Susan David deMaine: Maurer School of Law: Indiana University Bloomington

Education

Pennsylvania State University BA highest distinction
University of Kentucky MSLS 1996
University of Kentucky JD summa cum laude 1999

Biography

Susan deMaine joined the Maurer School of Law as director of the Jerome Hall Law Library and senior lecturer in 2020. Prior to coming to Maurer, she was the associate director of the Ruth Lilly Law Library at Indiana University McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis, and earlier in her career, she clerked for the late Honorable David A. Nelson on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

DeMaine has published and presented on a range of topics including legal research pedagogy, teaching information governance, accessibility issues in law libraries, law library management, and restrictions on SCOTUS justices’ papers. She is very active in the law librarianship profession, receiving a leadership award from the American Association of Law Libraries in 2016 and winning national election to the Association’s executive board in 2019. She is also currently serving as co-editor of book reviews for Law Library Journal, the leading scholarly journal in law librarianship.

DeMaine received both her master’s in library and information science and her law degree from the University of Kentucky, where she was a Bert T. Combs scholar and special projects editor for the Kentucky Law Journal.

In the Media

Quoted in "Law library proposals get differing reactions: Law librarians concerned about possible revisions, but others see opportunity," The Indiana Lawyer (9/13/2023)
Quoted in "Late Judge Kanne's papers donated to IU Maurer library," The Indiana Lawyer (11/8/2022)
Quoted in "Roberts' reference to memos of Blackmun on Roe v. Wade raises questions about SCOTUS justices’ private papers," ABA Journal (12/23/2021)

Selected works

Books and Chapters

Susan David deMaine and Benjamin J. Keele, Are Supreme Court Justices’ Disclosure Concerns Justified? An Empirical Study of the Use of Three Archival Collections (forthcoming 2022)
Susan David deMaine, John L. Moreland, and Emma K. Kearney, Indiana Practice Materials: A Selective Annotated Bibliography, in State Practice Materials: Annotated Bibliographies (Christina Glon, ed.), Buffalo, NY: W.S. Hein (2021)
Susan David deMaine, Accessibility Issues in Law Librarianship, in Introduction to Law Librarianship (2021), available at https://lawlibrarianship.pressbooks.com/chapter/chapter-3-accessibility/
Susan David deMaine et al., Using Digital Badges to Enhance Research Instruction in Academic Libraries, in Creating the 21st Century Library (2015).
Susan David deMaine. Legal Ethics in the Digital Age, in Find it Free and Fast on the Net: Strategies for Legal Research on the Web (2012)

Law Review and Journal Articles

Book Reviews

Presentations

Digital Accessibility: Best Practices and Considerations for Law Libraries (invited panelist), ALL-SIS Continuing Education, March 25, 2022
Adaptive Leadership (invited panelist), MAALL Annual Meeting, Oct. 28, 2021
Middle Management Musings: A Continued Dialogue on Managing Up, Down, and Within (invited panelist), AALL Annual Meeting, July 20, 2021
Are Supreme Court Justices’ Disclosure Concerns Justified? An Empirical Study of the Use of Three Archival Collections (with Benjamin Keele), Yale Citation Symposium, April 23, 2021
Mindful Middle Management: A Dialogue on Managing Up, Down, and Within (invited panelist), AALL Annual Meeting, July 16, 2020
Stepping Up Access to the Indiana Code: Partnering for Increased Access and Preservation (Poster, with Benjamin Keele and Hannah M. Alcasid; Winner, Best Poster), AALL Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, July 16, 2019
An Eye-Opening Look at the Challenges of Assisting Visually Impaired Patrons with Electronic Legal Research (with Rena Seidler), AALL Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, July 15, 2019
Access to the Justices? A Study of Restrictions on Papers of Supreme Court Justices and Their Impact on Scholarship (with Benjamin Keele), Boulder Conference on Legal Information, Chicago, IL, July 15, 2016
Access to Justice? A Study of Restrictions on Papers of Supreme Court Justices and Their Impact on Scholarship (Poster, with Benjamin Keele), AALL Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 19, 2016
Universal Design & Online Instruction, Keynote, Legal Writing Institute One-Day Workshop, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (December 11, 2015)
Redesigning Legal Research for Deep Knowledge and Professional Skills, Legal Writing Institute One-Day Workshop, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (December 11, 2015)
Legal Information Made Beautiful: Making and Using Law-Related Infographic, with Ashley Ahlbrand, AALL Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (July 19, 2015)
Accessibility 101: An Introduction to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, with Alyson Drake, Southeastern American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meetiong, Lexington, KY (April 17, 2015)
Accessibility 102: Practical Steps for Making Your Online Instruction Materials Accessible for All Students, with Alyson Drake, Southeastern American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Lexington KY (April 17, 2015)
Citation Analysis 101, Ruth Lilly Law Library, Indianapolis, IN (January 28, 2015)
From Disability to Usability in Online Instruction, Ohio Regional Association of Law Librarians, Cincinnati, OH (Oct. 17, 2014).
Not Just for Scouting Anymore: Digital Badges for Legal Research Instruction, Mid-America Association of Law Librarians, Chicago, IL (Oct. 6, 2014) (with Hannah Alcasid, Benjamin J. Keele, and Catherine A. Lemmer).
Spotlight on the ADA, American Association of Law Libraries Conference, San Antonio, TX (July 14, 2013) (with Ed Hart).
Real simple, real design, real communication, National Business Institute, Indianapolis, IN (Jul. 30, 2014).
Collaboration's best-kept secret, National Business Institute, Indianapolis, IN (Jul. 30, 2014).
Not Just for Scouting Anymore: Digital Badges for Legal Research Instruction, American Association of Law Libraries Conference, San Antonio, TX (July 15, 2014) (poster presentation) (with Hannah Alcasid, Benjamin J. Keele, and Catherine A. Lemmer).
From Disability to Usability in Online Instruction, Indiana University Librarians’ Day, Indianapolis, IN (June 13, 2014).
It’s 3 A.M. – Show Me!, American Association of Law Librarians Conference, Seattle, WA (July 14,2013) (with James Murphy, Sarah Mauldin, and Jennifer Wondracek).
Reaching Students Where They Are: Ensuring Universal Accessibility in Online Instruction, 2013 Conference for Law School Computing, Chicago, IL (June 14, 2013) (with Edward Finn III).
It’s 3 A.M. – Show Me!, Southeastern American Association of Law Librarians Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA (April 20, 2013) (with James Murphy, Sarah Mauldin, and Jennifer Wondracek).
Legal Ethics in the Digital Age, National Business Institute: Find it Free and Fast on the Net: Strategies for Legal Research on the Web, Indianapolis, IN (December 20, 2012).
Partnering for Pro-Action: Using Talent Instead of Titles to Deliver the Unexpected, Mid-America Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, October 25, 2012 (co-presenter).
Send Your Faculty to Summer School: Developing an iPad App Education Program to Support Faculty Research and Scholarship, Indiana University Librarians' Day, Indianapolis, IN, June 8, 2012 (with Catherine A. Lemmer).
Occupy Congress: Using ProQuest Congressional to Find 99% of the Information You Need, Indianapolis Law Librarians’ Association, Indianapolis, IN (May 9, 2012).