Legal Resource Centre 2003

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Legal Resource Centre 2003

• Law Staff Meeting April 2003
• Nicki McLaurin Smith
• Sally Newton (Collection Manager)

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LRC overview current issues projects whats
ahead .
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LRC overview

• Information Division (Client Services)
• Materials vote 587,398k in 2002
• 10 staff
• Law
• Electronic subscriptions 100k in 2002
• 4 staff
• we are a resource for Faculty, students and staff

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some facts figures

• Historic comprehensive collection
• 6km of books (180,000 vols incl.45,000 texts)
• 1000 rare books and 1000 serial titles
• Experiencing very high usage
• 40-90 more people per month since June 02
• virtual resource with 23-25,000 hits per
  month www.law.unimelb.edu.au/lrc/

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current issues
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materials collection

• Review of Materials Vote funding formula
• Law submission to go to Libraries Ctee
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• Collection Review 2003 Sally Newton
• rebalance your subject area

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print v electronic

• ID and Libraries Committee policy
• catalogue an e resource

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current projects

• Focus on Faculty publications
• Recommendations Online
• Current Awareness Review

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current projects

• LIST Legal Information Skills Tutorial
• embedding information literacy skills in LLB

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whats ahead
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virtual tour
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