Michael Levy
School of Law Library (Boalt Hall)
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720 mlevy@law.berkeley.edu tel: 510.643.4025
fax: 603.971.2682
Publications and Presentations
Library Experience
Electronic Services Librarian
School of Law
Library (Boalt Hall): September 1995 -
Boalt Express Librarian
School of Law Library (Boalt Hall): January 1995 - August 1995
Electronic Services/Legal
Reference Specialist
School of Law Library (Boalt Hall): July 1994 - December 1994
Reference Intern
DataCenter Library, Oakland (January 1993 - December 1993)
Library Assistant
Prevention Research Center, Berkeley (Spring 1992 - December 1993)
Library Intern
Metropolitan
Transport Commission/Association of Bay Area Governments Library,
Oakland (Summer 1993)
Other Professional Experience
Lecturer
Co-taught Advanced Legal Research (ALR) at Boalt Hall Fall 1999 and Spring
2000
Contributor to Current Cites: Fall 1999-
School
of Information Management and Systems Alumni Board Member:1998-2000.
Assistant Editor
Legal Reference Services Quarterly (1994-1999)
Conference Organizer
A License to Kill: Copyright Ownership and Fair Use in an Age of Licensing
(May 1997)
Conference Co-organizer
The Public Interest in Copyright (May 1996)
Internet Trainer
Developed and taught Internet skills for UC Extension, East Bay Municipal
Utility District and California State Automobile Association.
Researcher
Research assistant on Ben Bagdikian's Double Vision and Media
Monopoly (5th ed.) Also researcher for Academy Award nominated documentary
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press.
Publications and Presentations
"Getting In To A Position To Think”: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Computer Assisted Legal Research." 1999 Conference for Law School Computing®, June 17-19, University of Oregon School of Law.
"Legal information: How to find it, how to use it". (PDF - UCB access only), by K.C. Olson. Journal of Government Information , Sept-Oct 1999, V26(N5):588-590. (Book Review)
"Law on the Net, 2nd edition", (PDF - UCB access only), by J. Evans. Journal of Government Information, July-Aug 1998, V25(N4):376-378. (Book Review)
"In contempt of Congress: Postwar press coverage on Capital Hill", (PDF - UCB access only), by M.J. Rozell. Journal of Government Information, May -Jun 1997, V24(N3):224-226. (Book Review)
"Analytical index: Guide to GATT law and practice, 6th edition", (PDF - UCB access only), by A. Porges, F. Weiss, P.C. Mavroidis. Journal of Government Information, Sept-Dec 1996, V23(N5-6):741-742. (Book Review)
"ECO-DATA: Using Your PC to Obtain Free Environmental Information, 2d ed." (book reviews) Ecology Law Quarterly Feb 1996 23 n1 p166-173. (Book Review)
"Environmental Guide to the Internet." Michael Levy. Ecology Law Quarterly Feb 1996 23 n1 p166-173 (Book Review)
"The Electronic Monitoring
of Workers: Privacy in the Age of the Electronic Sweatshop," Legal
References Services Quarterly vol (14) no (3) 1995.
Education
M.L.I.S, University of California, Berkeley. 1993.
M.A., Politics. York University, England. 1990.
B.A., Politics and Economics. Manchester University, England. 1985.
Outside Interests
Politics and Current Affairs
The Guardian and Observer Newspapers (UK)
Korean Central News Agency
(KCNA)
My masters thesis was on the cult of personality of Kim Il Sung. To see
the cult in action on his son, and leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il
the KCNA is the place to start.
Sports Teams
Brighton and Hove Albion F.C.
Languishing in the English third division my hometown team are at least
back in Brighton with the coolest sponsor in the league - Skint
Records.
West Ham United F.C.
My other English team.
San Jose Earthquakes (previously the San Jose Clash)