Joel Fishman, Asst. Director for Lawyer Services, Duquesne University Center for Legal Information/Allegheny County Law Library, has received an AALL Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Grant to complete an Index to State Judges’ Inductions, Memorials, Etc. from the Official State Court Reports.
Druet Cameron Klugh was proud and touched to receive an Improving Our Workplace Award (IOWA) for her actions as a positive role model in the Public Services Department at the University of Iowa Law Library (Spring 2007). IOWAs are awarded to individuals and work teams to recognize the variety of efforts that have a beneficial impact on the university work environment. In December 2007, Druet also received her M.S.L.I.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She thoroughly enjoyed the range of content and teachers available in the LEEP distance education program.
Fred Shapiro’s book, The Yale Book of Quotations (Yale University Press) was named a Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book for 2007. The YBQ has received extensive publicity including coverage on the Today Show, Nightline, the O’Reilly Factor, CBS Early Show, and many CNN programs, as well as several national NPR shows. Favorable reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Times (London), and the New Yorker, among many others. Approximately 1400 libraries have purchased the book, according to WorldCat, including many law libraries.
The Brooklyn Law School Library has a new Reference Librarian, Kathy Wolters. Kathy received her J.D. from Fordham University’s School of Law where she served on the Domestic Violence Advocacy Center (DVAC) and interned both at the Legal Aid Society’s Juvenile Rights Division and at the New York Legal Assistance Group’s Domestic Violence Clinic. Her most recent position was as a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society’s Juvenile Rights Division, representing children in child welfare and delinquency proceedings. Before that, Kathy litigated child welfare proceedings on behalf of the Administration for Children’s Services and practiced in New York County Family Court.
California Western has had several changes over the past semester. Carmen Brigandi has a new job title of Assistant Director for Technical & Administrative Services, Bill Bookheim’s new title is Assistant Director for Public Services, and Barbara Glennan’s new title is Assistant Director for Computer & Outreach Services. Also, Mary Garcia retired as of July 31, 2007.
Two new Reference Librarians have joined the staff of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School Library. Ruth Stevens, J.D., M.L.S., has joined Cooley’s staff at its Grand Rapids campus and Chad Brown, J.D., M.L.S., has joined the staff at Cooley’s Oakland campus. Monica Duke, M.L.S., has also joined Cooley’s Oakland campus as Head of Circulation.
Catherine Dunn joined the Georgetown University Law Library as a Reference Librarian last August.
Pam Brannon has joined the Georgia State University College of Law Library as the Reference/Electronic Services Librarian. In addition to providing services to faculty, students, and the public as a member of the public services department, she is in charge of the Library’s electronic resources, website, and ILS. Pam is a graduate of the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science and the University of Georgia School of Law. Prior to coming to Georgia State, she worked in staff and student positions at several libraries, including the University of Georgia’s Alexander Campbell King Law Library and the New York Public Library Research Libraries.
At the University of Georgia School of Law three librarians have been promoted: Anne Burnett and James Donovan to the rank of Librarian IV, and Sharon Bradley to the rank of Librarian III. The promotions are effective July 1, 2008.
Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis is pleased to announce the appointment of Susan Boland to their Head of Information Services position. Susan previously served as the Research & Instructional Services librarian at Northern Illinois University College of Law. Susan earned her M.S. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from Northern Illinois University. She is a past chair of the CS-SIS and will be presenting the program Life on a Stick: Traveling Light with Portable Applications at the 2008 Annual Meeting.
Michelle Cosby and Ryan Valentin have joined the University of Kentucky as Reference Librarians in the College of Law Library.
Patricia Scott has been named Assistant Director for Education and Research Services at Loyola University Chicago Law Library. Staff members who have assumed new duties include Carol Klink, Assistant Director for Technical Services; Charles Fisher, Assistant Director for Access Services, and Fred LeBaron, Head of Faculty Services and Collection Development. Kelly Milam (J.D. Washington & Lee, M.L.I.S. Florida State University) has joined the staff as Reference and Electronic Services Librarian.
Kincaid C. Brown was promoted to Head of the Electronic & Systems Services Unit at the University of Michigan Law Library. He was previously a Reference Librarian and the Webmaster at the Law Library. In addition, Barb Scanlon was promoted to Assistant Librarian in the newly created Electronic & Systems Services Unit.
Phill Johnson is the new Associate Director of the UMKC School of Law Library. He will still retain his other positions as well (Director of Electronic Services and Communications, and Adjunct Professor of Law).
The University of North Carolina Law Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Donna Nixon to the position of Assistant Director for Public Services where she will supervise services to patrons, including access services, interlibrary loan services and the activities and services of the reference librarians. Additionally, she will participate in library management through the library’s management team. Donna earned her J.D. from Stanford University and her M.L.S. from UNC’s School of Information and Library Studies. Donna comes home to UNC from the Duke Law Library where she has served as Head of Reference since 2004. Prior to her appointment at Duke, Donna worked at UNC Law first as a graduate assistant from 2001 - 2002 and then as a Reference Librarian for several years.
Deborah Hackerson is the new Associate Director for Faculty and Public Services at the Schoenecker Law Library at the University of St. Thomas.
This past December, Cindy Guyer joined the Reference Department at the University of Southern California (USC) Law Library as Law Librarian – Research Services. Prior to working at USC, Cindy worked as a legal writer and editor for the legal newspaper Los Angeles Daily Journal. She has also practiced law in both the private and public sectors.
Texas Tech Law Library has made another addition to its Librarian ranks. Aperna Sherman joined the library on October 1 as the new Reference and Electronic Services Librarian. She received her J.D. from Roger Williams School of Law and her M.L.S. from UNC-Chapel Hill.
The University of Tulsa College of Law Mabee Legal Information Center welcomes its new Technical Services Librarian, Richard Todd. Richard is new to law libraries, but has been active at the national level with the Special Libraries Association.
Masako Patrum, formerly the Technical Services Librarian at Professional Center Library at Wake Forest University School of Law, has accepted a position as the Access Services Librarian at Florida International University College of Law Library in Miami, Florida beginning August 2007. It is a brand new position as the Law Library is new. The Law School began in 2002 and was fully accredited in 2006. Florida International University is a very diversified and progressive university and Masako is enjoying being in the middle of it. As constant technology changes are affecting libraries and library profession, changes are part of our lives and progress.
Grace M. Mills has left her position as the founding law library director at Florida A&M Law School to accept a position as Law Library Director at Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota.
A number of ALL-SIS Members contributed chapters to Public Services in Law Libraries: Evolution and Innovation in the 21st Century. The book examines today’s changing law libraries and offers unique and practical ways to provide services in a variety of areas, including student services, faculty services, attorney and governmental services, general administrative support, needs surveying, creative marketing, and innovative instructional materials. The book was co-edited by Barbara Bintliff and Lee Peoples. Authors include: Kay M. Todd, Courtney Selby, Roy Balleste, Scott Matheson, Stephanie Davidson, Mark Estes, Luis Acosta, Anna Cherry, Kumar Percy Jayasuriya, Frances Brillantine, Diane Murley, Margaret A. Schilt, Jan Novak, Leslie Pardo, Leah Sandwell-Weiss, Anne Klinefelter, and Kristin Cheney. More information is available at: www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sid=K5QMGAKDL80U9G3N51PE2K12PXBX1W7C&sku=6116&AuthType=4.
Georgia State University’s Ron Wheeler, Associate Director for Public Services; Nancy P. Johnson, Law Librarian & Professor of Law; and Terrance K. Manion, Librarian & Director of Information Technology, have published an article entitled Choosing the Top Candidate: Best Practice in Law Library Hiring. The article will appear in volume 100 of Law Library Journal.
James Donovan co-authored an article, with John Stuart Garth, entitled Delimiting the Culture Defense, which appears at 26 Quinnipiac Law Review 109.
Laurence Seidenberg, Esq., Reference Librarian, Syracuse University College of Law Barclay Law Library recently published a book review of Ronan Deazley’s Rethinking Copyright; History, Theory, Language, Elgar Publishing 2006, in the Fall 2007 Vol. 35(2), of the International Journal of Legal Information (IJLI), the official journal of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) (http://www.iall.org/journal.htm).
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