PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE FOR LAW LIBRARIANS
AALL MENTORING COMMITTEE

Even seasoned law librarians occasionally need professional advice and direction. The AALL Mentoring Committee has assembled a pool of experienced law librarian 'experts' who will provide professional guidance to AALL members.

To obtain guidance on a law library issue that concerns you, complete the form below. A Mentoring Committee member will receive your request by email and will route it to an appropriate expert who will respond to your submission as soon as possible, usually within a week. Participating experts and Mentoring Committee members have signed agreements requiring them to keep your request confidential unless you expressly waive confidentiality.

You can specify preferred characteristics of the expert. You can also specify characteristics that you prefer that the expert not possess, such as your geographic area. Keep in mind that the pool of experts is limited in number and may not contain experts with or without all of the characteristics you desire.

If you have a question about this service, send your question to Katie Leonard, a member of the Mentoring Committee, at katie.leonard@thomson.com.

Contact Information

      Your name (optional):
      Your preferred contact method (select one or both):
     
      Email:
      Phone:

Waiver

      Please check this box to indicate you understand the opinion/advice to be offered is without remuneration, may not be fully researched, and should be relied upon at the AALL member’s risk.

 

Expert Qualifications and Characteristics

      I prefer an expert with work experience in the following environment(s).
(Select as many as you desire.)
     
       Academic Law Libraries
 Government Law Libraries
 Private Law Libraries
 No Preference
      I prefer an expert with work experience in the following area(s).
(Select as many as you desire.)
     
       Public services
 Technical services
 Computer services
 Library management and administration
 No Preference
      I prefer an expert with the following characteristics.
(Select as many as you desire.)
     
       Female
 Male
 African-American
  Hispanic
 Gay/Lesbian
 Other specify: 
      Please exclude experts with the following characteristics.
     
      specify: 

Confidentiality (choose one)

      Keep my request confidential. Reveal my request only to (1) a member of the AALL Mentoring Committee for routing purposes and (2) one or more members of the Mentoring Committee's pool of experts.
      I am not concerned about confidentiality except with regard to my name and that of my employer. I authorize the Mentoring Committee to publish my request and the expert's response on the AALL web site and any other publication that the Mentoring Committee deems appropriate.

Request for guidance

      Provide as much information as you think is necessary for an experienced librarian to assess your situation and provide the guidance you seek. You can enter a maximum of 750 words.