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William J. Beintema

Director of the Law Library and Associate Professor
B.B.A., 1967, J.D., 1970, University of Miami
M.S.L.S., 1977, Florida State University

Beintema@libra.law.utk.edu

Professor Beintema came to UT in 1984 after serving as director of the Oklahoma City University Law Library. He was also a research assistant at the Florida State University Law Library and Assistant Law Librarian and Acting Law Librarian at the University of Miami. Professor Beintema is the author of Clergy Malpractice: An Annotated Bibliography. He has held national and regional offices and committee positions in the American Association of Law Libraries and has served as a member of the Advisory Board of the Legal Assistant Technology Program at Pellissippi State Technical Community College. During 2001 Professor Beintema received an award from the Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries "In Recognition Of Sustained Special Service to the Chapter."

Publications

       Books:

Clergy Malpractice: An Annotated Bibliography (William S. Hein & Co., 1990).

       Other Works:

Quarterly Newsletter, Audio-Visual/Micrographics Special Interest Section, AALL (editorial board, 1989-93).

Selected Achievements and Affiliations

Member, AALL Salary Survey Task Force, 2002-date.

Member, Service to SEAALL Committee, Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries, 2001-2003 (Chair 2002-2003).

Member, ABA Committee on Law School Library Statistics, 1991-1994.

Nominating Committee, Southeastern Chapter American Association of Law Libraries, 1991-93.

Local Arrangements Chair, Basic Cataloging Institute of the AALL, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1988.

Statistics Compiler for the Southeastern Chapter of the AALL, 1985-present.

Statistics Committee, AALL, 1989-91 (Chair, 1990-91).

Scholarship Committee, Southeastern Chapter, AALL, 1988-89.

Treasurer, Consortium of Southeastern Law Libraries (COSELL), 1990-present.

Financial Principal Investigator for Department of Education Grant, COSELL, 1990-93.

Founding Director, COSELL, 1985-87.

Co-founder, Central Oklahoma Law Librarians Association; Southeastern Chapter of AALL.

AALL.

Florida Bar Association.

Advisory Board, Legal Assistant Technology Program, Pellissippi State Technical Community College, 1990-96.

August 8, 2003