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Holterhoff to lead law librarian group
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Sally Holterhoff, government information/reference librarian at the Valparaiso University Law Library, will lead the American Association of Law Libraries during the coming year.
She will serve a one-year term as president of the AALL beginning July 13. With more than 5,000 members, the AALL represents law librarians and related professionals and works to enhance the value of law libraries to public communities, provide leadership in the field of legal information and foster the profession of law librarianship.
For two decades, Holterhoff has been active in national and regional level professional activities for law librarians. She has served in a variety of leadership roles with the AALL, including being elected an Executive Board member from 2000 to 2003 and later as vice-president and president. In 1993, she won the Outstanding Service Award from Indiana Networking for Documents and Information of Government Organizations.
Her scholarly interests include legal research, with an emphasis on legislative history and administrative regulations, and federal and state government information.
Holterhoff, who holds the rank of associate professor, joined the VU Law Library in 1981 and also teaches legal research courses. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree in library science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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