Resident Faculty: Dority Baker

Appointments

• Assistant Professor of Law Library, 2009

Biography

Marcia Dority Baker is an assistant professor and access services librarian at the Marvin and Virginia Schmid Law Library of the University of Nebraska College of Law. Prior to joining the Schmid Law Library, she worked at the Lincoln City Libraries (NE), Eiseley Branch Library. Her responsibilities include access services, classroom technology, circulation, reference and outreach for the law library.

She is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries, the Mid-America Association of Law Libraries, the American Library Association and the Nebraska Library Association.

• July 11, 2010. American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) annual meeting, "Communicating with Patrons - The Best of the Best." (50%) Stefanie Pearlman, Assistant Professor of Law Library, Reference Librarian, UNL College of Law, Schmid Law Library.
• May 14, 2010. UNL College of Law and School and Accountancy: 2010 Estate & Business Planning Program, "Common Sense and Confidentiality in the Social Media Age." (100%)
• April 21, 2010. ACRL/LLAMA Spring Virtual Institute, "Hello, Anyone Out There? Outreach via Social Media" webinar. (100%)
• March 18, 2010. Library Technology 2010 Conference, "Social networking in the (law) library: can you do that?" (100%)
• Spring Semester 2010. Guest presenter on "Digital Legal Resources", E-Commerce class, University of Nebraska College of Law (100%)
• October 30, 2009. Nebraska Library Association Annual Meeting (NLA/NEMA 2009), "Harnessing social media: market your library 2.0 style." (50%) Karin Dalziel, UNL Digital Humanities.
• October 30, 2009. Nebraska Library Association Annual Meeting (NLA/NEMA 2009), "New media revolution: finding information without print material." (50%) Richard Leiter, Director, UNL College of Law, Schmid Law Library.
• October 17, 2009. Mid-America Association of Law Libraries (MAALL), "Twenty dollars a day: marketing your library in challenging economic times." (50%) Stefanie Pearlman, Associate Professor of Law Library, Reference Librarian, UNL College of Law, Schmid Law Library.
• June 16, 2009. Love Library, UNL. "Twitter: The Schmid Law Library experience." (50%) Stefanie Pearlman, Schmid Law Library, UNL.
• May 15, 2009. Nebraska Library Association, College & University (C&U) Section Spring meeting, "Circulation, information & transformation: the evolution of a circulation desk." (100%)
• November 12, 2008. WebJunction. "24/7 Librarianship: Reaching patrons with digital tutorials." Webinar. (100%)
• October 16, 2008. Nebraska Library Association Annual Meeting (NLA/NEMA 2008), "24/7 Librarianship: Service and instruction through digital tutorials." Group presentation.
• October 17, 2008. Nebraska Library Association Annual Meeting (NLA/NEMA 2008), "NLA's Emerging Leader: Jumping in feet first with ALA." (100%)
• June 28, 2008. ALA Annual Conference, LRRT's "New minds, new approaches." Forum moderator.
• May 9, 2008. Nebraska Library Association, College and University (C&U) Section Spring meeting, "Navigating online legal information: what Nebraskans need to know." (100%)
• April 24, 2008. Nebraska Educational Technology Association (NETA) Spring 2008 Conference, "24/7 Teachers: the usefulness of digital tutorials in and out of the classroom." (50%) Dr. R.J. (Becky) Pasco, Associate Professor, College of Education Coordinator, Library Science Education Programs, UNO
• March 9, 2008. Guest presenter, "The ethical use of information", Teaching and Learning in Digital Environments class, University of Nebraska Omaha. (100%)
• October 25, 2007. Nebraska Library Association Annual Meeting (NLA/NEMA 2007), "I've got just the book for you! Reader's advisory for library staff." (50%) Kathryn Kelley, Love Library, UNL
• May 18, 2007. Nebraska Library Association, Technical Services Round Table/College and University Section Spring meeting, "Library-friendly technology: applications that work @your library" (50%) Karin Dalziel, Love Library, UNL
• Spring Semester 2005. Guest presenter on "Online Legal Resources", Advanced Legal Research class, University of Nebraska College of Law (100%)
• October 2001. Nebraska State Historical Society, "Bess Streeter Aldrich" (100%)
• October 2001. Cass County Historical Society, "Bess Streeter Aldrich" (100%)
• Fall Semester 2001. Guest Lecturer, UNL Museum Studies program "Historic Houses and Nonprofit Boards" (100%)

Online Professional Activities

• NCompass Live: Tech Talk with Michael Sauers - Podcasting at Schmidt Law Library - Recorded Online Session (podcast interview). April 21, 2010.
  "Law Librarian Conversations." Bimonthly Internet Radio show, co-host with Richard Leiter, March 2010 - current
• "The Law Librarian on Blog Talk Radio." Monthly Internet radio show, co-host with Richard Leiter, September 2009 - February 2010

Articles

• "Tweet Treats: how one law library uses Twitter to educate and connect with patrons." AALL Spectrum, 14(3), December 2009. Co-written with Stefanie Pearlman, UNL Schmid Law Library.
• "24/7 Librarianship: how digital tutorials can provide learning opportunities outside the library." NLAQ (Nebraska Library Association Quarterly), 39(2), Summer 2008.
• "How to use ALA's "@your library" as an outreach tool to local communities." AALL Spectrum, 12(4), February 2008.