LaJean Humphries
Library Manager
503-796-2071 Direct
lhumphries@schwabe.com
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Professional Experience
Since joining Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt in 1991, LaJean Humphries, Library Manager, has been responsible for administration of library services for the firm's offices in Oregon, Washington, and Washington, D.C. The library has a staff of four serving all firm attorneys and staff. The collection contains over 4,500 titles (20,000 volumes) including a large collection of nautical charts and land use maps. Library bibliographic records are searchable through OCLC.
Ms. Humphries chaired the first Intranet Focus Team that developed SchwabeNet. Ms. Humphries regularly presents CLE and training classes (many OSB accredited) in-house and for outside groups on use of the Internet for legal research.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Humphries had experience working in academic, public, law, and school libraries. Ms. Humphries has significant experience with retrospective conversion projects, library moves and space planning, online research, and online research training. Ms. Humphries also has extensive experience in casework specializing in permanent planning and termination of parental rights. Professional & Community Activities
Ms. Humphries is a contributor to professional publications and programs on a range of topics including computer assisted legal research and Internet evaluation and research. She is active in professional library associations and is a past president of the Oregon Chapter Special Libraries Association.
LexisNexis Librarian Advisory Board, 2005-2008
Oregon LSTA Advisory Committee, 2007
Board of Directors, Kinship House, 2005-2006; Secretary, 2006
Chair, AALL Private Law Library Toolkit Committee, 2005-2006
Chair, Multnomah County Corrections Grand Jury, 2005
Memberships
• American Association of Law Librarians
• American Library Association
• Special Libraries Association
• Law Librarians of Puget Sound
• Library and Information Technology Association Publications
"Cost Recovery and Profit Making in Private Law Libraries." Canadian Association of Law Libraries, May 27, 2008.
"Annual Reports: From Ho Hum to Hurrah in 5 Easy Steps." PLL Perspectives, Vol. 19 No. 2, Winter 2008
"Recover 100 Percent of Online Research Costs." AALL 98th Annual Meeting and Conference, July 16-20, 2005.
"How to Evaluate a Web Site." www.llrx.com, December 2, 2002.
"Cost Recovery for Online Research." www.llrx.com, November 18, 2002.
"How to Evaluate a Web Site." Web of Deception Information Today, Inc., 2002.
"To Recover or Not To Recover?" AALL 95th Annual Meeting and Conference, July 21-24, 2002.
Computer Assisted Legal Research for Oregon Paralegals, Institute for Paralegal Education, 2001 (co-author).
"Teaching Users to Evaluate Internet Sites: Sources on Sources." Searcher, The Magazine for Database Professionals, 8 No. 5 (May 2000): 68-70.
"itList and other Bookmark Managers." www.llrx.com, January 17, 2000.
Internet Strategies for the Paralegal in Oregon, Institute for Paralegal Education, 1999 (co-author).
Internet Strategies for the Paralegal in Oregon, Institute for Paralegal Education, 1998 (co-author).
Education
San Jose State University, Master of Library Science degree (1986)
Boise State University, Bachelor of Arts degree in History-Secondary Education (1970)
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