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Law Librarianship in India with Special Reference to the Judicial Library System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2019

Rakesh K. Shrivastava
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Law librarianship, especially the librarianship in judicial institutions, is different from librarianship in any other discipline. This aspect is more appropriately explained by Prof. Igor I. Kavass, when he says that “the reason for law libraries being different from other types of libraries is that they serve a profession which is literally unable to exercise its work without the use of books.” While Librarians in other organizations may convince their users to give them some time for catering to their information requirements, a court librarian has to furnish the desired information at once because the case is being argued in the Court and desired information is needed in the course of the argument. So a law librarian has to provide the information instantly without any excuse. Because of this reason, a law librarian has to be a very alert professional and must develop his or her own tools and expertise to provide the desired information instantly.

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International Journal of Legal Information , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , Summer 2008 , pp. 275 - 299
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Copyright © 2008 by the International Association of Law Libraries 

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