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Curriculum Vitae

Richard A. Danner

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Positions Held

• Senior Associate Dean for Information Services, and Archibald C. and Frances Fulk Rufty Research Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law, 2003; Senior Associate Dean and Professor, 1993-2003; Director of the Library and Professor, 1985-93; Director and Associate Professor, 1982-1985; Director and Assistant Professor, 1981-1982; Acting Librarian and Instructor, 1980-1981; Associate Librarian, 1979-1980.
• Visiting Professor, University of Washington Information School, Summer 2001.
• Environmental Law Librarian, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1976-1979; Head of Periodicals Department, 1975-1976; Student Assistant, 1974-1975.
• Instructor, Madison Area Technical College, 1977-1978.

Education

• J.D., University of Wisconsin: 1979.
• M.S. in Library Science, University of Wisconsin: August 1975.
• Graduate Study in Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 1971-1973.
• B.A., University of Wisconsin: May 1969. Major in Political Science. Phi Beta Kappa.

Publications

Books

• Legal Information and the Development of American Law (Co-editor, with Houdek) (Thomson/West, 2008).
• Introduction to Foreign Legal Systems (Co-editor, with Bernal) (Oceana, 1994).
• Strategic Planning: A Law Library Management Tool for the '90s and Beyond (Glanville, 2d ed., 1997) (1st ed. 1991).
• Legal Research in Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin Extension Law Department, 1980).

Other Edited Works

• “Legal Information and the Development of American Law: Further Thinking about the Thoughts of Bob Berring,” Symposium published in 99 Law Library Journal, 191 (2007).
• Legal Information and the Development of American Law: Further Thinking about the Thoughts of Bob Berring, Symposium, published in 99 Law Library Journal, Spring issue (2007).
• Introduction to Foreign Legal Systems (Co-editor, with Bernal) (Oceana, 1994).
• International Journal of Legal Information Cumulative Index 1960-2002, published as 31 International Journal of Legal Information Special Issue (2003).
• Toward a Renaissance in Law Librarianship (Editor) (West, 1997).
• Introduction to Foreign Legal Systems (Co-editor, with Bernal) (Oceana, 1994).

Articles

• "Law Librarianship," in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences (forthcoming 2009) (with Mark E. Estes and Judy T. Meadows).
• "The 21st Century Law Library: A Conversation," 101 Law Library Journal 143-156 (Spring 2009) (with S. Blair Kauffman and John G. Palfrey).
• "Skating with Donovan: Thoughts on Law Librarianship as a Profession," 27:2-3 Legal Reference Services Quarterly 117-136 (2008).
• "Applying the Access Principle in Law: The Responsibilities of a Legal Scholar," 35 International Journal of Legal Information 355-395 (2007).
• "Legal Information and the Development of American Law: Writings on the Form and Structure of the Published Law," 99 Law Library Journal 193-227 (2007), reprinted in Legal Information and the Development of American Law 6-56 (Richard A. Danner & Frank G. Houdek, eds., Thomson/West, 2008).
• "Academic Freedom Issues for Academic Librarians," Legal Reference Services Quarterly, no. 4, 2006, at 13-35 (2006).
• "Issues in the Preservation of Born-Digital Scholarly Communications in Law", 96 Law Library Journal 591-604 (2004).
• "Justice Jackson's Lament: Historical and Comparative Perspectives on the Availability of Legislative History" 13 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 151-194 (2003).
• “Contemporary and Future Directions in American Legal Research: Responding to the Threat of the Available”, 31 International Journal of Legal Information 179-204 (2003).
• "Law School Libraries," Miriam Drake, ed., in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science 1503-1512 (2d ed. 2003).
• "Electronic Publication of Legal Scholarship: New Issues and Models," 52 Journal of Legal Education 347-364 (2002).
• "Strategic Planning for Distance Learning in Legal Education: Initial Thoughts on a Role for Libraries," Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 2/3, 2002, at 69-85, reprinted in Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age 69-85 (Michael Chiorazzi and Gordon Russell eds., 2002).
• "Electronic Publication of Scholarly Information in Law: A View from the United States," 28 International Journal of Legal Information 465-483 (2000).
• "Focus on Information Literacy," National Law Journal, July 17, 2000, at C1.
• "What are Law Libraries For?," 30 The Law Librarian 211-215 (1999).
• "Redefining a Profession 1999," in Proceedings, Fifty-Third Annual Conference of the American Theological Libraries Association 189-205 (1999).
• "Electronic Publication in Law: A Selective List of References," in At the Crossroads (Educational Program Handout Materials, 92d Annual Meeting American Association of Law Libraries) 25-27 (1999).
• "Law Libraries and Technology," Syllabus, Winter 1999, at 4.
• "Dissemination of Legal Information: Social and Political Issues in the United States," in L’information Juridique: Contenu, Accessibilit� et Circulation/Computerized Legal Data and Information: Contents, Access and Circulation (1998).
• "Redefining a Profession," 90 Law Library Journal 315-356 (1998). Winner of the 1998 AALL/Matthew Bender Call for Papers Award.
• "Defining a Profession: Some Initial Problems," in Proceedings of the Seventh Asian Pacific Specials, Health and Law Librarians' Conference 529-535 (1997).
• "Why the Web?", Duke Law Magazine, Spring 1997, 32-34.
• "Renaissance Matters," in Toward a Renaissance in Law Librarianship 61-65 (West, 1997).
• "The Effects of Information Technology on Law Librarianship: An American Perspective," 37 The Law Librarian 203-207 (1996).
• "Facing the Millennium: Law Schools, Law Librarians and Information Technology," 46 Journal of Legal Education 43-58 (1996).
• "Computing in the Law School: The Librarian's Role," Syllabus, Winter 1996, at 3.
• "Document Delivery in the 1990s and Beyond," 19 Canadian Law Libraries 141-46 (1994).
• "The Law Library of Congress and the Legal Profession," 83 Law Library Journal 211-217 (1991).
• "Defining 'Beyond Excellence'," 22 AALL Newsletter 3-4 (1990).
• "American Association of Law Libraries," in 15 ALA Yearbook of Library and Information Services 27-28 (1990).
• "Law Firm Librarians: Toward the Year 2000," PLL Perspectives, Feb./March 1990 at 6-7; reprinted in New Zealand Law Librarians Group Newsletter, April 1990, at 6-9; and in Australian Law Librarians' Group Newsletter, Oct. 1990, at 142-43.
• "Law Librarians Should Define Information System Needs," Syllabus, December 1989, at 6.
• "The Teaching Role of the Law Librarian," Duke Law Magazine, Summer 1989, at 6-10.
• "Managing the Law Library in the 1990s," 81 Law Library Journal 181-90 (1989).
• "Approaching Legal Research," Integrated Legal Research: Instruction & Technique, Summer 1988, at 2-3.
• "An Overview of Health Law Research and an Annotated Bibliography" (with Germain), 11 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 110-25 (1986).
• "The Educational Role of the Regional Chapters," 78 Law Library Journal 528-30 (1986).
• "The Duke Law Library: Its Changing Role," Duke Law Magazine, Winter 1985, at 41-46.
• "Reference Theory and the Future of Legal Reference Service," 76 Law Library Journal 217-232 (1983).
• "Federal Regulation of Non-Nuclear Hazardous Wastes: A Research Bibliography," 46 Law & Contemporary Problems 285-305 (1983).
• "Asbestos in the Library: The Removal Project at Duke," 3 Journal of Library Administration 47-58 (Spring 1982).

Editorials

• "It's the Network," 86 Law Library Journal 391-98 (1994).
• "Big Things," 86 Law Library Journal 184-89 (1994).
• "Delivering Documents, 85 Law Library Journal 235-38 (1993).
• "Supporting Professional Research," 83 Law Library Journal 615-21 (1991).
• "Writing about Original Research," 80 Law Library Journal 171-76 (1988).
• "Who We Are and What We Do," 80 Law Library Journal 1-6 (1988).
• "Working with Facts," 79 Law Library Journal 611-16 (1987).
• "Books about Statutes," 79 Law Library Journal 361-66 (1987).
• "Public Access to the Law," 79 Law Library Journal 163-67 (1987); reprinted in Law Library Lights (1990).
• "Reading Legal Research," 79 Law Library Journal 1-6 (1987).
• "Teaching Legal Research," 78 Law Library Journal 599-603 (1986).
• "On Continuing Education," 78 Law Library Journal 371-74 (1986).
• "Gold-Collar Librarians," 78 Law Library Journal 213-17 (1986).
• "On Bibliographies," 78 Law Library Journal 1-4 (1986).
• "Questions & Answers," 77 Law Library Journal 613-16 (1984-85).
• "Professional Literature," 77 Law Library Journal 431-33 (1984-85).
• "Legislative History Research," 77 Law Library Journal 191-94 (1984-85).

Book Reviews

• P. Wahlgren, The Quest for Law: Law Libraries and Legal Information Management of the Future, 28 International Journal of Legal Information 155-157 (2000).
• R. Adamiak, The Law Book Price Guide, 6 Publications Clearing House Bulletin 50 (1983).
• W. Rodgers, Jr., Cases and Materials on Energy and Natural Resources Law, 7 Law Books in Review 2:15 (1980).
• Analytical Studies for the Environmental Protection Agency, 72 Law Library Journal 166 (1979).

Courses Taught

• Legislation, Duke University School of Law, 1985 to date.
• Introduction to American Law, Duke-Geneva Institute in Transnational Law, Geneva, 2005; 2007.
• Law Library Administration, University of Washington Information School, Summer 2001.
• Introduction to American Law, Asia-America Institute in Transnational Law, Hong Kong, 1998.
• Legal Research for Non Lawyers, Duke Continuing Education, 1986 to 1992.
• Legal Research and Writing Tutorial, Duke University School of Law 1982-83; 1987.
• Legal Research, Duke University School of Law, 1980-1990.
• Legal Research for Paralegals, Madison Area Technical College, 1977-78.

Presentations

• Panelist on Program: "Workshop for New Academic Law Library Directors: Making Scholarship a Reality," Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 10, 2009.
• "Supporting Scholarship: Thoughts on the Role of the Academic Law Librarian," The Law Librarian’s Role in the Scholarly Enterprise Colloquium, Columbia, S.C., November 21, 2008.
• Panelist on Program: "Law Library Journal at 100: The Evolution of a Publication," American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, July 13, 2008.
• "Open Access Law: Access to Legal Scholarship," Starr Workshop on Tapping into the World of Electronic Legal Knowledge, Cornell Law Library, Ithaca, N.Y., October 10, 2007.
• Panelist on Program: "Open Access Law, Free Legal Information, Democracy, and Human Rights," IFLA General Conference Council 73rd World Library & Information Congress, Durban, South Africa, August 19, 2007
• Panelist on Program: "Open Access and the Future of Legal Scholarship: Copyright, Print Journals and Electronic Repositories," Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 5, 2007.
• Moderator for Program: "Trends in Legal Education and Law Practice," American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, July 11, 2006.
• Panelist on Program: "Managing Beyond the Library: Successful Management of IT Departments by Law Librarians," American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, July 10, 2006.
• Panelist on Program: "Exploring Uncharted Territory: The Culture and Context of the University," American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, July 9, 2006.
• Panelist on Program: "Paradigms Lost: Thinking About Library Space in an Evolving Information Environment," American Bar Association Bricks & Bytes Conference, Seattle, WA, March 24, 2006.
• "Classroom Design and Construction" (with Metzloff), American Bar Association Bricks & Bytes Conference, Seattle, WA, March 23, 2006.
• "Management Issues: Law Libraries," American Bar Association Seminar for New Law School Deans, Jackson Hole Wyoming, June 3-4, 2005.
• "Copyright Law and the American Library," University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, April 20, 2004.
• "Issues in the Preservation of Born-Digital Scholarly Communications," University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Chancellor Oppenheimer Library, September 26, 2003.
• Panelist on Program: "Writing for Fame and Fortune," Annual Meeting of AALL, Seattle, WA, July 14, 2003.
• "Law Librarianship Past and Present: The Ever-Challenging Threat of the Available," Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries, Lexington, KY, April 11, 2003.
• "Student Computing in the 21st Century Law School," American Bar Association Bricks & Bytes Conference, Boston, MA, March 20, 2003.
• "Issues in the Preservation of Born-Digital Scholarly Communications in Law," Conference on Preserving Legal Information for the 21st Century: Toward a National Agenda, Georgetown Law Center, Washington, DC, March 6, 2003.
• "Contemporary and Future Directions in American Legal Research," 21st Annual Course on International Law Librarianship, Yale University, New Haven, CT, October 21, 2002.
• Moderator/Speaker on Program: " The Future of the Law Library," Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Conference of the Association of American Law Schools, Kiawah Island, SC, August 1, 2002.
• "Electronic Publication of Legal Scholarship: Issues for Law Libraries," Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries, Orlando, FL, July 23, 2002.
• "Web Publication of Law Journals at Duke," 2002 Conference for Law School Computing, Chicago, IL, June 21, 2002.
• Panelist on Program: "Gazing into the Crystal Ball: The Future of Law Libraries," Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 12, 2002.
• "Electronic Publication of Legal Scholarship: Issues of Preservation and Access" Workshop on Technology, Legal Information, and Legal Knowledge, University at Buffalo Law School, March 15, 2002.
• "Electronic Publication of Legal Scholarship" Yale Law Library, New Haven, CT, February 15, 2002.
• "Electronic Publication of Scholarly Information in Law: New Issues and New Models," Plenary Session of the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, New Orleans, January 7, 2002.
• Panelist on Program "Integrating Technology into Teaching," Southeastern Conference of the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, July 21, 2001.
• Strategic Planning for Distance Learning in Legal Education: Initial Thoughts on a Role for Libraries," University of Toronto Conference, Toronto, Ontario, February 23, 2001.
• "Student Access to Computers in the Law School: Laptops, Computer Labs, or Distributed Workstations?," American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Conference on Bricks and Bytes and Continuous Renovations, Washington, DC, March, 2000.
• "Is the Law Review Dead?," Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 6, 2000.
• "Strategic Planning for Your Law Library," Carribbean Association of Law Libraries, Rodney Bay, St. Lucia, July 26-27, 1999.
• "Electronic Publications and Scholarship," AALL Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, July 18, 1999.
• Plenary Address: "Redefining a Profession," American Theological Library Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, June 12, 1999.
• "New Technologies and Development," American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Conference on Law School Development, Santa Fe, NM, May 27, 1999.
• "Issues in Electronic Publications and Scholarship," Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, New Orleans, January 10, 1999.
• "Circulation of Legal Information: Political Issues in the United States," Conference of the Association pour le developpement de l'informatique juridique, Paris, October 23, 1998.
• "Relying on the Text to Interpret Statutes," AALL Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, July 14, 1998.
• "Funding Legal Information Technology in Law Schools," Deans' and Library Directors' Workshop, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, San Francisco, January 9, 1998.
• Key Note Address: "Defining a Profession," Seventh Asian Pacific Specials, Health and Law Librarians' Conference, Perth, Australia, October 16, 1997.
• "Teaching Legal Research in the US," Australian Law Librarians Group, University of Western Australia, Perth, October 15, 1997.
• "Student Computer Ownership Requirement at Duke," AALL Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, July 22, 1997.
• Panelist on Program: "Applications of New Technology in Alumni Relations and Development," Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 7, 1997.
• "E-Production Teams: What Students Know Can Help You," Association of American Law Schools, Washington, DC, January 4, 1997.
• "The Law Librarian and Law School Computing," Third Northeast Regional Law Librarians Conference, Toronto, Ontario, October 19, 1996.
• "Effects of Technology on Library Staff and Organization," British and Irish Association of Law Librarians Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, September 9, 1996.
• Panelist on program: "Future Libraries: Reality and Law Librarians," AALL Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, July 22, 1996.
• "Organizing for Computing in the Law School," Deans' and Library Directors' Workshop, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, January 5, 1996.
• "Document Delivery in the 1990's and Beyond," Canadian Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, May 17, 1994.
• "Introductory Remarks," AALL Electronic Information Retreat for Publishers and Law Librarians, Lake Bluff, IL, April 7, 1994.
• "Implications of Technology for Law Libraries of the Future," Southeastern Chapter AALL Annual Meeting, Asheville, NC, March 25, 1994.
• "Strategic Vision and Strategic Planning," AALL Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, July 13, 1993.
• "Research in Law Librarianship," AALL Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, July 23, 1991.
• "Strategic Planning to Accomplish Your Library's Mission," AALL Winter Institute, Williamsburg, VA, January 31, 1991.
• "Reorganization at the Law Library of Congress: A Brief History," AALL Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, June 18, 1990.
• "Limitations on the use of Legislative Histories in Statutory Interpretation," Midwest Regional Conference of Law Librarians, Oct. 27, 1989.
• "Comparative Statutory Interpretation," AALL Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, June 20, 1989.
• "The State of the Art of Academic Law Librarianship," Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools, New Orleans, LA, January 5, 1989.
• "Managing the Law Library in the 1990's," AALL Pre-Convention Institute, Tuscaloosa, AL, June 22, 1988.
• "Status of the Legal Research and Writing Curriculum Today," Conference on Effective Teaching of Legal Research in an Online Environment, Winston-Salem, NC, October 9, 1987.
• "Comparative Statutory Interpretation: The United States, Great Britain and Canada," Conference on Canadian Law and Legal Literature: The Commonwealth Perspective, Durham, NC, May 29, 1987.
• "Teaching Legal Research in the First Year Writing Program," Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools, Los Angeles, CA, January 4, 1987.
• Panelist on program: "Workshop for New Law Library Directors," Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools, Los Angeles, CA, January 5, 1987.
• "Future of Chapters in AALL," at Annual Meeting of Southeastern Chapter of AALL, Charlottesville, VA, April 19, 1986.
• "Writing for Professional Publication," at Annual Meeting of American Association of Law Libraries, NYC, July 8, 1985.
• "Academic Libraries in the Year 2000" before Durham County Library Association, May 1983.
• Panelist on program: "Current Relations with Publishers and Dealers," AALL Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, June 1981.

Awards

• Frederick C. Hicks Award for Outstanding Contributions to Academic Law Librarianship, July 2002.
• Presidential Certificate of Merit, American Association of Law Libraries, July 2002.
• American Association of Law Libraries Call for Papers Competition, July 1998.

Professional Memberships

• American Association of Law Libraries.
  • President, 1989-90.
  • Vice-President/President-Elect, 1988-89.
  • Special Committee on Open Access, 2004-06.
  • Task Force on Preservation and Access to Digital Legal Information, 1998-99.
  • Professional Development Committee, Subcommittee on Credentialing, 1997-98.
  • Task Force on Strategic Partnerships, Chair, 1994-96.
  • Special Committee on the Renaissance of Law Librarianship, 1994-96.
  • Special Committee on Visions of the Academic Law Library, AALL Academic Law Libraries Special Interest Section, Chair, 1993-94.
  • Special Committee on the AALL Research Agenda, Chair 1992-93.
  • Committee on Relations with Publishers and Dealers, 1980-82; Chair, 1980-81.
  • Special Committee on the Needs of the Legal Information Specialist in the Year 2084, 1983-86.
  • Committee on Legal Information Service to the Public. Chair of Subcommittee on Future Goals, 1986-87.
• American Association of Law Libraries. Southeastern Chapter.
  • President, 1985-86.
  • Chair, Education Committee, 1986-87.
  • Chair, Constitution & Bylaws Committee, 1987-88.
• American Bar Association.
  • Program Committee, Conference on Graduate Legal Education for Foreign Lawyers, 1999.
  • Vice-Chair, Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar Law Libraries Committee, 1990-92.
  • Site Inspection Teams: Nova, 1989; Valparaiso, 1991; Gonzaga,1992; Richmond, 1993; Vanderbilt, 1995; Chapman University, 1996; San Diego, 1998; Georgetown, 1998; Miami, 2000; Harvard, 2005; Northeastern, 2006; Michigan, 2007.
• American Library Association.
• American Society for Information Science and Technology.
• American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects.
  • Book Award Committee, 1988.
• Association of American Law Schools.
  • Executive Committee, 2002- 2004.
  • Advisory Group on Electronic Publishing, 1998-2000.
  • Membership Review Committee, 1997-2000.
  • Committee on Libraries, 1986-88.
  • Committee on Library Directors' Workshop, 1986.
• International Association of Law Libraries.
  • First Vice-President, 2004-07, 2007-10.
  • Board of Directors, 2001-2004.
  • Director of Communications, 1998.
  • Special Committee on Publications, Chair, 1996-98.
• Research Libraries Group
  • Digital Collections Project Task Force, 1995-1997.
• State Bar of Wisconsin.

Professional Activities

• Editor, Law Library Journal, 1984-94.
• Board of Advisers, Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 2002-.
Association of American Law Schools Planning Committee for Workshop for Law Library Directors, 2007-2008.
• Board of Advisers, SSRN Legal Information and Technology Journal, 2009-
• Organizer of conference (and Presenter): "Legal Information and the Development of American Law: Further Thinking about the Thoughts of Bob Berring," Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley CA, October 31, 2006.
• Program Developer, AALL Conference on "Space Planning and Technology for Academic Law Libraries," Durham, NC, March 12-13, 1999.
• Coordinator for program: Dealing with Statutes: Interpreting Legislation in the 1990s," AALL Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, July 17, 1998.
• Co-Organizer, William and Mary Law School Technology Conference, Williamsburg, VA, October 14, 1996.
• Co-Director, Conference on Canadian Law and Legal Literature: Canada and the World, Duke University, April 15-16, 1994.
• Co-Organizer, AALL Electronic Information Retreat for Publishers and Law Librarians, Lake Bluff, IL, April 7-9, 1994.
• Co-Director, AALL Institute on Introduction to Foreign Legal Systems, Washington, D.C., Feb. 3-6, 1993.
• Co-Organizer, Conference on Canadian Law and Legal Literature: Access to Legal Information in a Multilingual Culture, Duke University, March 27-28, 1992.
• Co-Organizer, Conference on Canadian Law and Legal Literature: The Civil Law Heritage in North America, Duke University, May 25-26, 1990.
• Co-Director, AALL Pre-Convention Institute on Managing the Law Library in the 1990s, University of Alabama Law Center, June 22-25, 1988.
• Co-Organizer, Conference on Canadian Law and Legal Literature: The Commonwealth Perspective, Duke University, May 29-30, 1987.
• Co-Organizer, Conference on Health Law Research, Duke University, October 20-21, 1985.
• Program Chair, Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries, New Orleans, LA, March 7-9, 1985.
• Co-Organizer, Conference on Futures in International Law Collections, Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC, November 9-10, 1984.
• Faculty, Special Editing Workshop, AALL Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 5, 1984.
• Organizer, workshop on Legal Resources for Non-Law Librarians, North Carolina Library Association, Documents Section, April 1982.

University Service

• Information Technology Advisory Council, 1995-.
  Institutional Data Subcommittee, 1995-96.
  Remote Access Subcommittee, 1996-97.
• Center for Instructional Technology Advisory Board, 1998-.
• Academic Computing Advisory Committee, 1994-95.
• Computer and Information Technology Intensive Environment Steering Committee, 2001-2002.
• Triangle Research Libraries Network.
  Board of Directors, 1984-97.
  Chair, Council of Directors, 1995-97.
• University Librarian Search Committee, 1995-96; 2004.
• Vice Provost for Information Technology Search Committee, 2001.

Consultantships

• Law Library: College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe Law Library, 1986; Boston College, 1992; Columbia Law School; Emory Law School, 2007; Wake Forest University Law School, 2008.
• Law School Technology, University of Florida, November 1996; Northwestern University, February 2006: Hastings College of Law, 2008.
• Strategic Planning: Cornell Law Library, 1994; University of Arizona Law Library, 1998; Rape Crisis of Durham, 2000; Notre Dame, 2001; University of Richmond Law School, 2006.
• Licensing Examiner for Charlotte International School of Law: University of North Carolina, November 2004.
• Columbia Law School, February 2003.
• Library Space Planning and Building Renovation, Boston College, 1992.
• Library Staffing, College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe Law Library, 1986.

Languages

• Undergraduate minor in Russian; additional study of German, Spanish, French.

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