Julie Dorn is an especially welcome new member in my book; although her chief responsibility at the University of Minnesota Law Library is cataloging, she expresses a fondness for preservation, one of my favorite causes. Her hometown is Black Creek, Wisconsin; but she has lived equally long in both the Twin Cities and in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned a B.A. in Art from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Currently she is enrolled in the online MLIS program through the University of North Texas, School of Library and Information Science’s program in Atlanta; her second semester began on January 14.
She has worked at the University of Minnesota Law Library for three years as a cataloging library assistant. Previously, she worked for a year at the Gwinnett County Public Library, Collins Hill Branch, in Lawrenceville, GA and for three years at the Atlanta Alzheimer’s Association as the manager of their informational materials and as program resource coordinator.
Julie finds working in a law library to be very challenging since she does not have a background in law. Nevertheless, she enjoys learning as much as possible during the course of her responsibilities. Julie also claims to have a strange sense of humor which leads her to enjoy finding bizarre gems hidden in the collection (like a comic book made by one of the state ombudsmen or a rap video made to promote the law school in the 1980’s). As I mentioned at the outset of this intro, Julie likes to help preserve damaged items in addition to her primary duty which is cataloguing.
I personally hope Julie will hang around ALL-SIS for many years to come because her talents will come in handy!
Cathy Elliott was born in Rexburg, Idaho, but has lived in Southern California most of her life. She went to San José State University (SJSU) for Library School and has worked for Chapman Law Library as their Business and Financial Technician handling both Capital and Operational Budgets for the last eleven years. She worked circulation in a public library but prefers the law library. Legal topics she finds most interesting are Civil Rights and Environmental Reform. Plus Cathy loves the enthusiasm of the law students at Chapman. When not working, she loves to travel, read and work in the garden. Cathy is an outstanding addition to the ALL-SIS membership!
Caroline Young is both Reference and Technical Services Librarian at Rutgers Law Library - Newark. She grew up in New Jersey, although she has lived in Los Angeles and New York City. Her law degree is from Cardozo and her library degree is from Pratt Institute. Rutgers Law Library is her first position as a law librarian. She previously worked as a reference librarian at NYU School of Medicine. She has also practiced law and worked at a legal research company. Right now she is really focused on medico-legal research. However, she finds almost any area of law interesting! Her favorite aspects of law librarianship are the opportunity to learn so many new things all the time and working with her bright and dedicated co-workers. She spends most of her free time with her husband and running after her one year old son. Caroline’s focus on medico-legal research is something that ALL-SIS members can find fascinating and her varied experience is a definite plus.
