The Supreme Court Ohio Annual Report

Law Library
The Law Library offers research assistance and online
database access to Court staff and public patrons. In 2009, the
library served nearly 6,000 public patrons, answered more than
8,500 reference questions, circulated 1,351 books and provided
more than 60,000 photocopies. Staff assisted the state’s prison
population by responding to 5,163 letters (an increase of
almost 20 percent over 2008) requesting research help or
documents, for which the library provided nearly 265,000
additional photocopies.
As to the Law Library’s collection of materials, the staff
checked in and distributed more than 22,000 items and
processed more than 13,000 item records.
The Law Library kept costs down by judiciously reducing the
collection of materials deemed irrelevant and by expanding
its available electronic resources. The Law Library continues
to increase its reputation among the local and state library
communities in the areas of legal research and resource
sharing.
Law Library staff continue their involvement with projects,
associations and committees outside the Court, including the
Columbus and Ohio Bar associations, the Ohio Library Support
Staff Institute, Ohio Law Libraries Consortium, Ohio Regional
Association of Law Libraries, American Association of Law
Libraries and the Ohio Electronic Records Committee.
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