BITNER FELLOW VISIT: NEW CONNECTIONS
About the Bitner Fellowship
Janet Odetsi-Twum, head librarian of the
“My experience at the Law Library went
League school. I am especially grateful
The Bitner Research Fellows program was established to
Ghana School of Law, was the October
beyond my expectations. I expected to
to all the librarians who planned this fel-
provide opportunities for foreign law librarians to access
2016 Bitner Research Fellow at the Cor-
finish my fellowship with an idea on how
lowship, the sponsors and all staff. It was
Cornell Law Library’s resources and the expertise of its staff
nell Law Library. Odetsi-Trum manages
to create legal guides online for students
indeed a first-hand experience of a de-
while learning about advanced legal research in a glob-
the planning, administrative, personnel
to use, but I left Cornell Law Library with
veloped and well-resourced law library
al context. The endowment funding this opportunity is a
and budgetary functions of the library at
so many ideas and innovations to try my
as well as the caliber of staff. The Library
tribute to the late Professor Harry Bitner, Cornell Law Librar-
the Ghana School of Law, the only insti-
hands at in my library. The Cornell expe-
staff were full of enthusiasm in helping us-
ian (1965-76) by his daughter and son-in-law, Lorraine and
tution in Ghana which offers professional
rience has been insightful, education-
ers and made my stay there a worthwhile
Richard Gilden, J.D. ’71, carrying on his legacy and con-
legal training.
al, fun and a great opportunity to con-
learning experience.”
tributions to the Cornell law community and to the field of
nect with the best law librarians in an Ivy
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law librarianship.
From left: Andrew Gilden, Lorraine Gilden, Janet Odetsi-Twum, Richard Gilden
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