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I. Self-Assessment

A. Strengths

1. Education: JD/MLIS, BA History (Spanish minor), AA
2. Experience: 8 years full-time library work; 3 years part-time
3. Scholarship (written and oral)
4. Citizenship (interpersonal and group relations)
5. Religion

B. Skills and Competencies

1. Technical services processing (cataloging, recon)
2. Legal research (Nevada, non-academic patrons)
3. Internet (webpage creation, searching)
4. Historical research, writing, presentations
5. Teaching

C. Research Interests

1. Nevada, California and Utah law
2. Western legal history
3. Law librarianship and legal publishing
4. Religion and law
5. Duality (hybrid organizations, cultural boundaries, societal structure)

D. Citizenship Opportunities

1. National

a. American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
b. AALL Government Documents Special Interest Section
c. AALL Technical Services Special Interest Section
d. Law Library Journal
e. AALL Taskforce to Explore Funding Opportunities

2. Regional

a. AALL Western Pacific Chapter
b. Utah Library Association
c. Nevada Judicial Historical Society
d. Utah State Bar

3. Local

a. Howard W. Hunter Law Library
b. J. Reuben Clark Law School
c. Harold B. Lee Library
d. Brigham Young University
e. Pleasant Grove City

E. Areas I Wish to Develop

1. Productivity (physical fitness, time management, file organization)
2. Computer knowledge / technical skills
3. Supervisory abilities


II. Goals

A. Short Term (3 Year Time Frame)

1. Formulate method to organize law library microforms room
2. Retrospectively convert remaining U.S. government documents
3. Migrate to new library system (cleanup microforms / govt docs, establish new procedures, train staff)
4. Obtain Associate Librarian rank
5. Develop government documents webpage for law library

B. Intermediate Term (6 Year Time Frame)

1. Organize microfiche (classify, catalog and shift)
2. Publish Nevada Supreme Court Territorial Reports
3. Publish BYU law school talks and history
4. Obtain BYU CFS and Senior Librarian rank
5. Gain supervisory experience with full-time staff
6. Become knowledgeable in all areas of law library operation
7. Improve/maintain technical services skills (attend continuing education programs for government documents, technical services and law librarianship)

C. Long Term (10 Year Time Frame)

1. Become skilled at library issues regarding distance education
2. Use a sabbatical to improve librarianship abilities
3. Become a voice for good


III. Plans

A. Professional Project Proposal—Formulate method to organize law library microforms room (267 JRCB): This is part I of my goal that library users and staff will be able to use the online catalog to find any microforms owned by the law library.

1. Take a physical inventory of current microfiche configuration, titles and space requirements.
2.Determine how many microfiche titles are cataloged online, classified (with Library of Congress or Superintendent of Documents call numbers), and/or require cataloging and/or classification.
3. Review serial microfiche to determine future space requirements.
4. Weed microfiche no longer of value or needed by law library.
5. Assess AALS Recommended Book Title microfiche collection to determine:
    a. a cost effective method to classify the collection,
    b. time projections to catalog the collection, and
    c. duplication of set with currently owned microfiche.
6. Also, do statistical sampling of government documents microfiche collection to assess book/microfiche format problems due to earlier cataloging procedures.
7.    Project the time, resources and staff requirements to completely catalog, classify and shift microfiche collections.
8.    Perform an inventory and assessment of microforms equipment to determine maintenance, retention and upgrade issues and recommendations (including automated payment options for user fees).

B. Teaching Project Proposal—Develop three hour legal research modules using the methodology outlined in the BYU Faculty Center’s “Planning Your Course: A Decision Guide” for the following topics:

1. Government Documents
2. Nevada legal research

Assess need for and ability to develop three hour legal research modules for the following topics:

1. California legal research
2. Utah legal research
3. Legal history (microforms)

C. Citizenship Plans

1. Continue Automated Library Systems Committee membership (composed of Law Library and Lee Library personnel).
2. Contribute to law library/law school/BYU committees.
3. Remain active in law library organizations.

D. Scholarship Plans

1. Continue research/publications in areas of interest.
2. Seek ways to collaborate with other scholars.
3. Obtain research assistant funding.


IV. Relationships Between Personal Goals and Institutional Mission

A. Technical Services Department

1. Mission: The Howard W. Hunter Law Library Technical Services Department Mission is to provide and improve access to law library materials using current library standards and technology in a timely and cost-effective manner. Technical Services is a support function to the law library and its various patron groups.

2. Relationship: My goals and plans are closely related to my department’s goals. My professional project will improve library user and staff access to the microfiche collection. My teaching project will provide feedback to determine whether technical services goals are being met in specific subject areas. My citizenship and scholarship plans are designed to improve technical services functions.

B. Howard W. Hunter Law Library

1. Mission Statement: The Hunter Library is a repository of civilization, which we cherish, preserve, and share by providing students, faculty, and the greater community a center for information access, world-class facilities, collection, and services. We accomplish this by: providing organized, current and extensive on-site/off-site resources that support curriculum and research; providing courteous, timely and knowledgeable service; fostering an environment of cooperation, discovery, learning and respect in our relationship with each other as well as with our patrons; equipping patrons with a sound foundation for independent legal research and problem solving.

2. Relationship: My goals and plans are aimed at contributing to the library’s provision of information in many areas. In addition, I seek to establish and strengthen personal links with other professionals who can help the law library achieve its mission.

C. J. Reuben Clark Law School

1. Mission: The J. Reuben Clark Law School’s mission is to “provide an excellent legal education and offer diverse opportunities for legal scholarship.”

2. Relationship: My work and research interests include assisting the law school’s students, professors and administration in achieving this mission by enhancing access to legal materials of various formats and topics, particularly microforms and federal and state government documents.

D. Brigham Young University

1. Mission Statement: “The mission of Brigham Young University … is to assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life.”

2. Relationship: I hope to contribute to such a quest in both large and small ways. On a meta-level, I plan to contribute to the broad discussions at BYU centering on law and religion, ethics, morality and the purpose of higher education. On a smaller scale, my goal is to perform my daily tasks well in order to improve BYU law library users access to needed information.


V. Resources

A.  Current Resources

1. An office in Technical Services
2. Desk, chair, office furniture, shelves
3. A computer workstation linked to the law library network (with email, word processing, cataloging software, Internet browser)
4. A phone (with voice mail)
5. Three part-time student workers for government documents processing
6. Travel allowance
7. Membership in a national and other library association
8. A 12.5% scholarship and citizenship time allowance
9. An 87.5% creative work requirement

B. Desired Resources

1. Additional shelving in office
2. Webpage authoring software and access on office computer
3. Training on SIRSI library automation system
4. An ergonomics assessment of work station
5. Research assistant
6. Lap top computer after hours
7. Legal materials and teaching resources for legal research modules
8. Training on time management, supervisory skills and ergonomics


VI. Summary of Goals

A. Improve microforms and government documents access, procedures and productivity for law library users.

B. Develop legal research modules for law library users.

C. Contribute to university and larger community of law librarians.

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