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Classification Practice in Law Libraries: a Brief Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2008

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Abstract

This article by Rachel Brett of Lovells reports on the results of a survey into classification practice in law libraries carried out through the BIALL and LIS-Law mailing lists in March 2007. Major findings were that only three respondents did not use any form of subject classification. The most frequently used classification scheme was Moys, and the single largest grouping was the 40 respondents (40.8%) who used their own in-house classification schemes.

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Classificationlaw libraries
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Articles
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 61 - 63
Copyright
Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2008

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