SURVEY ON LAW LIBRARY LIAISON SERVICES

Wright, Matthew

This Brief examines the use of liaison services in academiclaw libraries. Very little has been written about the use offaculty liaison services, yet one sees it listed as a jobrequirement on many job postings to law-lib and otherlistservs. Many law school web sites advertise their liaisonservice or promote the use of a "Faculty ServicesLibrarian." This survey was an attempt to elicit moreinformation about how law schools are using liaisonservices. Seventy-two ABA accredited law school librariesresponded to the survey, and fifty schools have a formalliaison program or a designated librarian for facultyservices. Part two of this Brief contains a literaturereview. Part three provides the text of the survey. Partfour summarizes the survey data, and part five containsappendices and job descriptions.