The Evolving Nature of Faculty Publications

Jan Ryan Novak, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Leslie A. Pardo, Arizona State University

Abstract

Technology increasingly drives the evolving nature of the library's role in managing faculty publications. Libraries not only create physical archives of faculty scholarship, but take no the active role of facilitating immediate access to content. Trends in legal scholarship, including new formats such as blogs and podcasts and the open access initiatives, compel libraries to develop creative solutions such as enhanced bibliographies, searchable databases, and digital repositories to manage access, preseve, and disseminate faculty writings.