This document contains a panel discussion from the 2013 San Diego conference featuring Gayle Lynn-Nelson from LexisNexis, Samuel Wiggins from Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, and John DiGilio from Reed Smith LLP. Each panelist shares several websites they find useful in different categories like technology, food, travel, and more. Brief biographies are also provided for each panelist outlining their professional experience and involvement in library associations.
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Gayle Lynn-Nelson
Gayle has nineteen years of
professional experience in law firm
and court libraries. She is active at
the national, regional and local level
in professional library associations.
Gayle is a past president of the New
Jersey Law Librarian Association
(NJLLA), as well as a faculty member
of the Technology Committee for the
Law Librarians Association of Greater
New York (LLAGNY).
Gayle has also chaired and served
on various AALL and SLA
committees. In addition to her
professional affiliations, Gayle has
written various articles which have
appeared in NJLLA In Brief, PLL
Perspectives, SLA Chapter News,
Information Outlook and Trends in
Law Library Management and
Technology. She has been a featured
speaker at national, regional and
local library association conferences.
John J. DiGilio
John DiGilio is the National Manager of
Research Services for Reed Smith, LLP.
He has over 15 years of large law firm
library and legal information vendor
experience.
John is very active in the law and law
library communities. He has written for
numerous regional and national
publications as well as taught college
and graduate courses in such topics as
business ethics, e-commerce, fair
employment practices, research
methodology and business law. As an
SLA member, he is a two-time Dana
Award recipient. John is the Past-Chair
of SLA’s Legal Division, Chair of the
Legal Division’s Professional
Development Committee, and a 2012
candidate for SLA Treasurer.
John’s sites: http://www.ibraryguy.com
http://www.johnd2012.com
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Samuel Wiggins
Sam is an Information Officer for
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP.
Sam sits on SLA Europe’s board of
directors, and chairs their events
committee. For the last year , Sam
has also acted for the Legal Division
as their ethics ambassador, and is a
member of SLA’s nominating
committee for 2013/14.
In the rest of his spare time, Sam
helps to run #uklibchat every month
on Twitter and competes regularly in
taekwondo, in which he holds a 2nd
Dan black belt.
Sam blogs at libwig.wordpress.com
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THANK YOU!
• Gayle Lynn-Nelson |
gayle.lynn-nelson@lexisnexis.com
• Samuel Wiggins |
samuelhwiggins@gmail.com
• John DiGilio | jdigilio@reedsmith.com