Editor, The Codicil (newsletter of the Committee on Diversity), 1994鈥�97
Co-chair, Inaugural Diversity Summit, Indianapolis Annual Meeting, 1996
Member, Graduate Education for Law Librarianship Special Committee, 2002鈥�06
President, Southwestern Association of Law Libraries, 2005鈥�06
黑料社Representative, American Library Association Task Force on Library Science Education, 2007鈥�09
黑料社Representative, Association for Library & Information Science Education, 2011鈥�14
Chair, 黑料社Conference of Law Library Educators, 2017鈥損resent
Professional Honors & Awards
University of North Texas President鈥檚 Council Outstanding Teaching Award, 2008
DEMCO/ALA Black Caucus Award for Excellence in Librarianship, 2016
Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award, 2019
黑料社Hall of Fame, Inductee, 2020
Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award, 2020
Selected Publications by the Inductee
鈥淧rofessional Preparation Competences for Law Librarianship: A Survey of Experts in Law Librarianship and Private Law Librarians.鈥� PhD diss., University of Michigan, 1994.
Neal-Schuman Guide to Finding Legal and Regulatory Information on the Internet. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1998. 516 p.
鈥淲hy is Diversity Important for Law Librarianship?鈥� Law Library Journal 90 (1998): 545鈥�60.
鈥淟egal Resources on the Internet.鈥� In Academic Research on the Internet: Options for Scholars and Libraries, Helen Laurence and Sul Lee, eds. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Information Press, 2001.
鈥淟ibraries and Librarians: The Key to Growth and Survival? The Relationship Between Corporate Productivity and Information Services,鈥� INSPEL (Journal of the Special Libraries Division of IFLA) 36 (2002): 223鈥�53 (with Margaret Carroll).
鈥淩eflections on Brown v. Board of Education,鈥� 黑料社Spectrum 8 (April 2004): 16鈥�17, 25 (with April Schwartz, Marvin R. Anderson, Ruth J. Hill, and John Allen).
鈥淎ccessing Legal and Regulatory Information in Internet Resources and Documents,鈥� Journal of Library Administration 44 (2006): 263鈥�324 [reprinted in Evolving Internet Reference Resources, William Miller and Rita M Pellen, eds. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Information Press, 2006].
鈥�”Ask the State Librarian: The ELMS Project: Educating Librarians in the Middle South鈥擠iversifying Librarianship for our Digital Future,鈥� Arkansas Libraries 71, no. 1 (2014):10-12.
Celebrating Diversity: A Legacy of Minority Leadership in the 黑料社 of Law Libraries. 2d ed. 黑料社Publications Series, No. 81. Getzville, N.Y.: William S. Hein & Co., 2018 (with Shamika D. Dalton, Vicente Garces, Dennis C. Kim-Prieto, Carol Avery Nicholson, and Michele A.L. Villagran).
Selected Publications about the Inductee
鈥淒r. Yvonne J. Chandler.鈥� In Carol Avery Nicholson et al., Celebrating Diversity: A Legacy of Minority Leadership in the 黑料社 of Law Libraries, 69鈥�75. Buffalo, N.Y.: William S. Hein & Co., 2006.
鈥淒r. Yvonne J. Chandler.鈥� In Shamika D. Dalton et al., Celebrating Diversity: A Legacy of Minority Leadership in the 黑料社 of Law Libraries, 48鈥�51. 2d ed. Getzville, N.Y.: William S. Hein & Co., 2018.
Catherine Lemann, 鈥淕allagher Award Celebrates Outstanding Achievement: Dr. Yvonne J. Chandler, Jolande E. Goldberg, Melody Lembke & Michelle M. Wu Recognized for Service to the Profession,鈥� 黑料社Spectrum 44 (July/August 2020): 38鈥�41.
Edwart T. Hart, 鈥淎n 鈥業nterloper鈥檚鈥� Legacy,鈥� Law Library Journal 113 (2021): 71.
Cornell H. Winston, 鈥淐onvention Wife,鈥� Law Library Journal 113 (2021): 73鈥�74.
Keith Ann Stiverson, 鈥淐olleague,鈥� Law Library Journal 113 (2021): 74鈥�75.
Brandon D. Quarles, 鈥淭he Consummate Encourager,鈥� Law Library Journal 113 (2021): 75鈥�76.
Michel A.L. Villagran, 鈥淢entor,鈥� Law Library Journal 113 (2021): 76鈥�78.
Professional Positions
Head Law Librarian, Kutak, Rock, & Campbell, Atlanta, GA, 1979鈥�82
Law Librarian, Dobson Griffin & Westerman, Ann Arbor, MI, 1983鈥�84
Senior Research Associate, Research Atlanta, 1985鈥�88
Assistant Professor/Assistant to the Dean for Special Projects, School of Library and Information Studies, Clark Atlanta University, 1988鈥�90
Assistant Professor and Director, Law Librarianship and Legal Informatics Program, School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas, 1993鈥�98
Associate Professor and Director, Law Librarianship and Legal Informatics Program, Department of Information Sciences, College of Information, University of North Texas, 1999鈥損resent
Education
B.A., Clark College, 1978
M.L.S., Atlanta University, 1979
Ph.D., University of Michigan School of Information, 1995
Selected Professional Activities & Achievements (outside AALL)
