Court and County Law Libraries who are funded by filing fees have been confronting shrinking budgets for years (see AALL: Explore Funding Opportunities for Law Libraries Task Force Report of 2000
https://www.aallnet.org/Archived/Leadership-Governance/committees/task-force-report.html and Sonoma County’s more recent
http://sonomacountylawlibrary.org/About-Us/Library-Funding/). While many avenues have been explored, one option is for a county law library to partner with its local public library. The Hennepin County Law Library entered into a verbal agreement with the Hennepin County Library in 2014; hired a new law library director in 2015 and approved a written cooperative agreement with the county in 2017. The benefits to both parties are many and will be discussed in detail by the two library directors.
