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HOUSTON COLE LIBRARY: Law Collection Assessment

Division: Law By: Hanrong Wang, Subject Specialist Date: March, 2012

Library Resources: Print, Number of Titles Access Via Audio-visual, & Electronic

Print Holdings Law Print Titles: 13,137 Located on Library 10th Floor under call number: K (see pages 4-10 for more detailed information on print holding by subdivisions and categories)

Audio-visual Materials Law Audio-Visual Titles: 65 Located at AV center

Electronic Books Total Titles: 505 (Including titles from Ebrary, Gale Reference Library, EBSCO ebook Collection, ACLS Humanities E-book, Campus Research, Oxford Reference Premium)

Ebrary titles: (subject: law) Ebrary, a Library subscribed e-content collection (http://site.ebrary.com/lib/jsulib/search.action)

Gale Virtual Reference Library titles: Gale Virtual Reference Library, an AVL consortia (Title List) (http://www.jsu.edu/library/resources/alabama_virtual_ library_resources.html), providing electronic reference book collection.

EBSCO ebook Collection titles: EBSCO ebook Collection, a Library Subscribed ebook (Category: law) collection (http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/LandingPage/landing 2

Library Resources: Print, Number of Titles Access Via Audio-visual, & Electronic

Print Holdings Law Print Titles: 13,137 Located on Library 10th Floor under call number: K (see pages 4-10 for more detailed information on print holding by subdivisions and categories)

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ACLS Humanities E-book titles: ACLS Humanities E-book, an institutional subscription (Subject: Law) of collection of e-books (http://www.jsu.edu/library/resources/databases_title.h tml )

Campus Research titles: (Content List) Campus Research database, an institutional subscribed database. Under Content List: “Legal Encyclopedias and Dictionaries” (http://www.jsu.edu/library/resources/law_resources.ht ml)

Oxford Reference Premium: Law Oxford Reference Premium, an institutional subscribed database. Under subjects “Law”, listed dictionaries and encyclopedias. http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/SUBJECTSBO OKS.html 3

Library Resources: Print, Number of Titles Access Via Audio-visual, & Electronic

Print Holdings Law Print Titles: 13,137 Located on Library 10th Floor under call number: K (see pages 4-10 for more detailed information on print holding by subdivisions and categories)

Other Individual Subscriptions: Check library catalog for further details.

Library Resources: Print, Number of Titles Access Via Audio-visual, & Electronic

Electronic Journals Total Titles: 1, 624 (Canon Law: 9; International Law: 145; Law-Non U.S.: 73; Law-U.S.: 409; Law, General & Comparative: 988; accessed via Serials Solutions, a Library subscribed E-resources http://we8af9qh2e.search.serialssolutions.com/,by using “Browse journals by subjects.)

More than adequate, though improvement will be needed for journals focus at emergency preparedness/management

Campus Research Titles: 845 (Content Campus Research (Westlaw), a Library subscribed List: Journals & Law Reviews By Title) database providing legal encyclopedias, law 4

Library Resources: Print, Number of Titles Access Via Audio-visual, & Electronic

Print Holdings Law Print Titles: 13,137 Located on Library 10th Floor under call number: K (see pages 4-10 for more detailed information on print holding by subdivisions and categories)

reviews, cases, federal administrative materials, statutes and regulations, and more. Accessed at: http://www.jsu.edu/library/resources/law_resource s.html

Duke University School of Law: Journals Electronic publication of legal scholarship, can be Titles: 9 accessed at: http://www.law.duke.edu/scholarship/journals

Oxford Journals: Law Titles: 36 Oxford Journals Law can be accessed at: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/

Wiley Online Library Law Journals Wiley Online Library Law Journals accessed at: Titles: 55 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/subject/code/000076

Subject Related Library Titles: 7 (Campus Research; Index to Library’s “Electronic Resources for Law” page at: Subscribed Legal Periodicals Full Text; LegalTrac; http://www.jsu.edu/library/resources/law_resources.ht Databases LexisNexis Congressional; NCJRS ml Abstracts Database; Wiley Online Library Law Journals) 5

Library Resources: Print, Number of Titles Access Via Audio-visual, & Electronic

Print Holdings Law Print Titles: 13,137 Located on Library 10th Floor under call number: K (see pages 4-10 for more detailed information on print holding by subdivisions and categories)

Titles: 5 (Biography Resource Center; Library Subscribed Films on Demand; JSTOR; Opposing “Databases by Title” on the Library’ s “Find Articles & General Databases Viewpoints; WorldCat) E-Resources” page at: http://www.jsu.edu/library/resources/

Titles: 10 (Academic OneFile; EBSCOhost; Electronic Resources Provided by Alabama Virtual Related Electronic Britannica Online Academic Edition, Legal Library at: Resources provided by Trac; Virtual Reference Library from Gale ) http://www.jsu.edu/library/resources/alabama_virtual_l Alabama Virtual Library ibrary_resources.html (AVL)

Expenditures: Law

Fiscal Year Books Serials 2010 - 2011 $41,000.15 $20,185.01 2009 - 2010 $37,781.49 $21,306.69 2008 - 2009 $38,138.99 $37,181.86 2007 - 2008 $39,680.11 $21,360.58 2006 - 2007 $40,942.56 $30,084.53 6

HOUSTON COLE LIBRARY: Law Print Holdings

Division: LAW By: Hanrong Wang, Subject Specialist Date: March, 2012

LC CLASS DIVISIONS and CATEGORIES* Number COLLECTION & COMMENTS of titles LANGUAGE CODES ** CL AC GL PC K Law 13,137 3bP 3bP 3bP 2 Overall strong (see Comparison with Peer Institute Chart). Total title holdings include monograph, periodicals, microforms, audio-video, and etc. Solid curricula support for Pre-law, Criminal Justice, Political Science, Emergency Management, Communication, Social Work, Nursing, Business, etc. 1,005 print titles added and 1,567 titles withdrawn since previous assessment in 2006. Monograph holding titles 13,137. K1 - 7720 Law in general. Comparative 944 3b 3b 3b 2 Overall strong. and Uniform Law. Jurisprudence KB Religious law in general 2,729 3bP 3bP 3bP 2 More than adequate for curricula support. KBM Jewish Law 591 3b 3b 3b 2 Collection is adequate and in high quality. See Quantitative/Qualitative Study Tables KBP Islamic Law. Shar I’ah. Fiqh 784 3b 3b 3b 2 Collection is adequate and in high quality. Only essential information will be collected in the future. See Quantitative/Qualitative Study Tables KBR History of canon law 377 3bp 3bp 3bp 2 Collection is adequate. KBU Law of the Roman Catholic 455 3bp 3bp 3bp 2 Collection is adequate. Church. The Holy See KD Law of the United Kingdom and 468 3bp 3bp 3bp 2 Collection is adequate. Ireland KDZ America. North America 9 0 0 0 0 Out of scope. Materials related to the emergency preparedness should be collected. KE Law of Canada 23 0 0 0 0 Out of scope. Materials related to the emergency preparedness should be collected. KF Law of the United States 10,555 3bp 3bp 3bp 2 Overall adequate. Materials related to emergency preparedness should be collected. 7

LC CLASS DIVISIONS and CATEGORIES* Number COLLECTION & COMMENTS of titles LANGUAGE CODES ** KF1-9827 Federal law. Common and 10,555 collective state law KF1-11 Bibliography 18 KF12-49 Congressional documents 623 KF50-90 Statutes and administrative 35 regulations KF101- Law reports and related materials 37 153 KF154 Encyclopedias 8 KF156 Law dictionaries 33 KF159 Legal maxims. Quotations 2 KF165 Uniform state law 100 KF170 Form books 3 KF175 Periodicals 0 KF178 Yearbooks 0 KF180- Judicial statistics 15 185 KF190- Directories 9 195 KF200 Society and bar association 0 journals KF202 Congress 0 KF209- Collections 26 213 KF219- Criminal Trials 95 224 KF226- Civil trials 5 228 KF240- Legal research. Legal 70 247 bibliography KF250- Legal composition and 12 251 draftsmanship KF255 Law reporting 2 8

LC CLASS DIVISIONS and CATEGORIES* Number COLLECTION & COMMENTS of titles LANGUAGE CODES ** KF261- Legal education 47 292 KF294 Law societies 2 KF297- The legal profession 144 334.2 KF336- Community legal services. Legal 19 337.5 aid KF338 Lawyer referral services 0 KF350- History 241 374 KF379- Jurisprudence and philosophy of 44 382 American law KF384 Criticism. Legal reform. General 24 administration of justice KF385- General and comprehensive 155 391 works KF394- Common law in the United States 4 395 KF398- Equity 3 400 KF410- Conflict of laws 3 418 KF420 Retroactive law. Intertemporal 0 law KF425- General principles and concepts 5 435 KF445- Concepts applying to several 1 450 branches of law KF465- Persons 265 553 KF570- Property 95 720 KF726- Trusts and trustees 19 9

LC CLASS DIVISIONS and CATEGORIES* Number COLLECTION & COMMENTS of titles LANGUAGE CODES ** 745 KF746- Estate planning 1 750 KF753- Succession upon death 34 780 KF801- Contracts 233 1241 KF1244- Restitution. Quasi contracts. 189 1327 Unjust enrichment KF1328- Compensation to victims of 146 1575 crime. Reparation KF1600- Regulation of industry, trade, and 591 2940 commerce. KF2971- Intellectual property 191 3193 KF3195- Unfair competition 3 3198 KF3300- Social legislation 556 3771 KF3775- Public health. Sanitation 146 3816 KF3821- Medical legislation 135 3838 KF3841- Prevention of cruelty to animals 3 3845 KF3861- Food. Drugs. Cosmetics 66 3896 KF3901- Alcohol. Alcoholic beverages. 4 3925 Prohibition KF3941- Public safety 65 4 4 4 4 Directly support Emergency Management Doctoral 3977 Degree program. Needs sustainable development. Weapons. Firearms. Munitions 22 4 4 4 4 Directly support Emergency Management Doctoral KF3941- Degree program. Needs sustainable development. 10

LC CLASS DIVISIONS and CATEGORIES* Number COLLECTION & COMMENTS of titles LANGUAGE CODES ** 3942 Hazardous articles and 35 4 4 4 4 Directly support Emergency Management Doctoral KF3945- processes Degree program. Needs sustainable development. 3965 KF 3970- Accident control 6 4 4 4 4 Directly support Emergency Management Doctoral 3977 Degree program. Needs sustainable development. Fire prevention and control. 6 4 4 4 4 Directly support Emergency Management Doctoral KF3975- Explosives Degree program. Needs sustainable development. 3977 KF3985- Control of social activities 39 3995 KF4101- Education 664 4330 KF4501- Constitutional law 1,573 5130 KF5150 National emblem. Flag. Seal. 1 Seat of government KF5152 Patriotic customs and 0 observances Decorations of honor. Awards 0 KF5153- 5154 Commemorative medals 0 KF5155- 5156 Local government 11 KF5300- 5332 Civil service. Government 22 KF5336- officials and employees 5398 Police and power of the police 8 KF5399- 11

LC CLASS DIVISIONS and CATEGORIES* Number COLLECTION & COMMENTS of titles LANGUAGE CODES ** 5399.5 Administrative organization and 74 KF5401- procedure 5425 Public property. Public 220 KF5500- restraints on private property 5865 KF5900- Government measures in time of 16 4 4 4 4 Directly support Emergency Management Doctoral 6075.5 war, national emergency, or Degree program. Needs sustainable development. economic crisis. Emergency economic legislation KF6200- Public finance 375 6795 KF7201- National defense. Military law 92 7755 KF8201- Indians 60 8228 KF8700- Courts. Procedure 1096 9075 KF9084 Negotiated settlement. 17 Compromise Arbitration and award. 9 KF9085- Commercial arbitration 9086 Criminal law 533 KF9201- 9461 Criminal procedure 643 KF9601- 9760 Juvenile criminal law and 68 KF9771- procedure 9827 12

LC CLASS DIVISIONS and CATEGORIES* Number COLLECTION & COMMENTS of titles LANGUAGE CODES ** KFA-KFW Law of the states 748 KFA1- Alabama 392 599 KFX Laws of the cities 26 KFZ Laws of the territories. Laws of 7 the Confederate State of America KG Latin America (General) 4 0 0 0 0 Out of scope. Materials related to the emergency preparedness should be collected. KH South America (General) 1 0 0 0 0 Out of scope. Materials related to the emergency preparedness should be collected. KJ-KKZ Europe 107 3bp 3bp 3bp 2 Collection is adequate. KL Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific 1 0 0 0 0 Out of scope. Materials related to the emergency Area, and Antarctica Asia preparedness should be collected. KM Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific 18 0 0 0 0 Out of scope. Materials related to the emergency Area, and Antarctica - Asia preparedness should be collected. KN Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific 0 0 0 0 0 Out of scope. Materials related to the emergency Area, and Antarctica – Asia – preparedness should be collected. South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia KP Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific 0 0 0 0 0 Out of scope. Materials related to the emergency Area, and Antarctica – Asia - preparedness should be collected. South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia KQ Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific 2 0 0 0 0 Out of scope. Materials related to the emergency Area, and Antarctica - Africa preparedness should be collected. KR Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific 1 0 0 0 0 Out of scope. Materials related to the emergency Area, and Antarctica - Africa preparedness should be collected. KS Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific 0 0 0 0 0 Out of scope. Materials related to the emergency Area, and Antarctica - Africa preparedness should be collected. KT Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific 0 0 0 0 0 Out of scope. Materials related to the emergency Area, and Antarctica - Africa preparedness should be collected. KV Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific 0 0 0 0 0 Out of scope. Materials related to the emergency Area, and Antarctica - Pacific preparedness should be collected. 13

LC CLASS DIVISIONS and CATEGORIES* Number COLLECTION & COMMENTS of titles LANGUAGE CODES ** Area KW Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific 0 0 0 0 0 Out of scope. Materials related to the emergency Area, and Antarctica - Pacific preparedness should be collected. Area KZ Law of nations 87 3bp 3bp 3bp 3bp Directly support Political Science Program. Collection is growing. Materials related emergency preparedness should be collected.

* Divisions and Categories: from LC Classification Outline Seventh Edition, 2003, pp50-64, and from KF: Law of the United States Library of Congress Classification 2005 **Collection & Language Codes explanation:. CL= Current Collection; AC= Acquisitions Commitment; GL= Collection Goal; PC= Preservation Commitment 3a: Basic Study or Instructional Support Level; 3b: Intermediate Study or Instructional Support Level; 4: Research Level P: Primary (English) language of the country predominates-little or no other-language material Preservation Commitment indicator 2: Physical Preservation Level. Material is retained for its useful life. Some cleaning and mending may be used to repair damage from normal use. Visit Houston Cole Library Collection Management & Development Policy at: http://www.jsu.edu/library/pdfs/policies/cmd.pdf

Withdrawn Count: Law

Year Number of Books Withdrawn Year Number of Books Withdrawn

2011- FEB 2012 98 2008-2009 466

2010 – 2011 217 2007-2008 390

2009 – 2010 267 2006-2007 227 14

Law Collection: Quantitative Analysis

Category Bibliography Title Number of Number of Library added Titles Percentage Listed Titles Books Books in Print database (Keyword in subject: law, Status: in print; Audience: College; Format: Book) Year 2011 518 193 37% Year 2010 658 148 23% Year 2009 547 189 35% Year 2008 752 220 29% Year 2007 623 214 34% Journals Law Journals: Submissions and Ranking 1673 1,624 93% (http://lawlib.wlu.edu/lj/index.aspx)

Law Collection: Qualitative Analysis

Category Bibliography Title Number of Number of Library Percentage Listed Titles Collected Titles from the List Books American Reference Book Annual, 2006 ed. 69 31 45% American Reference Book Annual, 2007 ed. 52 17 33% American Reference Book Annual, 2008 ed. 41 15 37% American Reference Book Annual, 2009 ed. 53 17 32% American Reference Book Annual, 2010 ed. 50 18 36% American Reference Book Annual, 2011 ed. 55 25 45% RCL: Resources for College Libraries, 2007 722 385 53% OCLC WorldCat Rare Items with 4 or less libraries held N/A 148 N/A worldwide Journals Index to Legal Periodicals & Books (Via Omnifile Full Text 958 716 75% Mega Edition) 15

Law Collection: Peer Institution Comparison Table

OCLC Law OCLC Law Code * Library Name ** Collection*** Code* Library Name** Collection*** AJB Jacksonville State University, AL 13,081 VLY Lynchburg College, VA 1,978 MLU Alcorn State University, MS 1,695 AAM Auburn University-Montgomery, AL 14,810 SCO Converse College, SC 541 LLM Loyola University New Orleans, LA 4,129 TUS Tuskegee University, AL 1,333 NPS University of North Carolina at Pembroke, NC 3,607 UWT Freed-Hardeman University, TN 1,559 LNW Northwestern State University of Louisiana, 2,195 LA KNV Western Kentucky University, KY 14,096 SFM Francis Marion University, SC 4,195 TCN Carson-Newman College, TN 1,853 SWW Winthrop University, SC 3,959 LSB Southern University and A & M College, 2,930 FWR Rollins College, FL 3,490 LA AMN University of Montevallo, AL 1,582 KMS Murray State University, KY 4,177 LNX Xavier University of Louisiana, LA 1,699 TTU Tennessee Technological University, TN 3,671 NMC Meredith College, NC 1,596 VLC Longwood University, VA 2,842 LNE University of Louisiana at Monroe, LA 2,767 GJG Augusta State University, GA 4,265 VBA Averett University, VA 1,048 NXW University of North Carolina-Wilmington, NC 20,781 LNS Nicholls State University, LA 2,617 FCM Florida Agricultural and Mechanical 18,155 University, FL AMU Alabama State University, AL 3,482 FWA The University of West Florida, FL 16,918 LUS Louisiana State University-Shreveport, LA 2,503 GPM Georgia Southern University, GA 10,390 NCX North Carolina Central University, NC 6,357 MMV Marymount University, VA 2,968

* OCLC Code: from http://www.oclc.org/contacts/libraries/ **Library Name: from NCES (National Center for Education Statistics: Compare Academic Libraries http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/compare/FocusLibrarySearch.asp *** Law Collection: From WorldCat with subject search: Law 16