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31 LLNE News: Newsl. L. Librarians New Eng. 1 (2014)

handle is hein.lbr/llnews0031 and id is 1 raw text is: ews Newsletter of the Law Librarians of New England Volume 31, Issue 1, 2014 Best Wishes to Marnie Warner One of the most influential members in LLNE's history retires from the Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries M arnie Warner, Law Library Coordinator for the Mas- sachusetts Trial Court, and active member of LLNE, retired at the end of last year. According to the MA Trial Court Libraries, her career as a Law Librarian spans almost forty years, most of them in the service of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Trial Court was created by Chapter 478 of the Acts of 1978. Previously, all trial courts in the Common- wealth were county or local courts funded through the counties. The individual law libraries functioned as county law libraries, originally established in the first half of the 19th century under a series of state enabling and funding statutes. They were organized Continued on page 13 Five Questions for Marnie i. What has been the most significant change in Law Librarianship you have observed over the years? The maturing of law librarians into a profession. When I started in 1973 at Goodwin, Procter and Hoar, I was the first MLS hired to run the library. Law schools had professional librarians, but not many of the law firms or the county or state law libraries. There was no ABLL. During the next two decades, professional law librarians (M.L.S. and some with JDs) were hired into the growing law firm law library community and into court law libraries. When I interviewed for my position with the Trial Court, I made it a condition of taking the job that when hiring new people they would have an MLS or a JD with law library experience. Several library staff already in positions returned to school to obtain their MLS. 2. How has technology helped your work in law libraries? I started with no computers. It has helped tremendously. Briefly, technology has organ- ized our collections and allowed us to share them (MARC records are a great innovation), allowed us work together even when we are physically separat- ed, gave us the opportunity through Continued on page 13

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