Professor Cochran joined the Law Library faculty in 2000. Some of her duties include
maintaining the library's web site, participating in the design and development of
the web catalog and coordinating efforts within the library that deal with electronic
resources. Her most recent position before joining the Law Library faculty was business
reference librarian at the Knox County Public Library. Prior to that, she worked as a
librarian in the Government Documents Department at UT's Hodges Library. While
pursuing a graduate degree in Information Sciences she was part of the full time staff at
UT's Hodges Library in the Reference and Instructional Services Department where her
primary responsibilities were teaching bibliographic instructions sessions for a variety
of audiences, giving tours and assisting in the development of computer-based tutorials
for library instruction. Current research interests include: evaluation of law library
web sites; spousal rape exemptions in state statutes; using technology to support
instructional efforts.
