Professor Caroline Osborne Wins 2023 Frederick Charles Hicks Award for Outstanding Contributions to Academic Law Librarianship

West Virginia University College of Law professor and director of the Law Library Caroline Osborne is the 2023 recipient of the Frederick Charles Hicks Award for Outstanding Contributions to Academic Law Librarianship. This national award recognizes leaders in law librarianship who demonstrate continued efforts to improve and advance the profession. The Hicks Award was established in 2000 and is awarded annually by the Academic Law Libraries SIS of the American Association of Law Libraries. Professor Osborne joins an impressive list of distinguished librarians, scholars, and teachers. This much-deserved award acknowledges her accomplishments and commitment to innovation in law librarianship.

Find Professor Osborne's scholarship on SSRN and on her SelectedWorks scholarship profile.

Professor Caroline Osborne and Librarian Stephanie Miller Give Virtual Presentation on Assessment for American Association of Law Libraries

West Virginia University College of Law professor Caroline Osborne and librarian Stephanie Miller recently presented a webinar sponsored by the American Association of Law Libraries on the topic of assessment as decision-making tools. The webinar was part of AALL's "Coffee Talk" series and was presented on April 25, 2023.

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Professor Caroline Osborne is a Featured Speaker in Yale Law Library Speaker Series

On April 26, 2023, West Virginia University College of Law professor and director of the law library, Caroline Osborne, was a featured speaker in the Lillian Goldman Law Library Speaker Series at Yale Law School. Professor Osborne spoke about scholarly impact metrics as a tool to develop a scholar's personal narrative and to advance a research agenda. Her program was titled "The Scholar's Narrative: Creating a Narrative Using Impact Metrics."

A headshot of Professor Caroline Osborne with the title and date of her presentation.

Law Librarians Present at SEAALL Annual Meeting in Richmond, Virginia

West Virginia University College of Law librarians Nicholas Stump and Stephanie Miller and Director of the Law Library, Professor Caroline Osborne, presented in multiple sessions at annual meeting of the Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries (SEAALL). The meeting took place in Richmond, Virginia on March 9-11, 2023.

Professor Osborne and librarian Stephanie Miller presented "The Evolution of the Flipped Classroom: Lessons Learned Through a Pandemic."