I have had great success with using OCLC's Netlibrary eBooks. They have librarians on staff who can put together special sets for you. Once you download them, weeding is easy when they become outdated, you simply delete the MARC record. I am not sure if they handle state and federal statutes, but they probably could put together the rest of the collection for you.
Suzanne Malek
Barstow College Library
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Subject: [ACQNET-L] Core titles for new program?
I've been asked to come up with a list of core titles to add to our collection to support a new program that is being vetted on campus: Legal Studies. Since the boundaries of this program are a little fuzzy (law and society, sociology of law) I'm not finding a lot of help with making a list of core titles that we should add to our collection. I'm especially concerned because legal titles go out of date quickly. Also, I don't think we want to be in the business of starting a legal reference library with hard copies of state and federal statutes, etc.
Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions for places they might go to help generate a list of core titles in any discipline?
Kate Ross
Head of Technical Services/Acquisitions Librarian
Lavery Library
St. John Fisher College
Rochester, NY 14618
(585) 385-8136
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