Adeen Postar
Associate Law Librarian
Office: Room 109
Phone: 202-274-4377
E-mail: apostar@wcl.american.edu
Adeen Postar joined the library faculty as the Deputy Director of the Pence Law Library in June, 2004. Ms. Postar has had extensive experience in law firm, academic and government libraries, working as the Library Manager at the Washington office of Blank Rome LLP, Coordinator for External Services at Edward Bennett Williams Law Library at Georgetown University Law Center and as a reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress. Ms. Postar was an adjunct professor at Catholic University School of Library and Information Science, teaching Legal Literature between 1993 and 1998. She also has been an active member of the American Association of Law Libraries and the Law Librarians' Society of the District of Columbia serving in various leadership positions. Her current work includes the administration of the law library and is the Associate Editor of the State Practice Materials: Annotated Bibliographies published by Hein.
Currently Teaching
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Selected PublicationsBooks
- Adeen Postar, ed., Washington Area Library Directory ( 1996).
Other Publications
- Adeen Postar, Use Best Practices to Promote Your Library: Four Basic Principles to Promote Your Library, 10 AALL Spectrum 12 (May 2006).
- Adeen Postar, Karen Beck & Maria Protti, The Write Way: Past 'AALL Call for Papers' Winners Advise the Hesitant Writer, 5 AALL Spectrum 4 (Dec. 2000).
- Adeen Postar, A Review of From Law School to Law Practice: The New Associate’s Guide, 2d ed., 91 L. Lib. J. 485 (1999).
- Adeen Postar, Edward Bennett Williams Law Library, 35 L. Lib. Lights 8 (Apr./May 1992).
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Selected Works in Progress
- Adeen Postar, Associate Editor, State Practice Materials, Annotated Bibliographies ( forthcoming).
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Selected Presentations
- Adeen Postar, Moderator, Call For Papers (American Association of Law Libraries Annual Convention, July 2000).
- Adeen Postar, Speech, Library Budgeting (April Brownbag sponsored by the Private Law Librarians Special Section, Apr. 2000).
- Adeen Postar, Speech, The Small Firm Library Reference Perspective (American Association of Law Libraries Annual Convention, July 1999).
- Adeen Postar, Speech, Quality Customer Service (American Association of Law Libraries Annual Convention, July 1999).
- Adeen Postar, Speech, Recent Developments in Updating Your Legal Research (American Association of Law Libraries Annual Convention, July 1999).
- Adeen Postar, Speech, Updating Your Legal Research (LLSDC Annual Legal Research Workshop, April 1999).
- Adeen Postar, Speech, Updating Your Legal Research (LLSDC Annual Legal Research Workshop, Apr. 1998).
- Adeen Postar, Moderator, Alternatives to 9 to 5 (American Association of Law Libraries Annual Convention, July 1994).
- Adeen Postar, Moderator, Glasnost at the Reference Desk (American Association of Law Libraries Annual Convention, July 1990).
