2. How Does it Really Work; or is it Possible To Serve two Masters? Making the Case for the Dual Reporting Structure in Academic Law Libraries Presented by Joyce McCray Pearson Director of the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law Library MAALL ANNUAL MEETING 2015 OCTOBER 22–24 KANSAS CITY, MO

3. Washington University Law Library

4. Law Library Interior

5. Report on the Benefits and Risks of a Dual System  Benefits of Collaboration with or reporting to a central university library system  Risks of Collaboration with or reporting to a central university library system

6. Advantages of a Dual System More opportunities are available to both staff and students.  Asset based thinking

7. Leadership Training Exercise

8. Washington University Libraries LLaw Library  Art and Architecture Library  Digital Gateway  Business Library  Chemistry Library  Earth & Planetary Sciences Library  East Asian Library  GIS  John M. Olin Library  Music Library  Special Collections & Archives  West Campus Library

9. Existing relationships  Gov docs (Depository Library)  ILL (Interlibrary Loan)  Reference, training & many others

10. Law Libraries with Similar Structure  SUNY Buffalo Law School  University of Chicago Law School  Cornell University Law School  University of Illinois College of Law  University of Kentucky College of Law  University of Oregon School of Law  Washington University in St. Louis School of Law  Wayne State University Law School  Vanderbilt University School of Law

13. “…value of autonomy…” “…meet all the information needs of the academic legal community…”

14. Collaboration  Law School’s 150 th anniversary in 2017  digitize archival materials for use in digital and physical exhibits, including photos, blueprints, objects, etc.  Digitization of the Law School bulletin (dates back to 1867)  Digitization of Law’s rare book collection  2-3,000 volumes of legal materials dating from the 16 th century

15. Basic Message:  Collaboration and Sharing  Sharing Resources  Coordinated Planning

16. Exploring New Territory Matthew Henson, Explorer Robert Peary was one of the first men to visit the North Pole. He planted the US flag on “top of the world” and was the first African American to join the prestigious Explorers Club. by Charles Henry Alston, 1907-1977, Artist (NARA record: 3569253) - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

17. Ambitious Goals

19. Initiative 1: Open Access

21. Initiative 2: Transfer Political Science Collection

22. Initiative 3: Government Documents

24. Law Library Staff

25. Questions?