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Report of the Law Librarian 1974-1975
July 15, 1975
SIZE OF THE COLLECTION The Cornell Law Library reached a new milestone during the past year.
The size of the collection has now passed the 300,000 volume
mark with a total of 304,451 volumes.
12th
The Cornell Law Library ranks
among law school libraries in the size of its collection.
BOOK BUDGET Again this year the University appropriation to the book budget was increased by $15,000.00 to a total of $150,000.00.
The addition
of endowment income and various special gifts plus a carry over from the previous year brought the total amount of funds available for books, periodicals and binding to $193,231.21.
Of this amount,
$191,184.34 was spent. The book budget for 1975-76 will receive from University appropriations an additional $15,000.00.
It has been projected that
endowment income will be down and it is very likely that the Law Library will not be as fortunate with special gifts as in the past. Inflation is still on the rise and more funds will be needed to even maintain the present quality of the collection.