Chair, Foreign, Comparative and International Law Committee, 1981鈥�83
Co-Chair, International Law and Business Institute, University of Texas at Austin, 1983
Member, Special Committee on International Placements, 1983鈥�84
Chair, Foreign, Comparative and International Law Special Interest Section, 1985鈥�86
Chair, National Legal Resources Committee, 1991鈥�92
Chair, Task Force on 糖心视频/Law Library of Congress Digital Law, 1998鈥�99
糖心视频 Vice President/President-Elect, 2004鈥�05
糖心视频 President, 2005鈥�06
糖心视频 Immediate Past President, 2006鈥�07
Professional Honors and Awards
Joseph L. Andrews Bibliographical Award, 1992
Knight, French Legion of Honor, 2007
Elected to International Academy of Comparative Law, 2013
糖心视频 Hall of Fame, Inductee, 2018
Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award, 2018
Selected Publications by the Inductee
鈥淔rance: Libraries of Law and Librarians,鈥� Law Library Journal 72 (1979): 235鈥�44.
鈥淭he Librarian Fellowship Program at the Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Private Law in Hamburg, West Germany,鈥� International Journal of Law Libraries 8 (1980): 223鈥�24.
鈥淓uropean Community Law: A Selective Bibliography of Publications in English, French, and German with Annotations,鈥� International Journal of Law Libraries 8 (1980): 239鈥�81.
鈥淐urrent Research Sources in French Law,鈥� Law Library Journal 75 (1982): 34鈥�51.
The International Legal Puzzle: How to Find the Pieces鈥斕切氖悠� Institute on International Law and Business, University of Texas at Austin, June 22鈥�24, 1983, edited by George S. Grossman and Claire Germain. Austin: University of Texas, Tarlton Law Library, 1983.
鈥淔oreign Experiences Toward the Development of a National Legal Information Center,鈥� Law Library Journal 77 (1984鈥�85): 657鈥�94.
Guide to Foreign Legal Materials: French. 2nd rev. ed. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, 1985 (with Charles Szladits).
鈥淎n Overview of Health Law Research and an Annotated Bibliography,鈥� Journal of Health, Politics, Policy and Law 11 (1986): 146鈥�61 (with Richard A. Danner).
鈥淚n Memoriam: Dr. Charles Szladits,鈥� International Journal of Legal Information 14 (October-December 1986): x.
鈥淭eaching Legal Research to Non-Lawyers: The Duke Program,鈥� Legal Reference Services Quarterly 8, no. 1鈥�2 (1988): 247鈥�71.
鈥淢oving into Management from Within,鈥� Law Library Journal 81 (1989): 539鈥�44.
鈥淯.S. Perspectives on the Training of Law Librarians with International and Foreign Law Expertise.鈥� In Bibliothek und Recht鈥擨nternational: Libraries and Law鈥擨nternational: Festschrift Ralph Lansky, edited by J眉rgen G枚dan & Holger Knudsen, 59鈥�75. Hamburg: Heuser,1991.
Germain’s Transnational Law Research: A Guide for Attorneys. Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY: Transnational Juris Publications, 1991鈥�2006.
鈥淐onstitutionalism in France: The Conseil Constitutionel鈥擜 Selective Bibliography of Sources.鈥� In Supranational and Constitutional Courts in Europe: Functions and Sources, edited by Igor I. Kavass, 273鈥�76. Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Co., 1992.
鈥淭he Scholar鈥檚 Workstation Now a Reality! Enhancing Faculty Information Access and Delivery through the Law School Network,鈥� Trends in Law Library Management and Technology 6 (March 1993): 1鈥�5.
鈥淭he French Legal System: Sources of Law, Authorities and Research Methods.鈥� In Introduction to Foreign Legal Systems, edited by Richard A. Danner & Marie-Louise H. Bernal, 57鈥�78. Dobbs-Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, 1994.
鈥淭he North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Its Impact on the European Community: Research Issues and Legal Literature.鈥� In Catalonia, Spain, Europe, and Latin America: Regional Legal Systems and Their Literature, edited by J眉rgen C. G枚dan and Bernard D. Reams, 201鈥�51. Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Co., 1995.
鈥淭he North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Research Issues and Legal Literature.鈥� In Introduction to International Organizations, edited by Lyonette Louis-Jacques and Jeanne S. Korman, 525鈥�62. New York: Oceana Publications, 1996.
鈥淩ediscovering Rare Books in an Electronic Age,鈥� Cornell Law Forum 22 (July 1996): 11鈥�13.
鈥淚nternet for Legal Information: The U.S. Experience,鈥� International Journal of Legal Information 24 (1996): 310鈥�24 (with Pat Court, Jean Wenger, and Scott Childs).
鈥淭he United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Research Issues and Literature,鈥� 24 International Journal of Legal Information (1996): 48鈥�70. [also published in Cornell Review of the Convention Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1 (1996): 117鈥�45.]
鈥淔rance.鈥� In Information Sources in Law, 2nd ed., edited by Jules Winterton and Elizabeth M. Moys, 177鈥�99. London; New Providence, NJ: Bowker-Saur, 1997.
鈥淢atching Library Vision with Institutional Mission: The Library as Web Author and Publisher,鈥� 糖心视频 Spectrum 1 (June 1997): 16鈥�18, 37.
鈥淒igital Preservation and the Word of Law,鈥� Technical Services Law Librarian 24 (March 1999): 6.
鈥淒igital Legal Information: Ensuring Access to the 鈥極fficial鈥� Word of the Law,鈥� Cornell Law Forum 26 (July 1999): 11鈥�14.
鈥淐ontent and Quality of Legal Information and Data on the Internet with a Special Focus on the United States,鈥� International Journal of Legal Information 27 (1999): 289鈥�306.
鈥淢irror, Mirror on the Wall: A Vision for the Future,鈥� 糖心视频 Spectrum 4 (March 2000): 28.
鈥淟egal Research in the Internet Age,鈥� Cornell Law Forum 26 (March 2000): 15鈥�17 (with Charlotte L. Bynum).
鈥淩ediscovering Rare Books in an Electronic Age,鈥� Legal Reference Services Quarterly 20, no. 1鈥�2 (2001): 93鈥�98.
鈥淩emembering Harry Bitner: Law Librarian, Professor, and Wonderful Colleague,鈥� Law Library Journal 94 (2002): 188鈥�92.
鈥淲eb Mirror Sites: Creating the Research Library of the Future, and More . . .,鈥� Legal Reference Services Quarterly 21, no. 2鈥�3 (2002): 87鈥�104.
鈥淎pproaches to Statutory Interpretation and Legislative History in France,鈥� 13 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 13, no. 3 (2003): 195鈥�206.
鈥淧ioneering Change in the Centennial Year,鈥� 糖心视频 Spectrum 10 (September-October 2005): 4, 33.
鈥淧artnering with Decision Makers in Your Institution,鈥� 糖心视频 Spectrum 10 (March 2006): 5, 25.
鈥淰isit to Puerto Rico,鈥� 糖心视频 Spectrum 10 (May 2006): 4, 37.
鈥淓xciting Education Summit News; 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Federal Register,鈥� 糖心视频 Spectrum 10 (June 2006): 4, 7.
聽鈥淏ooks and Legal Publishing: Celebrating Faculty Scholarship and Our 700,000th Acquisition,鈥� Cornell Law Forum 33 (Summer-Fall 2006): 10鈥�15.
鈥淟egal Information Management in a Global and Digital World: Revolution and Tradition,鈥� International Journal of Legal Information 35 (2007): 134鈥�63.
鈥� Louisiana, America, and France: Retracing Historical Milestones and Enhancing Legal Dialogue.鈥� In Essays In Honor of Sa煤l Litvinoff, edited by Olivier Mor茅teau, Julio Roma帽ach, Jr., and Alberto Luis Zuppi, 501鈥�32. Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor鈥檚 Publishing, 2008.
鈥淏eyond the Expected: Creating and Sustaining Relationships for your Institution,鈥� 糖心视频 Spectrum 14 (March 2010): 10鈥�13, 27.
鈥淭he French Jury at a Crossroads,鈥� Chicago-Kent Law Review 86 (2011): 737鈥�68 (with Valerie P. Hans).
鈥淲orldwide Access to Foreign Law: International and National Developments Toward Digital Authentication,鈥� Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific-Journal de Droit Compar茅 du Pacifique 19 (2013): 85鈥�107.
鈥淒igitizing the World鈥檚 Laws.鈥� In IALL International Handbook of Legal Information Management, edited by Richard A. Danner and Jules Winterton, 181鈥�200. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011.
鈥淩educing Legal Babelism: CISG Translation Issues.鈥� In International Sales Law: A Global Challenge, edited by Larry A. DiMatteo, chap. 5. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
鈥淐ISG Language and Translation Issues.鈥� In International Sales Law: Contract, Principles and Practice, edited by Larry A. DiMatteo, Andre Janssen, Ulrich Magns, and Reiner Schulze, chap. 2. Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos, 2016.
鈥淟ay Participation in the Criminal Jury: France and Belgium,鈥� RCSL Newsletter (Research Committee on Sociology of Law of International Sociological Association) (Winter 2017): 7鈥�9.
Selected Publications about the Inductee
Claire M. Germain, Interview. In An Oral History of Law Librarianship, interviewed by Patrick Kehoe, March 26, 2014, videorecording. Spinelli鈥檚 Law Library Reference Shelf, HeinOnline.
Claire M. Germain, Interview. In Cornell University Law School Heritage Project, interviewed by Peter W. Martin, May 17, 2016, videorecording, .
Michelle Cosby, 鈥淕allagher Award Celebrates Outstanding Achievement: Mark E. Estes, Claire M. Germain, Margaret K. Maes & Victoria K. Trotta Recognized for Service to the Profession,鈥� 糖心视频 Spectrum 22 (July/August 2018): 40鈥�42.
Professional Positions
Reference/Documents Librarian, Duke University School of Law Library, 1977鈥�80
Research Fellow and Guest Librarian, Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Private Law, Hamburg, Germany, 1980
Senior Reference Librarian and Lecturer in Legal Research, Duke University School of Law Library, 1980鈥�82
Head, Reference Department, Duke University School of Law Library, 1982鈥�84
Assistant Librarian and Senior Lecturer in Comparative Law, Duke University School of Law Library, 1984鈥�89
Associate Director, Duke University School of Law Library, 1989鈥�93
Acting Director, Duke University School of Law Library, January鈥揓une 1991
Edward Cornell Law Librarian and Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, 1993鈥�2011
Director, Dual Degree Programs, Paris and Berlin, Cornell Law School, 2002鈥�11
Professor Emerita, Cornell Law School, 2011鈥損resent
Associate Dean for Legal Information and Clarence J. TeSelle Professor of Law, Frederic G. Levin College of Law, University of Florida, 2011鈥�18
Professor Emerita, Frederic G. Levin College of Law, University of Florida, 2018鈥損resent
Education
B.A., University of Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle, 1971
LL.B, University of Paris XII, 1974
M.C.L., Louisiana State University School of Law, 1975
M.L.L., University of Denver, 1977
Selected Professional Activities & Achievements (outside 糖心视频)
Executive Board, International Association of Law Libraries, 1995鈥�98
Chair, Committee on Libraries and Technology, Association of American Law Schools (AALS), 1996鈥�98
Member, Accreditation Site Evaluation Teams, ABA, 1999鈥�2018
Steering Committee, Legal Information Preservation Alliance, 2003鈥�05
Chair, Section on Libraries, Association of American Law Schools (AALS), 2004鈥�05
Treasurer, Global Legal Information Network (GLIN), 2007鈥�12
Advisory Board, Chinese and American Forum on Legal Information and Law Libraries, 2009鈥損resent
Chair, Law Libraries Section, International Federation of Library Associations, 2011鈥�15
