Paula Tejeda is Associate Law Librarian and Head of Technical Services at the Charleston School of Law. Prior to joining the founding team at the Charleston School of Law, Paula worked for 18 years as the Associate Law Librarian for Administration and Technical Services at St. Thomas University Law Library in Miami. During the 1970s and early 80s, Paula worked as technical services and public services librarian working in academic and special libraries in Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.
During her years in Florida, Paula was an active member of the Florida library community. She was appointed as Chair and Co-chair of several committees of the Regional Library Consortium SEFLIN. As a member of the Dade County Library Association she held the offices of Newsletter Editor and President Elect/President. Paula is also a member of the Caribbean University Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) and its Law Libraries Special Interest Group.
A SEAALL member since 1987, Paula has been active as the Chair of the Membership Committee from 1993 to1995; SEAALL’s Registered Agent from 1995 to 2004; and the Chair of the Registration Committee of the SEALL 2002 Local Arrangements Committee.
Paula joined AALL in 1987 and shortly after that she became involved in several of the Special Interest Sections and their committees: TS-Serials SIS, TS-OBS SIS, and ALL-SIS. During the past 19 years, Paula has been active as Chair of the TS-SIS Serials Special Committee on Statistics from 1992 to 1994; OBS SIS Executive Board during 1996/97 to 1997/98; TS-SIS Acquisition Committee; TS-SIS Serials Committee, Subcommittees working on a second revision of the definitions of serials titles/subscriptions and Part 1 of the ABA Questionnaire from 2005 to 2008; TS-SIS Education Committee 2005/06.
Paula has also coordinated and/or moderated programs during the 1996, 2005 and 2007 AALL Annual Meetings.
I firmly believe that nothing can happen in a library without the magic touch of a librarian, even a Google search if refined by a librarian works better. The interaction between patron, faculty and librarians in academic institutions is the key to the success of any school and any program. A positive and productive interaction between librarians is the key to a successful library and it is our role to build the grounds for this success to continue.
We have a wealth of knowledge and experience among AALL members that can and should be shared with the new generation of librarians. We also have a wealth of knowledge among the new generation of librarians that needs to be shared with other to set the foundation for that successful library and library programs. As the Vice-President/President Elect I would work on programs, projects, etc., to incorporate all of our knowledge and skills.
