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Welcome, Carolina Law students!

By Steven Melamut

We have made a few changes in the library Reading Room to answer your call for more electrical support at the tables. You?ll see 40 table seats newly supplied with electrical outlets for your laptop use and 4 upholstered chairs newly located near outlets. In addition, all the carrels on all library floors have electrical support, and wireless Internet access continues to be available throughout the library.

We also have CALI CD?s with student guides in a variety of legal topics for 1Ls, 2Ls, and 3Ls this year. First year students will receive these during Orientation, and second and third year students will be able to pick theirs up in the Rotunda early in the semester or later at the Reference Desk in the Law Library.

This fall you will have four new staff members supporting you in the Law Library.

Julie Kimbrough is our new Reference/Faculty Services Librarian and comes to us from the Law Library of Congress. Julie has a J.D. and Masters degree in librarianship from UNC-CH. Julie will be team-teaching the Advanced Legal Research and Writing course with Jim Sherwood, Reference/Foreign & International Law Librarian, in the spring.

Nikki Perry is our new Reference/Electronic Resources Librarian and comes to us from North Carolina Central Law Library. Nikki taught legal research for ten years at NCCU and will be team-teaching the Advanced Legal Research course this fall with Margaret Hall, Reference/Student Services Librarian. Nikki has M.L.S. and J.D. degrees from North Carolina Central.

Todd Venie is the library?s new Graduate Assistant. Todd has a law degree from Ohio State and is completing his second and final year in the School of Information and Library Science at UNC. You?ll see Nikki, Julie and Todd at the library Reference Desk.

Courtney Parker is the library?s new Administrative Office Assistant, and she brings experience as a legal assistant for a law firm and as an office assistant and medical transcriber at the University. Courtney has a B.A. in Theatre and Communications from UNC and a multimedia certificate from Alamance Community College.

In addition, I welcome you in my new capacity as Director of the Law Library. The past 7 years, I served as Associate Director of the Law Library, and I am delighted to move into the leadership role as Director. Scott Childs, formerly the Assistant Director for Public Services, is now the Deputy Director of the Law Library, and Carol Nicholson has a new title as Associate Director for Technical Services. The library will search for a new Assistant Director for Public Services this fall.

I join all of the library staff in encouraging you to make use of the many resources of the Kathrine R. Everett Law Library and in wishing you a successful year at Carolina Law.

Anne Klinefelter
Director of the Law Library
Associate Professor of Law

Full post as published by Carolina Blawg on August 23, 2007 (boomark / email).