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AALL Committee on Diversity Presents
Diversity Symposium
Pioneering Minority Law Librarians: Echoes of the Past, Directions for the Future
Saturday, July 8, 2006 * 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Renaissance Grand Hotel, St. Louis
(Reception to follow)
The 2006 AALL symposium on diversity celebrates pioneers, either in person or in spirit, in law librarianship. Through presentations and discussions by select prominent minority law librarians the symposium will honor the successes and contributions made by minority leaders in law librarianship while exploring the issues and challenges of increasing and maintaining diversity in the profession.
The 2006 Symposium will be moderated by Frank Wu, Dean and Professor of Law of Wayne State University Law School. Leaders and pioneers of the law library community will speak on the following topics: Serving as President of the AALL: an African-American Female's Experience (Carol Nicholson); Leadership Development for Minority Law Librarians: an African-American Male's Experience (Cornell Winston); How Did I Become Director of an Academic Law Library: a Chinese Immigrant's Story (Frank Liu); Climbing the Management Ladder in Law Libraries: a Chinese-American Female's Story (Michelle Wu); Diversity in Law Librarianship: Issues and Challenges from an Asian-Pacific American Male's Experience(Vicente Carces); and Diversity in Law Librarianship: Issues and Challenges from a Latino/Native American Female's Experience (Victoria Santana).
* Carol Nicholson is Assistant Director for Technical Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kathrine R. Everett Law Library.
* Cornell Winston is Law Librarian at the United States Attorney's Office in Los Angeles, California.
* Frank Liu is Professor of Law and Director at Center for Legal Information, Duquesne University School of Law, and Director at Allegheny County Law Library, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
* Michelle Wu is Director of the Law Library and Associate Professor of Law at Hofstra University Law Library in Hempstead, New York.
* Vicente Garces is Reference & Collection Development Librarian at University of Minnesota Law Library in Twin Cities.
* Victoria Santana is Reference Librarian at Oklahoma City University Law Library in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Contact Robert Hu, Chair of Diversity Committee, by email: rhu@stmarytx.edu, or phone: 210-431-2056.
Robert H. Hu
Director & Assistant Professor of Law
St. Mary's University School of Law
Sarita Kenedy East Law Library
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228
Phone: 210-431-2056
Email: rhu@stmarytx.edu
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