Repurposing Law School & Library Space :

Renovating in a Finite World

Tom French

Syracuse University

Clinics:

1999-2000 2005-2006 Children’s Rights Children’s Rights and Family Law Criminal Criminal Housing and Finance Community Development Law Public Interest Public Interest Low Income Taxpayer Securities Arbitration

Centers & Institutes:

1999-2000 2005-2006 Family Law & Social Policy The Burton Blatt Institute Global Law and Practice Disability Studies, Law & Human Policy Law & Business Enterprise Family Law & Social Policy Law, Technology & Management Global Law & Practice Indigenous Law, Governance & Citizenship Law & Business Enterprise National Security & Counterterrorism New Technology & Law

Property, Citizenship & Social Entrepreneurism

Syracuse University College of Law Library Year Hard Copy Hard Copy Hard Copy

Volumes Added Volumes Withdrawn Volumes Held

2000 5,800 1,334 194,152 2001 5,678 2,603 197,227 2002 6,431 2,181 201,477 2003 5,747 1,388 205,836 2004 5,380 4,198 207,018 2005 5,271 1,812 210,477

Syracuse University College of Law: Staffing

1999-2000 February, 2006 Full-Time Faculty 43 50 Research & Writing Faculty 6 8 Admissions & Financial Aid 6 8 Development (Advancement) 4 7 Budget & Business Operations 2 3 Career Services 3 6 Clinics 11 17 Facilities 1 1 Info. Tech. & Support Services 6 11 Library 18 21 Faculty Support 4 6 Registrar 2 2 Student Services 3 3 Student Resources -- 1

1993-94 – 2003-04

• 82 libraries increased space– Median increase 32.5%

• 46 libraries stayed the same size

• 49 libraries lost space– Median decrease 6.6%

Syracuse University Law Library

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• 16 of 23 libraries repurposed computer labs or are planning to do so

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Nicholas Pengelley, The Virtual Law School Library, 29 INT’L J. LEGAL INFO. 615 (2001)

Nicholas Pengelley, The Virtual Law School Library, 29 INT’L J. LEGAL INFO. 615 (2001)

• Changes :

Increased technological sophistication

Expanding amount of electronic material

Stack space will decrease

People space will increase

Joan K. Lippincott, NET Generation Students & Libraries, 40 EDUCAUSE REV. MARCH/APRIL 2005, at 56.

Joan K. Lippincott, NET Generation Students & Libraries, 40 EDUCAUSE REV. MARCH/APRIL 2005, at 56.

• Making libraries relevant by accommodating the needs of the NET generation

– Multimedia Environments

– Multitasking

– Working in Groups

UNC School of Information & Library ScienceReading Room

Group Project

All with laptops

Two laptops,Three books

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UNC Law School Reading Room

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One group of fourThree laptops

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Four indiviualsworking

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Number of Sign-Ups

July - December2004

July - December2005

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Group Study Room Use

Thomas R. French, Law Librarians and Library Design, Construction, and Renovation: An Annotated Bibliography and Review of the Literature, 98 LAW LIBR. J. 99 (2006)