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Resources for Maryland Circuit Court Libraries

Collection Standards

Maryland County Public Law Library Standards 2009 (Conference of Md. Court Law Library Directors, adopted June 2009)

• Maryland Titles Recommended for County Law Libraries, arranged by subject (Maryland State Law Library, rev. September 2009)
• Maryland Titles: Red Text version (Sept 2009 revisions)
• General Treatises Recommended for the Core Collection (CMCLLD, September 2009)
• General Treatises Explanatory Notes
  

American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Standards for County Public Law Libraries (adopted June 2009)

Reports

• Maryland Circuit Court Libraries Study Committee Report (2001)
  • Appendix A Meeting Minutes
  • Appendix B Library Survey
  • Appendix C Standards
  • Appendix D Core Competencies (AALL draft 5/00)
  • Appendix E ABA Guidelines: Computer Support
  • Appendix F Statutory Language (2001)
  • Appendix G Library Income
    

Sample Policies and Forms

• Sample Collection Development Policy (contributed by Catherine McGuire, Outreach Services Law Librarian, Maryland State Law Library)
• Statistics: Patron Count Sheet
• Statistics: Question Analysis Log (contributed by Janet Camillo, Law Librarian, Montgomery County Circuit Court Law Library)
• Legal Rx: Referral Sheet 1 (contributed by Joan Bellistri, Librarian, Anne Arundel County Public Law Library)
• Legal Rx: Referral Sheet 2 (contributed by Joan Bellistri, Librairan, Anne Arundel County Public Law Library)
  

Other Materials

Administrative Order re: Juvenile Masters (November 2002)
Administrative Order re: Orientation Requirements for Masters (April 3, 2007)

Updated: November 18, 2009

Recently Added:

The Annual Meeting of Maryland Circuit Court Law Libraries took place November 4, 2009. A summary of the meeting discussion will be posted shortly.

Maryland Titles Recommended for County Law Libraries has been updated and posted. The updated list contains new titles as well as new editions. A "Red Text" version is temporarily posted to enable checking of specific changes.

General Treatises Recommended for County Law Libraries has been updated and posted. The updated list contains 2009 list prices, where available.

FYI:

The agenda and meeting minutes of the Annual Meeting of Maryland Circuit Court Libraries are available on the Conference page.