Government
Jan. 21, 2015
California's federal libraries are shrinking, and some judges don't mind
Federal courthouse libraries are shrinking, and in some cases vanishing entirely, across California. While some judges are a bit wistful about that, many others see the downsizing trend as both inevitable and a prudent financial move.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The surge in online research and a desire to reduce the rent it pays has prompted the federal judiciary to shrink or shutter courthouse law libraries.
Across California, judges and their staff are finding that the spaces they once relied on for research - or as a quiet place to get away - are rapidly vanishing. The library in the Santa Ana courthouse is a shell of its former self and the one in Oak...
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