Chenglin Liu, the Foreign & International Law Librarian at the University of Houston Law Center, published his book, Chinese Law on SARS, in July 2004.
Helane Davis, Seattle University School of Law Publications Coordinator and recent graduate of the UW Law Librarianship program, has accepted a position as Associate Director/Head of Public Services at the Evans Law Library, University of Kentucky. We wish Helane much success in her new position!
Beginning February 1, 2005 Theodore (Ted) Potter will be the Head of Public Services at the University of Iowa Law Library. Ted is leaving Marquette University Law Library after six years of service.
Maryellen O'Brien joined the Florida Coastal School of Law in February as a Reference Librarian. Maryellen comes to Florida from Houston, Texas where she was a Reference Librarian at Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C., and the University of Houston O'Quinn Law Library. She received both her MLS and JD from the University at Buffalo. Maryellen O'Brien, has recently been accepted to the Sunshine State Leadership Institute. The Institute is a comprehensive series of learning sessions that focus on developing an understanding of leadership, within a conceptual framework and with practical applications.
Joey Hernandez joined the Florida Coastal School of Law in April as a Reference Librarian. Joey has a J.D. and a M.L.I.S. from the University of Iowa. In her previous life, Joey was a Police Officer for the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department and is a Gulf War Veteran. Joey has recently been listed by the Army to be crossed trained into a job that can be utilized in Iraq. She is attending 31B training (Military Police) in the Fall. The school will be held at Ft. Leonard Wood MO, and will be conducted in two phases to last a total of 30 days. She will most likely return to Florida for a short period to anxiously await deployment orders (currently the tour of duty is 18 months).
Mary Ann Hyatt, Director of the Florida Coastal School of Law Library in Jacksonville, Florida, has accepted the directorship of the Jaqua Law Library at the University of Oregon.
Sandy Sadow has returned to her position as Collection Development Librarian for the Widener University Legal Information Center for Wilmington, Delaware, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She had formerly held this position but left in 2000 for some extended travel. She is now back, bringing with her a new perspective, and renewed energy.
Jennifer Locke joined the reference department of the Georgetown University Law Library as Faculty Services/Reference Librarian during the Fall 2004 semester. Jennifer completed her M.L.I.S. at the University of Washington in 2004 and received her J.D. from the Duke University School of Law.
Pacific/McGeorge School of Law recently hired three public services librarians: Monica Sharum became the Electronic Services Librarian on November 1, 2004; Paul Howard (formerly at Loyola LA) is the new Foreign and International Law Librarian, effective January 10, 2005; and Teri Townsend will start as a Reference Librarian on February 28, 2005.
Phill W. Johnson left the University of Illinois College of Law to accept a position as Director of Electronic Services and Communications at the University of Missouri -- Kansas City School of Law beginning October 1st of 2004.
Mark Plotkin joined the University of Miami Law Library as the Reference/Internal Instructional Services Librarian. Before moving to UM, Mark worked at the Miami-Dade Public Library in the Social Science/Humanities department. He also worked in the U.S. Department of Justice Libraries and the U.S. Supreme Court Library. Mark received an MSLS from Catholic University and a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
The Loyola University Chicago Law Library welcomes the newest member of its reference department, Julienne Grant. Julienne graduated cum laude from the DePaul University College of Law where she was a Dean's Scholar, on the Dean's List, was the 2002 - 2003 "Top Scholar" (Michael Jaharis Alumni Scholarship), won the CALI Excellence Award in four classes, was a member of Phi Kappa Phi (DePaul Academic Honor Society), and received the Phi Kappa Phi Award of Excellence with Highest Distinction. Julienne received her M.A. in Library and Information Science from Rosary College (now Dominican University) where she was selected as a member of Beta Phi Mu. She received an M.A. in Ibero-American Studies from the University of Wisconsin and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Middlebury College. Julienne has worked as a law clerk at two Chicago firms. She has six years of experience as a reference librarian and bibliographic instructor at Columbia College. She has taught Spanish at the college level, and worked for two years as a reference librarian at the Wilmette Public Library.
Lisa Wagenheim joined the Law Library, James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, in January, 2005, as a Reference Librarian. Prior to her employment at the University of Arizona, Lisa freelanced as an attorney with a local civil litigation firm and was the Electronic Services Librarian at the University of Maryland School of Law. Iain Barksdale, the former Electronic Services/Reference Librarian at the University of Arizona, has taken a position as the Assistant Director for Information Technology at the Salmon P. Chase College of Law Library, Northern Kentucky University.
Kim Clarke was promoted from Head of Public Services to Library Director of Pacific/McGeorge School of Law, effective October 1, 2004.
Susan Lewis-Somers was recently promoted to Associate Director for Public Services at the American University, Washington College of Law Library. Susan currently serves as ALL-SIS Secretary-Treasurer. She came to American University in 1999 as Senior Reference and Educational Services Librarian. Before that, Susan was a reference librarian at the Yale, Northwestern and Willamette University Libraries.
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