Description
The Law Library Journal Article of the Year Award honors outstanding achievement in researching and writing an article published in Law Library Journal for the preceding volume year. The Law Library Journal Article of the Year Award Jury will review each article of Law Library Journal and will select the recipient(s) of the award and submit the winning recipient’s name(s) to the Awards Committee.
Purpose
The purpose of the award is twofold: (1) to honor outstanding achievement in research and writing as represented by a work published in the Law Library Journal: and (2) to encourage the submission of such works of high quality to the Law Library Journal.
Award
An appropriate commemorative of the award, such as a plaque, certificate, or similar token, will be given to each recipient. The exact form of the award will be determined by the Law Library Journal Article of the Year Award Jury. The name and achievement of the recipient will be announced in the same manner as that currently afforded other AALL award winners.
Process
Eligibility
All articles published in the completed volume of Law Library Journal for the preceding calendar year, regardless of actual date of publication, are eligible for consideration for the award. A completed volume will generally consist of four issues, designated winter, spring, summer, and fall. Length and format of the article will not affect eligibility.
Articles originally published elsewhere will not be eligible for the award. However, revisions of previously published works or pieces originally presented in another form or media (e.g., paper presented at a conference) will be eligible for consideration.
Criteria
Although not inclusive, the following are factors which may be considered in determining the recipient of the award:
- Contribution to research and scholarship on topics relating to law librarianship, including practical applications for library work
- Contribution to law librarianship as a profession
- Contribution to an understanding of legal materials and legal information
- Quality of writing and effectiveness of the communication technique utilized for the information sought to be conveyed
Procedure
Subject to scheduling requirements adopted by the Law Library Journal Article of the Year Award Jury, the Law Library Journal Article of the Year Award will be determined under the following procedure.
- The jury shall select one or more recipients of the award or no recipient if it deems none of the nominees sufficiently qualified.
- The award recipient(s) must be selected by March 1, 2023.
- The award will be announced and presented during a virtual awards presentation and at the Annual Meeting following the selection of the recipient by the Law Library Journal Article of the Year Award Jury.
Winners
2020 - 2022 2022
Rebecca Chapman
Undergraduate Law Outreach Librarian & Indigenous Outreach Librarian
University at Buffalo School of Law
State University of New York
Buffalo, NY“Protecting Our Spaces of Memory: Rediscovering the Seneca Nation Settlement Act Through Archives,” 113 Law Library Journal 173 (2021)
2021
CO-AUTHORS
Julie Graves Krishnaswami
Associate Law Librarian for Research Instruction
Yale Law School Lillian Goldman Library
New Haven, CTShawn G. Nevers
Deputy Director
Howard W. Hunter Law Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT“The Shadow Code: Statutory Notes in the United States Code,” 112 Law Library Journal 213 (Spring 2020)
2020
Frederick W. Dingledy
Senior Reference Librarian
Wolf Law Library
William & Mary Law School
Williamsburg, VA“From Stele to Silicon: Publication of Statutes, Public Access to the Law, and the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act,” 111 Law Library Journal 165 (2019)
2010 - 2019 2019
Peter W. Martin
Emeritus Professor of Law
Cornell University School of Law
Ithaca, NY“District Court Opinions That Remain Hidden Despite a Longstanding Congressional Mandate of Transparency–The Result of Judicial Autonomy and Systemic Indifference,” 110 Law Library Journal 305 (2018)
2018
Susan Nevelow Mart
Director of the Law Library and Associate Professor
University of Colorado Law School
William A. Wise Law Library
Boulder, CO“The Algorithm as a Human Artifact: Implications for Legal [Re]Search,” 109 Law Library Journal 387 (2017)
2017
Janet Sinder
Director of the Library & Associate Professor of Law
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, NY“The Effects of Demand-Driven Acquisitions on Law Library, Collection Development,” 108 Law Library Journal 155 (2016)
2016
Laura J. Ax-Fultz
The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson Law
Carlisle, PA“Igniting the Conversation: Embracing Legal Literacy as the Heart of the Profession,” 107 Law Library Journal 421 (2015)
2015
Joseph D. Lawson
Deputy Director
Harris County Law Library
Houston, TX“What About the Majority? Considering the Legal Research Practices of Solo and Small Firm Attorneys,” 106 Law Library Journal 377 (2014)
2014
D.R. Jones
Associate Dean for Information Resources, Law Library Director, and Assistant Professor of Law
University of Memphis, Cecil. C. Humphreys School of Law
Memphis, Tennessee“Locked Collections: Copyright and the Future of Research Support,” 105 Law Library Journal 425 (2013)
2013
Sharon Hamby O’Connor
Associate Professor EmeritaMary Sarah Bilder
Professor and Michael and Helen Lee, Distinguished ScholarBoston College Law School
Newton, MA“Appeals to the Privy Council before American Independence: An Annotated Digital Catalogue”
2012
Sarah Yates
Foreign Law and Rare Books Cataloger
University of Minnesota Law Library
Minneapolis, MN“Black’s Law Dictionary: The Making of an American Standard,” 103 Law Library Journal 175 (2011)
2011
Amanda M. Runyon
Outreach Services Coordinator
Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research
The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TXLeslie A. Street
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Reference/Faculty Research Reference Librarian
Kathrine R. Everett Law Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC“Finding the Middle Ground in Collection Development: How Academic Law Libraries Can Shape Their Collections in Response to the Call for More Practice-Oriented Legal Education,” 102 Law Library Journal 399 (2010)
2010
Stephanie L. Plotin
UCLA Hugh and Hazel Darling Law Library“Legal Scholarship, Electronic Publishing, and Open Access: Transformation or Steadfast Stagnation,” 101 Law Library Journal 31 (2009)
2000 - 2009 2009
Sarah Hooke Lee
Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Information and Research Services
Northeastern University School of Law Library
Boston, Massachusetts“Preserving Our Heritage: Protecting Law Library Core Missions through Updated Library Quality Assessment Standards,”100 Law Library Journal 9 (2008)
2008
Daniel Dabney
Thomson Reuters Global Resources
Zug, Switzerland“The Universe of Thinkable Thoughts: Literary Warrant and West’s Key Number System,” 99 Law Library Journal 229 (2007)
2007
Susan Nevelow Mart
“Let the People Know the Facts: Can Government Information Removed from the Internet Be Reclaimed?,” 98 Law Library Journal 7 (2006)
2006
Michael Whiteman
“Appellate Court Briefs on the Web: Electronic Dynamos or Legal Quagmire?,” 97 Law Library Journal 467 (2005)
2005
Susan Nevelow Mart
“Protecting the Lady from Toledo: Post-USA PATRIOT Act Electronic Surveillance at the Library,” 96 Law Library Journal449 (2004)
2004
Georgia Briscoe
Karen Selden
Cheryl Rae Nyberg“The Catalog vs. the Home Page? Best Practices in Connecting to Online Resources,” 95 Law Library Journal 151 (2003)
2003
Nancy Carol Carter
Director and Professor of Law
University of San Diego, School of Law and Legal Research Center
San Diego, CA“American Indians and Law Libraries: Acknowledging the Third Sovereign,” 94 Law Library Journal 7 (2002)
2002
Lee R. Nemchek
“Records Retention in the Private Legal Environment: Annotated Bibliography and Program
Implementation Tools,” 93 Law Library Journal 7 (2001)2001
Steven J. Melamut
“Pursuing Fair Use, Law Libraries and Electronic Reserves,” 92 Law Library Journal 157 (2000)
2000
Marie Stefanini Newman
“Evaluation Criteria and Quality Control for Legal Knowledge Systems on the Internet: A Case Study,” 91 Law Library Journal (1999)
1990 - 1999 1999
Elizabeth M. McKenzie
Kathleen E. Casey“Using Adaptive Technology to Provide Access to Blind, Low-Vision, and Dyslexic Patrons,” 90 Law Library Journal 157 (1998)
1998
Janis L. Johnston
“Managing the Boss.” 89 Law Library Journal 245 (1997)
1997
James S. Heller
“The Impact of Recent Litigation on Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery,” 88 Law Library Journal 158 (1996)
1996
Myra K. Saunders
“California Legal History: A Review of Spanish and Mexican Legal Institutions,” 87 Law Library Journal 487 (1995)
1995
Richard Pearse
“Library Open-Distribution Systems and Copyright Infringement in Canada and the United States,” 86 Law Library Journal399 (1994)
1994
Donald Jack Dunn
“Why Legal Research Skills Declined, or When Two Rights Make a Wrong,” 85 Law Library Journal 49 (1993)
1993
Katherine Topulos
“A Common Lawyer’s Bookshelf Recreated: An Annotated Bibliography of a Collection of Sixteenth Century English Law Books,” 84 Law Library Journal 641 (1992)
1992
Peter W. Martin
“The Future of Law Libraries in Changing Institutions, or the Hazards and Opportunities of New Information Technology,” 83 Law Library Journal 419 (1991)
1991
Theodore A. Mahr
“An Introduction to Law and Law Libraries in India,” 82 Law Library Journal 91 (1990)
1990
Bruce M. Kennedy
“Confidentiality of Library Records: A Survey of Problems, Policies, and Laws,” 81 Law Library Journal 933 (1989)