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Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Michele Villagran Dec 2006

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Michele Villagran

Faculty Publications

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw is one of the nation’s largest corporate law firms with offices in seven US cities and eight cities overseas. The firm, founded in 1881, has headquarters in Chicago, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Charlotte, Washington D.C. and Palo Alto. Overseas offices are in London, Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne, Shanghai and Beijing. The firm has more than 1300 attorneys and 566 partners. We spoke with Michelle Lucero, Legal Information Manager and Director of the Houston Office.


Information Outlook, December 2006, Special Libraries Association Dec 2006

Information Outlook, December 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 12


Storming Politics: San José Women In The “Feminist Capital, 1975-2006,, Danelle L. Moon Nov 2006

Storming Politics: San José Women In The “Feminist Capital, 1975-2006,, Danelle L. Moon

Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Information Outlook, November 2006, Special Libraries Association Nov 2006

Information Outlook, November 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 11


Information Outlook, October 2006, Special Libraries Association Oct 2006

Information Outlook, October 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 10


Information Outlook, September 2006, Special Libraries Association Sep 2006

Information Outlook, September 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 9


Treading Water In A Sea Of Male Politicians—Women’S Organizations And Lobby Activities In Historical Perspective, Danelle L. Moon Aug 2006

Treading Water In A Sea Of Male Politicians—Women’S Organizations And Lobby Activities In Historical Perspective, Danelle L. Moon

Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Information Outlook, August 2006, Special Libraries Association Aug 2006

Information Outlook, August 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 8


Information Outlook, July 2006, Special Libraries Association Jul 2006

Information Outlook, July 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 7


Information Outlook, June 2006, Special Libraries Association Jun 2006

Information Outlook, June 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 6


Information Outlook, May 2006, Special Libraries Association May 2006

Information Outlook, May 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 5


Information Outlook, April 2006, Special Libraries Association Apr 2006

Information Outlook, April 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 4


Commons-Based Digital Libraries, Anita Coleman Mar 2006

Commons-Based Digital Libraries, Anita Coleman

Faculty Publications

This is a presentation of 30 slides at the Brown Bag Series, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana on 31 March 2006. Abstract: Commons-based digital libraries are an emerging phenomenon. They are based on a new vision of digital information organization and use. A definition of commons-based digital libraries, some examples, fundamental characteristics, emerging information behaviors, and preliminary results from a scholarly communication survey of LIS faculty will be presented.


Information Outlook, March 2006, Special Libraries Association Mar 2006

Information Outlook, March 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 3


Information Outlook, February 2006, Special Libraries Association Feb 2006

Information Outlook, February 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 2


Metadata Education And Research Information Clearinghouse (Meric): Web Prototype, Anita Coleman Jan 2006

Metadata Education And Research Information Clearinghouse (Meric): Web Prototype, Anita Coleman

Faculty Publications

This is a presentation of 15 slides at the Metadata Education Resources Clearinghouse: Background and Future Plans session sponsored by the Technical Services SIG at the 2006 Annual Conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), 17 January, 2006, San Antonio, Texas. Explains the rationale for the design of the prototype


Transforming Teachers Into Teacher Researchers: How To Become Information Literate Teacher Researchers And Model Information Literacy For Student Researchers, Susan Kendall, Mary Nino, Lorene Sisson Jan 2006

Transforming Teachers Into Teacher Researchers: How To Become Information Literate Teacher Researchers And Model Information Literacy For Student Researchers, Susan Kendall, Mary Nino, Lorene Sisson

Faculty and Staff Publications

Information literacy is one of the major areas emphasized by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). According to NCATE, all candidates in school settings must be able to systematically integrate information literacy in Pre-K and K-12 school curriculum to assist student learning. The 21st century requires information literate teacher-researchers who are capable of meeting the standards set by the professional organizations such as (NCATE), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). Teaching is no longer finite knowledge distributed by the teacher and returned upon demand. Critical thinking, …


Findings From A Study Of Jelis, Anita Coleman Jan 2006

Findings From A Study Of Jelis, Anita Coleman

Faculty Publications

This is a presentation of 29 slides at the Scholarly Communication panel session of the 2006 Annual Conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education, 19 January, 2006, San Antonio, Texas. Reports the findings from a study that investigated the value of the Journal of Education for Library & Information Science (JELIS). As far as growth is concerned, JELIS is in a holding pattern. Practitioners have decreased as authors and most articles continue to focus on Curriculum in library schools. Articles on distance education and cognition are increasing as are authors from foreign countries (outside US and Canada), …


William Stetson Merrill And Bricolage For Information Studies, Anita Coleman Jan 2006

William Stetson Merrill And Bricolage For Information Studies, Anita Coleman

Faculty Publications

Purpose – This paper examines William Stetson Merrill, the compiler of A Code for Classifiers and a Newberry Library employee (1889‐1930) in an attempt to glean lessons for modern information studies from an early librarian's career. Design/methodology/approach – Merrill's career at the Newberry Library and three editions of the code are briefly examined using historical, bibliographic, and conceptual methods. Primary and secondary sources in archives and libraries are summarized to provide insight into Merrill's attempts to develop or modify tools to solve the knowledge organization problems he faced. The concept of bricolage, developed by Levi‐Strauss to explain modalities of thinking, …


Information Outlook, January 2006, Special Libraries Association Jan 2006

Information Outlook, January 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 1


Usability Of The Digital Library: An Evaluation Model, Judy Jeng Jan 2006

Usability Of The Digital Library: An Evaluation Model, Judy Jeng

Faculty Publications

Summary report from the 2004 ACRL Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship recipient