Librarian Relations Group
Rachel Baarz
Rachel is a Librarian Relations Consultant for the LexisNexis Librarian Relations Group. She works with law librarians in Southern California, as well as for the states of Utah, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. In addition to working with firm libraries, her duties include customer support for the academic and court libraries.
She joins the Librarian Relations Group from the LexisNexis® Customer Training department, where she trained and educated users on the features, functions and applications of LexisNexis products and services. Previously she was a reference librarian at Latham & Watkins in Costa Mesa, CA, and a legal researcher with Paul Hastings in Atlanta, GA.
She is a member of AALL, SLA, the Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL), the San Diego Association of Law Libraries (SANDALL), the Law Librarians of Puget Sound (LLOPS), and the Western Pacific Chapter (WESTPAC).
Rachel received her B.A. from the University of Miami and her M.L.S.from the University of South Florida.
Getting to Know Rachel
The biography above details Rachel’s professional qualifications and experience. Now it’s time to get to know Rachel, the person. Rachel reveals a few cozier insights about herself in the questions below.
1. You are traveling around the world, and only have room for two books. Which two do you take and why?
Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends because inevitably I will end up sitting next to the most restless child on the longest flight and this book offers hours entertainment and amusement to children of all ages.
Michael Powell’s Behave Yourself: The Essential Guide to International Etiquette so I act appropriately and do not offend anyone from Bangladesh to Zimbabwe!
2. Tell me a song that when you hear it, you always get a smile on your face.
Billy Joel’s “Piano Man.” My dad played it for me on his guitar in lieu of a bedtime story. It makes me smile because I was eight or nine years old before I realized that guy on the radio played it first!
3. What do you order at Starbucks?
Tall, decaf mocha, no whip, and usually hot, but sometimes on ice. ALWAYS decaf!
4. What is your favorite meal and why?
Miso soup and sushi. I could easily eat it every day and be perfectly content!
5. What are two of your favorite Web sites, and why?
Wisekat.com and overstock.com because I’m a bit of an online shopping fanatic!
Articles
A Conversation with Andrew Zimmerman (08/08)
At the 2008 SLA Conference in Seattle, Washington, this past June, I met a person who has contributed much to the legal community. I have long been a fan and user of Zimmerman’s Research Guide , www.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmerman/ . I was thrilled...