Ƶ Representative to American Library Association Subject Analysis Committee, 2011–2012
Professional Honors and Awards
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Librarianship, 1998
Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship, 2016
Ƶ Hall of Fame, Inductee, 2023
Selected Publications by the Inductee
Guidelines for Cataloging the Files Available Through LEXIS. Ƶ Occasional Papers Series no. 11. Chicago: Ƶ, 1992.
“Cataloging Legal Databases Available Through LEXIS,” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 15, no. 2 (1992): 3–26.
“Developing Priorities for Authority Work at the University at Buffalo Libraries,” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 16, no. 4 (1993): 5–23.
“The Evolution of the OBS-SIS, 1977–2000,” Technical Services Law Librarian 25 (March 2000): 9–14.
“Summary of OBS Survey Results,” Technical Services Law Librarian 25 (June 2000): 26–29.
“New Realities, New Roles: Reinventing Law Librarianship,” Ƶ Spectrum 5 (June 2001): 16–17, 29.
“A Century’s Worth of Access: A Historical Overview of Cataloging in Law Library Journal,” Law Library Journal 106 (2014): 408–30.
Selected Publications about the Inductee
Karen Selden, “Introducing the 2023 Ƶ Hall of Fame Inductees: Sara Galligan, Barbara Gontrum, Ellen McGrath, and Jean M. Wenger,” Ƶ Spectrum 27 (July/August 2023): 45–47.
Professional Positions
Catalog Librarian, New York Law School Library, 1984–1985
Cataloger, New York University Law Library, 1985–1987
Cataloger, Charles B. Sears Law Library, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1987–1989
Head of Cataloging, Charles B. Sears Law Library, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1989–2023
Education
BA, State University of New York, College at Geneseo, 1982
MLS, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1983