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- From: eck@panix.com (Mark Eckenwiler)
- Subject: Re: What's in a big law library?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.154209.19854@panix.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 15:42:09 GMT
- References: <1992Nov15.081016.8271@u.washington.edu>
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- In <1992Nov15.081016.8271@u.washington.edu>, tzs@carson.u.washington.edu sez:
- >
- >Most well-known schools seem to be medium (e.g., all the University of
- >California schools, Stanford, Chicago, USC, a bunch of others), with a
- >few in the large category (Texas, Yale, Columbia).
- >
- >So, what do the large libraries and Harvard have that those of us with
- >medium or small libraries lack?
- >
- >For example, do they have the West state digests for each state and each
- >region so that one doesn't have to go to the Decennial Digest/General
- >Digest when looking for cases in a particular state? Do they have more
- >copies of the commonly-used things? Do they have a lot more weird material
- >that no one has looked at in fifty years? More historical material (e.g.,
- >older editions of things in addition to the current editions)?
-
- I can only tell you what NYU has, which seems like more than enough.
- (You tell me what size category it's in; I dunno.)
-
- Yes on all state digests and parallel reporters. Yes on multiple
- copies, especially of USCA/USC/USCS, US/S Ct, and F Supp/F2d. (Is
- this proper Maroon form, Ted? :) Issues of practically every law
- review.
-
- Then there are extensive specialized areas, like tax (a particular NYU
- forte), international materials (ranging from EC regs to those old
- fart English law reports from Blackstone's day), and a substantial
- microform/film collection of legislative materials.
-
- I should probably also mention the $1.4 million main stairway. :(
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- Mark Eckenwiler eck@panix.com ...!cmcl2!panix!eck
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