The Law Librarian’s Role in the Scholarly Enterprise Colloquium
Friday, November 21, 2008

Sponsored by Collexis
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
- 7:30 PM
- Under the Lintel – A Play (produced by Pure Theater, Charleston, SC)
- Law School, Room 230
Friday, November 21, 2008
Law School Auditorium
| 9 – 9:15 am |
Welcome |
Dean Walter F. Pratt, Jr.
Associate Dean Duncan Alford |
| 9:15 - 10 am |
Keynote |
Professor Stanley Katz, Princeton University |
| 10 – 10:45 am |
Historical Perspective |
Michael Slinger, Associate Dean, Director of the Law Library, Widener University |
| 10:45 am |
Break |
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| 11 am |
The Librarian's Scholarly Role: Views from a Newer Generation of Librarians |
Simon Canick, Director of the Law Library and Assistant Professor of Law, William Mitchell School of Law; Dana Neacsu, Head of Public Services, Columbia Law School; Thomas Mills, Research Attorney, Cornell Law School |
| 12 noon |
Lunch |
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| 1 – 1:30 pm |
A Dean’s Perspective |
Dean Walter F. Pratt, Jr. |
| 1:30 – 2 pm |
A Faculty Perspective |
Professor Danielle Holley-Walker, University of South Carolina |
| 2 - 2:30 pm |
Context and the Role of the Law Librarian in the Scholarly Enterprise |
Professor Barbara Bintliff, Professor of Law, University of Colorado |
| 2:30 – 2:45 pm |
Break |
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| 2:45 pm |
Supporting Scholarship: Thoughts on the Role of the Academic Law Librarian |
Professor Richard Danner, Senior Associate Dean for Information Services and Archibald C. and Frances Fulk Rufty Research Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law |
| 3:30 pm |
Roundtable |
Danner, Neacsu, Canick, Bintliff, Mills, Slinger |
| 4:30 pm |
Final Thoughts |
Associate Dean Duncan Alford |
End 4:45 pm
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