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

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).

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, Spring issue (2007) (forthcoming).
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

"Legal Information and the Development of American Law: The Works of Bob Berring," 99 Law Library Journal ___ (2007 (forthcoming).
"Academic Freedom Issues for Academic Librarians," Legal Reference Services Quarterly, no. 4, 2006, at _____(forthcoming).
"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," Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (forthcoming 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: "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.

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
- 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-.
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

Licensing Examiner for Charlotte International School of Law: University of North Carolina, November 2004.
Columbia Law School, February 2003.
Law School Technology, University of Florida, November 1996; Northwestern University, February 2006.
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.
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.