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City: Los Angeles, CA
Telephone:
  1-310-267-4468
FAX: 1-310-206-3680

Teaching & Professional Interests

  • Academic Libraries
  • Copyright / Intellectual Property
  • Law Libraries
  • Reference and Information Services

Research Interests

  • Academic Libraries
  • Copyright / Intellectual Property
  • Information Literacy and Instruction
  • Law Libraries
  • Reference and Information Services
  • Social Media

Vicki Steiner

Lecturer

Vicki Steiner is a Reference Librarian at the UCLA School of Law. She is the author of the forthcoming Companion Animals: A Legal Research Guide, which will be published by William S. Hein & Co., Ltd. in 2011. Vicki's interests include social media, distance learning in LIS, intellectual property, and library use of emerging technologies. For her legal work, Vicki was named a "Southern California Super Lawyer—Rising Star" by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine and The Journal for Law and Politics in 2005, 2006, and 2007. She continues her pro bono legal representation of nonprofit organizations dedicated to the protection of animals.

Vicki earned her MLIS from San José State University in 2010. She became a graduate student teaching assistant for LIBR 203 in 2010 and was a peer mentor for the Elluminate Student Training Project. She is delighted to return to the SLIS family to teach LIBR 203, Online Social Networking: Technology and Tools.

Courses Taught

Education

  • MLIS (Library and Information Science) San José State University (2010)
  • J.D. (Law) UCLA School of Law (2003)
  • B.A. (English) UC Irvine (1998)

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Lecturer, School of Library and Information Science, San José State University (2011- )
  • Reference Librarian, Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library, UCLA School of Law (2009- )
  • Library Services Analyst, Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library, UCLA School of Law (2008-2009)
  • Assistant Director, Scholarly Support and Research Assistant Program, Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library, UCLA School of Law (2007-2008)
  • Partner, Collum & Steiner, LLP (2005-2007)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

  • Steiner, V. (forthcoming, 2011). Companion Animals: A Legal Research Guide. Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Co., Ltd.

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