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Staying Vital to the Virtual Learner – What Role for Future University Law Librarians?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2008

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Abstract

Nicola Wakefield and Emily Allbon are academic law librarians. They offer their thoughts on the future that all academic law librarians may face as we move further into the 21st Century. They look at the key issues and examine possibilities for the future role of law librarians, considering how changes in technology, library spaces, study habits and the pressures of time and funding could affect us as a profession.

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academic law librariesacademic law librarians
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Articles
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 18 - 23
Copyright
Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2008

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