Information Services
Drawing from its specialized collection of books, journals, and published and unpublished documents on the work of the federal courts, the Center serves as a national clearinghouse for information on federal judicial administration. In 2004, Information Services staff answered hundreds of requests for information from judges and court staff, congressional staff, other government agencies, academics, researchers, the media, and the public.
Media Library
The Center's media library contains some 4,000 audio and video programs, including Center-produced educational video programs, videotapes of Center broadcasts on the FJTN, audiotapes of seminars and workshops, and more than 700 commercially produced video programs. In 2004, the media library loaned more than 400 programs to federal judges and judicial branch personnel on request and sent some 2,200 media programs directly to the courts for them to keep and use in local education and training programs. Many Center-produced media programs are available to the public through the National Technical Information Service of the Department of Commerce.