Survey of Preservation Efforts in Law Libraries

Abstract

Ms. Turpening conducted on-site surveys of the preservation efforts and priorities of thirty law libraries during 2000–2001. She analyzes the results of these surveys, discusses her observations, and makes recommendations for individual libraries and the leadership of the American Association of Law Libraries. ¶1 Librarians have taken care of the books in their institutions for hundreds of years. 1 The evolution of the field in the 1980s led to the establishment of many preservation programs that still exist today in large academic libraries. They were created as a result of research into the causes of deterioration, increased funding at the federal level, and an understanding among library and university administrators of the importance and necessity of preserving materials in libraries. Unfortunately that level of activity generally did not occur in law libraries. To this day, fewer than two dozen law libraries have instituted full-fledged programs to care for their materials. ¶2 This lack of interest in preservation by law libraries is not because there is no need to address the issues of deterioration, damage, and disasters. On the contrary,

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