Tag: Libraries
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Classification for Law Libraries
Classification for Law Libraries Moys Classification Introduction to the First Edition Part 1: Principles of Library Classification for Law books In compiling a library classification for any special subject, whether it be law, engineering or literature, the general rules of classification, such as the exclusiveness of categories and the comprehensiveness of the sum total of…
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Classification schemes in the UK
Classification schemes in the UK “Class K, may be the dominant classification scheme in the United States, but a 2007 survey indicated that only 5% of law libraries surveyed in the UK are using Class K.(1) Most of the UK law libraries (41%) are still maintaining their own in-house scheme, with the next largest number…
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KF Modified
KF Modified Classification (Canada) KF Modified is the short form for KF Classification Modified for Use in Canadian Law Libraries and is a classification suitable for legal collections in any common Law library . Generally, and contrary to the Library of Congress (LC) classification scheme, KF Modified organizes legal information by topic first and then…
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Thesaurus of Law Genre/Form Terms
Thesaurus of Law Genre/Form Terms Subject headings have traditionally been assigned to describe the content of the work. Genre/form terms, on the other hand, describe what an item is, not what it is about. The subject heading Famous Cases, with appropriate subdivisions, would be assigned to a book about famous cases. A cataloger assigning headings…
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Dewey Decimal Classification
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system is one of the world’s most widely used library classification system; but not in law libraries. The four-volume print last edition includes thousands of updates added to the system over the past seven years. The electronic version, WebDewey, enhances the print updates with online updated…
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Comparison of Library of Congress and Dewey classifications
Library of Congress vs. Dewey classifications about Law This is a comparison chart showing how the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress Classification schemes work in Law. 340 K Law KB Religious law in general. Comparative Religious law . Jurisprudence KD Law of the United Kingdom, Ireland, America. North America 340.971 KE Law of Canada…
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Classification of Law Materials
Classification of Law Materials General Genre/form The Library of Congress (LC) added, in 2015, the much-anticipated “general genre/form terms” to the Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT), and they are live in the authority file. The project to develop these general genre/form terms was a partnership between LC’s Policy and…
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General Division Classification (Max Planck Institute)
General Division Classification (Max Planck Institute) Notation System Tags AA 1 General Theory of Law, Philosophy AA 1.1.1 Legal Philosophy: Legal Philosophy AA 1.2.2 Creation of law, interpretation: Lawmaking, Interpretation, Legal findings AA 1.3.3 Legal Theory: Legal Theory, Natural law, Normativism, Positivism, Pure Theory of Law AA 1.4.4 Sociology of Law: Sociology of Law AA…
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Library of Congress Classification Class K
Library of Congress Classification Class K System Many large law libraries from the United States, Canada (specially the major libraries, but not the law firm libraries) and other countries use the classification scheme developed by the Library of Congress (LC). Under this system, each item (like a book) is assigned a call number according to…
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Cataloging for legal materials
Cataloging of law materials Most libraries use LC (Library of Congress) or DDC ( Dewey Decimal Classification ). Some law libraries use other classifications in conjunction with these. Like a library serving a medical school may not use LCC’s R (Medicine) but rather NLM’s (National Library of Medicine) W and late Qs, legal Canadian libraries…
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HeinOnline's Law Journal Library
HeinOnline’s Law Journal Library Overview HeinOnline’s Law Journal Library is a legal online database. It contains more than 23 million pages of articles, comments, notes, book reviews, cases, decisions, and legislation. The Law Journal Library contains legal periodicals covering more than 90 subject areas which are published in 29 different countries, as well as all…
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Justice and the Role of Archivists
Justice and the Role of Archivists A publication from the Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority, Arkiv, Demokrati og Rettferd, RBM no. 28, ISBN 82-8105-034-9, contains two contributions (by David Wallace and Tom Connors) in English. Wallace’s essay, “Historical and Contemporary Justice and the Role of Archivists,” is a thought-provoking exploration into why the avoidance…
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Legal research: resources for libraries
Some of the Websites presented in this section were created by universities or government agencies. Other sites come from professional associations or other organizations. The Websites are presented in alphabetical order. American Association of Law Libraries Washington Affairs Office https://www.ll.georgetown.edu/aallwash/ The American Association of Law Libraries includes a number of items that are of interest…
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Legal research: Files: Law and Media Technology
Legal Research : Files: Law and Media Technology Cornelia Vismann, Files: Law and Media Technology, translated by Geoffrey Winthrop-Young (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008) is a detailed examination of the shifting legal, administrative, and technological aspects of files, extending from the ancient world to the modern era. Vismann, a German legal historian and scholar,…