Welcome to the Earl Borgeson Award Paper Archive! This page is a listing of most of the papers written by UW Law Librarianship students since 2001, the year of the first Earl Borgeson Research in Law Librarianship Award. Many of these papers were published in Legal Reference Services Quarterly or other professional journals; where applicable, citations to these published pieces are provided as well as PDFs of the unpublished manuscripts that the authors have contributed to the UW Gallagher Law Library collection.

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Submissions from 2005

 

The Next Generation of Legal Citations: A Survey of Internet Citations in the Opinions of the Washington Supreme Court and Washington Appellate Courts, 1999-2005, Tina Ching

 

Frederick C. Hicks: The Dean of Law Librarians, Stacy Etheredge

 

Meeting the Information Needs of Constitutionalist Patrons: A Guide for Reference Librarians, Vicenç Feliú

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The Next Big Thing?: Google Scholar and Legal Scholarship, Shannon Malcolm

 

Marian Gould Gallagher’s Imprint on Law Librarianship: The Advantage of Casting Bread Upon the Waters, Pegeen Mulhern

 

Electronic Research in State Prisons, Camilla Tubbs

 

Researching Washington State Initiatives and Referendums, Beth Williams

Submissions from 2004

 

Keeping Validity in Cite: Web Resources Cited in Select Washington Law Reviews, 2001-03, Helane Davis

 

Web-Based Legal Research Guides in Academic Law Libraries, Jennifer Locke Davitt

 

Promoting Psychological Health in Law Students, Lara Dresser

 

What Is Your Library Worth? Changes in Evaluation Methods for Academic Law Libraries, Tammy Hinderman

Submissions from 2003

 

Digital Libraries–The Future?, Jaye Barlous

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Washington State Minority and Justice Commission’s Bibliography Project, Adrienne Cobb

 

Lessons from Bankruptcy Court Public Records: A Conflict of Values for Law Librarians, Kristin Henderson

 

Academic Law Library Web Sites: A Source of Service to the Pro Se User, Lee Sims

Submissions from 2002

 

Serving Pro Se Patrons: An Obligation and an Opportunity, Kerry Fitz-Gerald

 

Bridging an Intercultural Communication Gap at the Reference Desk: How to Have an Effective Reference Interaction with Asian LL.M Students, Sarah Devotion Garner

Submissions from 2001

 

Trust v. Antitrust: Consolidation in the Legal Publishing Industry, John Dethman

 

Are Web Sites a “Public Accommodation” Under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) Requiring Reasonable Access for Persons with Disabilities?, Janai Powell Lane

 

Access Versus Ownership: A Changing Model of Intellectual Property, Scott Matheson

 

Eighteenth Century American Law Book Collections, Barry Shanks