The Ross-Blakley Law Library at Arizona State University has been awarded the American Association of Law Libraries Excellence in Marketing Award 2009 for the Best Use of Technology for their Faculty Scholarship Repository. The Law Library will be accepting the award at the AALL Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. in July. The creation of the repository was a real team effort and is a testament to the talent of the Law Library staff. The major contributors were Leslie A. Pardo, Access Services Librarian and Faraz Khan, Principal Systems Developer. Special recognition should also go to the following members of the Access Services staff: Serene Rock, Nicole Sandberg, and Mariko Bigler.
Nancy P. Johnson, Law Librarian and Professor of Law at the Georgia State University College of Law Library, made it into SSRN’s top 10. Her article, Best Practices: What First Year Law Students Should Learn in a Legal Research Class, ranked 4th in the number of downloads since January 2009 in the Legal Studies category in March. You can see her article, which will be published in Legal Reference Services Quarterly, and the number of downloads to date at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1341118.
Kristin Cheney, Associate Dean for Library and Educational Technology, has received the Seattle University School of Law’s Champion for Justice Award for her work in serving the elderly and their pets in Pierce County, Washington. In 1998, Kristin established the Seniors With Pets Assistance Program which provides vital support to low income seniors with pets by offering pet food delivery services directly to their homes or for pick up at the Seniors With Pets food bank. The program serves over 250 seniors and over 700 dogs and cats on a consistent basis. Kristin’s longstanding dedication to Seniors With Pets sets an example of how individuals can make a meaningful contribution to public service and act as an advocate for social justice. Kristin has also received the 2005 Spirit of Law Librarianship Award and was one of the top ten finalists for the 2006 Animal Planet Hero of the Year award. For more information, please visit the Seniors With Pets Assistance Web site: www.seniorswithpets.org/.
Cindy Guyer, USC Gould School of Law, received two scholarships this past spring: AALL and SCALL (Southern California of Law Libraries).
Mary Whisner, University of Washington School of Law, is receiving the University of Washington’s Distinguished Librarian Award. “This annual award recognizes a librarian whose contributions advance the mission of the Libraries and the University in the areas of teaching, learning, research, and innovative approaches to practice.” For more information, see http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/dla/.
Hugh J. Treacy, Associate Director of the Law Library at the Whittier Law School, is running for Vice President/President-Elect of SCALL.
On April 7, 2009, the Board of Trustees of California Western School of Law granted Phyllis Marion the title of Associate Dean for Library and Information Resources.
Lisa Smith-Butler is the new Director at the Charleston School of Law.
Robert Linz, University of Colorado School of Law, was appointed the Associate Director and Head of Public Services on December 1, 2008. In this role, he manages the reference and circulation functions of the law library, provide reference service, teach legal research and develop ways to improve library services with technology. Prior to this appointment, Professor Linz served as the Deputy Law Librarian at the Colorado Supreme Court and worked in a number of other academic law libraries in a variety of librarian, technology and management roles. He is involved in the Colorado Association of Law Libraries as a committee member and as the organization’s treasurer. His interests include photography, hiking and reading.
Andrew Plumb-Larrick, formerly Head of Public Services at the Diamond Law Library at Columbia University, accepted the position of Associate Director for Public Services at the Ben C. Green Law Library at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, in Cleveland. He began his new position in mid-March. Andrew is a graduate of Michigan, both in Law and Information Science, and had been at Columbia since 2002.
Catherine M. Hendrickson was promoted to Associate Professor and received tenure at Crafton Hills College.
Michael G. Barton was recently hired as a Research and Instructional Services Librarian at the Drexel Universit’s Earle Mack School of Law Legal Research Center. Mike has his law degree from Villanova, and is a recent graduate of Drexel’s College of Information Sciences and Technology.
As of March 1, 2009, Gordon Russell is now the Associate Dean, Professor of Law and Law Library Director at the Duncan School of Law, Lincoln Memorial University in Knoxville, Tennessee. Their first class of part time evening students will start in the Fall of 2009. The school has received accreditation from the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners allowing their students to sit for the Tennessee bar when they graduate. The law school webpage is: www.lmunet.edu/law/index.htm.
Megan Jens, J.D., M.L.I.S., joined the library staff as Reference Librarian at Hamline University School of Law in February, 2009. Megan’s professional background includes experience in law firm and academic law libraries. Megan’s teaching abilities, Web 2.0 proficiency, and creative talent are a welcome addition to the Hamline Law Library!
Stefanie Pearlman, Schmid Law Library, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, recently received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor of Law Library and Reference Librarian. It goes into effect 7/1/09.
Rob Hudson will be the new Interim Director of Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center - Law Library & Technology Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, starting June 6, 2009. Rob has been the Head of Information Services at NSU for the last three years.
On March 1, 2009, Stephanie Marshall joined the Coleman Karesh Law Library of the University of South Carolina School of Law as the Assistant Director for Faculty Services. Stephanie joins us from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law where she was their faculty services librarian. Stephanie received a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Texas at Tyler, a J.D. from Texas Wesleyan University, and a M.L.S. from Texas Woman’s University.
Jane O’Connell will assume the post of Associate Director for Patron Services, Instruction & Research in the Tarlton Law Library (University of Texas), effective June 1, 2009. Jane received her Bachelor of Arts degree in biochemistry and film history and J.D. from the University of Kansas. She received her Master of Science in Information Studies from the University of Texas. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. After practicing intellectual property law at several large Texas law firms, she joined Tarlton Law Library in 2004. Jane stepped up last summer and effectively kept our service program running during very difficult times. Her performance as Interim Coordinator of Public Services has demonstrated her ability to fill this position on a permanent basis.
A recent seminar, “Indian Legal Research: Unlocking the Secrets to Researching Indian Law,” drew nearly 60 people to the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University to explore the rich and complex world of Indian law. The conference was conceived by Alison Ewing, library liaison for the Indian Legal Program at the College of Law, along with Beth DiFelice, assistant director and head of public services for the Ross-Blakley Law Library, and Tamara Herrera, clinical professor of law. It was encouraged by Rebecca Tsosie, executive director of the Indian Legal Program and Victoria Trotta, associate dean for Information Technology and the Ross-Blakley Law Library and supported by the staff of the Indian Legal Program.
Susan Nevelow Mart, UC Hastings, has had two articles published:
Joel Fishman, Assistant Director for Lawyer Services, Duquesne University Center for Legal Information/Allegheny County Law Library, has published:
Robert H. Hu, St. Mary’s University School of Law, recently published:
Cindy Guyer, USC Gould School of Law, and Michelle Uzeta recently published Assistive Technology Obligations for Postsecondary Education Institutions, 6 J. Access Services 12 (2009).
Courtney Selby, University of Tulsa, has accepted an offer to write a regular collection development column for TSLL (www.aallnet.org/sis/tssis/tsll/). It is a two year commitment. Her first column will be out in June and will be the first part in a series discussing collection development in the face of reductions in acquisition budgets.