Pamela M. Tull

Head of Public Services

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. She is the webmaster of the Wheat Law Library and the Kansas Judicial Branch web sites. 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*: Rules Adopted by the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas; Law Wise newsletter; 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); Sixth Judicial District (2004-present); University of Kansas School of Law web site (1995-1999)

Research Interests: Legal information services to the public, librarianship.

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

Member: 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 (KS News Liaison, 1997-present; Membership Committee, 2001-2002; Pro Bono Committee, 1999-2000; By-laws Committee, 2002-2003; Service to the Public Committee, Chair 2005-07); Kansas Library Association (Sec/Treas of GoDoRT, 1996-1997, 2002-2004; webmaster for ILL Roundtable, 2004-present); Friends of the KU Wheat Law Library (Sec/Treas, 1996-2004)