Janice E. Henderson, Esq.

Brooklyn, NY 11238 • (718) 230-3791 • janiceehenderson@att.net

Experienced multitasking hands-on library administrator and researcher, including

administration of professional development. Development and teaching of seminars
for attorneys, support staff and library staff members. Experienced in staff
supervision. Demonstrated achievement in leadership with employers and the library
community.

ADMINISTRATION • TRAINING • KNOWLEDGE MANAGMENT •

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• 20+ years of experience as manager of a legal library and researcher.
• Supervisory skills for multiple staffed libraries.
• Coordinated knowledge management content for firm work product databases.
• Ability to create and maintain relationships with “C” Level management and firm-wide
managers.
• 12+ years of experience in developing attorney CLE programming.
• 20+ years of experience in the creation and teaching of legal research courses for attorneys,
paralegals and support staff members.
• Strong negotiation skills for obtaining cost effective contracts.
• Capable of adopting and maintaining various roles simultaneously to maintain, improve and
bring new services to the information department’s clientele: attorneys, support staff and firm
clients.
• Assume both authoritative and democratic leadership with the ability to turn vision into
reality.
• Outstanding skills in meeting goals and deadlines cost effectively and with efficiency.
• Experienced researcher of several legal databases.
• Excellent written and communication skills.

SELECTED CAREER ACHEIVEMENTS

ADMINISTRATOR
• Administrator of Libraries overseeing the budget, collection development, contract
negotiations with multiple vendors including: LexisNexis, Westlaw and Bloomberg.
• Experience in Knowledge Management and creation of article databases for attorneys.
• Library content publisher for office portal or intranet.
• Maintenance of library inventory.
• Supervision of multiple library staff members.
• Project Management Examples: cataloging of collection; integration of library software;
planning, coordination and move of library collection and staff; library space planning with
architect for collection and staff work area; integration of collection from print to electronic
format.
• Experience in competitive intelligence research for the marketing protocols of the firm.
BUDGETING / COST MANAGEMENT / INVENTORY CONTROL
• Successfully decreased library budget by $250,000.
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• Developed and wrote procedures for overseeing and maintaining the library inventory: print
and electronic that reduced staff time by several hours each week.
• Rebalanced print/electronic collections to reflect the needs of individual departments.
Departmental budgets were reduced from 5 to 7 percent.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Developed in-house New York State approved CLE programming for attorneys.
• Coordinated and tracked CLE credits for attorneys.
• Developed and taught legal research training sessions for attorneys, paralegals and support
staff.
• Obtained and maintained information/materials for professional development.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH SOLUTIONS ANALYST
Lovells LLP (DBA Hogan Lovells US LLP), New York, NY 2005-2010

REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIAN

Covington & Burling, New York, NY 2004-2005
LAW LIBRARIAN CONSULTANT
Pfizer Inc., New York, NY 2003-2004
DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & LIBRARY SERVICES
Baker & McKenzie, New York, NY 1998–2002
DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES
Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., New York, NY 1993-1998

INFORMATION SERVICES COORDINATOR

Kirkland & Ellis, New York, NY 1991-1993
ASSOCIATE ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
St. John’s University, New York, NY 1990-1993
ASSOCIATE LAW LIBRARY PROFESSOR & HEAD OF TECHNICAL SERVICES
CUNY Law School, New York, NY 1989-1991

EDUCATION & TRAINING

BACHELOR OF ARTS (BA) DEGREE
Hunter College New York, NY
MASTERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION (MS) DEGREE
Hunter Graduate School New York, NY
MASTERS OF LIBRARY SCIENCE (MLS) DEGREE
Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY
JURIS DOCTORATE (JD) DEGREE
Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn, NY

DATABASES - RESEARCH • INTERNET • ADMINISTRATION

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• Accurint; Bloomberg; BloombergLaw; Casestream; CCH Web Databases; ChoicePoint;

Courtlink; Dialog; Dun & Bradstreet; IndexMaster; LexisNexis; Livedgar; Pacer; 10K
Wizard; Securities Mosaic; Westlaw; WestlawNext
• Google, Ping, FoxPro
• InterAction; LawPort; Microsoft Word; Microsoft Outlook; PowerPoint; Micron CE Manager,
Reqwired, Sirsi and SydneyPlus; Tikit