Pamela M. Tull

Head of Public Services
Phone: 785-864-9264
E-mail: ptull@ku.edu

Profile

Pamela M. Tull came to the Wheat Law Library in 1995 as the Electronic Services/Government Documents Librarian, a position reorganized in 2001 to become Outreach Services. She was named Head of Public Services in 2006 and oversees the Government Documents department, Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery services, Circulation, Outreach, and Reference scheduling and coordinates library volunteers. She is the webmaster of the Wheat Law Library web site and co-webmaster of the Kansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions web site. Ms. Tull conducts online legal research workshops, edits both paper and online publications, and is active in national and regional library associations.

Representative Publications

Index to Law School Alumni Publications (1998-present); "Electronic Resources", Chapter 13 of the Kansas Legal Research and Reference Guide, 2d edition (1998); U.S. Government Directories, 1982-1995 (1998)

Web Publications*: Bail Reform Act of 1984; Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
(* markup/editor of web versions)

Webmaster for: The University of Kansas School of Law, Wheat Law Library (1995-present); Kansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions (co-webmaster 1996-present); Kansas Judicial Branch (1995-2007); University of Kansas School of Law web site (1995-1999)

Research Interests

Legal information services to the public, librarianship.

Recent Presentation

"I'm Not a Packrat...I'm Preserving Library History!" at Mid-America Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Fayetteville, AR, October 2008

Education

M.L.S., 1994, Emporia State University; B.S.E., 1975, Emporia Kansas State College; A.A., 1973, Independence Community Junior College

Career History

Head of Public Services, Wheat Law Library, 2006-present; Outreach Services Librarian, Wheat Law Library, 2001-2006; Electronic Services/Government Documents Librarian, Wheat Law Library, 1995-2001; Evening Reference Librarian, Mabee Library (Washburn Univ.), 1999-2001; Evening Librarian, Topeka Technical College, 1998-1999; Government Documents Library Assistant II, Washburn Law Library, 1990-1995; Library Assistant at various public, school, and academic libraries, 1977-1989

Memberships/Service

Northeast Kansas Library System (Executive Board, Academic Member-at-Large 2009- ); American Association of Law Libraries (AALLNET Advisory Committee, 2000-2001; Sec/Treas of GD-SIS, 1998-2000; Local Arrangements webmaster, 1998; webmaster for LISP SIS, 2004-present); American Library Association, 2000-present; Mid-America Association of Law Libraries (Secretary, 2008-present; Service to the Public Committee, 2005 - present (Chair 2005-07)); KS News Liaison, 1997-present; By-laws Committee, 2002-2003; Membership Committee, 2001-2002; Pro Bono Committee, 1999-2000; Southwestern Association of Law Libraries, 2008-present; Kansas Library Association (Sec/Treas of GoDoRT, 1996-1997 and 2002-2004; webmaster for ILL Roundtable, 2004-present); Friends of the KU Wheat Law Library (Sec/Treas, 1996-2004)

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