About
Since 1997 TS-SIS has joined with LSRD-SIS to provide funding for grants for law librarians to perform research on topics that will enhance technical services law librarianship. The FROG Committee is comprised of six members: the chair, a representative-at-large, two representatives from TS-SIS, and two representatives from LSRD-SIS. Each representative serves for two years. The committee name was changed in 2015 from LSRD-SIS/TS-SIS Joint Research Grant Committee to FROG (Funding Research Opportunities Grant) Committee.
See the TS-SIS Handbook for more information about the committee.
See the LSRD-SIS website for more information about the Grant.
Resources
Chair
Jessie Tam (2021-2023)
Thurgood Marshall State Law Library
TS-SIS Representatives
Jennifer Argueta (2021-2023)
University of La Verne
Joe Anteau (2022-2024)
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC
LSRD-SIS Representatives
Kevin Carey (2021-2023)
Ohio State University
Corinne Jacox (2022-2024)
Creighton University School of Law
Representative-at-Large
Heather Buckwalter (2021-2023)
Creighton University School of Law
Alex Zhang Receives FROG Grant
Alex Zhang, Research Professor of Law and Associate Dean at the Duke University Law School, has been awarded an $1,000 FROG Grant for her project: Empirical Assessment of Law Library Collection Using a Semi-supervised Machine Learning Model. Alex stated on her proposal, "to identify and evaluate library resources used by academics and researchers ..." "The project analyzes all the footnotes in the 200 papers written by law school faculty members in the last three years ." Alex's project will introduce a new classification system of current legal material and as a tool on collection development. She will be sharing her findings on multiple articles, blog post, panel discussion or webinar.