A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.
--Norman Cousins

LIBRARY MISSION STATEMENT

The Law Library exists to support the teaching, research and service programs of the Franklin Pierce law Center by:

1. developing and maintaining its print, microform and electronic resources
2. providing intellectual access to these resources through cataloging and indexing
3. instructing patrons in effective search strategy and research methodology
4. providing reference, bibliographic and interlibrary loan services
5. producing print and electronic research guides

The Library's primary mission is to provide this support to the faculty, students and staff of the Franklin Pierce Law Center. The Library has a secondary mission to serve the research needs of its alumni/ae, of patrons using the Federal Depository collection, and of students and faculty from other academic institutions with whom the Library has reciprocal agreements. Additionally, the Library will serve its fee-paying attorney and state government members. The Library will also serve organizations and individuals where the Law Center has defined a special service relationship. Special service relationships include local public interest organizations, national and international intellectual property organizations, and local and national education law organizations.

-Approved by Faculty Library Committee, 2000