Peter currently serves as the Interim Director at Drexel University’s Earle Mack School of Law. He started at Drexel in January, 2008. He has also served as the library’s Faculty Services Librarian and the Head of Research Services. Peter co-teaches the law school’s Advanced Legal Research Class.
From 2002 to 2007, Peter worked as a reference librarian and later as the Head of Reference at the University of Houston Law Center library. During his time in Houston, he also served on the board of the Houston Area Law Librarians.
From 1997 to 2002, Peter worked as a reference librarian at the Sacramento County Public Law Library. From 1988 to 1997, Peter was a practicing attorney at his family’s law firm in Pittsburgh, PA.
Peter attended Villanova University for college (graduating in 1985) and Catholic University for law school (graduating in 1988.) He received his Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1997.
Peter’s publications include:
Over the past several decades, the development of the Internet and the entire electronic information revolution have created fabulous new opportunities for academic law libraries. These events have also at times threatened to reduce or even eliminate the academic law library’s role in legal education. Academic law libraries need to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the current information environment and reassert themselves as a vital part of academic legal education. Maintaining the status quo is not an option. Libraries that fail to make the necessary adjustments will see their relevance (and budgets) severely reduced. The Academic Law Libraries Special Interest Section should serve as a vehicle that allows academic law librarians to join forces and share experiences and ideas as we travel this exciting if perilous journey together. For these reasons, I would be very honored so serve on the board of ALL-SIS.
