Joseph Custer

Associate Director / Head of Tech Services

Subjects: Legal Research, Advanced Legal Research

E-mail: jcuster@ku.edu

Profile: Joseph Custer came to the Wheat Law Library in the summer of 1995 as the Collection Development/Reference Librarian. In the summer of 1998 Joseph was promoted to the position of Associate Director. He retained his duties as Collection Development Librarian. He participates in the legal research component of the Lawyering course and teaches Advanced Legal Research. He has published several articles and one book in the areas of legal research and law librarianship. Joseph is also a Contributing Editor to a newsletter published by Civil Research Institute.

Representative Publications: Kansas Legal Research and Reference Guide, 2nd ed., Kansas Bar Association, 1997; Law Librarian's Journal: Over 10 Years Later, 18 Legal Reference Services Quarterly 23 (2001); Managing Internal Administrative Change, 92 Law Library J. 71 (2000); Citation Practices of the Kansas Supreme Court and Kansas Court of Appeals, 8 Kan. J. L. & Pub. Pol'y 126 (1999); Basic Resources for Legal Research, Against the Grain, February (1996); Contributing Editor Column, Sex Offender Law Report, Civil Research Institute (bimonthly)

Education: 1991, M.L.S., University of Missouri; 1989, J.D., University of Arkansas at Little Rock; 1983, B.A., University of Northern Iowa

Admitted: Missouri 1990

Career History: Associate Director, KU Law, since 1998; Collection Development and Reference Librarian, KU Law, 1995-1998; Gage and Tucker, Director of Information Services, Kansas City, MO, 1991-95; Various legal clerking positions including Public Defenders Office, St. Louis, 1989-91; Law Clerk, Haskins Law Firm, Arkansas, 1987-89

Member: AALL, MAALL, Missouri Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, American Bar Association