My name is Carmen Mireya Melendez and I am a member of the AALL Committee on
Recruitment (C.R.). The C.R. is preparing a round table for the Seattle
meeting. The purpose of this survey is to gather information to help us
in the program that we are developing. I would appreciate your feedback
especially those persons that are in administrative positions and make
decisions regarding the selection of professional librarians. Please
reply as soon as possible and directly to me.
1. Type of library
a. Academic b. Law Firm c. State/Court d. Other
2. Required degree for a librarian position
a. M.L.S. b. J.D. c. M.L.S. and J.D. d. Other (specify)
3. How difficult has it been for you to fill a position that
requires: (Please explain)
a. M.L.S. b. J.D. c. M.L.S. and J.D. d. Other
4. What do you feel would be most likely to encourage a person
to pursue a law library career?
a. Internships/Fellowships
b. Knowing more about the profession
c. Other
5. What do you think are the best target groups to introduce
the law library career to?
a. Graduate students
b. M.L.S. students
c. Law students
d. High school students
e. Other
(For questions 4 and 5, you may choose more than one answer)
6. Are library schools effectively training students to work
as law librarians? Why or why not?
7. From your experience, do you feel that there is a shortage
or a surplus of law librarians? Explain.
This survey was cross-posted to law-lib, lawlibref, and
privatelawlib. Please pardon the duplicaton. Thank you very much for
your cooperation.
Carmen Mireya Melendez
Interim Head of Reference
U. of Puerto Rico Law Library
cm_melendez@upr1.upr.clu.edu
fax: (809) 764-2660
tel: (809) 764-0000 x3892
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