| Name: |
Wanda
Barrett |
|
| Position:
|
Information
Manager |
| Summary:
|
Wanda Barrett has more than twenty years of library experience, and has worked in law libraries since 1989. During this time she has managed the information
resources at many Tampa area law firms including Hill,
Ward & Henderson, Macfarlane Ferguson & McMullen, and
Trenam, Kemker. Ms. Barrett designed and implemented firm
intranets for Hill, Ward & Henderson and Bush Ross Gardner
Warren & Rudy, and legal research sections for Trenam,
Kemker and other firms. In addition, Ms. Barrett is a
website designer, managing several law firm websites.
An active member of the local library community, Ms. Barrett
has served as president of both the Central Florida Association
of Law Libraries and the Suncoast Information Specialists.
She has presented many sessions on legal research including
The Florida Bar approved course 'The Legal Internet' and
she spoke at the 2000 Florida Library Association Annual
Meeting on law firm use of the internet. |
| Service
Area: |
Tampa
Bay (service area for intranet and web design is unlimited) |
| Expertise: |
· Intranet design and
management
· Computer
support and training
· Legal
and non-legal research and reference
· Collection
analysis including acquisition policies & recommendations
· Website
design and maintenance |
| Hire
date: |
August 1989 |
| Education: |
University
of South Florida, B.A. in Psychology
University of South Florida, M.L.I.S. |
| Work
Experience: |
Everlove
& Associates (formerly known as Special Library Service)
Thomson (Contract LawDesk
Trainer)
Suwannee River Regional
Library |
| Professional
Organizations: |
Suncoast Information Specialists (SIS)
President, 2002
Vice-president, 2001
Treasurer, 2005-2007
Central Florida Association of Law Libraries
President, 1999-2000
Vice-president, 1998-1999
Secretary/Treasurer, 1997-1998
Newsletter
Editor, 1998-2000
Webmaster, 1998-present
American Association of Law Libraries - Independent Law
Librarians Group of the Private Law Libraries Special
Interest Section
Vice-Chair, 2000-2001
Florida Library Association
Local Arrangements Committee Member - 2000 Annual Meeting
Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law
Libraries (SEAALL) |
| Publications: |
Planning
a Small Law Office Library, The Young Lawyer, American
Bar Association, October 2001 . |
| Lectures
Given: |
Internet Use in Law Firms - Florida Library Association
2000 Annual Meeting
Using Technology for Discovery - The Fact Finder's Toolkit
for the Legal Research, Halfmoon Seminars, 1999.
The Legal Internet, Course Number 35086, Everlove &
Associates, 1996, 1997.
Basic Legal Research, Everlove & Associates, 1995,
1997. |
| Birth
Date: |
9/27 |
| Born:
|
Live
Oak, Florida |
| Recommended
Reading: |
Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan |
| Favorite
Legal Web Sites: |
Law
Librarian's Resource Exchange
Virtual
Chase |
| Favorite
Non-Legal Web Sites: |
Tampa
Public Library |
| Hobbies: |
Baking, gardening
and travel |
| |
Updated:
3/1/2007 |
|
|
|
