Frances Brillantine
Secretary/Treasurer Candidate

Biography

Frances Brillantine has served as Head of Access Services at the Catholic University of America Law Library since 2000. Ms. Brillantine has chaired several committees at the Law Library charged with conducting user surveys and has published on the topic of using surveys to improve service to students and faculty.

Frances is an active member of the Law Librarians’ Society of Washington DC (LLSDC), having served as president, treasurer, board member, and currently as past president and chair of the membership committee. Frances is also active in ALL-SIS, having served on the Awards Committee in 2008 and the Middle Managers’ Breakfast Meeting committee in 2007.

Frances received her B.A., with honors, from George Mason University and her M.S.L.S. from The Catholic University of America.

Frances’ publications and presentations include:

• “Student Services in the 21st Century:  Evolution and Innovation in Discovering Student Needs, Teaching Information Literacy, and Designing Library 2.0-Based Student Services.” In Public Services in Law Libraries:  Evolution and Innovation in the 21st Century (Binghamton: NY: Haworth Press, 2008).
• “Pressed for Space:  Is Movable Compact Shelving the Solution?” 51 Law Library Lights 7 (2008).
• Co-presenter, Beyond Volume Count:  Exploring the Evolving Tools for Evaluating Library Quality (American Association of Law Libraries Annual Conference, Portland, Ore., July 2008) (with Kumar Percy Jayasuriya and Kim Vassiliadis).

Personal Statement

ALL-SIS is a dynamic organization, made so by many dedicated and talented members. Over the years, I have benefited greatly from everything that ALL-SIS offers:  excellent publications, conference programs, and the expertise of my fellow ALL-SIS members. I am honored to be considered for the position of Secretary/Treasurer. If elected, I hope to contribute to the excellent job ALL-SIS does in recruiting and supporting new academic law librarians.