Introduction The university library supports teaching, research, dissemination of information, and community service. University law library may be part of university libraries or an annex to the faculty of law building (Aliu 2001: 2, 5). The law library is the focus of this paper. Law libraries are special libraries who provide legal information through relevant law books and periodicals for their clientele, most of whom come from the legal profession: law students, law teachers, law practitioners, and others in related disciplines. Jegede (1985: 233-234) classifies law libraries into seven categories:
