Laurie Selwyn

Laurie Selwyn, received her M.L.S. from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. After working in a number of public and academic libraries from 1980-2002, Selwyn accepted the position of County Law Librarian with the Grayson County District Attorney’s Office. Here she spear-headed the revival of the badly neglected and outdated library, updated the collection, and established policies and procedures encouraging library use as well as input concerning library needs. A frequent reviewer for "Library Journal", Selwyn has also reviewed for Legal Information Alert and Law Library Journal as well as contributed to such professional resources as A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information Science (Priscilla Shontz and Richard Murray. 2007. Libraries Unlimited), How to Thrive as a Solo Librarian (Carol Smallwood and Melissa Clapp. 2012. Scarecrow Press), and coauthored “The Public Law Library: A Place in Today’s World?” in Legal Information Alert, 29(3), 1,3 with Virginia Eldridge.

Publications

Public Law Librarianship: Objectives, Challenges, and Solutions
Public Law Librarianship: Objectives, Challenges, and Solutions
Laurie Selwyn, Virginia Eldridge. © 2013. 343 pages.
While there are common misconceptions regarding the definition of a public law library, it can be defined as a government mandated library which provides the public with access...