Dragomir Cosanici is the Head of Information Services at the Ruth Lilly Law Library, Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis. He holds degrees from Michigan State University (B.A. with honors), the University of Michigan (M.I.L.S.) and the University of Kansas (J.D.). His work experience includes practicing law in the employment and labor areas, as well as working as a library law specialist for the State Library of Michigan. Dragomir has also worked as a reference law librarian for Hofstra University School of Law and the Michigan State University College of Law.
Dragomir handles most of the foreign and international reference questions that come to the library via the reference desk or through its faculty liaison program. He’s fluent in English, Serbo-Croatian, Romanian and has a good working knowledge of the Russian language. Dragomir also teaches U.S. legal research to LLM students enrolled at IU-Indianapolis, Advanced Legal Research as an on-line course, as well as first year law students in the JD program.
His research interests are multiple. He studies the trends of court citations and writes about them. Dragomir enjoys the challenges of attracting new members to the filed of law librarianship. Many of his JD students have heard and experienced his enthusiasm for law librarianship.
Throughout my membership in and service to ALL-SIS I found its effectiveness and responsiveness to member needs important. As a member at Large, I will strive to maintain and improve the high levels or effectiveness and responsiveness.
The high qualities of ALL-SIS products such as the Legal Research Sourcebook, as well as the excellent exchanges of information and tips among librarians across the nation have come in very handy over the years. I have been impressed as a user with the collaboration, making these products and exchanges possible, and as a Member at Large I will continue to market and foster an environment conducive to further exchanges.
It is also important to mention that as a Member at Large I would urge for more opportunities to improve legal literacy standards. Anyone who teaches Advanced Legal Research at the law school level knows the need for improvement in this area. Anyone who works with patrons walking off the street is aware of the needs to further educate. I would support further development of legal literacy standards by ALL-SIS.
As a Member at Large, I would encourage ALL-SIS to attract more new members into the profession and provide them with meaningful connections to stay fresh, excited and satisfied with their careers as law librarians. I support our current efforts but would also encourage the creation of more literature and advertising in areas where there are dual degree programs available (JD and MILS).
I am honored to be nominated for this position and welcome the opportunity to serve as a Member at Large.
