Librarian Relations Group
Donna Purvis
Donna is the Librarian Relations Consultant working with law firm librarians in Northern California, Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. In addition to working with firm librarians, she also provides support to academic and court librarians.
Prior to joining LexisNexis, Donna was the Firmwide Library Manager at Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco where she was responsible for the strategic development of the firm libraries serving over 1000 attorneys. In addition to Donna’s law firm library experiences, she also worked in a bank law library and as a paralegal in a large San Francisco law firm.
Donna is member of the American Association of Law Libraries where she has served on various PLL committees and co-chaired the Conference of Newer Law Librarians. As a member of the Northern California Association of Law Libraries, she is a Past President and former Board Member at Large. Donna is also a member of the Law Librarians of Puget Sound and the Special Libraries Association. She co-chaired the PLI Law Librarian Annual Program from 2005 – 2009.
Donna received her MLS from the University of California, Berkeley and her BA from the University of the Pacific.
Getting to know Donna
1. What is one thing you have learned about yourself while being an LRC?
How much I missed diving deep into the LexisNexis products. As a manager for the previous 9 years, I had a high level view of the products. I find it refreshing to once again get deep into the products and to be able to share my knowledge with librarians.
2. If you won a trip to any where in the world, where would you go, and why?
I would choose Tahiti. It would include a small boat cruise around and into the 118 islands. Although there are many other places I would like to go, I would like to win a trip to Tahiti because it is beyond my budget, a long way from home and looks fabulous in the travel brochures.
3. Tell me a song that when you hear it, you always get a smile on your face.
Billie Holiday’s “I Hear Music.” The local jazz station plays this at 6:00 am almost every weekday morning. It always makes me smile and is a great song to start the day.
4. If you weren’t a librarian, what would you be, and why?
If I had the talent, I would be in the music world as a singer, pianist or song writer. I love the way music touches the soul and can be healing and joyful. Books do the same, so since I don’t have a natural music talent I would be honored to work in adult and child literacy programs.
5. What do you order at Starbucks?
My regular order is a tall black coffee. When I am splurging, I choose a grande soy latte.
Articles
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IPOs Research on EDGAR® Online Enhanced Real-Time SEC Filings (June 8, 2011)
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InfoPro Weekly Update: A quick, easy way to stay current on the LexisNexis® services and more (May 2011)
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