Pacific McGeorge School of Law Staffs Library with Experienced Team
February 14, 2005For Immediate Release - February 14, 2005
Contact: Janet Konttinen, 916.739.7047, cell 916.216.6362
With almost 500,000 books, periodicals, databases, and other reference materials, the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law has put together a team of highly qualified law librarians to keep it all straight. Responsible for the overall operation and management of the law library is Ms. Kim Clarke, who was promoted to Library Director after serving as Acting Library Director since June 2004, and as Head of Public Services before that.
“After conducting an extensive, international search, we found the most qualified person right here at Pacific McGeorge,” said Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker. “Kim has a proven track record of managing all critical aspects of the law library and has served as an invaluable resource to our faculty, students, and staff.”
Kim Clarke also teaches a course on Advanced Legal Research at Pacific McGeorge and is a key member of the campus team, currently evaluating the feasibility of a library renovation project. Ms. Clarke holds a law degree from the University of Manitoba, and a Masters of Library and Information Studies from the University of Alberta where she graduated as the Gold Medalist, an award bestowed to the top-ranked student.
Joining Pacific McGeorge from Loyola Law School’s William M. Rains Library is Paul Howard. Paul has worked at Loyola’s law library on and off since 1995, eventually serving as its Foreign and International Law Librarian. Now the Foreign and International Law Librarian at Pacific McGeorge, Paul earned his J.D. from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, and B.A. in Political Science and Economics from CSU Northridge.
Coming to Sacramento from Wyoming is Monica Sharum, also a J.D., who holds the Electronic Services Librarian position at Pacific McGeorge. Monica has worked in both the University of Wyoming – College of Law Library and Indiana University – Journalism Library. She earned both her law degree and B.S. in Accounting at the University of Wyoming.
Teri Townsend, a graduate of Pacific McGeorge will begin her new role as a full-time Reference Librarian on Februrary 28, 2005. Teri received a B.A. in English from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and was awarded the J.D. degree last December.
The Pacific McGeorge Law Library has a total staff of 21 serving its students and faculty. These new team members bring the total number of professional librarians to eight.
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