Welcome! From Your Student Engagement Librarian

The beginning of the fall semester always creates a tangible buzz around the College of Law as we welcome back our returning students and welcome in our brand new students. As the hub of the law school, the library in particular is buzzing this week and ready for students to return.

During orientation, new students will meet their Personal Librarian and learn about all that the law library has to offer. Check out the First Year Guide (even if you are a returning student) to familiarize yourself with the resources within the library.

One of the most important roles that the library will play in your law school career is as a means of support for you. That means support in your research, your classes, internships, jobs, and, really, in any way that we can. Because of that, I sincerely encourage all students to get to know the library as a space as well as meeting the people who work within the library.

Feel free to reach out with any and all questions as you traverse through law school. Here’s to a wonderful and exciting semester!

Happy National Book Lovers Day!

Happy National Book Lovers Day! To celebrate, here is a list of some recent reads, as well as all-time faves, of the GSU law librarians. Click on the title to read through the Goodreads synopsis of each book. Happy reading!

Librarian and Professor Pam Brannon recommends Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn.

Librarian and Professor Patrick Parsons recommends Piranesi by Susanna Clarke.

Librarian and Professor Manion recommends Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann.

Librarian and Professor Meg Butler recommends:

Librarian and Professor Gerard Fowke recommends Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.

Dean Niedringhaus recommends The Book of Joy by the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Carlton Abrams. She specifically recommends the audiobook version.

Librarian and Professor Alison Guffey recommends Good Material by Dolly Alderton.