Virginia Eldridge

Virginia L. Eldridge received her M.L.S. from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN in 1985 and is currently Law Librarian for Grayson County, Texas. She began in this solo librarian position in 2007 following co-author Laurie Selwyn. She has presented papers at Computers in Libraries Conferences,Texas Library Association District 5 and the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries. Previously, Eldridge was Head of Library Systems at Vanderbilt University, Automation Assistant at Bryn Mawr College Tri-College Consortium, and before that she taught public school. She recently contributed a chapter in How to Thrive as a Solo Librarian (Carol Smallwood and Melissa Clapp. 2012. Scarecrow Press), and co-authored “The Public Law Library: A Place in Today’s World?” in Legal Information Alert, 29(3), 1,3 with Laurie Selwyn.

Publications

Public Law Librarianship: Objectives, Challenges, and Solutions
Public Law Librarianship: Objectives, Challenges, and Solutions
Laurie Selwyn, Virginia Eldridge. © 2013. 343 pages.
While there are common misconceptions regarding the definition of a public law library, it can be defined as a government mandated library which provides the public with access...