Law Library Benchmarks, 2022-23 Edition

Table 1.1 Which phrase best describes the impact of the pandemic on your library?
Table 1.2 Which phrase best describes the impact of the pandemic on your library? Broken out by country
Table 1.3 Which phrase best describes the impact of the pandemic on your library? Broken out by library type
Table 1.4 Which phrase best describes the impact of the pandemic on your library? Broken out by the number of FTE
What has most fundamentally changed about the library since the pandemic's onset?
Table 2 Your library staff has primarily used one of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations.
Table 2.1.1 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Skype
Table 2.1.2 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Skype Broken out by country
Table 2.1.3 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Skype Broken out by library type
Table 2.1.4 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Skype Broken out by number of FTE
Table 2.2.1 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Zoom
Table 2.2.2 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Zoom Broken out by country
Table 2.2.3 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Zoom Broken out by library type
Table 2.2.4 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Zoom Broken out by number of FTE
Table 2.3.1 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. WebEx
Table 2.3.2 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. WebEx Broken out by country
Table 2.3.3 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. WebEx Broken out by library type
Table 2.3.4 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. WebEx Broken out by number of FTE
Table 2.4.1 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Google Hangouts
Table 2.4.2 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Google Hangouts Broken out by country
Table 2.4.3 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Google Hangouts Broken out by library type
Table 2.4.4 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Google Hangouts Broken out by number of FTE
Table 2.5.1 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Adobe Connect
Table 2.5.2 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Adobe Connect Broken out by country
Table 2.5.3 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Adobe Connect Broken out by library type
Table 2.5.4 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Adobe Connect Broken out by number of FTE
Table 2.6.1 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Microsoft Teams
Table 2.6.2 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Microsoft Teams Broken out by country
Table 2.6.3 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Microsoft Teams Broken out by library type
Table 2.6.4 Your library staff has primarily used which of the following to interact with library patrons and staff at remote locations. Microsoft Teams Broken out by number of FTE
Table 3.1 What phrase best captures the library policy on masking and social distancing?
Table 3.2 What phrase best captures the library policy on masking and social distancing? Broken out by country
Table 3.3 What phrase best captures the library policy on masking and social distancing. Broken out by library type
Table 3.4 What phrase best captures the library policy on masking and social distancing. Broken out by number of FTE
Table 4.1 For professional employees of your organization (faculty at universities; lawyers at law firms. etc.) about what percentage on a typical day are working in the office rather than remotely?
Table 4.2 For professional employees of your organization (faculty at universities; lawyers at law firms. etc.) about what percentage on a typical day are working in the office rather than remotely? Broken out by country
Table 4.3 For professional employees of your organization (faculty at universities; lawyers at law firms. etc.) about what percentage on a typical day are working in the office rather than remotely? Broken out by library type
Table 4.4 For professional employees of your organization (faculty at universities; lawyers at law firms. etc.) about what percentage on a typical day are working in the office rather than remotely? Broken out by number of FTE
Table 5.1 Currently, about what percentage of your personal work time is spent working from home or another remote location not associated directly with your workplace?
Table 5.2 Currently, about what percentage of your personal work time is spent working from home or another remote location not associated directly with your workplace? Broken out by country
Table 5.3 Currently, about what percentage of your personal work time is spent working from home or another remote location not associated directly with your workplace? Broken out by library type
Table 5.4 Currently, about what percentage of your personal work time is spent working from home or another remote location not associated directly with your workplace? Broken out by number of FTE
Table 6.1 Inflation in North America has recently significantly increased, how do you expect that your personnel budget and salaries will be impacted?
Table 6.2 Inflation in North America has recently significantly increased, how do you expect that your personnel budget and salaries will be impacted? Broken out by country
Table 6.3 Inflation in North America has recently significantly increased, how do you expect that your personnel budget and salaries will be impacted? Broken out by library type
Table 6.4 Inflation in North America has recently significantly increased, how do you expect that your personnel budget and salaries will be impacted? Broken out by number of FTE
Table 7.1 What was the percentage nominal average change in the salaries of librarians working in your library for the 2021-22 fiscal or academic year? (answer should be a percentage and indicate if positive or negative)
Table 7.2 What was the percentage nominal average change in the salaries of librarians working in your library for the 2021-22 fiscal or academic year? (answer should be a percentage and indicate if positive or negative) Broken out by country
Table 7.3 What was the percentage nominal average change in the salaries of librarians working in your library for the 2021-22 fiscal or academic year? (answer should be a percentage and indicate if positive or negative) Broken out by library type
Table 7.4 What was the percentage nominal average change in the salaries of librarians working in your library for the 2021-22 fiscal or academic year? (answer should be a percentage and indicate if positive or negative) Broken out by number of FTE
Table 8.1 What do you expect will be the percentage nominal average change in the salaries of librarians working in your library for upcoming 2022-23 fiscal or academic year?
Table 8.2 What do you expect will be the percentage nominal average change in the salaries of librarians working in your library for upcoming 2022-23 fiscal or academic year? Broken out by country
Table 8.3 What do you expect will be the percentage nominal average change in the salaries of librarians working in your library for upcoming 2022-23 fiscal or academic year? Broken out by library type
Table 8.4 What do you expect will be the percentage nominal average change in the salaries of librarians working in your library for upcoming 2022-23 fiscal or academic year? Broken out by number of FTE
Table 9.1 Which of the following best approximates your library's personnel plans over the next year?
Table 9.2 Which of the following best approximates your library's personnel plans over the next year? Broken out by country
Table 9.3 Which of the following best approximates your library's personnel plans over the next year? Broken out by library type
Table 9.4 Which of the following best approximates your library's personnel plans over the next year? Broken out by number of FTE
If your library has made any substantial increase or decrease to budget allocations over the past year, please brie?y summarize these changes.
Table 10.1 In your view, the overall economic outlook for your parent organization is?
Table 10.2 In your view, the overall economic outlook for your parent organization is? Broken out by country
Table 10.3 In your view, the overall economic outlook for your parent organization is? Broken out by library type
Table 10.4 In your view, the overall economic outlook for your parent organization is? Broken out by number of FTE
Table 11.1 In your view, the overall economic outlook for your library budget is?
Table 11.2 In your view, the overall economic outlook for your library budget is? Broken out by country
Table 11.3 In your view, the overall economic outlook for your library budget is? Broken out by library type
Table 11.4 In your view, the overall economic outlook for your library budget is? Broken out by number of FTE
Table 12 What was the library’s total expenditures for content/materials in both print and electronic formats in each of the following years:(Content is defined as books, journals, magazines, audio visual materials, newsletters, databases, directories and other such information vehicles) in $USD
Table 12.1.1 What was the library’s total expenditures for content/materials in both print and electronic formats in each of the following years:(Content is defined as books, journals, magazines, audio visual materials, newsletters, databases, directories and other such information vehicles) in $USD 21-22 fiscal or academic year
Table 12.1.2 What was the library’s total expenditures for content/materials in both print and electronic formats in each of the following years:(Content is defined as books, journals, magazines, audio visual materials, newsletters, databases, directories and other such information vehicles) in $USD 21-22 fiscal or academic year Broken out by country
Table 12.1.3 What was the library’s total expenditures for content/materials in both print and electronic formats in each of the following years:(Content is defined as books, journals, magazines, audio visual materials, newsletters, databases, directories and other such information vehicles) in $USD 21-22 fiscal or academic year Broken out by library type
Table 12.1.4 What was the library’s total expenditures for content/materials in both print and electronic formats in each of the following years:(Content is defined as books, journals, magazines, audio visual materials, newsletters, databases, directories and other such information vehicles) in $USD 21-22 fiscal or academic year Broken out by number of FTE
Table 12.2.1 What was the library’s total expenditures for content/materials in both print and electronic formats in each of the following years:(Content is defined as books, journals, magazines, audio visual materials, newsletters, databases, directories and other such information vehicles) in $USD 22-23 fiscal or academic year projected
Table 12.2.2 What was the library’s total expenditures for content/materials in both print and electronic formats in each of the following years:(Content is defined as books, journals, magazines, audio visual materials, newsletters, databases, directories and other such information vehicles) in $USD 22-23 fiscal or academic year projected Broken out by country
Table 12.2.3 What was the library’s total expenditures for content/materials in both print and electronic formats in each of the following years:(Content is defined as books, journals, magazines, audio visual materials, newsletters, databases, directories and other such information vehicles) in $USD 22-23 fiscal or academic year projected Broken out by library type
Table 12.2.4 What was the library’s total expenditures for content/materials in both print and electronic formats in each of the following years:(Content is defined as books, journals, magazines, audio visual materials, newsletters, databases, directories and other such information vehicles) in $USD 22-23 fiscal or academic year projected Broken out by number of FTE
Table 13.1 In your view, the overall economic outlook for your library content and materials budget is?
Table 13.2 In your view, the overall economic outlook for your library content and materials budget is? Broken out by country
Table 13.3 In your view, the overall economic outlook for your library content and materials budget is? Broken out by library type
Table 13.4 In your view, the overall economic outlook for your library content and materials budget is? Broken out by number of FTE
Table 14 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information?
Table 14.1.1 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? Bloomberg
Table 14.1.2 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? Bloomberg Broken out by country
Table 14.1.3 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? Bloomberg Broken out by library type
Table 14.1.4 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? Bloomberg Broken out by the number of FTE
Table 14.2.1 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? Thomson/Reuters/West
Table 14.2.2 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? Thomson/Reuters/West Broken out by country
Table 14.2.3 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? Thomson/Reuters/West Broken out by library type
Table 14.2.4 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? Thomson/Reuters/West Broken out by the number of FTE
Table 14.3.1 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? Reed/Elsevier/LexisNexis
Table 14.3.2 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? Reed/Elsevier/LexisNexis Broken out by country
Table 14.3.3 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? Reed/Elsevier/LexisNexis Broken out by library type
Table 14.3.4 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? Reed/Elsevier/LexisNexis Broken out by the number of FTE
Table 14.4.1 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? Wolters/Kluwer/CHH
Table 14.4.2 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? Wolters/Kluwer/CHH Broken out by country
Table 14.4.3 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? Wolters/Kluwer/CHH Broken out by library type
Table 14.4.4 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? Wolters/Kluwer/CHH Broken out by number of FTE
Table 14.5.1 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? American Bar Association
Table 14.5.2 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? American Bar Association Broken out by country
Table 14.5.3 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? American Bar Association Broken out by library type
Table 14.5.4 Over the next year do you feel that your law library will spend more, spend less, spend about the same, or continue not to use the following suppliers of legal information? American Bar Association Broken out by the number of FTE
What signi?cant shifts in content spending has the library made in the past year or plans to make in the next year?
Table 15 In nominal terms, not accounting for inflation, how much does your library or parent organization expect to increase or decrease spending on print and electronic information for the library over the next year?
Table 15.1.1 In nominal terms, not accounting for inflation, how much does your library or parent organization expect to increase or decrease spending on print and electronic information for the library over the next year? Print Information
Table 15.1.2 In nominal terms, not accounting for inflation, how much does your library or parent organization expect to increase or decrease spending on print and electronic information for the library over the next year? Print Information Broken out by country
Table 15.1.3 In nominal terms, not accounting for inflation, how much does your library or parent organization expect to increase or decrease spending on print and electronic information for the library over the next year? Print Information Broken out by library type
Table 15.1.4 In nominal terms, not accounting for inflation, how much does your library or parent organization expect to increase or decrease spending on print and electronic information for the library over the next year? Print Information Broken out by number of FTE
Table 15.2.1 In nominal terms, not accounting for inflation, how much does your library or parent organization expect to increase or decrease spending on print and electronic information for the library over the next year? Digital/Electronic Information
Table 15.2.2 In nominal terms, not accounting for inflation, how much does your library or parent organization expect to increase or decrease spending on print and electronic information for the library over the next year? Digital/Electronic Information Broken out by country
Table 15.2.3 In nominal terms, not accounting for inflation, how much does your library or parent organization expect to increase or decrease spending on print and electronic information for the library over the next year? Digital/Electronic Information Broken out by library type
Table 15.2.4 In nominal terms, not accounting for inflation, how much does your library or parent organization expect to increase or decrease spending on print and electronic information for the library over the next year? Digital/Electronic Information Broken out by number of FTE
Table 16.1 Which of the following do you feel has developed the most forward looking products that best incorporated new capabilities in legal information technology?
Table 16.2 Which of the following do you feel has developed the most forward looking products that best incorporated new capabilities in legal information technology? Broken out by country
Table 16.3 Which of the following do you feel has developed the most forward looking products that best incorporated new capabilities in legal information technology? Broken out by library type
Table 16.4 Which of the following do you feel has developed the most forward looking products that best incorporated new capabilities in legal information technology? Broken out by the number of FTE
Table 17.1 How important do you feel it is to acquaint your library's end users with newly emerging automated and robotic methods of conducting legal information searches?
Table 17.2 How important do you feel it is to acquaint your library's end users with newly emerging automated and robotic methods of conducting legal information searches? Broken out by country
Table 17.3 How important do you feel it is to acquaint your library's end users with newly emerging automated and robotic methods of conducting legal information searches? Broken out by library type
Table 17.4 How important do you feel it is to acquaint your library's end users with newly emerging automated and robotic methods of conducting legal information searches? Broken out by the number of FTE
Which law arti?cial intelligence products have been, or you think will be, most useful for your organization? Why?
Table 18 How many subscriptions that require payment does the library maintain to legal journals in the following formats:
Table 18.1.1 How many subscriptions that require payment does the library maintain to legal journals in the following formats: Print with no Electronic Access
Table 18.1.2 How many subscriptions that require payment does the library maintain to legal journals in the following formats: Print with no Electronic Access: Broken out by country
Table 18.1.3 How many subscriptions that require payment does the library maintain to legal journals in the following formats: Print with no Electronic Access: Broken out by library type
Table 18.1.4 How many subscriptions that require payment does the library maintain to legal journals in the following formats: Print with no Electronic Access: Broken out by the number of FTE
Table 18.2.1 How many subscriptions that require payment does the library maintain to legal journals in the following formats: Electronic with no Print Counterpart
Table 18.2.2 How many subscriptions that require payment does the library maintain to legal journals in the following formats: Electronic with no Print Counterpart: Broken out by country
Table 18.2.3 How many subscriptions that require payment does the library maintain to legal journals in the following formats: Electronic with no Print Counterpart: Broken out by library type
Table 18.2.4 How many subscriptions that require payment does the library maintain to legal journals in the following formats: Electronic with no Print Counterpart: Broken out by the number of FTE
Table 18.3.1 How many subscriptions that require payment does the library maintain to legal journals in the following formats: Both print and Electronic Access:
Table 18.3.2 How many subscriptions that require payment does the library maintain to legal journals in the following formats: Both print and Electronic Access: Broken out by country
Table 18.3.3 Both print and Electronic Access: Broken out by library type
Table 18.3.4 How many subscriptions that require payment does the library maintain to legal journals in the following formats: Both print and Electronic Access: Broken out by the number of FTE
Table 19 How much did (will) the library spend for print reporters in (in $USD):
Table 19.1.1 How much did (will) the library spend for print reporters in (in $USD): 2021
Table 19.1.2 How much did (will) the library spend for print reporters in (in $USD): 2021 Broken out by country
Table 19.1.3 How much did (will) the library spend for print reporters in (in $USD): 2021 Broken out by library type
Table 19.1.4 How much did (will) the library spend for print reporters in (in $USD): 2021 Broken out by the number of FTE
Table 19.2.1 How much did (will) the library spend for print reporters in (in $USD): 2022
Table 19.2.2 How much did (will) the library spend for print reporters in (in $USD): 2022 Broken out by country
Table 19.2.3 How much did (will) the library spend for print reporters in (in $USD): 2022 Broken out by library type
Table 19.2.4 How much did (will) the library spend for print reporters in (in $USD): 2022 Broken out by the number of FTE
Table 20.1 In the past month how many times did you seek help by email, listserv or other post, phone or other ways from peers and colleagues at other law or other libraries outside of your own?
Table 20.2 In the past month how many times did you seek help by email, listserv or other post, phone or other ways from peers and colleagues at other law or other libraries outside of your own? Broken out by country
Table 20.3 In the past month how many times did you seek help by email, listserv or other post, phone or other ways from peers and colleagues at other law or other libraries outside of your own? Broken out by library type
Table 20.4 In the past month how many times did you seek help by email, listserv or other post, phone or other ways from peers and colleagues at other law or other libraries outside of your own? Broken out by the number of FTE
Table 21.1 Over the past year the volume of your library’s interlibrary loan requests has increased, decreased or remained about the same?
Table 21.2 Over the past year the volume of your library’s interlibrary loan requests has increased, decreased or remained about the same? Broken out by country
Table 21.3 Over the past year the volume of your library’s interlibrary loan requests has increased, decreased or remained about the same? Broken out by library type
Table 21.4 Over the past year the volume of your library’s interlibrary loan requests has increased, decreased or remained about the same? Broken out by the number of FTE
As the pandemic wanes, your library sta?'s tendency to attend library seminars, conferences and other gatherings will change in what ways relative to the pre-pandemic period?