Return on Investment

In an era where money is tight, tuition bills are ever increasing, and expectations are ever increasing many law school administrators, not to mention students and potential students all want to get the best return on their investment.  For law school libraries this often means proving their value to the academic community in which they exist.  Unfortunately for library administrators there has been little in the way of guidance on how to prove their value to school administrators who may look to the library as an easy place to cut the budget from.  Fortunately, the American Association of Law Libraries has commissioned a study that hopes to quantify the services that librarians provide to the law schools they serve and give us librarians some much needed ammunition in the fight against budget cuts.  The results of this study will be eagerly anticipated many to be sure.