Services for Faculty: Scholarship and Instruction

The Library has services and programs to assist faculty with both scholarship and instruction.

Scholarship Library Contacts Getting Started: Ideas and Research Quick Links to Databases Accessible Work Station Current Awareness Services Faculty Liaisons Ryan H. Easley Research Fellows Suggesting Items for Purchase Borrowing Photocopy Services Research Assistants Getting it Written: Drafting and Polishing Ryan H. Easley Research Fellows Submission to LSN Research Paper Series Getting it Published: Submission to Law Reviews Faculty Publications Database

Instruction Library Contacts Gathering Course Materials Posting Course Materials on Blackboard Research Support for Courses Course Liaisons Course Research Pages Classroom Presentations Exam Files

Scholarship

The library provides support for faculty during all phases of writing and publication of a work of scholarship.

Library Contacts*

Service	Who to Contact
Current awareness service email notification	Faculty Liaison or Nathan Robertson
Research projects	Faculty Liaison or Janet Sinder (for research fellows)
Polishing, citation formatting	Janet Sinder
Submission of articles (general)	Faculty Liaison
Submit paper to LSN Research Papers Series	Pamela Bluh
Submit paper to ExpressO or SSRN eSubmission	Pamela Bluh
Interlibrary loan and patron placed holds	Teresa White or Faculty Liaison

*If you prefer, simply contact your faculty liaison for any library-related issue and they will work with the appropriate person or department to satisfy your request. For a complete list of staff, see the library directory.

 

 

Getting Started: Ideas and Research

To facilitate the generation of ideas, the library provides access to electronic resources. Links to selected databases are provided below. Go to the expanded section on Ideas and Research for more information about these databases.

Quick Links to Databases:
Lexis | Westlaw | Index to Legal Periodicals & Books | LegalTrac | HeinOnline | Academic Search Premier | Business Source Premier | Google Scholar

 

Accessible Work Station

The Thurgood Marshall Law Library offers an accessible work station for students and faculty who require machine-assisted support.

Features include:

• An expanded 20-inch wide, touch screen monitor to support stylus users or individuals with limited mobility.
• An enhanced mouse and oversized keyboard for users with limited mobility.
• An easily adjustable keyboard support for users with limited mobility.
• A Braille keyboard for the visually challenged researcher.
• An attached flat bed scanner to convert documents to readable text for the visually challenged researcher.
• The latest version of voice activated software and screen reader software for the visually challenged researcher.

 

Current Awareness Services

E-mail notification for the tables of contents of specific journals, or about articles in specific legal and non-legal subjects can be arranged. Your faculty liaison will help you customize your requirements and select the service, or services, including: SmartCILP; Ingenta; BNA email updates; Legal Scholarship Network; and Berkeley Electronic Press. We can also arrange for email notification for individual journals or monitor specific titles or subjects on your behalf.

Current Journal Issues
The latest issues of popular journals and selected new books are placed on shelves near the User Services Desk.

Email Alerts
The library offers email alerts of many current awareness services only to faculty and staff. Visit the list of current awareness services to view the publications available for this service. To register for email alerts, please contact Nathan Robertson at elecres@law.umaryland.edu.

WestClip and LexisNexis Alert
Faculty liaisons can help set up customized WestClip (Westlaw) and Alert (LexisNexis) automated clipping service searches with the results delivered directly to the faculty member or the liaison librarian willl review the results and forward selected results to faculty. For more information, please contact your faculty liaison.

RSS News Feeds
For assitance with setting up RSS feeds, please contact your faculty liaison. More information on RSS feeds is available in the expanded section on RSS News Feeds.

 

Faculty Liaisons

To view information about a faculty liaison or to see a list of exams currently on file for a specific faculty member, select a faculty name from the drop down menu below.

---Select Faculty Name Aneckstein, KennethAstrachan, JamesBaida, AndrewBamberger, ClintonBanks, Taunya LovellBardos, RichardBarrett, Jane F.Battaglia, LynneBellido de Luna, A.J.Berman, MichaelBernstein, HughBezdek, BarbaraBillauer, BarbaraBlom, Brenda BrattonBluh, Pamela Bogen, DavidBoldt, RichardBreitowitz, IrvingBrockmeyer, MichaelBrown, ChristopherBrown, VidettaBrumbaugh, AliceBurns, GeorgeCallegary, EllenCampbell, PatriciaCannan, JohnCarney, StephenCasey, KellyCharmatz, MarcChibundu, MaxwellChiu, HungdahChun, JohnCitron, DanielleCohen, SandraColbert, DouglasCondlin, RobertConron, Michael W.Cullen, StephenCurtin, YolandaCzapanskiy, KarenDachille, KathleenDallett, EstelinaDanchin, PeterDantes, PhillipDash, AbrahamDavis, AndreDavis, MarkDavis, MichaelDeise, JeromeDeMouy, MauraDeSimone, MarcDeVinne, MichaelDiamond, Claudia Dilloff, NeilDoherty, JamesDudziak, MaryEisenberg, DeborahElliott, JeffreyElliott, RobertEpner, MauryErtman, MarthaFader, JohnFairfax, LisaFarrar, OliviaFederman-Henry, KarenFisher, MortonFitch, W. LawrenceFleischaker, DeborahFleischer, RuthFlohr, ChristopherFrank, JasonFriedman, DanFriedman, KarenGeise, JohnGhingher, JohnGibson, LarryGifford, DonaldGoger, JoannaGoldberg, AlanGoldberg, DanielGoldberg, MindaGontrum, BarbaraGraber, MarkGraeff, KathrynGrahek, DavidGravallese, DavidGray, DavidGray, OscarGreenberg, BonnieGreenberger, MichaelGrimm, PaulGrosshans, Maxine Grossman, JoelGrovic, MarkGunst, PeterGuttenberg, AryehHamel, W. WarrenHankin, SusanHellman, DeborahHerrick, SusanHickey, TerryHill, LeslieHjortsberg, LaraHoffmann, DianeHolland, PeterHornstein, AlanHutchins, RenéeIfill, SherrilynIvey, GlennJavitt, GailKagan, JonathanKaplan, H. DeenKasimbazi, EmmanuelKeene, SherriKeir, DuncanKeith, PeterKeller, RobertKim, BrianKing, AndrewKlein, JeffreyKoeppel, GabrielleKrieger, DamonLeasure, DianeLeviton, SusanLevy, AndrewLewis, CraigLindenmeyer, KristeLippe, AdamLord, JanetMacNeille, AnnMaggio, JamesMandell, DavidMarkovs, JohnMasiyakurima, PatrickMatricciani, AlbertMcAnaney, KevinMcClain, RussellMcErlean, CathyMcKay, RobertMcSherry, M. NatalieMeans, RobertMeltzer, LeslieMeyer, KurtMillemann, MichaelMiller, AlanMiller, ChadMitchell, JoyceMitterhoff, DanielMoller, DanMonopoli, PaulaMurphy, JosephMyers, ThomasNanni, ThomasNeal, MarkNelson, JeromeNelson, KirstinNkabinde, BessNoonberg, LewisNothstein, PeterNovello, DavidOhrin, LisaPalewicz, AlbertPalumbo, FrankPapenfuse, EdwardPaul, MarshallPercival, RobertPerrell, JoelPhillips, RobertPinard, MichaelPlaxton, MichaelPosner, MarkPower, GarrettQuint, PeterRana, ShrutiRazzano, FrankReece, SharonReed, GregoryRembert, DanielleReno, RussellReynolds, WilliamRhee, RobertRipke, BoothRobertson, Nathan D. M.Rosenberg, SamuelRosenstein, RodRosolio, CharlesRothenberg, KarenRowland, MaureenRowthorn, VirginiaRubin, JulieSale, BarbaraSanders, CynthiaSchaffer, KarlaSchmiedeler, TeresaSchreiber II, MartinSchreurs, MirandaSchwartz, JackSchwartz, JackSchwartz, JeffSchwartzott, JenniferScott, WendyScurti, MarkSeat, KeithSenft, Louise PhippsShar, MarcusShea, TheresaShepherdson, MelanieSiegel, NathanSiegel, Stacy LeBowSimpson, KathrynSinder, JanetSinger, JanaSleeman, BillSmith, Jenny LindSmith II, J.T.Solomson, MatthewSoltan, KarolSquibb, KatherineStanley, ValerieStarr, SonjaStaton, Donna HillStearns, MaxSteinzor, RenaStiller, ShaleSuggs, RobertSung, LawrenceSuper, DavidSutcliff, WalterSweeney, MaureenTeplitzky, SanfordThrush, Jr., WilliamTipton, HopeTomlinson, EdwardToran, JaniceTrumpbour, JasonVan Alstine, Michael P.VanGeison, GregoryVaughns, KatherineVignarajah, ThiruvendranWagner, CharlesWalker, MikeWeber, EllenWeimer, DeborahWein, MichaelWeiss, MarleyWolf, RogerWu, FrankWyda, JamesYoung, Gordon  

The list is restricted to UM Law faculty, staff and students.

Under the library's liaison program, each faculty member and each course is assigned a research librarian who can help with requests for research or materials in support of teaching and scholarship. This help ranges from database searching and tracking down esoteric materials to handling in-depth research projects and working with faculty research assistants. Research librarians also offer customized sessions on use of the Internet and other electronic sources.

The liaison serves as the faculty's first point of contact with the library. Students who need research assistance may be directed to contact the liaison. To schedule an appointment, please contact your liaison.

 

Suggesting Items for Purchase

The library purchases materials to support faculty research. To suggest materials for purchase contact your faculty liaison. In addition, you may request that the library purchase copies of materials, including individual volumes of federal and Maryland codes, for your office. If you are interested in getting an office copy of a particular title, please contact Pamela Bluh.

 

Borrowing

Faculty liaisons assist with locating and acquiring materials for faculty members.

Thurgood Marshall Law Library

Faculty may borrow many items, subject to recall, from the Thurgood Marshall Law Library for one academic year, with an option to renew. Contact your faculty liaison to request materials. Visit the expanded section on Borrowing from TMLL for more information.

Other Libraries

The library staff will place "hold" requests and interlibrary loan requests for faculty members, if desired. Contact your faculty liaison or Teresa White to request materials. Go to the expanded section on Borrowing from Other Libraries for further details.

 

Photocopy Services

The library has three self-service photocopiers located on levels 2 and 3 of the library. The library also offers a photocopy service to support research and instruction. Visit the expanded section on Photocopy Services for more information.

 

Research Assistants

With the permission of the faculty member, research assistants may borrow books in the name of the faculty member and will be assigned a code which they can use to make copies of library materials for work-related purposes. Forms are available at the User Services Desk for authorization of any of these privileges. Research assistants are welcome to contact the faculty liaisons for help with library-related questions.

Getting It Written: Drafting and Polishing

Ryan H. Easley Research Fellows

The Ryan H. Easley Research Fellows provide scholarly support to faculty members. The fellow responds to requests from individual faculty members for assistance with law review articles and other works of scholarship, including broad and substantive research, detailed citation checking, and editing for style and format. Research fellows are available to assist with editing, footnote creation, citation checking and formatting, and proofreading. While we try to meet everyone’s deadlines, it is best to give us as much advance notice as possible if you need work done in a specific time frame. The research fellows are Sue McCarty, Class of 2004, and Alice Johnson, Class of 2005. Contact Associate Director for Research Services Janet Sinder to request the assistance of a research fellow.

 

Submission to LSN's University of Maryland School of Law Research Paper Series

To share works of scholarship with colleagues at other institutions, faculty members are invited to submit research in progress as well as papers already accepted for publication via the Research Papers Series maintained by the law school, under the auspices of the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN). If you are interested in contributing a working paper or an accepted paper to the next issue or would like to learn more about LSN, please contact Pamela Bluh.

Issues of the Research Paper Series are distributed by email to all members of LSN. If you would like to receive email distributions from the Legal Scholarship Network or Economics Research Network, you may sign up by contacting your faculty liaison. For more information about submitting to this service, go to the expanded section on Submission to LSN's University of Maryland School of Law Research Paper Series.

 

 

Getting it Published: Submission to Law Reviews

To facilitate delivery of manuscripts to law reviews, faculty members may submit scholarly works to law reviews by two electronic submission services, Berkeley Electronic Press' ExpressO and SSRN's eSubmission. If you are ready to submit an article for publication and need assistance identifying journals and electronic publication options, the library can provide assistance with targeting journals, selecting an appropriate service and uploading papers. For assistance please contact your faculty liaison or Pamela Bluh. For additional information on ExpressO and eSubmission, visit the expanded section on Submission to Law Reviews.

 

Faculty Publications Database

The Library maintains the publications portion of the faculty database for the law school's website. This database includes scholarly publications by faculty, and items display on both the faculty member's web page, and, if recent, on the Recent Faculty Scholarship page. Items are included from each month's Publications list distributed by the Dean's Office, but if you do not see your publication on the web, please send the information to Janet Sinder for inclusion.

 

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Instruction

The library provides support for faculty during all stages of preparation for a course.

Library Contacts*

Service	Who to Contact
Locating and linking to course materials on Blackboard	Faculty Liaison
Course research pages	Faculty Liaison
Copyright clearance	Jeff Elliott or Pamela Bluh
Exam Files	Jenny Smith

*If you prefer, simply contact your Faculty Liaison for any library-related issue and they will work with the appropriate person or department to satisfy your request.

 

 

Gathering Course Materials

Your faculty liaison is available to help you locate resources, create a course research page, and post your course syllabus on the course Blackboard page. Your faculty liaison will work with you to locate appropriate readings for specific topics. Once materials are selected your liaison can obtain any materials not in the library or assist with linking to articles or documents on your course Blackboard page.

Upon receipt of materials, the library makes fair use judgments, obtains copyright clearance if necessary, and delivers course packs to the copy center. For more information, see the section on Course Pack Preparation and Photocopying Policy.

While linking to materials on Blackboard (see the section on Posting Course Materials on Blackboard) is the preferred method for distributing materials, the library will place course readings on reserve in the Reading Room. To place an item on reserve, please contact Jeff Elliott.

 

 

Posting Course Materials on Blackboard

The faculty liaisons will provide assistance to faculty members interested in adding research-related content to their course web pages using Blackboard. For answers to frequently asked questions about Blackboard, see the guide to Using Blackboard.

 

 

Research Support for Courses

Course Liaisons

Librarians serve as course liaisons to students in courses taught by their assigned faculty members. The purpose of this program is to give students a contact for all library-related questions that arise in the context of the course. Information about the librarian liaison and an e-mail address are automatically included on each Blackboard course page.

Course Research Pages

Librarians create customized research pages for seminar courses that meet the advanced writing requirement as well as for all clinic and courses relating to trial practice and advocacy. Each research page has been designed to serve as a starting point for research in a particular area of law. Pages track coverage of the particular courses and contain links to primary and secondary sources that will help students begin their research in the subject. A list of current course research pages is available online.

Classroom Presentations

Librarians are available to speak to the classes about research strategies for the various topics. Librarians make classroom presentations at the the request of faculty. Presentations may focus on the course research pages, resources for selecting paper topics and other subjects as requested.

 

 

Exam Files

The library maintains a file of previous course exams to which faculty members may choose to contribute. To view a list of exams you have on file, select your name from the drop-down menu above or go to Exams on File. To add an exam to your exam file, please send an electronic copy of the exam to Jenny Smith.