Robert Richards - Head of Technical Services, Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law Legal Research Center

Robert Richards, J.D., M.S.L.I.S., M.A., B.A

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Research field: Computer and Information Science - Information Science
Legal informatics, Legal information behavior, Legal knowledge representation, Automated classification and indexing of legal texts, Legal publishing, History of legal information systems, Legal argumentation, Legal rhetoric, Legal communication

Publications

Book (1)
- Barbara Bintliff, Rob Richards (2004) COLORADO LEGAL RESOURCES: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, 70.
  http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56125004
Book Section (4)
- Rob Richards (2001) Licensing Agreements: Contracts, the Eclipse of Copyright, and the Promise of Cooperation, 89-107. In PUBLISHING AND THE LAW: CURRENT LEGAL ISSUES.
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J101v13n26_05
- Robert Richards (1999) A Legal Publishers’ List: Librarians Cooperate to Discern the Corporate Affiliations of U.S. Legal Publishers, 23-31. In THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LEGAL INFORMATION: THE NEW LANDSCAPE .
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J113v17n01_04
- Rob Richards (1998) Collection Development for Reference: A Selective, Annotated Bibliography Emphasizing Networked Resources, 28-35. In TOWARDS A NEW VISION OF REFERENCE: KALEIDOSCOPIC COLLECTIONS AND REAL LIBRARIANS .
  http://web.archive.org/web/2002121417...
- Diane Murley, revised by Rob Richards (1998) Finding Guide to Selected Resources in British Law Materials at the University of Colorado at Boulder Law Library. In FINDING GUIDES TO THE BRITISH STUDIES COLLECTIONS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER LIBRARIES .
  http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govp...
Conference Proceedings (2)
- Robert Richards (1999) Ways to Share the Riches: Web-Based Resources for Selective Housing Arrangements, 63-66.
  http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46401467
- (1998) TOWARDS A NEW VISION OF REFERENCE: KALEIDOSCOPIC COLLECTIONS AND REAL LIBRARIANS, vii, 40.
  http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40733476
Generic (23)
- Robert Richards (2009) A Law Librarian Looks at Legal Informatics Scholarship, 3.
  http://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/20...
- Robert Richards (2009) ABA Passes Resolution Opposing BAPCPA "Debt Relief Agency" Provisions, 2.
  http://scoop.jdsupra.com/2009/08/arti...
- Robert Richards (2009) Cost-Effective Research in U.S. Bankruptcy Law, 7-10.
  http://home.comcast.net/~richards1000...
- Robert Richards (2009) Google Mobile App: What Might It Mean for Legal Research? Part 1, 9.
  http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_...
- Robert Richards (2009) Google Mobile App: What Might It Mean for Legal Research? Part 2, 9.
  http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_...
- Robert Richards (2009) LEGAL INFORMATICS BLOG.
  http://legalinformatics.wordpress.com
- Robert Richards (2009) LEGAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS & LEGAL INFORMATICS RESOURCES.
  http://home.comcast.net/~richards1000...
- Robert Richards (2009) Michigan’s State Law Library Faces Service Cuts, Uncertainty, 2.
  http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_...
- Robert Richards (2009) Thoughts on Google & Legal Research, 2.
  http://legalinformatics.wordpress.com...
- Robert Richards (2008) OBS-SIS/TS-SIS Research Roundtable, 25-26.
  http://www.aallnet.org/sis/tssis/tsll...
- See all
Journal Article (5)
- Robert Richards (2009) Review of Cass R. Sunstein, A Constitution of Many Minds: Why the Founding Document Doesn't Mean What It Meant Before (2009), 2. In forthcoming in Law Library Journal.
- Rob Richards (2001) Licensing Agreements: Contracts, the Eclipse of Copyright, and the Promise of Cooperation, 89-107. In ACQUISITIONS LIBRARIAN 26 (1).
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J101v13n26_05
- Rob Richards (2000) Stewardship, Partnership, Self-Understanding: An Exploration of Values in Acquisitions Work, 87-90. In AGAINST THE GRAIN 12 (3).
- Rob Richards (1999) A Legal Publishers’ List: Librarians Cooperate to Discern the Corporate Affiliations of U.S. Legal Publishers, 23-31. In LEGAL REFERENCE SERVICES Q. 17 (1/2).
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J113v17n01_04
- Rob Richards (1997) A Feast of Formats: Challenges to Choosing the Right Medium for Legal Information, 52-57. In AGAINST THE GRAIN 9 (4).
Working Paper (3)
- Robert Richards (2009) The Bespoke Academic Law Library.
  http://legalinformatics.wordpress.com...
- Robert Richards (2009) What Is Legal Information?, 15.
  http://legalinformatics.wordpress.com...
- Robert Richards (2005) Laws of Licensing: U.S. Computer Information Licensing Under the Common Law, the Uniform Commercial Code, and the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, 137.
  http://ssrn.com/abstract=1511643

Awards and Grants

May 2006

Robert E. Goldsten Award for Distinction in the Classroom, University of Virginia School of Law
May 2004

Best Brief Award for Legal Research & Writing, University of Virginia School of Law
Jun 2001

Peacemaker of the Year Award, United Church of Christ Rocky Mountain Conference
Aug 1996

Hazel C. Rediger Award, GSLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
May 1992

Ralph D. Paine Memorial Prize for the Best Senior Essay in English, Yale University

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Professional Experience

May 2007 - Oct 2008

Head of Technical Services at Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law Legal Research Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Classes taught:
Made legal research instruction presentation in Professor Karl Okamoto's Transactional Law Seminar.
Gave presentations on cite checking and researching a student note to the Drexel Law Review board.

Mar 2007 - Apr 2007

Acquisitions Librarian at Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law Legal Research Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Feb 1997 - Jul 2003

Technical Services Librarian at University of Colorado Law Library
Boulder, Colorado, United States

Education

Aug 2003 - May 2006

University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
J.D.

Aug 1994 - Aug 1996

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, United States
M.S.L.I.S.

Aug 1992 - May 1994

University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States
M.A., Communications Studies

Aug 1985 - May 1992

Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
B.A. English

Contact Information

Address:	Philadelphia, 19143, United States
E-mail:
Webpage:	home.comcast.net/~richards1000/LegalInformationSystemsBibliography.htm

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