Library and Information Services for the Legal Profession

摘要

The report attempts to provide a brief survey of the library and information services available, in England, for the legal profession. It includes an explanation of the nature of the legal data base which needs to be exploited fully by both lawyers and law librarians so that they can perform their functions adequately. Brief descriptions of the education, organization, and training of both lawyers and law librarians are given. Details of the various types of law library and information unit available to lawyers form the bulk of the report. These details include bookstock, staffing and services. An outline is given of the different computerized legal information retrieval systems not available. The report concludes with a survey of the few user studies which have been carried out in this field. Suggestions are given for areas of future research. (Copyright (c) The British Library Board, 1981.)