REVIEW OF LIBRARY COMPONENTS - THE COLLECTION

The core collection was acquired in 1980 when the Library purchased the holdings of a defunct law school in California. That collection, comprising the bulk of the National Reporter System, now forms the core of the case law portion of the Library’s holdings. After it was established, the Attorney General’s Office transferred many of its volumes to the Guam Law Library.

At present, the Guam Law Library has over 51,000 volumes with over 5,451 titles. The Judicial Center Library and Chamber Libraries have over 9,700 volumes. The main collection includes subscriptions to major treatises, legal encyclopedias, federal and a few state statutory materials, CD-ROM, microfiche and legal periodicals.