LAW LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY

1 COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY , University of Michigan Law LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY /L/LLib/ColDev 27 August 2014 corrected 1 COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY Last reviewed and updated 27 August 2014 COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY , University of Michigan Law LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY /L/LLib/ColDev 27 August 2014 corrected 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .. 4 I. DEPOSITORY STATUS .. 5 A. European Communities/European Union .. 5 B. GATT/World Trade Organization .. 5 C. United States Depository .. 5 D. Michigan Legislative Depository .. 5 II. GOALS .. 6 III. GENERAL FACTORS .. 6 A. Quality.. 6 B. Faculty Interest.. 7 C. Cost .. 7 D. Language.. 7 E. Format .. 7 F. Presumption Against Selection of Non-K Monographs .. 7 G. Presumption Against Selection of Loose-leaf Services .. 8 IV. COORDINATION AND SELECTION of SPECIAL FORMATS and TYPES OF MATERIAL.

2 8 A. Microfiche .. 8 B. Electronic 8 C. Reprints .. 9 D. Journals .. 9 E. Superseded Material and Old E ditions .. 10 F. Geographic Application .. 10 V. THE UNITED STATES .. 10 A. Federal Primary Material.. 10 B. State Primary Material .. 12 C. Secondary Material.. 13 D. Indian Nations .. 13 VI. PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW & DOCUMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS .. 14 A. International Law Primary Material (Treaties) .. 14 B. International Law Primary Material (Adjudications) .. 14 C. International Law Secondary Material .. 14 D. Documents of International Organizations .. 14 VII. GREAT BRITAIN, THE COMMONWEALTH, IRELAND, SOUTH AFRICA, FORMER PARTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE[NOTE: This section to be combined with Foreign] .. 15 A. Primary Material.. 15 B. Secondary Material.. 15 VIII. INDIGENOUS IX. FOREIGN .. 16 A. Primary Sources of Civil Law Jurisdictions .. 16 1.

3 Constitutions .. 16 COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY , University of Michigan Law LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY /L/LLib/ColDev 27 August 2014 corrected 3 2. Statutes .. 16 3. 16 4. Court Decisions .. 16 5. Codes .. 17 6. Administrative Codes .. 17 7. Sub-federal Materials .. 17 8. PCR .. 17 9. Finding Aids .. 17 B. Historical Use of Major and Minor Country Designation .. 17 C. Historical Primary Sources for Civil Law Jurisdictions .. 18 D. The COLLECTION of Primary Civil Law Materials in Translation .. 18 E. Retention Policies for Vernacular and Translated Civil Law Jurisdiction Primary Sources .. 18 F. Secondary Sources for Civil Law Jurisdictions .. 18 1. POLICY Goals .. 18 2. COLLECTION Strength Level Definitions .. 20 [7]- Comprehensive .. 20 [6]- Research .. 20 [5]- Selective .. 20 [4]- Major Works [3]- Instructional Support .. 20 [2]- Basic Information.

4 21 [1]- Minimal .. 21 G. Topic List Arranged Alphabetically with Country Exceptions .. 22 COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY , University of Michigan Law LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY /L/LLib/ColDev 27 August 2014 corrected 4 Introduction The University of Michigan Law LIBRARY is maintained and administered as a part of the instruction and research operation of the Law School. (Board of Regents Bylaw ). The Law LIBRARY s purpose is to build collections, provide effective access to legal information in diverse formats and provide facilities and services to support the teaching, research and educational needs of Law School faculty and students. 1 The Law LIBRARY 's primary COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT goal is to develop, maintain and provide access to a broad and deep COLLECTION of primary and secondary sources of , foreign, comparative, public and private international law, as well as areas such as indigenous and religious law; and to support legal research, scholarship and legal education at the Law School as well as the University of Michigan as a whole.

5 To achieve this goal, the Law LIBRARY relies on both electronic sources of legal information (free and for fee) and in house collections of print and other tangible resources. The Director oversees COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT , which is largely delegated to the Assistant Director, the Head of Reference, the Reference Librarians and the Law LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT Committee. A critical part of this responsibility is to track and predict changes in legal publishing, related technologies, and the law and to ensure that the COLLECTION has the breadth and depth to support current and future scholarly research, and that the COLLECTION is in enduring and cost-effective formats. The Law School Faculty LIBRARY advisory Committee is consulted regarding major changes to the COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY , and faculty are regularly consulted regarding specific resources and areas of the COLLECTION . Since FY 2006, the Law LIBRARY has focused on cutting and constraining COLLECTION costs as the prices of legal materials continue to rise beyond the rate of inflation.

6 A major shift in philosophy relates to the purchase of integrating resources and electronic resources. Selected print integrating resources and less important print secondary materials with annual update costs are being purchased following a just in time rather than a just in case approach. This results in major annual upkeep and labor costs savings. The Law LIBRARY remains committed to building its research COLLECTION in foreign, comparative and international law as well as American law, including those resources considered part of the ABA s core COLLECTION for law school libraries . The Law School Faculty LIBRARY advisory Committee approved this commitment. This POLICY is regularly revised as part of the Law LIBRARY s ongoing process of developing the COLLECTION . 1 From Law LIBRARY Mission Statement. COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY , University of Michigan Law LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY /L/LLib/ColDev 27 August 2014 corrected 5 I.

7 Depository Status A. European Union: The University of Michigan has been a European Communities/European Union depository LIBRARY since 1957. The Law LIBRARY has a cooperative arrangement with the University of Michigan Hatcher Graduate LIBRARY ; the Law LIBRARY collects and maintains legal and law related EU depository materials and sends non-law EU materials to the Graduate LIBRARY for permanent retention. As an EU depository LIBRARY , the law LIBRARY serves the larger University, Ann Arbor, and regional communities of researchers needing access to European Union depository materials in the course of their legal research. B. GATT/World Trade Organization: The Law LIBRARY was a GATT/WTO depository LIBRARY until 2002, when the WTO cancelled all depository LIBRARY arrangements and set up one LIBRARY for depository purposes ( LIBRARY of Congress). C. Depository: The Law LIBRARY is a selective depository LIBRARY , overseen by the Government Printing Office s Federal Depository LIBRARY Program.

8 This means that in addition to serving as a research facility for the University of Michigan Law School, we also serve the larger University, Ann Arbor, and regional communities of researchers needing access to selected federal materials in the course of their legal research. Depository selections and collecting are shared with the Harlan Hatcher Graduate LIBRARY for both types of material. 1. Selective Housing Agreements: We have 2 cooperative COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT arrangements (selective housing agreements) with other libraries on campus: a. An agreement with the University of Michigan Map LIBRARY for depository map items including, but not limited to, item numbers 0619-H-22 and 0619-M-22. b. An agreement with the University of Michigan Documents Center for documents which include, but are not limited to, item numbers 0508-A, 0508-A-05, 0508-A-08. D. Michigan Legislative Depository: The Law LIBRARY was a Michigan Legislative Depository LIBRARY for many years.

9 However, the Law LIBRARY is no longer a depository LIBRARY for Michigan legislative and other related Michigan documents because the State of Michigan program was changed in 2006 to exclude law libraries . COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY , University of Michigan Law LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY /L/LLib/ColDev 27 August 2014 corrected 6 II. GOALS The following goals guide our COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT . A. To Support the Scholarly, Instructional and Educational Work of the University of Michigan Law School Faculty, Students and Law School research scholars. Our fundamental COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT goal is to support the present and future teaching, educational and research activities of the Law School faculty, students and research scholars. B. To Build a COLLECTION of All Primary and Major Secondary Works of the United States and All Other Nations and International Organizations to Support Research Beyond that of the Law Faculty The aim of this goal is to build a COLLECTION which will be central to any present and future legal research, including areas not of interest to the current law faculty.

10 C. To Acquire Other, Significant Research Material to Build and Maintain Our Position as a Major Research LIBRARY Attached to a Leading Center of Legal Research This category of material includes large, historical electronic collections of material that will help to attracts scholars to the Law School now and in the future; purchases of this kind must have lasting research value. III. GENERAL FACTORS A. Quality B. Faculty Interest C. Cost D. Language E. Format F. Presumption Against Selection of Non-K Monographs G. Presumption Against Selection of Loose-leaf Services or Loose-leaf for Updating Monographs A. Quality We strive to purchase only materials of high quality in terms of scholarship, depth, accuracy and usability. We may ask for faculty assistance in gauging quality, use reviews and participate in pre-purchase trials of electronic resources and databases. Factors that are considered in an assessment of quality include how well a work is written, the scope of the work, the importance of the contents of the work to scholarly research or discourse, the nature and extent of footnoting within the work, accessibility of the work ( , indexing, usability of search interface), the reputation of the author and/or publisher, and the importance of the work in the area of law or jurisdiction in question.