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Need library help?
- Email us at library@courts.state.ak.us
- Call the Anchorage Reference desk at 907-264-0585, or
dial toll free: 888-282-2082 (in Alaska, but outside the Municipality of Anchorage)
- Fax or mail a Request for Information form: Word
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General Library Information
The Alaska State Court Law Library serves the legal information needs of Alaskans
by selecting, organizing and facilitating access to legal research resources
and court system information. The main library collection and statewide administration
is at the Anchorage law library, but library services are available to people
throughout the state.
There are sixteen branch libraries in the Alaska State Court Law Library system.
The law libraries in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and Ketchikan branches are
staffed. All other branches are unstaffed.
Anchorage Law Library
The Anchorage Law Library is open to the public six days a week including evening
and weekend hours. Professional librarians are available Monday - Friday, 8:00
am - 4:30 pm. Library assistants staff the library during all other hours the
library is open.
The Anchorage collection includes:
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- current and superseded Alaska laws (AS), regulations (AAC), and court rules
- Alaska appellate decisions published in the Pacific Reporter
- pre-statehood decisions of Alaska's territorial courts
- Alaska legislative history materials
- decisions from several Alaska state agencies
- Alaska Supreme Court briefs (1960-current)
- Alaska Court of Appeals briefs (1980-current)
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- all other state statutes
- all other state appellate decisions
- federal statutes (U.S. Code)
- federal regulations (CFR)
- all reported federal decisions
- federal legislative history materials
- an extensive American law review collection
- legal encyclopedias
- looseleaf services
- treatises on a wide range of topics
- government depository collection
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Address |
Alaska State Court Law Library
303 K Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
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Hours |
Sunday |
Noon - 5:00 pm |
| Monday - Thursday |
8:00 am - 6:00 pm |
| Friday |
8:00 am - 4:30 pm |
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| Phone numbers |
| Reference Desk |
907-264-0585 |
Toll Free
(call from an Alaska phone number, outside the Municipality of Anchorage) |
888-282-2082 |
| Fax |
907-264-0733 |
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| Library email |
library@courts.state.ak.us |
| Copying |
Copies are 20¢ each. You may purchase a copy card for 50¢
from the card vendor, or use bill/coin operated copy machines. The library
does not provide change.
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Reference Help
The Alaska State Court Law Library is staffed by professional librarians
and paraprofessional library assistants. Library staff can provide you with help using the library’s public computers, copiers, or catalog. We can also provide general research assistance, help you locate a specific document, or assist you with legislative history research.
phone: 907-264-0585, or
toll free: 888-282-2082 (in Alaska, but outside the Municipality of Anchorage)
email: library@courts.state.ak.us
Note: Library staff cannot give legal advice, interpret the law for
you, tell you how to proceed in a court action or do legal research for you.
Please see our "How Can Law Library Staff Help You?" section below and
our legal research and advice policy and for
more information.
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How Can Law Library Staff Help You?
Library staff can:
- Explain how to use legal research tools
- Help you locate a particular statute or case when you have a specific
reference or citation
- Direct you to sources of law, including statutes and cases
- Direct you to books containing forms and court rules
- Recommend sources to begin your research
- Direct you to materials for your school assignment
- Refer you to agencies
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Library staff cannot:
- Give legal advice
- Interpret the meaning of statutes, cases or regulations
- Select statutes, cases or regulations for your situation
- Choose specific forms or language to use in forms
- Tell you how to file a document, what document to file, or how to
proceed with court actions
- State opinions on legal matters
- Do legal research for you
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Library Staff
The Alaska State Court Law Library serves the legal research needs of all
Alaskans. Professional law librarians at the Anchorage administrative headquarters
select, manage and organize materials in branch libraries
statewide.
Anchorage Law Library
907-264-0585 |
Librarians
Susan Falk - State Law Librarian
Buck Sterling - Public Services Librarian
Beth Odsen - Technical Services Librarian
Ken Wheaton - Systems Librarian
Staff
Samantha Boardman - Cataloging
Trudy Moss - Reference and Looseleaf Filing
Susan Padgett - Continuations/Government Documents Processing/
Serials Checkin and Processing
Therese Veker - Reference and Looseleaf Filing
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Fairbanks Law Library
907-452-9241
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Library Staff
Christina Worker
Hope Greer |
Juneau Law Library
907-463-4761 |
Library Staff
Marinke Van Gelder
Shelagh Sands |
Ketchikan Law Library
907-225-0500 |
Library Staff
Kathi Altom |
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| Rev. 17 June 2013
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www.courts.alaska.gov
library@courts.state.ak.us
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