BREDA, KAREN, Legal Information Librarian & Lecturer in Law

B.A., Willamette University;  J.D., University of Oregon; M.L.S., Simmons College.

• "Denial of Health Insurance Premium Assistance to Legal Aliens Violates Equal Protection Provision of Massachusetts Constitution." American Bar Association TIPS Insurance Regulation Committee Newsletter (Summer 2012): 9-10.
  
• "Massachusetts Implements Municipal Health Insurance Reform." American Bar Association TIPS Insurance Regulation Committee Newsletter (Winter 2012): 10.
• "The Dodd-Frank Act." American Bar Association TIPS Insurance Regulation Committee Newsletter (Winter 2011): 10-11.
• Assisting Editor, The Reference Handbook on the Comprehensive General Liability Policy, edited by Alan Rutkin and Robert Tugander. Chicago: ABA Publishing, 2010.
• Review of Insurance Antitrust Handbook. 2d ed.  published by American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law. Legal Information Alert 27, no. 3 (March 2008): 10-11.
• Review of Winning Legal Strategies for Insurance Law by Aspatore Books staff. Legal Information Alert  26, no.6 (June 2007): 12.

KOZIKOWSKI III, CHESTER G., Educational Technology Specialist
B.A., Central Connecticut State University; M.L.S., Southern Connecticut State University

• "Five Steps to Help You Determine if You Need the New 'It' Technology." Computers in Libraries 30: no.6 (August 2010): 6-8.

NEARY, MARY ANN, Legal Information Librarian & Lecturer in Law
B.A. University of Massachusetts; M.S.L.I.S. Simmons College; J.D. Suffolk.

• With Alex Berrio Matamoros. “Librarians, Legal Research and Classroom iPads – A Winning Combination." AALL Spectrum 17: no.1 (September/October 2012): 27-29. (Electronic version available at http://www.aallnet.org/main-menu/Publications/spectrum/vol-17/No-1/ipads.pdf).
• Editor. Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts, 3d ed. Chapter author: "Massachusetts Legislative Procedure and History." 3:1-3:46. Boston: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2009, 2012 Supplement.
• With George D. Wilson. "Hello BLAW: Bloomberg Law, the Newcomer in Legal Research, Meets Academic Users." AALL Spectrum 13: no.5 (March 2009): 16-19, 31. (Electronic version available at http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_sp0903/pub_sp0903_BLAW.pdf)
• With Jennifer Murray and Gail Partin. "Help is on the Way: ALL-SIS and RIPS-SIS Partner to Improve Access to Legal Research Instruction Materials." AALL Spectrum 9: no.3 (December 2004): 18-19.
• Legislative Procedure in the Massachusetts General Court. Boston: Office of the Senate Clerk, 2003.
• Editor. Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts. Chapter author: "Massachusetts Legislative Procedure and History." 3:2-3:46. Chapter co-author (with Brian J. Harkins and Ruth G. Matz): "Selected Legal Research Resources." 11:1-11:32. Boston: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2002.
• "State Government Procurement of Electronic Legal Services." Legal Reference Services Quarterly (special issue) 17, no. 1/2 (1999): 43-58.
• "Selected Family Law Resources on the Internet." In 1998 Management and Technology Conference Publications, 67-69. Boston: Massachusetts Bar Association, 1998.
• "Massachusetts Legislative History." In How to Do Massachusetts Legal Research: Maximizing Efficiency in the Print and Online Environment, 13-50. Boston: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 1998.
• "Legislative Rules Reform." ABLL Advocate: Newsletter of the Association of Boston Law Librarians 19: no.4 (March/April 1996): 3-4.
• With Sarah Bourne. "Electronic Access to State Resources in Massachusetts." ABLL Advocate: Newsletter of the Association of Boston Law Librarians 19: no.1 (September/October 1995): 5-6.
• "News from the State Library [OPAC and Environmental Bulletin Board]" ABLL Advocate: Newsletter of the Association of Boston Law Librarians 19: no.2 (November/December 1995): 6-7.
• "Massachusetts Committee Hearings on Videotape." ABLL Advocate; Newsletter of the Association of Boston Law Librarians 16: no.1 (September 1992): 5-6.

SHEAR, JOAN A., Legal Information Librarian & Lecturer in Law
B.A., University of Minnesota; J.D., Harvard; M.S.L.S., Catholic University of America.

• "The Librarian as Educator: Teaching Essential Legal Research Skills." In The Changing Role of Academic Law Librarianship, 89-102. [Boston, MA]: Aspatore Books, 2008.
• "Elevating Form Over Substance." AALL Spectrum 9: no.8 (June 2005): 10-11, 14-15.
• "Massachusetts." In State-by-State Report on Permanent Public Access to Electronic Information. Principal authors & editors, Richard J. Matthews et al., 129-133. [Washington, D.C.?] Government Relations Committee and Washington Affairs Office, American Association of Law Libraries, 2003. Available online athttp://www.ll.georgetown.edu/aallwash/State_report.pdf
• "That's Not Funny: Tiffany's, Moon River and Memory in Legal Research Education." RIPS Law Librarian 24: no.2 (Winter 2002): 2-3.
• "Could I See That Price Tag Again?" AALL Spectrum 7, no.1 (September 2002): 30. (Electronic version available at http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_sp0209.pdf )
• With Kelly Browne. "Which Legal Research Text Is Right For You?" Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 10: no.1 (Fall 2001): 23-29.
• "Stuck in the Bargain Basement." AALL Spectrum 6: no.2 (October 2001): 34, 36. (Electronic version available at http://www.aallnet.org/committee/pr/prcolumn/2001-10.htm )
• "Are You PR Impaired? How Would You Know?" AALL Spectrum 5, no.5 (February 2001): 14, 17. (Electronic version available at http://www.aallnet.org/committee/pr/prcolumn/2001-02.htm )
• Review of Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies, by Amy E. Sloan. American Association of Law Schools, Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research [Newsletter] (Spring 2000): [2]-3.
• "On Target PR." AALL Spectrum 4, no.3 (November 1999): 14. (Electronic version available at http://www.aallnet.org/committee/pr/prcolumn/1999-11.htm)
• "Your Public Relations Inner Child." AALL Spectrum 3, no.6 (March 1999): 12. (Electronic version available at http://www.aallnet.org/committee/pr/prcolumn/1999-03.htm)
• "Five Keys to Public Relations Success." AALL Spectrum 3, no.3 (November 1998): 2. (Electronic version available at http://www.aallnet.org/committee/pr/prcolumn/1998-11.htm)
• "The Front Page: Memoirs of an Annual Meeting Newspaper Editor." American Association of Law Libraries Newsletter 25:1 (September 1993): 33-34.
• Editor, Beantown Beacon, publication of the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries in Boston, MA, July 11-14, 1993.
• "The Reference Librarian in the Academic Law Library." Legal Information Management Reports 3 (Summer 1991): 2-4.
• "Using Trash to Teach Legal Research." Reader Services Law Librarian 12, no. 4 (June 1990): 8-14. [Also appears in Integrated Legal Research 3 (Winter 1990-91): 27-30.]
• "Survey of Legal Research Skills and Needs." Reader Services Law Librarian 12, no. 3 (March 1990): 5-13.
• With Leslie Bitman and Filippa Anzalone. "The Law Librarian: Providing Information Services for Lawyers." Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, June 5, 1989, 1-2.

SULLIVAN, MARK G., Legal Information Librarian & Lecturer in Law
B.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst; M.S.L.S., Simmons College; J.D., Suffolk.

• "'Phantom' References to Quincy's Reports in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Reports." In Portrait of a Patriot: The Major Legal and Political Papers of Josiah Quincy Junior, edited by Daniel R. Coquillette and Neil Longley York, Volume 5, 858-872. Boston: Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 2009. 
• "Bibliographical Guide to Quincy's Library Catalogue." In Portrait of a Patriot: The Major Legal and Political Papers of Josiah Quincy Junior, edited by Daniel R. Coquillette and Neil Longley York, Volume 5, 914-930. Boston: Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 2009. 
• With the Editorial Staff of West Publishing Company. Guide to Criminal Law & Procedure Research. Westlaw Law Student Edition. St. Paul: West Publishing, 1989.
• With the Editorial Staff of West Publishing Company. Guide to Federal Securities Regulation Research. Westlaw Law Student Edition. St. Paul: West Publishing, 1988.
• "A Legal System Responds to Political Violence: Northern Ireland, 1969-1984. A Selected Bibliography." Legal Reference Services Quarterly 5 (Spring 1985): 91-103.
• "The Writings of Stanley S. Surrey." Harvard Law Review 98 (December 1984): 346-350.

SZYDLOWSKI, NICK, Digital Services & Institutional Repository Librarian
B.A., Yale University; M.L.S., Simmons College.

• “Archiving the Web: It's Going to Have to Be a Group Effort.” The Serials Librarian 59, no. 1, (July 2010), 35-39
• With Katharine Dunn: "Web Archiving for the Rest of Us: How to Collect and Manage Websites Using Free and Easy Software." Computers in Libraries 29, no.8 (September, 2009), 12-18

VAUGHN, SUSAN, Legal Information Librarian & Lecturer in Law
B.A., Boston College; M.L.S., Simmons College; J.D., Northeastern University School of Law.

• With Scott Akehurst-Moore, Massachusetts Primary Legal Research, Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) Lesson (2010). (Electronic version available at http://www.cali.org/lesson/9016.)

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