Law Library

Pursuant to University Policy, access to the Law Library for the general public will resume on August 2, 2021.

See the linked page for information about services offered virtually to all patrons.

General Information

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Whom to Contact for What

The following is a list of contacts for some of the major services provided by the Law Library. If the service you need is not listed, please contact reference or your library liaison to request assistance:

BinderyBonnie Geldmacher
Bloomberg PasswordsIantha Haight
Book Checkout and RenewalCirculation Desk or Melanie Coleman
CarrelsDianne Davenport
CatalogingAndrea Howard
CILP ServiceBonnie Geldmacher or your library liaison
Collection DevelopmentKory Staheli
Copyright Questions & Permission RequestsLaurie Urquiaga
Course ReserveMelanie Coleman
Document Digitization RequestsMelanie Coleman
Electronic Database TrainingIantha Haight
Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery, & Lee Library RequestsMelanie Coleman
Gifts and DonationsBonnie Geldmacher 
Government DocumentsReference Desk or your library liaison
Group Study RoomsDianne Davenport
KeysDianne Davenport
Lexis PasswordsIantha Haight
Library InstructionAnnalee Hickman
Library PoliciesKory Staheli or Shawn Nevers
Lost & FoundCirculation Desk
MicroformsReference Desk or your library liaison
Missing BooksChelsea Frandsen
New Material RequestsKory Staheli or your library liaison
Notary RequestsMelanie Coleman or Bonnie Geldmacher
Overdues/FinesMelanie Coleman
Preservation/Book RepairBonnie Geldmacher 
Reference QuestionsReference Desk or any Reference Librarian
Routing MaterialTeresa Odam
SecurityDianne Davenport
Website FeedbackLaurie Urquiaga
Westlaw PasswordsIantha Haight

For more information about employees, see the Library Directory.

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Library Faculty and Staff

Administration

Portrait of Kory Staheli
Name:
 Kory D. Staheli
Primary Responsibilities:
Title:
 Law Library Director Policy, planning, management services, reference assistance, select publications for purchase, and teach Legal Research courses.
Email:
 stahelik@law.byu.edu
Phone:
 801.422.9223

Portrait of Shawn Nevers
Name:
 Shawn G. Nevers
Primary Responsibilities:
Title:
 Deputy Law Librarian Facilitate faculty research and support. Oversee and maintain the library's electronic resources. Provide reference services and assistance to students, faculty and public patrons. Teach legal research. Assist with Westlaw/Lexis Nexis user passwords.
Email:
 neverss@law.byu.edu
Phone:
 801.422.8784

Portrait of Maureen Holman
Name:
 Maureen Holman
Primary Responsibilities:
Title:
 Administrative Assistant Library maintenance, supply orders and inventory, basic support of Law Library Faculty and Staff. Schedule Law Library conference room and the Lee Reading Room.
Email:
 holmanm@law.byu.edu
Phone:
 801.422.7475

Circulation

Name:
 Melanie Coleman
Primary Responsibilities:
Title:
 Access Services Librarian Manage the overall process of circulation and supervise the student employees. Process routed and hold materials to law school faculty and ensure law school faculty needs are being met quickly and efficiently. Process InterLibrary Loan and Document Delivery requests to meet the needs of the law school faculty, staff, and students. Processes overdue items, damaged materials, fines and the overall process of requesting materials from libraries.
Email:
 colemanm@law.byu.edu
Phone:
 801.422.3656

Collection Maintenance

Name:
 Dianne Davenport
Primary Responsibilities:
Title:
 Collection and Student Services Librarian Library public relations, student study carrels, building security and keys.
Email:
 davenportd@law.byu.edu
Phone:
 801.422.9052

Name:
 Chelsea Frandsen
Primary Responsibilities:
Title:
 Collection Maintenance Assistant Assist with collection organization, shelf management, and weeding of obsolete materials.
Email:
 frandsenc@law.byu.edu
Phone:
 801.422.7474

Public Services

Portrait of Dennis Sears
Name:
 Dennis S. Sears
Primary Responsibilities:
Title:
 Foreign & International Law Librarian Responsible for the foreign, comparative, and international law (FCIL) collections. Teach first year legal research course. Provide reference assistance.
Email:
 searsd@law.byu.edu
Phone:
 801.422.7472

Name:
 Iantha Haight
Primary Responsibilities:
Title:
 Electronic Resources & Research Librarian Legal reference, faculty research support and development, management of the library's electronic collections, and legal research instruction.
Email:
 haighti@law.byu.edu
Phone:
 801.422.9023

Name:
 Annalee Hickman
Primary Responsibilities:
Title:
 Head of Reference and Faculty Services Oversee faculty services and reference services, teach legal research courses, and provide faculty research assistance.
Email:
 HickmanA@law.byu.edu
Phone:
 801.422.3596

Technical Services

Portrait of Bonnie Geldmacher
Name:
 Bonnie R. Geldmacher
Primary Responsibilities:
Title:
 Acquisitions Librarian / Head of Technical Services Acquires legal materials for the law library collection. Oversees cataloging and serials, looseleaf filing, donations, and the bindery.
Email:
 geldmacherb@law.byu.edu
Phone:
 801.422.3572

Portrait of Andrea Howard
Name:
 Andrea Howard
Primary Responsibilities:
Title:
 Cataloging Specialist Catalogs newly acquired print and electronic legal resources, processes old law material, and assists in paying for legal material for the Law Library.
Email:
 howarda@law.byu.edu
Phone:
 801.422.1632

Portrait of Teresa Odam
Name:
 Teresa Odam
Primary Responsibilities:
Title:
 Serials Librarian and Data Project Manager Responsible for maintaining the serials collection in the Law Library; checks in all serials, routes serial publications to faculty and processes serials for the bindery. Coordinates with other Law Library employees to process Data Project requests from Law School and Law Library faculty.
Email:
 odamt@law.byu.edu
Phone:
 801.422.3571

Name:
 Melanie Chao
Primary Responsibilities:
Title:
 Technical Services Assistant Provides assistance within the technical services department, including ordering/receiving, processing/maintaining the library catalog, mending/binding, and other related work as assigned.
Email:
 chaom@law.byu.edu
Phone:
 801.422.5192

Library and Networked Information Systems

Portrait of David Armond
Name:
 David L. Armond
Primary Responsibilities:
Title:
 Head of Infrastructure and Technology Lead the Library and Networked Information Department (LNIS) which supports, develops, and implements information technology within the Howard W. Hunter Law Library. Coordinate support with the Law School Computing Support Department for law school enterprise-wide information technology
Email:
 armondd@law.byu.edu
Phone:
 801.422.4258

Name:
 Mark Harris
Primary Responsibilities:
Title:
 LNIS Manager & Programmer Oversee technical aspects of the Library's electronic database collection. Maintain electronic resources to ensure they are accessible to faculty, students, and patrons of the Law Library and meet patron and institutional needs. Evaluate, implement and support programs and applications to better support the delivery of electronic information in the academic environment.
Email:
 harrism@law.byu.edu
Phone:
 801.422.9050

Name:
 Laureen C. Urquiaga
Primary Responsibilities:
Title:
 Digital Resources Librarian / Law School Copyright Coordinator Manage the Library's presence on the web; overseeing website development, the digital archive, libguides and other web-related resources. Provide course packet support and monitor law school copyright compliance.
Email:
 urquiagal@law.byu.edu
Phone:
 801.422.6657

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Borrowing Privileges for Law School Faculty

Law school faculty have special borrowing privileges at the Law Library. Regular library materials are due in May of each year and may be renewed as needed. Journals may be checked out for one month. Non-circulating and reserve materials may also be checked out by special arrangement. No overdue fines are charged to law faculty for regular Law Library material. However, all items are subject to recall by the Lee Library or other patrons. Be aware that any fines accrued due to the late return of a recalled item are non-waivable.

To request material from the collection, faculty members may contact either their liaison or Melanie Coleman at (801) 422-3656 or lawill@law.byu.edu. Faculty may also come to the Circulation Desk on the second floor of the Library for assistance.

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Gifts and Donations

The Howard W. Hunter Law Library gratefully accepts gifts of books and other materials. Gifts are accepted with the understanding that the law library retains discretion to utilize or dispose of the items as warranted by library needs. Gifts not added to the library collection will be returned to the donor upon written request at the time of donation. Unless requested otherwise, a letter of acknowledgement will be sent to the donor of each gift. The library does not assign a value to gift materials. All gifts should be directed to Bonnie Geldmacher in 260B JRCB.

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