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BECK, KAREN S., Curator of Rare Books, Legal Information Librarian & Collection Development Librarian.
B.A., Pomona College, Claremont, California; J.D., University of Southern California; M.L.S., UCLA.

  • "A Working Lawyer's Life: The Letter Book of John Henry Senter." Law Library Journal  99 (2007): 471-523.
  • Catalogues Of Early American Law Libraries: The 1846 Auction Catalogue Of Joseph Story's Library. Introduction by Michael H. Hoeflich, index by Karen S. Beck. With a facsimile reproduction of the original 1846 catalogue, courtesy of the Boston Public Library. Austin, Tex.: Jamail Center for Legal Research, 2004.
  • Highlights from the Brooker Collection, 1716-1930: The Robert E. Brooker III Collection of American Legal and Land Use Documents. [Newton, MA]: Boston College Law Library, [2004]
  • With Adeen Postar and Maria Protti. "The Write Way: Past 'AALL Call for Papers' Winners Advise the Hesitant Writer." AALL Spectrum 5: no.4 (December 2000): 4, 6, 16.
  • "The Time Has Come for Electronic Cite-Checking." AALL Spectrum 4: no.7 (April 2000): 36.
  • "One Step at a Time: The Research Value of Law Student Notebooks." Law Library Journal 91 (Winter 1999): 29-138.
  • "Notes from the Legal Reasoning, Research and Writing Front." ALL-SIS Newsletter 17: issue 2 (Winter 1997): 9-13.
  • Review of "The Court TV Cradle-to-Grave Legal Survival Guide" by the editors of Court TV and the American Lawyer. Legal Reference Services Quarterly 15 (1996): 147-151.
  • "Book Reviews." Law Library Journal 88 (Spring 1996): 178, 194-95, 211-14.
  • "Oregon Practice Materials: A Selective Annotated Bibliography." Law Library Journal 88 (Spring 1996): 288-321.
  • "Book Reviews," Law Library Journal 87 (Spring 1995): 310, 325-29, 331-33, 336-38, 343-44, 346-49.
  • Review of A Practical Guide to Legal Writing & Legal Method, 2d ed., by John C. Dernbach et al. Legal Information Alert 14 (March 1995): 13-14.
  • "Advertising, Women, and Censorship," Law & Inequality Journal 11 (December 1992): 209-59.
  • Note, "Rule 11 and Its Effect on Attorney/Client Relations," Southern California Law Review 65 (January 1992): 875-917.

BREDA, KAREN, Legal Information Librarian & Lecturer in Law
B.A., Willamette University;  J.D., University of Oregon; M.L.S., Simmons College.

  • Review of Winning Legal Strategies for Insurance Law by Aspatore Books staff. Legal Information Alert  26: no.6 (June 2007): 12.

MOST, MARGUERITE, Legal Information Librarian & Lecturer in Law
B.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro; J.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; M.L.L., University of Washington.

      • With Michael G. Chiorazzi, editors. Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-State Research Guide, Including New York City and the District of Columbia. New York: Haworth Information Press, 2005.
      • "Electronic Journals in the Academic Law Library – Law Reviews and Beyond." Legal Reference Services Quarterly 21: no.4 (2002): 189-258.
      • With Mary Louise Corbett and Thomas M. Steele. Guide to North Carolina Legal and Law-Related Materials. 2nd ed. [Chicago, Ill.]: American Association of Law Libraries, 1996.
      • "Bibliographic Instruction: Internet-Based Tutorials." ALL-SIS Newsletter 18, issue 1 (Holiday 1998): 7.

      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 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.


      SHARIF, DENISE S., Legal Information Librarian & Lecturer in Law
      B.A., M.S., University of Massachusetts; J.D., Suffolk University.

      Co-author. Computer Assisted Legal Research Seminar for Massachusetts Paralegals. Institute for Paralegal Education, 2002.


      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.

      • "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.

      • 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.

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