Philly Librarian Inducted Into Law Library Hall of Fame

The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) officially released the names of this year’s four Hall of Fame Award winners on Thursday, and one of the inductees is from Philadelphia.

The 2016 inductees are:

• Mark E. Estes, law library director at the Bernard E. Witkin Alameda County Law Library in Oakland, California

• Hazel L. Johnson, a retired library supervisor who previously worked in McGuireWoods LLP's Richmond, Virginia, office

• Frank Yining Liu, director of the Allegheny County Law Library and the Duquesne University Center for Legal Information, who also serves as a law professor and associate dean for legal programs at Duquesne University in Pittsburg

• Merle J. Slyhoff, collection development librarian at the University of Pennsylvania's Biddle Law Library in Philadelphia

The Hall of Fame Award was established in 2009 to recognize AALL members who have made significant, substantial, and long-standing contributions to the profession of legal information management—such as writing for legal publications, serving in AALL leadership roles, working with outside organizations on behalf of the profession, or serving as an exceptional role model for their colleagues, the AALL announced in a press release.

Inductees have been AALL members for a minimum of 25 years and have contributed significant service to the profession in Association leadership positions.

“Being named an AALL Hall of Fame award winner is a career highlight,” Slyhoff said. “Through holding positions and serving on committees more than 50 times, as an AALL member, I’ve been able to obtain highly useful leadership skills—and make lasting personal and professional connections.”

The award winners will be recognized at AALL’s upcoming 109th AALL Annual Meeting & Conference, to be held in Chicago from July 16-19, 2016.

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