David Hanson

Collection Management and Metadata Librarian; Associate Professor of Law

Law School

Phone: 515-271-2077

Office: Opperman Hall

Biography

David manages the physical book collection, coordinates acquisitions and maintains the electronic legal resources for students and faculty at Drake University Law Library. He also administers the preservation and organization of the law school archives.

Prior to joining Drake Law Library, he was the Electronic Resources/Reference Librarian at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma.

Areas of Expertise

Collection Management, Acquisitions, Electronic Resources, Reference

Education

MALS, University of Missouri-Columbia
BA, Luther College

Selected Publications

Assessing HeinOnline as a Source of Scholarly Impact Metrics (co-author), 114 Law Library Journal 395 (2022).
Iowa Territory Legal Materials in Michael Chiorazzi & Marguerite Most, eds., Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-State Research Guide, Including New York City and the District of Columbia, 1st & 2nd eds. (Haworth Press, 2005).

Significant Accomplishments

Member of the American Association of Law Libraries
Member of the Mid-America Association of Law Libraries
Presenter: Core Reference List (Central Iowa Library Service)
Presenter: Just the FAQs: Answers to Your Most Frequently Asked Legal Research Questions (Iowa Library Association/Association of College and Research Libraries Conference)