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Professor Michelle Rigual

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Law Librarian, Assistant Professor of Law Librarianship
B.A., 1988, University of Texas; J.D., 1997, University of Illinois; M.S., 2001, University of Illinois

As Associate Director of the Law Library, Michelle has responsibility for the Library’s day-to-day operations, overseeing Faculty & Public Services, Technical Services, electronic resources, and collection development. She teaches Advanced Legal Research, Specialized Legal Research, and Critical Thinking. Additionally, she works closely with the Administrative staff on personnel and facilities issues and assists with the budget and other fiscal matters.

Michelle joined the Law Library faculty in February 2003 as a reference librarian. She has since served as Co-Interim Director, Head of Technical Services, and Assistant Director for Technical Services, Electronic Resources, and Collections. Before coming to UNM, she worked as a reference librarian at Arizona State University Law Library and Capital University Law Library. Prior to her library work, she spent four years with the Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, where she wrote compliance assessment manuals and conducted environmental assessments of military installations in the United States, Italy, and Turkey.

Michelle is an active member of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries (SWALL). In 2005, she was elected Secretary/Treasurer of AALL’s newly-formed Latino Law Library Caucus. She currently serves as the Newsletter Editor for the Research, Instruction and Patron Services Special Interest Section, and was a member of AALL's Placement Committee from 2002-2004 and the Local Arrangements Committee in 2005. In 2001, she was awarded AALL's annual meeting and workshop grant and the Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries' New Member Scholarship. In 2003, she was the recipient of the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries' annual meeting grant.