Sibyl Marshall

Associate Professor and Head of Public Services, Joel A. Katz Law Library
B.A., 1987, Pomona College
J.D., 1990, Loyola Law School
M.I.S., 1998, University of Tennessee

Legal Research

smarshal@utk.edu

Professor Marshall teaches Legal Research I and II, as well as providing reference and research assistance to all library patrons. As Head of Public Services, she is responsible for managing reference, circulation, interlibrary loan, bibliographic instruction, and other library matters directly affecting library patrons.

Prof. Marshall has developed and taught several attorney seminars on legal research and Internet legal resources. She has also spoken at local and national law librarian conferences on the topics of government documents, library staff management, and teaching electronic legal research skills. Prof. Marshall was a litigation associate with the Seattle-based law firm of Perkins Coie from 1990 until 1996.

Publications

Tennessee Legal Research (Carolina Academic Press, 2007) (co-authored with Prof. Carol Parker.

"Government Internet Resources: Federal, State, and Local," in Find It Free and Fast on the Net: Strategies for Legal Research on the Web (NBI, 2006).

State by State Report on Permanent Public Access to Electronic Government Information (AALL, 2003) (Tennessee state author).

State by State Report on Authentication of Online Resources (AALL, 2007) (Tennessee state author).

"How to Search Like and Expert," in Find It Free and Fast on the Net: Strategies for Legal research on the Web (forthcoming, December 2007).

Professional and Public Service

Member of Access to Electronic Legal Information Committee, AALL (2002-2004).

Member, University of Tennessee Teaching Council, 2005-2007.

Member, University of Tennessee Graduate Council, 2006-present.

Member, Research Instruction and Patron Services Section, AALL.

Member, SEAALL Education and Publications Committee, 2003-2004.

Faculty Advisor, UT Lambda Legal.

Faculty Advisor, UT National Lawyers Guild.