Library News

Conferences

Tracie Hall attended the IUG Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2010; the AALL Conference 2010, Denver, CO, July 2010;  a workshop on Photoshop, October 2010; the SCIUG Conference, Cal Poly Pomona, October 2010.

Sheryl Kramer, Tanya Cao, Patricia Hart AALL – Washington, D.C. July 25-28, 2009

Sheryl Kramer, Debbie Lipton, Cathy Elliott, Tanya Cao, Tracie Hall, Diana Quevedo, Brooke English, Brian Lam, Ashley Spencer, IUG  -  Anaheim, Ca. May 17-20, 2009

Sheryl Kramer, Isa Lang, Patricia Hart, Lorin Geitner, SCALL  -  Palm Springs, Ca. March 27-28, 2009

Diana Quevedo attended the SCTPG - Subject Analysis Workshop, in Riverside, CA, February 20, 2009.

Sheryl Kramer attended AALS in SAn Diego, CA, January 7 through 10, 2009.

Brian Lam and Ashley Spencer attended a seminar on Excelling as a First-Time Supervisor, in Anaheim, CA, on December 16, 2008.

Sheryl Kramer attended a seminar on Assertive Communication Skills, in Anaheim, CA, on November 13, 2008.

Tanya Cao, Cathy Elliot and Tracie Hall attended SCIUG in Loma Linda, CA, on October 14, 2008.

Diana Quevedo attended the OCLC Workshop in Ontario, CA on August 13, 2008.

Library Director Sheryl Kramer, Lorin Geitner, and Tracie Hall attended the American Association of Law Librarians conference, July 12-15, in Portland, Oregon.

Tanya Cao and Tracie Hall attended the IUG Conference in Washington DC, April 27-15, 2008.

Library Director Sheryl Kramer and Isa Lang  attended a seminar titled How to Become a More Effective Supervisor, in Anaheim on March 6, 2008

Patricia Hart and Tanya Cao attended the Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL) Institute on March 14-15, 2008. The two-day institute was held in Ventura for firm, academic, and government law librarians. The overall topic was corporate research today.

Cathy Elliott earned her MLIS degree from the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science, 2008.

Debbie Lipton received the Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Award from Chapman University, 2009.

Lorin Geitner was the law school’s employee of the month for November, 2007. Lorin is a Reference Lawyer/Librarian and the Webmaster for both the law library and the law school. The honor was in recognition of Lorin’s superior work which he kept up while dealing with several months of deafness.

Publications

On October 22nd, Lorin Geitner's paper, "Westboro Baptist And The Limits Of Religious Speech", was listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for REL Subject Matter eJournals and Religious Studies Research Network. The same article attained wider notice on November 18, when it was listed not only for REL Subject Matter eJournals and Religious Studies Research Network, but also Religion & Culture eJournal .

Tracie Hall wrote and took photos for the AALL Spectrum, July 2010, “Views From You” (photo); Harry and Diane Rinker Law Library Newsletter, March, April, November and December 2010 issues; SCALL Newsletter, Jan/Feb, Sept/Oct, and Nov/Dec 2010 issues.

Lorin Geitner recently published an article, “The “Next Friends” Suit: Mary Baker Eddy and the Church of Christian Science on Trial,” in Sacred History Magazine.

He also has two articles forthcoming about the Reinheitsgebot and the “Beer Summit” in Pub and Ale Magazine.

His article about the interface of law and religion will be appearing in the February issue of the Orange County Lawyer magazine.

Patricia Hart became the editor of the SCALL (Southern California Association of Law Libraries) Newsletter for 2009-2010.

Isa Lang recently published “Book Review: “China’s Legal Soul: The Modern Chinese Legal Identity in History Content,” in 101(4) Law Library Journal, 2009.

Isa continues to publish the supplements to the Index to Federal Tax Articles with Michael Lang.

Patricia Hart wrote the captions for photographs of California courthouse currently on display in the law school lobby.

Lorin Geitner was recently interviewed on “Worldview” on WBEZ, the Chicago public radio station, about an article he published, on the conception of end-times in Hinduism and Jainism.

Lorin has recently published two articles, Pub Fiction and The Science of Brewing, in the magazine Pub & Ale. He is also the U.S. Managing editor for Pub & Ale.

Patricia Hart published an article, New Tools for Reference: Law Librarians Look into the Future of Public Services, in AALL Spectrum, September/October 2007.

Isa Lang published a book review of Marsha Baum’s When Nature Strikes: Weather Disasters and the Law in the Law Library Journal. Isa has also published continuing supplements of Index to Federal Tax Articles, with Michael Lang, published by Thomson RIA, and the section on “Maine” in Pre-Statehood Legal Materials.

Tracie Hall had her photo of the San Gabriel Mountains, as seen from the Rinker Law Library, selected as the “View of the Month” in the April, 2007 issue of AALL Spectrum

Tracie Hall's Winning Photograph