In this study law school faculty comment on their plans for using the law library after the pandemic. The study helps its readers to answer questions such as: how much will faculty use the print collections as much post pandemic as they had pre-pandemic? Which faculty may use such collections less, or the same amount, or even more? Which online services have faculty grown more accustomed to during the pandemic and how will that impact their use of library resources in the future? How easy or difficult was it for faculty to integrate library-origin and other content into their online classes? How often will faculty visit the physical library and will some faculty visit less frequently than in the past? Which pandemic library practices do faculty feel should be carried over in the post pandemic period? How do faculty evaluate the library’s performance during the pandemic?
Just a few of the 70-page report’s many findings are that:
- Law faculty expect that a mean of 71.23% of Pre-COVID physical traffic to the library will re-emerge by September 2021.
- Female faculty were three times more likely than male faculty to say that they would be using the print law library collection less than pre-COVID.
- About 17% of faculty feel that the law school administration should be spending less or much less on the law library post COVID.
- Faculty at top 20 law schools were more likely than those at lower ranked schools to experience difficulty in integrating information into course management systems.
Data in the report is based on responses from 109 law school faculty from 55 law schools in the United States. Data is broken down by work title, gender, and age of the respondent, as well as by ranking, enrollment size and other variables related to the law schools with which respondents are affiliated.
Table of Contents
THE QUESTIONNAIRE
PARTICIPANTS LIST
- Characteristics of the Sample
SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
List of Tables
Table 1 As a percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic to the physical library site, what percentage of this pre-COVID traffic has or do you expect to return by the following dates?
Table 1.1.1 What percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic do you expect to return in April 2021?
Table 1.1.2 What percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic do you expect to return in April 2021? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 1.1.3 What percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic do you expect to return in April 2021? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 1.1.4 What percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic do you expect to return in April 2021? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 1.1.5 What percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic do you expect to return in April 2021? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 1.1.6 What percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic do you expect to return in April 2021? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 1.1.7 What percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic do you expect to return in April 2021? Broken out by public or private status
Table 1.1.8 What percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic do you expect to return in April 2021? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 1.2.1 What percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic do you expect to return in September 2021?
Table 1.2.2 What percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic do you expect to return in September 2021? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 1.2.3 What percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic do you expect to return in September 2021? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 1.2.4 What percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic do you expect to return in September 2021? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 1.2.5 What percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic do you expect to return in September 2021? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 1.2.6 What percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic do you expect to return in September 2021? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 1.2.7 What percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic do you expect to return in September 2021? Broken out by public or private status
Table 1.2.8 What percentage of pre-COVID patron traffic do you expect to return in September 2021? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 2.1 Post pandemic how often will you visit the law library relative to your pre-COVID habits?
Table 2.2 Post pandemic how often will you visit the law library relative to your pre-COVID habits? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 2.3 Post pandemic how often will you visit the law library relative to your pre-COVID habits? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 2.4 Post pandemic how often will you visit the law library relative to your pre-COVID habits? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 2.5 Post pandemic how often will you visit the law library relative to your pre-COVID habits? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 2.6 Post pandemic how often will you visit the law library relative to your pre-COVID habits? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 2.7 Post pandemic how often will you visit the law library relative to your pre-COVID habits? Broken out by public or private status
Table 2.8 Post pandemic how often will you visit the law library relative to your pre-COVID habits? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 3.1 Post pandemic how often will you use the library print collection relative to your pre-COVID habits?
Table 3.2 Post pandemic how often will you use the library print collection relative to your pre-COVID habits? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 3.3 Post pandemic how often will you use the library print collection relative to your pre-COVID habits? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 3.4 Post pandemic how often will you use the library print collection relative to your pre-COVID habits? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 3.5 Post pandemic how often will you use the library print collection relative to your pre-COVID habits? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 3.6 Post pandemic how often will you use the library print collection relative to your pre-COVID habits? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 3.7 Post pandemic how often will you use the library print collection relative to your pre-COVID habits? Broken out by public or private status
Table 3.8 Post pandemic how often will you use the library print collection relative to your pre-COVID habits? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Which library services have you grown more familiar with during the pandemic? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 4.1 Going forward do you think law school management should spend as much, less or more on the law library?
Table 4.2 Going forward do you think law school management should spend as much, less or more on the law library? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 4.3 Going forward do you think law school management should spend as much, less or more on the law library? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 4.4 Going forward do you think law school management should spend as much, less or more on the law library? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 4.5 Going forward do you think law school management should spend as much, less or more on the law library? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 4.6 Going forward do you think law school management should spend as much, less or more on the law library? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 4.7 Going forward do you think law school management should spend as much, less or more on the law library? Broken out by public or private status
Table 4.8 Going forward do you think law school management should spend as much, less or more on the law library? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 5.1 How effectively does the library work with the Information Technology Department of your law school to provide services to enable distance legal education and home-based work?
Table 5.2 How effectively does the library work with the Information Technology Department of your law school to provide services to enable distance legal education and home-based work? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 5.3 How effectively does the library work with the Information Technology Department of your law school to provide services to enable distance legal education and home-based work? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 5.4 How effectively does the library work with the Information Technology Department of your law school to provide services to enable distance legal education and home-based work? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 5.5 How effectively does the library work with the Information Technology Department of your law school to provide services to enable distance legal education and home-based work? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 5.6 How effectively does the library work with the Information Technology Department of your law school to provide services to enable distance legal education and home-based work? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 5.7 How effectively does the library work with the Information Technology Department of your law school to provide services to enable distance legal education and home-based work? Broken out by public or private status
Table 5.8 How effectively does the library work with the Information Technology Department of your law school to provide services to enable distance legal education and home-based work? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 6.1 How helpful are library services for remote online support for users of online legal information services and other online library resources?
Table 6.2 How helpful are library services for remote online support for users of online legal information services and other online library resources? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 6.3 How helpful are library services for remote online support for users of online legal information services and other online library resources? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 6.4 How helpful are library services for remote online support for users of online legal information services and other online library resources? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 6.5 How helpful are library services for remote online support for users of online legal information services and other online library resources? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 6.6 How helpful are library services for remote online support for users of online legal information services and other online library resources? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 6.7 How helpful are library services for remote online support for users of online legal information services and other online library resources? Broken out by public or private status
Table 6.8 How helpful are library services for remote online support for users of online legal information services and other online library resources? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
What should your law library be doing to prepare for the post Pandemic period? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 7.1 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students?
Table 7.2 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 7.3 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 7.4 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 7.5 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 7.6 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 7.7 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students? Broken out by public or private status
Table 7.8 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
Table 8.1 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students?
Table 8.2 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by law school ranking
Table 8.3 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by title of respondent
Table 8.4 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 8.5 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 8.6 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by law school student enrollment
Table 8.7 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by public or private status
Table 8.8 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester
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Sources / Contributors
- American University Law School
- BGR
- Blewett School of Law, University of Montana
- Boston College Law School
- Boston University International Human Rights Clinic
- Boston University School of Law
- BU Law School
- BYU Law School
- Carmody Torrance Sandak and Hennessey
- Case Western Reserve University
- Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Columbia Law School
- CWRU School of Law
- Delaware Law School
- Duke School of Law
- Florida International University College of Law
- George Mason University School of Law (Antonin Scalia Law School)
- Georgetown University
- IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Liberty University School of Law
- LMU Loyola Law School Los Angeles
- Mercer Law
- Mississippi College School of Law
- Northern California Innocence Project
- Notre Dame Law School
- NYU Law School
- Pepperdine University Cardozo School of Law
- Rutgers University Law School
- Santa Clara University
- Seton Hall Law School
- The University of Alabama School of La
- UC Davis School of Law
- University of Akron
- University of Connecticut School of Law
- University of Florida
- University of Florida Legal Information Center
- University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
- University of Miami
- University of Minnesota Law School
- University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law
- University of North Dakota School of Law
- University of Oklahoma College of Law
- University of Oregon School of Law
- University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- University of San Diego School of Law
- USC Gould School of Law
- UT School of Law
- Villanova School of Law
- Washington and Lee Univ. School of Law
- Widener Commonwealth Law School
- Widener University Delaware Law School
- William S. Boyd School of Law at University of Nevada
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