Jordan Gilbertson is the Student Services Librarian at Lincoln Memorial University, Duncan School of Law. Ms. Gilbertson’s responsibilities include providing reference services to students and faculty with a focus on training and assisting students and student organizations such as law review, moot court, and the mock trial team. She received her MLIS from the University of Washington in 2011 and her J.D., Manga Cum Laude, from the University Of La Verne College Of Law in 2010. She earned her undergraduate degree in mass communications and media law from the University of Evansville in 2003. Prior to joining the DSOL Ms. Gilbertson interned with the San Diego Public Law Library and the Marion Gould Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington School of Law. While attending law school Ms. Gilbertson was the chief notes and comments editor for the La Verne Law Review and worked as the circulation supervisor for the University of La Verne Law Library. Ms. Gilbertson's scholarship has been published in the University of La Verne Law Review and she presented on the topic of fan created works and copyright pedagogy at Washington College of Law's 6th Annual IP/Gender Symposium: Female Fan Culture and Intellectual Property. Additionally, Ms. Gilbertson has presented at SEAALL, CALI, AALL's Cool Tools Cafe, and presented posters at the American Association of Law Libraries annual meetings in 2011 and 2012. She is the co-creator of the scholarship and networking event, Beer & Edits.
Articles
Attitudes that make for successful embedded law librarianship (with Andrea Alexander), AALL Spectrum (2013)
We're Going to Make You Popular: Popular Collections in the Modern Academic Law Library, Legal Reference Services Quarterly (2012)
One way to promote the relevancy of an academic law library is to create a...
Little Girls Lost: Can The International Community Protect Girl Soldiers?, University of La Verne Law Review (2008)
The use of children as soldiers in international and internal conflict in developing nations has...
Presentations
Blueprint to the Bluebook: Creating LibGuides for Modular Learning in Legal Education (with Sara McNamee), American Association of Law Libraries, 2012 Annual Meeting- Poster Session (2012)
A focus on practical learning applications is a core part of the curriculum at Lincoln...
Collaboration Station, What's Your Destination?- Teambox Collaboration App (with Liz Johnson and Ellen Richardson), American Association of Law Libraries, Cool Tools Cafe (2012)
Doceri: An Interactive White Board for Your iPad (with Gordon Russell), American Association of Law Libraries, Cool Tools Cafe (2012)
From DIY to Semi-Homemade: Should You Integrate Third Party Applications Into Your Services (with Deborah E. Schander and Austin M. Williams), Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (2012)
We all want to create our own programs and applications, but we don’t always have...
Looking Up: Library Leadership and Management for the Perspective of New Librarians (with Joshua J. Pluta), SEAALL (2012)
There have been numerous books and presentations on leadership and management strategies from successful leaders...