 10 The median dropped by 33% and the mean by nearly 28% in a single year The drop continues in

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2018 but will be much more modest, falling to a median of 8, a 20% drop, and a mean of 40.83, a decline of about 6%

What is the Future of Print Journal Subscriptions?

As an open ended question we asked: What is the near future of print journal subscriptions

at your library?

In university libraries most survey participants have either eliminated or will eliminate them, with occasional exceptions for a few faculty members The outlook for print was a little bit more favourable from librarians at small law firms (less than 150 lawyers); most plan on going in an online direction but print still plays a role Librarians at major law firm (more than 150 lawyers) in the sample were even less supportive of print journals, but they still play a modest role for some Government and corporate libraries had similar sentiments and most courthouse libraries had or will eliminate print journals completely

Number of Volumes of Legal Encyclopedias Maintained in Print Formats in 2016 to 2018?

We asked: How many volumes of legal encyclopedias in print format did the library

maintain in each of the following years? Note that the question is about volumes and not subscriptions The mean was 123.22 but the median was only 2.0 Corporate/government libraries had the most – a mean of 250.63 and small law firm libraries the least, a mean of

45 The mean dropped slightly to 122.89 in 2017 with much of the drop coming from law school libraries in the sample, whose mean holdings dropped from 67.33 to 33.33 volumes,

a decline of more than 50% in one year

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The overall decline is expected to accelerate in 2018, falling to a mean of 113,81, this time fueled by cuts by major law firm libraries, whose mean in the sample drops to 16 volumes from 81 the year before

Number of Subscriptions to Loose-Leaf Services in Print Formats Maintained in 2016 to

2018

We asked: How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that include print formats did the library maintain in each of the following years? (2016, 2017 and 2018) For 2016 the mean was 102.38 with a median of 30 and a range of 0 to 620 Canadian law libraries in the sample maintained far more loose-leaf services than did their USA counterparts; a mean of 182.13 for the former and 62.5 for the latter

The mean fell somewhat in 2017 to 94.25 while the median fell precipitously, to 19,

suggesting very broad-based cuts but that those institutions with a lot of paper

subscriptions might be committed to maintaining them The fall in the mean was 8% but in the median it was 36.67% For 2018, subscribing to loose leaf services continued to fall off, but somewhat more modestly, drop in the mean was to 88.42, a decline of about 6.2% while the fall in the median, to 18 was similar to the drop in the median, in this latter case, about 5.3%

Use of eLoose-Leaf Services

We asked How many subscriptions to loose-leaf services that do not include print formats did the library maintain in each of the following years? Essentially these are digitizations that replace loose-leaf services but perform the same function on an electronic platform The mean number of such subscriptions maintained was 11.44 in 20016 with a median of 0 and a range of 0 to 48 All such subscriptions at the time were in the United States, and

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most were taken out by law firms The mean rose to 12.19 in 2017 with much of the

increase coming from Canadian sources The mean dipped in 2018 to 11.88

Future of Print Loose-Leaf Services

We asked the open ended question: What is the future of print versions of print loose-leaf services at your library? Broken out by type of law library

Some of the university libraries are trying to arrange access to eLoose-leaf Most law firms are reducing but maintaining digital access when provided Some will use print loose-leaf when there is no subscriber relationship with a publisher’s digital resources

Division of the Print Collection Among Primary and Secondary Legal Materials and Non-Legal Materials

We asked: How is the library's print materials budget approximately divided between primary (cases, laws, regulations, statutes), secondary (journals, treatises, books, reference works, etc.), and on-legal materials? The answers should add up to 100%

Overall primary works accounted for a mean of 25.78% of the sampled libraries print materials budget with a median of 30% and a range of 0 to 70% The mean was much higher in the USA than in Canada; 29.58% for the former, 16.75% for the latter It was highest for courthouse law libraries, at 43%, and lowest for small law firm libraries, at 14.5% In contrast, secondary works accounted for a mean of 65.74% of the print

materials budget for the libraries sampled, with a median of 70% and a range of 25% to

Library Use of Print Forms of Directories from 2016 to 2018

We asked: How much has the library spent on print forms of legal and other directories in the following years? We asked about 2016, 2017 and 2018 For 2016, mean spending was

$1,549 with a median of $200 and a range of 0 to $17,000 Spending was much higher in the USA than in Canada, $1820 vs $680 Most spending was by courthouse and other government libraries Law firms spent little and universities, nothing Spending fell to a mean of $1,454 in 2017 though the median rose to $300 with the range remaining the same Mean spending rose in the USA to $1796 but fell in Canada to $360 Spending

remained more or less the same in 2018 in real terms, at $1452 though the median was only $125 Spending configuration by type of library has not changed much since 2016

In 2016, the libraries in the sample spent a mean of $3141 on print subscriptions to

newspapers and magazines that were not research or professional journals Courthouse libraries spent the least, a mean of only $420, and small law firm libraries the most, a mean

of $5764 Spending dropped to a mean of $2951 in 2017, a decline of a shade more than 6% The drop in university spending was significant, a fall to $1,800 from $2138, drop of 15.8% Spending by Canadian libraries in the sample actually increased, from a mean of

5.42%, while US libraries sampled continued to drop, but just slightly, to a mean of $2659,

or a decline of 0.7% or less than 1% Law schools continued their precipitous descent, dropping to a mean of $1800 to $1450, or by 19.44%

Law Library Spending on Print Books

We asked: In the past year, how much has the library spent on print versions of books that are not legal materials? Mean spending was only $381 with a paltry median of $100 and a range of 0 to $2000 Most spending was by larger corporate, government and law firm libraries

Replacement of Print Books with eBooks

We asked: What percentage of the print book purchases that the library currently makes do you feel will be replaced with purchases of eBooks over the next year?

The mean was only 10.29% with most plans for substitutions accounted for by larger law firm and government libraries

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What role has your inter-library loan capabilities and relations with consortia and other partners played in your print materials culling practices? Does the library maintain particularly vigorous print

materials sharing arrangements with any other institutions? Broken out by type of law library

Law School Library

1) Decreased use of print has made cancellations easier ILL options were considered Yes,

we have strong ILL and consortia agreements

2) We have tried sharing arrangements for our print materials with other libraries

However, this did not work out for us for reasons of distance between institutions (the closest sharing institution was 175 km away) We have thus reverted to be as self-

sufficient as possible with regards to print materials

3) We rely on ILL from other law school library & lend materials to them also as well as ILL with in the state of DE

4) ILL is not a big factor in our decisions

Law Firm Library in Firm with Less than 150 lawyers

1) N/A; no

2) Minimal role, but we do lend and borrow with other firm libraries in our local network

or association, and still rely on the courthouse libraries and local university libraries to have holdings we don't

3) Limited role / No sharing arrangements

4) Interlibrary loans between area law firms play a small role However, we do check availability of materials at the county law library and area law school libraries prior to making a decision whether to cut a print subscription

5) law firm libraries support each other in an informal manner and supplement each other Nearby Law schools and the law societies have a paid service

6) None and no

7) No

Law Firm Library in Firm with more than 150 lawyers

1) Our culling practices take into account the availability of books at nearby public libraries

or colleges/universities and what's available online and e-books/digital format to which

we have a subscription We lend to any library that has a librarian -public or private 2) We don't have any inter-library loan arrangements in place

3) We are not members of any consortia, but we do borrow from local Law Schools and universities and we borrow/lend materials to other firms We do not have any print sharing arrangements with other institutions

4) We depend upon our local public law libraries and those of our nearby law schools to hold material (especially archival material) that we can no longer accommodate

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5) no

6) We are members of a local county law library and that supplements some of our

cancellations, as does access to materials through Lexis, Westlaw or other online

3) As our print collection has gotten smaller, our lending has drastically reduced, but our borrowing has stayed about the same

4) n/a

5) We inter-library loan (borrow and lend) as part of our membership with the Toronto Association of Law Libraries, also do some We borrow books from public and academic libraries on occasion

6) It plays a great role We have another law library in our building and we think twice before we cancel a title that the other does not have

7) In recent years we have focused our print collection more on Canadian and UK material When we are forced to consider downsizing a collection, we let foreign jurisdiction material go first, expecting that we can borrow from university collections if needed 8) We do not share, unfortunately

9) Our library is part of the inter-library loan network of over 700 libraries across Canada, overseen by Library and Archives Canada

10) We maintain connections with local academic libraries and the Library of Congress We have a large print collection but that may change soon

Courthouse Law Library

1) No change as we do not share our print materials with any other institutions

2) yes

3) Yes, the Maryland conference of court librarians meets regularly and depend on each other to fill in gaps, share information and resources This group includes the MD state law library which is very generous in sharing its resources Here, we feel a

commitment to be the archive of Maryland legal materials for the western part of the state

4) not applicable

5) Yes- we are in a collaborative relationship with Saint Louis University Law Library toward that end

6) inter-library loan is a big part of this library and we rely on it heavily

7) We use ILL to supplement our small print collection however our decision to cut our print collection was not based on our ability to acquire any material via ILL or what other libraries in our area maintained

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Table 1 What has been the library's total spending on print materials

in each of the following years: 2016, 2017, 2018? (in $US)

Table 1.1.1 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2016?

Table 1.1.3 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2016? Broken out by type of law library

Which phrase best

describes your law

library?

Mean Median Minimum Maximum

Law School Library 263945.50 192891.00 150000.00 520000.00 Law Firm Library in Firm

with less than 150

lawyers

210544.60 201000.00 75000.00 445000.00

Law Firm Library in Firm

with more than 150

lawyers

588091.00 365000.00 143000.00 1502455.00

Corporate/Government

Law Library 772161.60 186250.00 100.00 3150000.00 Courthouse Law Library 174285.71 90000.00 15000.00 737000.00

Table 1.2.1 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2017? ($ US)

Table 1.2.3 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2017? Broken out by type of law library

Which phrase best

describes your law

library?

Mean Median Minimum Maximum

Law School Library 230257.50 183015.00 75000.00 480000.00 Law Firm Library in Firm

with less than 150

lawyers

192880.40 160000.00 75000.00 425000.00

Law Firm Library in Firm

with more than 150

lawyers

560264.20 405705.00 138000.00 1345616.00

Corporate/Government

Law Library 662681.10 151000.00 100.00 2620000.00 Courthouse Law Library 173285.71 90000.00 15000.00 814000.00

Table 1.3.1 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2018 (anticipated)? ($ US)

Table 1.3.3 What has been the library's total spending on print materials in 2018 (anticipated)? Broken out by type of law library

Which phrase best

describes your law

library?

Mean Median Minimum Maximum

Law School Library 215000.00 180000.00 50000.00 450000.00 Law Firm Library in Firm

with less than 150

lawyers

185292.20 140000.00 80000.00 400000.00

Law Firm Library in Firm

with more than 150

lawyers

447100.00 250000.00 145000.00 1000000.00

Corporate/Government

Law Library 616263.40 152417.50 100.00 2500000.00 Courthouse Law Library 171857.14 90000.00 0.00 820000.00

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In your view what will happen to your library's print materials

collection over the next five years? Will it become larger or smaller?

If so, what areas will be most affected and why? Will spending remain the same? Increase or decrease? Broken out by type of law library

Law School Library

1) Slow growth Larger Most growth will be in monographs Spending should be about the same

2) I think our print materials will become larger, since we will still be buying print Our print acquisitions will probably diminish We are considering switching to loose-leaf if our negotiations are successful with our principal vendor This would be the major

difference, in my view I expect spending will be the same

3) We are very underfunded now & are only maintaining local state materials & study aids for students in print We hope to have a slightly larger budget for print in the coming year

4) Our print collection is becoming smaller We have discarded state digests and statutes for other states and are in the process of discarding print journals that are available online Our print expenditures are decreasing so that we can devote more resources to hiring and retaining staff

Law Firm Library in Firm with Less than 150 lawyers

1) It will remain approximately the same since it's been pared down as much as possible for the time being; spending will increase only slightly based on desk book demand and contractual increases

2) Our print collection will remain roughly the same size Even with a planned renovation, the library shelving for print materials will not reduce by much, except for weeding out some very old course binders We have signed multi-year agreements with the two main publishers which will keep our annual increases to a manageable level I expect spending to remain flat or increase marginally, as a net result The firm is on a growth curve so there may be more resources needed in certain practice areas, as happened in

2017

3) slight decrease in spending on state corporate statutes and state corporation treatises 4) It will be markedly smaller Spending on print publication renewals and new book purchases has consistently decreased

5) Will be reduced All areas Spending will remain the same

6) Will become smaller, maybe even disappear completely All areas affected Spending better decrease

7) Smaller with more eBooks and online resources We are making the transition to eBooks after having stocked up with the latest editions in order to make the transition Hoping print collection becomes smaller, Spending will likely change depending on how the

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eBooks are priced but we will have all key textbooks that our practitioners need as an eBook or in print

Law Firm Library in Firm with more than 150 lawyers

1) We anticipate that print will become smaller due to eBooks/digital and online access to print content Areas include Litigation, Corporate/Securities, Bankruptcy, IP,

Banking/Finance, Wealth Management Spending will probably remain the same due to publishers keeping their profit margin the same

2) Collection will continue to decrease until hopefully eliminated or nearly so Personal copies will take the biggest hit as that is mostly what is left If we can cancel enough materials spending with decrease

3) Our print collection will continue to shrink in favor of more electronic resources The firm's leadership wants us to move to more electronic resources and less print

resources They also want the expenditures to decrease I'm not sure they understand that to keep the resources the attorneys need and to move from print to electronic is more expensive There are some resources that are not available electronically

4) We will continue to scale back on the purchase of print material in favor of online access

to the same or similar information All practice areas will be impacted, none negatively Print spending will decrease

5) Smaller print collection although spending for library research materials will remain the same or increase

6) The print collection will continue to shrink Primary law will be mostly, if not all, gone, and secondary materials that are not available online will be what remains/survives Spending on print will decrease but spending on online may increase

Corporate/Government Law Library

1) Smaller; we are moving locations and the corporate materials client are more electronic; our book collection will grow in the new space

2) It will likely remain about the same size I expect that there will be fewer loose-leaf services, and a number of journals will cease in print format or be cancelled in favour of online alternatives Spending will likely increase, despite these changes We are

experiencing 7-8% inflation annually

3) smaller, almost non-existant

7) Print collection will become smaller We have cancelled almost all print law reporters in favour of online access Renovations in many locations are forcing deselection of large amounts of material Again, the focus for deselection is law reporters and materials we can access online Spending will likely decrease

10) Our print collection will become 50 percent smaller due to a move and renovation of our space Not sure about spending

Courthouse Law Library

1) Print materials decreasing We only subscribe to 2 print reporting series (unavailable online) Print collection is selected by what is most likely to be used by our frequent visitors, as well as what they're most likely to need but not be able to afford Spending will be decreasing in favour of electronic materials that are available remotely

2) It will decrease, especially in the areas of case law texts and law reviews Spending on print will decrease

3) I see our print collect decreasing, but not completely We have print archival materials, early legislative histories and resources that probably will always be available to our pro

6) print collection will stay as is No new materials

7) The print collection that we have now will remain It was culled in 2014 from over 100,000 items to about 6,000 items now It may grow marginally over the next year or

so to accommodate some titles that we feel would be beneficial to have

Which phrase best

describes your law

library?

Mean Median Minimum Maximum

Law School Library 8.33 10.00 5.00 10.00

Law Firm Library in Firm

with less than 150

lawyers

Law Firm Library in Firm

with more than 150

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Table 2.4 Approximately what percentage of titles in your print book collection do you cull each year? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed

How many full

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Table 3 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in each of the following years: 2016, 2017, 2018? (include journals available in both print and online formats)

Table 3.1.1 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2016 (include journals available in both print and online formats)?

Entire sample 132.88 20.00 0.00 2400.00

Table 3.1.2 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2016 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by country

United States 138.83 20.00 0.00 2400.00

Table 3.1.3 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2016 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by type of law library

Which phrase best

describes your law

library?

Mean Median Minimum Maximum

Law School Library 34.00 25.00 20.00 57.00

Law Firm Library in Firm

with less than 150

lawyers

Law Firm Library in Firm

with more than 150

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Table 3.1.4 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2016 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed

How many full

United States 136.57 10.00 0.00 2400.00

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Table 3.2.3 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2017 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by type of law library

Which phrase best

describes your law

library?

Mean Median Minimum Maximum

Law School Library 26.33 20.00 10.00 49.00

Law Firm Library in Firm

with less than 150

lawyers

Law Firm Library in Firm

with more than 150

lawyers

Corporate/Government

Courthouse Law Library 349.00 5.00 0.00 2400.00

Table 3.2.4 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2017 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed

How many full

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Table 3.3.2 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by country

United States 132.22 10.00 0.00 2400.00

Table 3.3.3 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by type of law library

Which phrase best

describes your law

library?

Mean Median Minimum Maximum

Law School Library 26.33 20.00 10.00 49.00

Law Firm Library in Firm

with less than 150

lawyers

Law Firm Library in Firm

with more than 150

lawyers

Corporate/Government

Courthouse Law Library 348.14 5.00 0.00 2400.00

Table 3.3.4 How many subscriptions to legal journals in print formats did the library maintain in 2018 (include journals available in both print and online formats)? Broken out by number of full time equivalent librarians employed

How many full