Prior to joining Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law on March 1, 2009 as Associate Dean, Professor of Law and Director of the Law Library, Gordon Russell was the founding Associate Dean for Library and Information Technology and Professor of Law at Charleston School of Law. He has taught first-year Legal Research and Writing, Interviewing, Negotiation and Counseling, Advanced Electronic Research, Advanced Legal Research and Legal Research Boot Camp. For the last 10 years he has taught legal research in offshore tax online for the International Off Shore Tax LL.M. program currently offered at Thomas Jefferson Law School in San Diego. Mr. Russell received his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University, M.L.S. from Brigham Young University, LL.B. from University of Western Ontario and J.D. degree from the University of New Mexico. Mr. Russell presented on the Future of Law Libraries at the South Eastern Association of Law Libraries Pre Conference Workshop in April 2009. He presented "Electronic Books - Acquisition, Access, Bibliographic Control and Use" via video conferencing at the October 20, 2006, Mid American Association of Law Libraries Conference in Tulsa OK. and spoke on "The Law Library in 2015 at the SEALS Conference - in July, 2006,in West Palm Beach, Florida. Mr. Russell was a member of the AALL Academic Law Library Special Interest Section’s Task Force on the ABA Standards Review. The Recommendations for ABA Standards Revision Relating to Academic Law Libraries can be found at http://www.abanet.org/legaled/committees/comstandards.html. Mr. Russell is also a member of the American Bar Association Committee on Libraries and the ABA Legal Education Law School Facilities Committee that is planning the ABA Bricks and Bytes Conference, March 10-12, 2010 in Philadelpia.
Collection Development
Blogs, Working Papers, Electronic Publishing: Will Changes in Legal Scholarship Afffect the Future Developments of Library Collections?, American Association of Law Libraries (2007)
What to Count, What to Report: The Revised ABA Annual Questionnaire, American Association of Law Libraries Conference. (2007)
Reengineering the Law Library Resources Today For Tomorrow’s Users: A Response to ‘How Much of Your Print Collection Is Really on WESTLAW and LEXIS-NEXIS?’, Legal Reference Services Quarterly (2002)
DNA Evidence
A Pathfinder on the Admissibility of Forensic DNA Evidence in Criminal Cases, Legal Reference Services Quarterly (1994)
Electronic Books
Electronic Books - Acquisition, Access, Bibliographic Control and Use, Mid-Aerican Association of Law Libraries (2006)
Electronic Discovery
Capturing Key Evidence Through Electronic Discovery in Florida, NBI Seminar (2002)
Internet
The Internet Revolution: Savvy Research Strategies for Paralegals (with Rachel Fisher, Russell Altman, and Douglas Lineberty), Institue of Paralegal Education (2007)
Law Libraries
Reinventing Technical Services in the Digital Age, Southeastern Asssociation of the American Association of Law Libraries (2007)
The Law Library in 2015, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (2006)
The Incredible Shrinking Law Library, Canadian Association of Law Libraries (2003)
Library Technology
Building a Library in the Digital Age or How Much Print is Enough? , Southeastern Association of Law Libraries (2006)
Implementing Virtual Reference: Hollywood Technology in Real Life (with Ray Balleste), Computers in Libraries (2003)
Response Units
Integrating Real-time Feedback in the Classroom with New Technology (with Syd Beckman), Charleston Connections Conference (2007)
The presentation will discuss effective use of wireless rsponse units ('clickers') and their functional integration...
Technology and the Law
Integrating Feedback: Creating a Response Oasis in an IT Mirage (with Sydney Aaron Beckman), CALI - The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (2007)
Virtual Reference
The Digital Law Library and Virtual Reference, OCLC Virtual Reference Conference (2003)
Experiencing the Virtual Reference Desk, CALI Conference (2003)
Virtual Support Centeres: Redefining Academic Legal Reference - Meeting the Challlenge of Supporting an Online LL.M. Program. Integrating Asynchronous and Synchronous Learning Components With a Commercial Online Writing Lab (Smarthinking.com, 17th Annual BILETA Conference (2002)
No subject area
Integrating Advanced Legal Research into Upper-level Seminar Courses., Institute for Law School Teaching 13th Summer Conference (2007)
Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age (with Michael G. Chiorazzi) (2003)
While the digital revolution has touched every aspect of law librarianship, perhaps nowhere has the...