Taking as her starting point the ideas presented at a recent conference on cooperative collection development, Ms. Hinchcliff discusses their applicability to the academic law library world. The issues under scrutiny are some of those most under consideration today, topics like new initiatives in scholarly publishing, cooperative purchasing of electronic resources, and preservation. Many of these ideas are examined in light of recent proposals made by the American Association of Law Libraries."Creating New Strategies for Cooperative Collection Development," a conference hosted by The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) 1 was held in November, 1999. The purpose of the conference was to assemble a group of knowledgeable, experienced, and diverse information professionals from academic research libraries and consortia who are involved in the planning and implementation of cooperative collection development programs. 2 Therefore, the conference was attended largely by academic librarians. Surprisingly of the approximately one hundred and forty participants, there were no medical librarians and I
In this paper Carole Hinchcliff, Megan Fitzgibbons and Claudia Davies review free resources that can be used when researching the law in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. Background descriptions of the countries' legal systems are provided, along with brief descriptions of websites which provide access to the legislation and case law of the relevant jurisdictions. The article is based on a presentation developed by Carole, and subsequently delivered by Megan and Claudia, at the International Federation of Library Association (IFLA) meeting in August, 2013.
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