The Recession Mounts the Ivory Tower: How the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale has Met the Challenges Posed by a Declining Economy

Authors

Femi Cadmus, Cornell Law LibraryFollow
Blair Kaufmann, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2010

Keywords

Academic law libraries; Recession; Library budgets

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Abstract

The global recession has wrought havoc on the budgets of libraries worldwide, forcing administrators to reassess priorities and change direction midcourse. Privately funded academic libraries which typically rely heavily on large endowments have not been exempt and in fact have probably been hit the hardest. The challenges encountered by this long drawn financial crisis have ultimately provided opportunities to reassess priorities and conduct business more efficiently.

Comments

This article predates the author's affiliation with Cornell Law School. It was presented at the BIALL Conference in June 2010 by Femi Cadmus and Blair Kaufmann.

Recommended Citation

Cadmus, Femi and Kaufmann, Blair, "The Recession Mounts the Ivory Tower: How the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale has Met the Challenges Posed by a Declining Economy" (2010). Cornell Law Faculty Publications. 663.
https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/facpub/663

Publication Citation

Femi Cadmus & Blair Kaufmann,"The Recession Mounts the Ivory Tower: How the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale has Met the Challenges Posed by a Declining Economy", 10 Legal Information Management (2010)