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Grand Designs: Creating an Academic Law Library

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2008

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Abstract

This article by Nicola Wakefield looks at the project to build a new academic law library at the University of Salford. It examines the tasks involved, resource planning and communication as well as highlighting successes and issues raised during the construction and design process. The conclusion of the article discusses the lessons learned from undertaking a task of this scale, as well as recommendations for others who may be about to embark on a similar project.

Keywords

academic law libraries
Type
Articles
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 50 - 55
Copyright
Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2008

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Footnotes

1 Footage of the construction of the Salford Law School http://www.archive.org/details/University_of_Salford_Lady_Hale_construction

2 A Library for the Modern Law School: A Statement of Standards for University Law Library Provision in the United Kingdom prepared on behalf of the Society by a Consultative Group to the Libraries Committee Convenor: Jules Winterton 2003 Revision. http://www.legalscholars.ac.uk/documents/standards2003.pdf