Michael Chiorazzi

Michael Chiorazzi

Professor

E-mail: Michael Chiorazzi
Office Phone: (520) 621-5477
Office Fax: (520) 621-3138

Education

University of Washington, M. Law Libr. (1981)
Gonzaga University, J.D. (1980)
University of Miami, B.A. (1976)

Biography

Professor of Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona, 1998 - present
Director and Professor of Law, Law Library, James E. Rogers College of Law, 1996 - present
Deputy Director and Instructor in Legal Research, Boston College Law Library, 1989 - 1996
Reference Librarian, Duke University Law Library, 1981 - 1989
Senior Instructor in Legal Research, Duke University Law Library, 1986 - 1989
Instructor in Legal Research, Duke University Law Library, 1981 - 1986

Teaching Areas

Legal Research and Writing
Intermediate Legal Research
Advanced Legal Research

Research Areas

Professor Chiorazzi's research interests include legal history, issues in law librarianship, and the use of technology in the teaching of legal research. Since 1999 he has served as the editor of Legal Reference Services Quarterly.

Selected Publications and Presentations

PRESTATEHOOD LEGAL MATERIALS: A FIFTY-STATE RESEARCH GUIDE, INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (2005) (co-editor, with Marguerite Most, and author of Preface xxix).

Books, Bytes, Bricks and Bodies: Thinking About Collection Use In Academic Law Libraries, 21 Legal Reference Services Q. 1 (2002), reprinted in LAW LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT IN THE DIGITAL AGE 1 (Michael Chiorazzi & Gordon Russell eds., 2002) and available at http://www.law.arizona.edu/Library/research/guides/paretoarticle.cfm?page=research"

LAW LIBRARIANSHIP: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (1996) (co-editor, with Laura N. Gasaway & author of William R. Roalfe: Builder of Libraries, Scholar, Association Animal 215). [Law Reserve Z 675.L2 L3837 1996]. [The article is also available at: http://www.law.arizona.edu/Library/research/guides/lawlibrarian.cfm?page=research

Complete List of Publications

Paper, Access vs. Ownership: The Economic Effect of the Changing Information Environment In Academic Law Libraries (Not a Box but a Window: Law Libraries and Legal Education in a Virtual World Conf., Univ. Toronto Faculty of Law, Toronto, Canada, Feb. 24, 2001).

Keynote Speaker, The Need for Library Cooperation and Continuing Education (Ariz. Assn. L. Lib. Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Ariz., May 21, 1998).

Panelist, Taking a Look Behind Us: A History of Law Libraries and Law Librarians (SW. Assn. L. Lib./Ariz. Assn. L. Lib. Jt. Annual Meeting, Tucson, Ariz., Apr. 4, 1997).

Notable Projects & Activities

College of Law Library/IT Committee 2001 - present

College of Law Library Curriculum Committee 1996 - 2001

College of Law Library United Way Representative 1996 - present

Ad Hoc Information Technology Committee 1997 - 2001; Chair, 1998 - 1999

Ad Hoc Space Planning Committee, Chair 1999 - 2000

Dean Search Committee 1999

Community Service Award Committee 1999

ABA Self-Study Team 1998

Acting Director of First Year Moot Court Program 1998 (Spring)

Member, State Law Librarian Search Committee 1998

School of Information Resources and Library Science