Librarian Relations Group
Elizabeth Cavendish
Elizabeth is the Library Relations Consultant working with librarians in law firms in Chicago and also with librarians in law firms, academic, state, county and court governments in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. She joins LexisNexis from her position as Library Director of Adams and Reese, LLP in New Orleans where she oversaw nine office libraries for 315 attorneys in five states. Prior to becoming a librarian she was a practicing attorney specializing in trial and appellate criminal defense.
Elizabeth is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries, the Chicago Association of Law Libraries, the Kansas City Association of Law Libraries, the Mid America Association of Law Libraries, the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries, the Southwest Association of Law Libraries and the Special Libraries Association.
Elizabeth received a B.S. in Legal Studies from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin, and a M.L.I.S. from Louisiana State University.
Getting to Know Elizabeth
The biography above details Elizabeth’s professional qualifications and experience. Now it’s time to get to know Elizabeth, the person. Elizabeth reveals a few cozier insights about herself in the questions below.
1. What do you order at Starbucks®?
If I am by myself I order a regular Hot Chai but if I am with my fellow LRC Bridget MacMillan I order a Fat Chai to distinguish it from the Skinny Chai she orders.
2. What is your favorite meal and why?
Dinner, which would be a plate filled with small servings of different kinds and textures of cheeses and crackers with preserves and other salty and sweet goodies such as a few slices of gourmet meats, fruits, vegetables and nuts. For the full effect, it should be served on fine china accompanied by a good glass of wine in crystal and a light dessert.
3. If you could be a super hero, who would it be? Or have a super power, what would it be, and why?
The ability to get from place to place incredibly quickly. I’m not picky, it doesn’t have to be flying or teleport powers. I would even be willing to borrow the Wonder Woman® invisible jet (if there was adequate parking). But with this ability the world would be open to me, breakfast at Café Du Monde, beignets and good chicory coffee with a friend, for lunch, sushi in Japan, then a Broadway play that evening, and finally home in bed in Chicago. I also would never be stuck in an airport again!
4. Tell me a song that when you hear it, you always get a smile on your face.
“Twist and Shout” which reminds me of high school since I was a huge Beatle’s fan. Also, “Ferris Buehler’s Day Off” came out my senior year and it was the ultimate senior movie. It made me think Chicago was the coolest city in the world to live in. It took several years, but here I am!
5. If you won a trip to anywhere in the world, where would you go, and why?
I think it would be great to go to Antarctica and hang out with the penguins in their native habitat. It isn’t a place I would plan to go on my own but if I could choose a trip on someone else’s tab it would make a great story and would be incredibly unique.
6. What is one thing you have learned about yourself while being an LRC?
I’m an introvert who plays an extrovert during work hours.
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