2006- Pioneering Minority Law Librarians: Echoes of the Past; Directions for the Future
The 2006 AALL symposium on diversity celebrates pioneers, either in person or in spirit, in law librarianship. Through presentations and discussions by select prominent minority law librarians the symposium will honor the successes and contributions made by minority leaders in law librarianship while exploring the issues and challenges of increasing and maintaining diversity in the profession.
The 2006 Symposium will be moderated by Frank Wu, Dean and Professor of Law of Wayne State University Law School. Leaders and pioneers of the law
library community will speak on the following topics: Serving as President of the AALL: an African-American Female’s Experience (Carol Nicholson);
Leadership Development for Minority Law Librarians: an African–American Male’s Experience (Cornell Winston); How Did I Become Director of an
Academic Law Library: a Chinese Immigrant’s Story (Frank Liu); Climbing the Management Ladder in Law Libraries: a Chinese-American Female’s
Story (Michelle Wu); and Diversity in Law Librarianship: Issues and Challenges from an Asian-Pacific American Male’s Experience(Vicente Garces).
* Carol Nicholson is Assistant Director for Technical Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kathrine R. Everett Law Library.
* Cornell Winston is Law Librarian at the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, CA.
* Frank Liu is Professor of Law and Director at Center for Legal Information, Duquesne University School of Law, and Director at Allegheny County Law Library, Pittsburgh, PA.
* Michelle Wu is Director of the Law Library and Associate Professor of Law at Hofstra University Law Library in Hempstead, NY.
* Vicente Garces is Reference & Collection Development Librarian at University of Minnesota Law Library in Twin Cities.