Robert L. Oakley

AALL Mourns the Loss of Bob Oakley

Robert L. Oakley was Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center from 1982 until September 2007. Prior to that time, he was the Director of the Library and Associate Professor at the Boston University School of Law and the Associate Law Librarian at Cornell. He received his law degree and B.A. from Cornell, and his library degree from Syracuse.

Oakley was an active member of the American Association of Law Libraries, serving on its Executive Board from 1991 - 1994 and serving as its Washington Affairs Representative since 1989. In this latter capacity, he worked on a wide variety of issues, ranging from access to government information to censorship on the information networks and telecommunications reform.



Mary Alice Baish

Mary Alice Baish serves as the Acting Washington Affairs Representative at the Washington Affairs Office of AALL, where she has worked since February 1995. She has held positions as documents librarian at the American University Library and at Seton Hall University Law Library. She received a B.A. in French from St. Josephs College in Maryland, an M.A. in Foreign Language Education from SUNY Buffalo, and an M.L.S. from Rutgers University.

Baish promotes AALL’s information policy agenda by drafting formal letters, congressional testimony, and position papers on a wide range of federal and state issues. She represents the Association on the Hill, and with various Federal agencies, issues-based coalitions, and other allied organizations. She also serves as AALL Staff Liaison to the Access to Electronic Legal Information Committee, Citations Format Committee, Copyright Committee and Government Relations Committee.

Contact:
Phone: (202) 662-9200
baish@law.georgetown.edu


Emily Feldman

Emily Feldman joined the Washington Affairs Office as the Advocacy Communications Assistant in November 2007. Previously, she worked as Program Associate at OpenTheGovernment.org, a broad-based coalition of organizations, including AALL, that are committed to making government more open to achieve accountability, security and safety. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Women’s Studies from the University of Rochester in 2005.

Feldman is responsible for open government issues as well as improving the communications and advocacy work of the Washington Affairs Office.

Contact:
Phone: (202) 662-4058
ejf33@law.georgetown.edu


AALL Government Relations Committee

Roster of Committee Members: 2007 - 2008
Effective Date: 12/21/2007

Position Member Name Term Date
Chair  Mr. Scott Matheson
Head of Public Services
University of Colorado Law Library
Wm. A. Wise Law Library
402 UCB, Wolf Law Bldg, Rm 223A
2405 Kittredge Loop Road
Boulder, CO 80309-0402
Phone: (303) 492-2504
Fax: (303) 492-2707
Email: scott.matheson@colorado.edu
7/18/2007 - 7/15/2008 
Board Liaison  Ms. Ann T. Fessenden
7/18/2007 - 7/15/2008 
Member  Angela T. Baldreen
7/18/2007 - 7/28/2009 
Member  Jennifer Behrens
7/18/2007 - 7/28/2009  
Member  Ms. Barbara H. Brandon
7/18/2007 - 7/28/2009 
Member  Mr. Paul D. Callister
7/13/2006 - 7/15/2008 
Member  Ms. Janet L. Fischer
7/13/2006 - 7/15/2008  
Member  Ms. Marlene C. Gebauer
7/18/2007 - 7/28/2009 
Member  Ms. Stephanie P. Hess
7/13/2006 - 7/15/2008  
Member  Mr. Lawrence R. Meyer
7/13/2006 - 7/15/2008 
Member  Mr. Stephen Mirsky
7/18/2007 - 7/28/2009 
Member  Ms. Camilla Tubbs
7/13/2006 - 7/15/2008 
Member  Ms. Sally H. Wambold
7/13/2006 - 7/15/2008