The Library's Legal Answer Book

Mary Minow, a librarian who went to law school, is a consultant with LibraryLaw.com, a Website devoted to legal issues in libraries. She has worked as an attorney, public library branch manager, and online database consultant. She served as adjunct professor of library law at San Jose State University's School of Library and Information Science. She is a regular contributor to California Libraries, conducts workshops on legal issues for librarians, and is past president of the California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners. Minow earned a master's degree in library science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a Doctorate in Jurisprudence from Stanford University. Tomas A. Lipinski, an attorney who went to library school, is assistant professor and co-director of the Center for Information Policy Research in the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Having worked in private, public, and nonprofit sectors, he writes about issues of intellectual property in education and copyright in schools, libraries, and other information settings. He currently researches, teaches, publishes, and speaks on issues relating to information and internet law and policy. Lipinski earned his J.D. from Marquette University, a master's degree in law from the John Marshall Law School, and a doctorate in library and information science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.