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Link-Rot No More! Mary Jo Lazun

Head of Collection Management

Deborah Judy Maryland Collections

Librarian

Maryland State Law Library

Collaboratively

Georgetown Law Library Maryland State Law Library Virginia State Law Library

Harvard Law Library

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One ringy-dingy…

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The Goal

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The Plan

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Newsletters, press releases, guidelines, office listings, games, contact

information

Transactional and administrative reports, meeting

minutes, statistical data

Mandated publications, official reports, special studies,

task force reports, all Judiciary publications

Our Collection

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By What Measure?

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“Link Rot”

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570

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÷ 4

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Year 1 2008

8.3%

Year 2 2009

15%

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Year 3 2010

28%

Year 4 2011

30.4%

Year 5 2012

37.5%

Year 6 2013

42.2%

Year 7 2014

51.1%

Striking Gold!

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The Big Take-Away!

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“Librarians, the keepers of civilization”

Clerk at Trader Joe’s Annapolis

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Mary Jo Lazun [email protected]

410-260-1441

Deborah Judy [email protected]

410-260-1430