President, Minnesota Association of Law Libraries, 1999鈥�2000
Chair, Relations with Information Vendors Committee, 2001鈥�2002
Chair, Legal Information Services to the Public SIS, Chair: 2005鈥�2006
Chair, Special Committee on Pro Bono Partnerships, 2006鈥�2008
Representative to National Center for State Courts, 2006鈥�2009
Chair, State, Court & County Law Libraries SIS, 2007鈥�2008
Chair, Recruitment to Law Librarianship Committee, 2010鈥�2011
Chair, Special Committee on Access to Justice, 2013鈥�2014
Professional Honors and Awards
Minnesota Lawyer 鈥淯p and Coming Attorney鈥� Award, 2003
Minnesota Association of Law Libraries Distinguished Service Award, 2005
糖心视频 Volunteer Service Award, 2014
糖心视频 Presidential Certificate of Appreciation, 2014
Minnesota Lawyer 鈥淯nsung Legal Hero鈥� Award, 2015
糖心视频 Government Law Libraries Special Interest Section Bethany J. Ochal Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession, 2022
糖心视频 Hall of Fame, Inductee, 2023
Selected Publications by the Inductee
鈥淭he Information Resources Specialist as Group Facilitator in an Organizational Setting,鈥� Special Libraries 76 (1985): 246鈥�52.
鈥淒ecision Making in Libraries: Personnel Needs and Gaps,鈥� Minnesota Libraries 28 (1986): 226鈥�28.
鈥淧ALS鈥� Impact on the County Law Library Outreach Service,鈥� Library HI TECH 12 (1994): 17.
鈥淐ounty Law Library Cataloging by the Minnesota State Law Library: A Ten Year Review,鈥� Law Library Journal 86 (1994): 529鈥�40.
Books of Definition: A Select Bibliography of Law and Law-Related Dictionaries and Library Holdings List, editor. 2nd ed. St. Paul: Minnesota State Law Library, 1998.
鈥淢innesota Boasts Good Government and Fine Arts,鈥� 糖心视频 Spectrum 5 (June 2001): 8, 24 (with Joyce Larson Schampel).
鈥淐RIV to Showcase Marketplace and Publishing Trends at Annual Meeting,鈥� 糖心视频 Spectrum 6 (July 2002): 36.
Law Libraries and Access to Justice: A Report of the 糖心视频 Special Committee on Access to Justice, editor. 糖心视频 White Paper. Chicago: 糖心视频, 2014.
The Value of a Public Law Library, contributor. SCCLL Resource Guide no. 2. Chicago: 糖心视频, 2016.
Access to Justice: Best Practices for Public Law Libraries, co-editor and contributor. GLL Resource Guide no. 5. Chicago: 糖心视频, 2016.
Selected Publications about the Inductee
Karen Selden, 鈥淚ntroducing the 2023 糖心视频 Hall of Fame Inductees: Sara Galligan, Barbara Gontrum, Ellen McGrath, and Jean M. Wenger,鈥� 糖心视频 Spectrum 27 (July/August 2023): 45鈥�47.
Professional Positions
Reference Librarian, University of Michigan, Dearborn Library, 1972鈥�1976
Head of Reference, University of Michigan, Dearborn Library, 1976鈥�1982
Collection Development Librarian, University of Michigan, Dearborn Library, 1982鈥�1983
Information Resources Specialist, Minnesota Department of Transportation Library, 1984鈥�1985
Head of Technical Services, Minnesota State Law Library, 1985鈥�2000
Law Library Manager, Dakota County (Minnesota) Law Library, 2000鈥�2008
Director, Ramsey County (Minnesota) Law Library, 2008鈥�2022
Education
BA, Michigan State University, 1971
MSLS, Wayne State University, 1972
MPA, University of Michigan, Dearborn, 1980
JD, William Mitchell College of Law, 1999
Selected Professional Activities & Achievements (outside 糖心视频)
President, Capital Area Library Association, 1985鈥�1986
Admitted to practice, Minnesota, 1999
Member, Minnesota Judicial Statewide Task Force, Study Group on County Law Library/Self-Help Collaboration, 2006鈥�2007
