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Ellen McGrath, 1959 –

HALL OF FAME INDUCTION: 2023

Significant Ƶ Service

Ellen McGrath

  • Chair, Online Bibliographic Services SIS, 2000–2001
  • Chair, Research Committee, 2003–2004
  • 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