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Faculty ProfileMichael ChiorazziAssociate Dean for Information Services, Professor of Law and Information Resources & Library ScienceE-mail: Michael Chiorazzi Office Number: 127 Office Phone: (520) 621-5477 Office Fax: (520) 621-3138 Courses Taught: Legal Research and Writing 
Intermediate Legal Research
Advanced Legal Research
Law Library Practice and Administration
Teaching Legal Research
Curriculum Vitae Personal Webpage |
Biographical Information |
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Prior to joining the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of law in 1996, Professor Chiorazzi was a reference librarian and senior instructor in legal research at Duke University School of Law (1981 - 1989). Subsequently, he served as the deputy director of the Law Library and legal research instructor at the Boston College School of Law (1989 - 1996). Professor Chiorazzi's research interests include legal history, issues in law librarianship, and the use of technology in the teaching of legal research. Since 1999 he has served as the editor of Legal Reference Services Quarterly. |
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Education |
University of Washington, M. Law Libr. (1981) | Gonzaga University, J.D. (1980) | University of Miami, B.A. (1976) |
Professional Work Experience |
Professor of Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona, 1998 - present | Director and Professor of Law, Law Library, James E. Rogers College of Law, 1996 - present | Deputy Director and Instructor in Legal Research, Boston College Law Library, 1989 - 1996 | Reference Librarian, Duke University Law Library, 1981 - 1989 | Senior Instructor in Legal Research, Duke University Law Library, 1986 - 1989 | Instructor in Legal Research, Duke University Law Library, 1981 - 1986 |
Representative Publications |
| Commentaries on Hicks’ ‘Teaching Legal Bibliography’: With an Addendum by Robert Berring, 28 Legal Reference Services Q. 9 (2009) (co-author, with Shaun Esposito). |
| Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-State Research Guide, Including New York City and the District of Columbia (2005) (co-editor, with Marguerite Most, and author of Preface xxix). |
| Books, Bytes, Bricks and Bodies: Thinking About Collection Use In Academic Law Libraries, 21 Legal Reference Services Q. 1 (2002), reprinted in Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age 1 (Michael Chiorazzi & Gordon Russell eds., 2002) and available at http://www.law.arizona.edu/Library/research/guides/paretoarticle.cfm?page=research" |
| Law Librarianship: Historical Perspectives (1996) (co-editor, with Laura N. Gasaway & author of William R. Roalfe: Builder of Libraries, Scholar, Association Animal 215). [Law Reserve Z 675.L2 L3837 1996]. [The article is also available at: http://www.law.arizona.edu/Library/research/guides/lawlibrarian.cfm?page=research |
| Complete List of Publications |
Organizations |
Desert States Law Library Consortium 2003 - present |
| American Association of Law Libraries 1981 - Present |
| Committee on Indexing of Legal Periodicals, 1983; Committee on Relations with Dealers and Publishers, 1984 - 1986; Legal History and Rare Book Special Interest Section, Vice-Chair, Chair-Elect 1989 - 1990; Chair 1990 - 1991; Boston Meeting Local Arrangements, 1993; Special Committee on the History of Law Librarianship 1994 - 1996; Special Committee on Training the Next Generation Of Law Librarians, 2005 - 2007 | Association of American Law Schools 1981 - Present |
| Delegate, AALS House of Representatives 1997 - present | Southwestern Association of Law Libraries 1996 - Present |
| Arizona Association of Law Libraries 1996 - Present |
| Consortium of Arizona Law Libraries 1996 - Present |
| American Bar Association 1998 - 2002 |
| Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Law Libraries Committee | Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries 1981 - 1989 |
| Newsletter Committee, 1983 - 1984; Membership Committee, 1985 - 1987; Chair, 1985 - 1986 | Consortium of Southeastern Law Libraries 1988 - 1989 |
| Executive Board | Law Librarians of New England 1989 - 1996 |
Institutional Service |
Chair, Building Committee 2005 - 2009 | Ad Hoc Budget Committee 2008 - 2009 | Curriculum Committee 1996 - 2001; 2003 - present | College of Law Library/Information Technology Committee 1997 - 2007; Chair 1998 - 1999, 2004 - 2005 | College of Law Library United Way Representative 1996 - present | Chair, Space Planning Committee 2001 | College of Law Library Curriculum Committee 1996 - 2001 | Ad Hoc Information Technology Committee 1997 - 2001; Chair, 1998 - 1999 | Ad Hoc Space Planning Committee, Chair 1999 - 2000 | Dean Search Committee 1998; 2008 - 2009 | Community Service Award Committee 1999 | ABA Self-Study Team 1998 | Acting Director of First Year Moot Court Program 1998 (Spring) | Member, State Law Librarian Search Committee 1998 |
Awards |
| AALL Joseph L. Andrews Bibliographic Award (with Marguerite Most) (recognizes significant contribution to legal bibliographical literature) 2007 |
| AALL Call for Papers Award 1987 |
| AALL Law Library Publication Award (with Kathryn Christie and Claire Germain) 1984 |
Last Updated: 04/09/2012