This August, Elaine Tornés-Blanco will join the William A. Wise Law Library as the Collection Services and Research Librarian. Most recently, she served as a Librarian Assistant Professor at the University of Miami School of Law, where she taught legal research and provided reference support. Her work there also included growing involvement in collection development and acquisitions.
Prior to her role at Miami, Professor Tornés-Blanco was the Law Library Fellow (2022-2023) at the William A. Wise Law Library. Her professional experience also includes serving as a librarian at the University of Puerto Rico’s Business Administration Library.
Professor Tornés-Blanco holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology (magna cum laude) from the University of Puerto Rico, a Juris Doctor (cum laude) from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law, where she published in Revista de Estudios Críticos del Derecho (CLAVE), and a Master of Information Science. Her scholarship and creative work include legal writing, poetry, and children’s literature.
Professor Tornés-Blanco is active in the law librarianship profession, serving as Chair of the Latinx Law Librarians Caucus of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), and as a co-author of a chapter in Exploring Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Academic Law Librarianship. Her professional interests include collection strategy, access to legal information, American Indian law, copyright, law and literature, and Foreign,...
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