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Gayle Lynn-Nelson

Gayle is a Senior Librarian Relations Consultant for the LexisNexis Librarian Relations Group. She serves librarians in New York City, NJ and PA..

Gayle has over 20 years of professional experience in law firm and court libraries. She is active at the national, regional and local level in professional library associations. Gayle is a past president of the New Jersey Law Librarian Association (NJLLA), as well as a faculty member of the MCLE/Teaching Legal Research Committee and Technology Committee for the Law Librarians Association of Greater New York. She has also chaired and served on various AALL and SLA committees. In addition to her professional affiliations, Gayle has written various articles which have appeared in AALL Spectrum, NJLLA In Brief, PLL Perspectives, SLA Chapter News, Trends in Law Library Management and Technology and SLA Information Outlook. She has been a featured speaker at national, regional and local library association conferences. In November of 2004, Gayle won the HW Wilson Award for an article she co-authored in SLA Information Outlook titled: The Millennial Invasion: Are you ready?

Gayle participated as a member of the Board for the Institute of Museum & Library Services, who commissioned a study on the Future of Librarians and Information Professionals in the workforce. The Institute has established a grant and set up a National Advisory Board. This was a two-year study with the purpose of developing a comprehensive understanding of the current and projected future workforce needs for librarians, other library workers, and other information professionals in relation to anticipated retirements over the next decade. Additionally the study addressed the capacity and capabilities of current and needed sources of supply for librarians and other information professionals, and strategies for recruitment, education and retention of information professionals.

Gayle received her J.D. from Western State University College of Law and her M.L.S. from Rutgers University School of Library Information Studies.

125 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(800) 809-0813
gayle.lynn-nelson@lexisnexis.com

Articles

Using the Word Wheel on Lexis Advance® (April 15, 2013)
Q. Should I spell out the entire word, or the entire phrase, to see what the World Wheel recommends? Or should I stop short and let it populate? Is it better to run my search based on what I enter in...

Segment Searching on Lexis Advance® (April 1, 2013)
In Lexis Advance®, all documents of the same type have a common structure, composed of the natural parts or divisions referred to as segments. For example, cases contain name, date, court, opinion,...

Lexis Advance™–Shepardize®Unpublished Citations (November 5, 2012)
Q. I see that I can now enter West® unpublished citations on Lexis Advance and it will return the case. Is there a way to also Shepardize these cases? A. Yes, as of September 20, 2012, you...

Lexis Advance™–Filter for Unpublished Cases (October 30, 2012)
Q. I love using Lexis Advance to view case law. I need a way tosee unpublished cases. A. There is a new filter for Published and Unpublished cases. You will see this filter when viewing case law...

Lexis Advance™—Multiple Citations (June 11, 2012)
Gayle was recently asked about entering multiple citations to pull cases on the Lexis Advance™ service—is there a way to do this, and if so, is there a limit on the number of citations? ...

Lexis Advance™—Work Folders and Shepard’s Signals™ indicators (June 5, 2012)
When you save a case in a Work Folder in the Lexis Advance service, the Shepard’s Signal indicator is saved with the case—and you have control over updating the indicator. The Shepard’s...

Wizards of LexisNexis® Publisher take note! New tools boost your ability to deliver (and recover costs) (June 2011)
Wizards of LexisNexis ® Publisher take note! New tools boost your ability to deliver (and recover costs) by Gayle Lynn-Nelson, LexisNexis Senior Librarian Relations Consultant Are you looking for a current awareness tool that offers you the ability to push access to LexisNexis ® content throughout the firm—via email, intranet, portal, BlackBerry ® wireless handheld, RSS feed or

Bankruptcy Datasource (May 25, 2011)
I need a source that covers public companies in bankruptcy and regularly tracks and updates records for those companies. What you need is the Bankruptcy Datasource group source. It provides company...

LexisNexis® Apps for an iPad® or iPhone® (May 18, 2011)
Our firm is becoming more and more mobile. Does LexisNexis® have any apps for an iPad® or iPhone®? We have a number of apps that you can download. There is a CourtLink® app for the...

Middle East News (May 11, 2011)
Do you need to find publications that cover general news in the different regions of the Middle East? LexisNexis® has it covered. We have the Al Bawaba News Sources from Al Bawaba. These publications...

Business Monitor International Company and Industry reports (May 4, 2011)
I need to find quarterly and industry reports on foreign companies. Can I get this at lexis.com ®? Yes, we have just the thing you need; Business Monitor International Industry Reports. The...

Appearing on a Sanction List and Identifying an Individual with Foreign Holdings or Connections (April 13, 2011)
How can I be sure an individual or business I might enter into a business relationship with does not appear on a sanction list? And if I need to identify an individual with foreign holdings or connections...

Use your iPhone® to get cases, codes or Shepardize® (November 3, 2010)
I have an iPhone® and sometimes need to get cases, codes or Shepardize® when not at my computer.   How can I do this on my phone? "There’s an App for That!" You can quickly...

News Bites (March 30, 2011)
I am looking for stock market exchange information in some out-of-the-way places, i.e., Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia. Is there any way to get this at lexis.com®...

Social Networks (4/11)
I know most of us have been accessing LinkedIn® for quite some time. My question is how many of us are also on MySpace® or Facebook®? When I first heard about social networks all I really...

Distressed Company Alert (October 27, 2010)
How can I find information on large companies to alert me to their financial situation? I want to know any signs of financial instability. The Distressed company alert. If a company has defaulted...

You’ve Got It … Now Get the Most From Your Document Management Efforts
(We all have been struggling with ways to manage, organize and synthesize information in a meaningful way for our users. This article is a follow-up to a Webinar at the LexisNexis InfoPro Web site —...

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Official Gazette (May 5, 2010)
I have classification numbers that I need to monitor on a weekly basis. I generally use the USPTO Web site for the Official Gazette but could not figure out a way to do this. LexisNexis® now has...

Lex Mundi International Business Guides (April 28, 2010)
I need a source that can provide information on the infrastructure of the Bahamas. Can I do this at lexis.com® ? The solution can be found in our Lex Mundi International Business Guides....

Do You Network Professionally With Your Attorneys? You Can Through Martindale-Hubbell® Connected
In this “information overloaded world” we all work and live in, sometimes it is nice to know what tools are out there for professional communication. Recently LexisNexis launched Martindale-Hubbell®...

Management vs. Leadership: Unleash Your Leadership Potential (12/09)
By the time this is published the LRCs (Librarian Relations Consultants) in NYC will have held a special presentation featuring Cindy Spohr, team lead for the Librarian Relations Group, on management...

Never Miss Critical Content on lexis.com (October 14, 2009)
If I am researching a case and need other content to help me understand the points of law in my case, further prove my point or to have a better understanding of secondary materials related to my case...

It’s Not Magic … It’s Reality! Lexis® Search Advantage Searches Internal Documents—Even E-Mail—For Relevant Prior Work Product
Throughout 2008 my conversations with law librarians frequently turned to the topic of pressure to increase productivity within the firm. Points customers have highlighted include building efficiencies...