The End of Scholarly Bibliography: Reconceptualizing Law Librarianship

Berring, Robert

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1929017

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The End of Scholarly Bibliography: Reconceptualizing Law Librarianship

Robert C. Berring

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

September 1, 2011

Abstract:
The dawning of the age of digital information shifts the paradigm of the traditional scholar librarian. As three dimensional representations of information wither away, he scholarly legal bibliographer, a fixture in legal academia is devolving into an antiquarian. This brings into question the future of academic law librarianship and how it can be saved.

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Keywords: law librarianship, legal bibliography, legal history

JEL Classification: K40

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Date posted: September 19, 2011

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Berring, Robert C., The End of Scholarly Bibliography: Reconceptualizing Law Librarianship (September 1, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1929017 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1929017

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