Mark Estes, 1950 –

Hall of Fame Induction: 2016

Significant AALL Service

  • Chair, Membership/Recruitment Committee, 1981–82
  • Chair, Constitution and Bylaws Committee, 1984–87
  • Chair, Program Committee, 1989 Annual Meeting (Reno), 1988–89
  • Chair, Private Law Libraries SIS, 1990–91
  • AALL Vice President/President–Elect, 1991–92
  • AALL President, 1992–93
  • AALL Immediate Past President, 1993–94
  • Chair, Government Relations Committee, 1995–96
  • President, Southwestern Association of Law Libraries, 2000–01
  • Chair, Special Committee on Annual Meeting Education Programming, 2001–02
  • Editorial Director, AALL Spectrum, 2007–13
  • Chair, Economic Status of Law Librarians Committee, 2015–16

Professional Honors and Awards

  • AALL Presidential Certificates of Appreciation, 2003, 2013
  • AALL Hall of Fame, Inductee, 2016
  • Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award, 2018

Selected Publications by the Inductee

  • “The Southern California Association of Law Libraries 1979 Salary Survey (Another Regional Reflection of a National Pattern),” Law Library Journal 72 (1979): 526–33.
  • “Using a Spread Sheet for In-House LEXIS/WESTLAW Billing,” Trends in Law Library Management and Technology 1 (June 1988): 1–2.
  • “Technological Changes in Tech Services—A Case Study,” Trends in Law Library Management and Technology 2 (July-August 1988): 1–2.
  • “A New Scenario for Research,” American Lawyer 11 (December 1989): S7.
  • “Efficient Computer-Assisted Legal Research,” Law Office Computing 1 (Winter 1991): 104.
  • “How to Make the Best Use of CD-ROM,” National Law Journal, July 22, 1992, S1 (with Holley M. Moyer).
  • “Librarians Seek to Update Image,” National Law Journal, July 27, 1992, S4.
  • “Space—the New Alternative,” Trends in Law Library Management and Technology 7 (February 1996): 8.
  • “Disintermediation Brings Law Librarians and Law Publishers Together,” AALL Spectrum 2 (June 1998): 8–10 (with Kay M. Todd).
  • “Law Firm Librarians in the Year 2000,” Legal Reference Services Quarterly 17, no. 3 (1999): 67–69.
  • “Managing Multi-Location Libraries,” AALL Spectrum 5 (September 2000): 14–15.
  • “Changing Nature of Legal Research: Adapting to New User Realities,” AALL Spectrum 6 (September 2001): 24–25.
  • “Less is More: Holme Roberts and Owen Cuts its Library Space by Two-Thirds and Creates a More Efficient Space,” AALL Spectrum 8 (May 2004): 14–15.
  • “Author of New York Legal Research Guide Wins Andrews Award,” AALL Spectrum 9 (June 2005): 16.
  • “Reference Services in Law Firm Environments,” Legal Reference Services Quarterly 26, no. 1-2 (2007): 91–111.
  • “Construction Under Constraints.” AALL Spectrum 12 (May 2008): 13.
  • “Managing Government Law Libraries Today: Challenges and Opportunities,” AALL Spectrum 21 (November-December 2016): 24–27 (with Jennifer Dalglish and Daniel Cordova).
  • “Defining Leadership,” AALL Spectrum 22 (November/December 2017): 34–35 (with Sarah R. Andeen).
  • “Memorial: Alfred Joseph (Al) Coco (1933–2017),” Law Library Journal 110 (2018): 295–300 (with Patrick E. Kehoe, Denny Haythorn, and Laura N. Gasaway).
  • “Legal Research Database Evaluation,” AALL Spectrum 24 (July/August 2020): 18–22 (with Jonathan C. Stock).

Selected Publications about the Inductee

  • Mark E. Estes, “Mark E. Estes,” in Frank G. Houdek, “Stories of ‘My First Annual Meeting,'” Law Library Journal 88 (1996): 35.
  • Frank G. Houdek, “Mark E. Estes,” in “AALL History Through the Eyes of its Presidents,” Law Library Journal 98 (2006): 328–29.
  • Mark Estes, Interview. In An Oral History of Law Librarianship, interviewed by Patrick Kehoe, July 2, 2013, videorecording. Spinelli’s Law Library Reference Shelf, HeinOnline.
  • Katrina M. Miller, “Introducing the 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees: Mark E. Estes, Hazel L. Johnson, Merle J. Slyhoff, and Frank Yining Liu,” AALL Spectrum 20 (May/June 2016): 39–41.
  • Michelle Cosby, “Gallagher Award Celebrates Outstanding Achievement: Mark E. Estes, Claire M. Germain, Margaret K. Maes & Victoria K. Trotta Recognized for Service to the Profession,” AALL Spectrum 22 (July/August 2018): 40–42.
  • “The Crash that Led to a Career: Mark Estes Leader Profile,” AALL Spectrum 24 (January/February 2020): 24–27.
  • “Leader Profile: The Crash that Lead to A Career,” AALL Spectrum 24 (January/February 2020): 24–27.

Professional Positions

  • Head Law Librarian and Assistant Professor of Law, University of La Verne College of Law, 1978–80
  • Director of Library Services, Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, 1980–2008
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Denver College of Law, 1985–86
  • Law Library Director, Alameda County (California) Law Library, 2008–2019
  • Reference Librarian (part-time), Pardee Legal Research Center, University of San Diego School of Law, 2019–present

Education

  • B.A., Ottawa University (Kansas), 1972
  • J.D., University of Denver College of Law, 1977
  • M.L.L., University of Denver, 1977

Selected Professional Activities & Achievements (outside AALL)

  • Chair, Colorado Library Resource Sharing and Information Access Board, 1994–95
  • Editor, Trends in Law Library Management & Technology, 1994–2001
  • Member, Advisory Committee, Department of Library and Information Services, University of Denver College of Education, 1995–2008
  • Co-Chair, Colorado Libraries Marketing Council, 1998–2000
  • President, Rocky Mountain Chapter, Special Libraries Association, 1998–2000
  • President, BayNet, 2014–15
  • Vice-President, California Council of County Law Librarians, 2015–16