FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 24, 2000
Contact:
Suzanne Thorpe
Chair, AALL Awards Committee
University of Minnesota Law Library
(612) 625-0187
s-thor@tc.umn.edu
Kent Olson Named Recipient of 2000 Joseph L. Andrews Bibliographical Award
Kent C. Olson has been selected by the AALL Awards Committee to receive this
year's Joseph L. Andrews Bibliographical Award for his book, Legal
Information: How to Find It, How to Use It.
Olson's book is a guide to legal resources, designed for those who want to
understand not only the law but also the legal system in general. A
particular strength of the book is the interweaving of print, electronic,
and Web resources. Legal Information: How to Find It, How to Use It is an
excellent resource for librarians unfamiliar with legal resources or those
returning to the reference desk after an absence.
Kent C. Olson is Assistant Librarian for Public Services at the University
of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he teaches
advanced legal research. He received his JD and MLS from the University of
California, Berkeley. Olson has previously published How to Find the Law
(co-authored with Morris L. Cohen and Robert C. Berring) and Legal Research
in a Nutshell (co-authored with Morris L. Cohen) as well as numerous
articles.
The Joseph L. Andrews Bibliographical Award was established in 1967 in honor
of Joseph L.
Andrews, Reference Librarian at the Association of the Bar of the City of
New York. The
Andrews Award is given for significant contribution to legal bibliographical
literature,
measured primarily by its creative and evaluative and the extent to which
judgement was a
factor in its formulation.
The Andrews Award will be presented during the Association Luncheon on
Monday July 17, 2000, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Please join the Awards Committee and the Association in
congratulating the 2000 Joseph L. Andrews Bibliographical Award recipient,
Kent C. Olson.
The American Association of Law Libraries was founded in 1906 to promote and
enhance the
value of law libraries to the legal and public communities, to foster the
profession of
librarianship, and to provide leadership in the field of legal information.
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