CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2020 AALL AWARD RECIPIENTS!
AALL’s Awards Program was established to publicly recognize the achievements of law librarians for their service to the legal information profession and contributions to legal literature.
AALL is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s awards:
MARIAN GOULD GALLAGHER
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Dr. Yvonne J. Chandler
Associate Professor and Director
Law Librarianship and Legal Informatics Program
University of North Texas
Department of Information Science
Denton, Texas
Jolande Goldberg
Senior Cataloging Policy Specialist for
Law Classification, Policy & Standards
The Library of Congress
Washington, DC
Melody Lembke, Retired
Associate Law Librarian for Collection Services
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Pasadena, California
Michelle M. Wu
Associate Dean for Library Services & Professor of Law
Georgetown University Law Library
Washington, DC
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JOSEPH L. ANDREWS LEGAL LITERATURE AWARD
CO-EDITORS
Ed Edmonds
Professor Emeritus of Law
Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame, Indiana
AND
Frank G. Houdek
Emeritus Professor of Law
Southern Illinois University School of Law
Carbondale, Illinois
Business and Legal Aspects of Sports and Entertainment (BLASE), HeinOnline
EDITOR
Ellyssa Kroski
Director of Information Technology & Marketing
The New York Law Institute
New York, New York
Law Librarianship in the Age of AI
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HALL OF FAME AWARD
Steven P. Anderson
Director
Thurgood Marshall State Law Library of Maryland
Annapolis, Maryland
Mary Lu Linnane, Retired
Associate Director for Technical Services
DePaul University
Rinn Law Library
Chicago, Illinois
Gail Warren
State Law Librarian
Virginia State Law Library
Richmond, Virginia
Carol A. Watson
Law Library Director
Alexander Campbell King Law Library
University of Georgia School of Law
Athens, Georgia
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AALL SPECTRUM ARTICLE OF THE YEAR AWARD
Rena Seidler
Reference Librarian
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Indianapolis, Indiana
“Shedding Light on Legal Research Accessibility Issues for the Blind,”
AALL Spectrum, Vol. 23, No. 3 (January/February 2019)
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EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARD
Pierce County Law Library
Tacoma, Washington
Legal Research Center at Lakewood
University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Law,
Leon E. Bloch Law Library, and
Legal Aid of Western Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Self-Help Clinic
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LAW LIBRARY JOURNAL ARTICLE OF THE YEAR AWARD
Frederick W. Dingledy
Senior Reference Librarian
Wolf Law Library
William & Mary Law School
Williamsburg, Virginia
“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)
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AALL/LEXISNEXIS CALL FOR PAPERS AWARD
NEW MEMBER DIVISION
Nicholas Mignanelli
Librarian Assistant Professor
Reference & Instructional Services Librarian, and Lecturer in Law
University of Miami School of Law
Coral Gables, Florida
“Legal Research and Its Discontents: A Bibliographic Essay on Critical Approaches to Legal Research”
SHORT FORM DIVISION
Danyahel (Danny) Norris
Faculty Research Librarian
Houston, Texas
“All Roads Lead to the Library: An Academic Law Library Departmental
Outreach Program”
OPEN DIVISION
Janet Sinder
Director of the Library & Professor of Law
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, New York
“Correcting the Record: Law Journals and Scholarly Integrity in the
Digital Age”
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MINORITY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AWARD
Heather Hummons
Head of Access Services/Adjunct Faculty
DePaul University College of Law
Rinn Law Library
Chicago, Illinois
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PUBLIC ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION AWARD
Jeremy J. McCabe
Research Services Librarian
Georgetown University Law Library
Washington, DC
Leah Prescott
Associate Director for Digital Initiatives and Special Collections
Georgetown University Law Library
Washington, DC
Foreign Intelligence Law Collection
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ROBERT L. OAKLEY ADVOCACY AWARD
Scott G. Burgh, Retired
Chief Law Librarian
City of Chicago Law Department
Chicago, Illinois
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NEW PRODUCT AWARD
LexisNexis
New York, New York
LexisNexis Digital Library
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EMERGING LEADER AWARD
Lindsey Ann Carpino
Legal Content Services Supervisor
BakerHostetler
Chicago, Illinois
Benjamin J. Keele
Research & Instructional Services Librarian
Ruth Lilly Law Library
Indiana University McKinney School of Law
Indianapolis, Indiana
Sara V. Pic
Head of Public Services
Law Library of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
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INNOVATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY AWARD
FOUNDER AND CHAIR, ALLStAR ADVISORY BOARD
Teresa M. Miguel-Stearns
Associate Dean, Legal Information Innovation
Director, Law Library & Professor of Law
Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library
James E. Rogers College of Law
Tucson, Arizona
PROJECT MANAGER
Robert Dugan, Retired
NELLCO Law Library Consortium, Inc.
Pensacola, Florida
DESIGNER
Karen Kupiec
Director, Customer Service
Counting Opinions
Bernard, Maine
SPONSOR
Corie Dugas
Executive Director
NELLCO Law Library Consortium, Inc.
Albany, New York
ALLStAR Official Survey, part of ALLStAR Benchmarking
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VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD
Nicole P. Dyszlewski
Head of Research, Instruction & Engagement
Roger Williams University School of Law Library
Bristol, Rhode Island
Congratulations to all the winners!