Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
Abstract
Libraries have supported multiple formats for decades, from paper and microforms to audiovisual tapes and CDs. However, the newest medium, digital transmission, has presented a wider scope of challenges and caused library patrons to question the established and recognized multiformat library. Within the many questions posed, two distinct ones echo repeatedly. The first doubts the need to sustain print in an increasingly digital world, and the second warns of the dangers of relying on a still-developing technology. This article examines both of these positions and concludes that abandoning either format would translate into a failure of service to patrons, both present and future.
Publication Citation
97 Law Libr. J. 233-256 (2005)
Scholarly Commons Citation
Wu, Michelle M., "Why Print and Electronic Resources Are Essential to the Academic Law Library" (2005). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 783.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/783
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