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ACRL Law and Political Science Section Annual Program of the American Library Association (ALA) Held in New Orleans, Louisiana

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From left to right: Jenna Ryan, Jonathan Ramseur, Robert Gramling, Brian Coutts (in rear). Photo taken by: Alberto Herrera Jr. Click photo to link to bibliography.

Legal Consequences of Environmental Crises:

What Librarians Need to Know About the Gulf Oil Disaster

This was the topic of the Law and Political Science Library Section (LPSS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) annual program at the meeting of the American Library Association held in New Orleans, Louisiana on Saturday, June 25. Brian Coutts, a member of the LPSS Board served as moderator and introduced the three speakers: Robert Gramling, a professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Socioeconomic Research at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Jonathan Ramseur, a Specialist in Environmental Policy at the Congressional Research Service (CRS); and Jenna Ryan, Reference Librarian for the School of Coast and Environment at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Continue reading

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