Appraisal of Classification Schemes and Their Effectiveness in Organizing Law Collections in Nigerian Law Faculties (Report) - Library Philosophy and Practice

Appraisal of Classification Schemes and Their Effectiveness in Organizing Law Collections in Nigerian Law Faculties (Report)

By Library Philosophy and Practice

  • Release Date: 2011-04-01
  • Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines

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Introduction A law library is an organized collection\information sources to meet the needs of the legal profession and legal information needs of the legal public. Examples of law library are libraries found in court houses, Ministries of Justice, law firms or chambers, faculties of law, etc. A law library is crucial to legal practice and administration of justice because law is a specialized and very technical discipline. Hence, a law library is to legal practitioners, and judicial officers what instruments are to technologist, and apparatus to scientists. In order to accomplish these roles, the library performs the traditional functions of collection development, organization, retrieval and dissemination of legal and related information sources.

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