The Supreme Court of Ohio - Supreme Court - State of Ohio

106 court of appeals opinions required 4,057 pages. Overall,
the Office of the Reporter was responsible for the content of
approximately 9,000 pages of the Ohio Official Reports advance
sheets during 2008.
In addition, during 2008, the Office of the Reporter posted
428 Supreme Court opinions and 314 case announcements
and administrative actions to the Supreme Court Web site. The
office staff also posted 5,859 court of appeals opinions, 369
Court of Claims opinions and 39 trial court opinions to the
Supreme Court’s site.
Law Library
The Law Library offers research assistance and online
database access to both Court staff and public patrons. In 2008,
the Library served more than 6,300 public patrons, answered
nearly 10,000 reference questions, circulated about 1,600
books and provided nearly 80,000 photocopies. Library staff
also assisted the state’s prison population by responding to
4,304 letters requesting research help or documents, which
required the Library to provide nearly 240,000 additional
photocopies. Additionally, the staff checked in and distributed
more than 21,000 items, and processed more than 22,000 item
records from the Law Library’s collection of materials.
During 2008, the Law Library expanded its electronic
resources available to Court staff and the public and continued
to increase its reputation among the local and state library
communities in the areas of legal research and resource
sharing.
Law Library staff members also continue 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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2008 Annual Report • The Supreme Court of Ohio