Richard Danner
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Richard A. Danner is the Archibald C. and Frances Fulk Rufty Research Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law
in Durham, North Carolina
. He also holds the position of Senior Associate Dean for Information Services. Professor Danner has served in various capacities at Duke, starting in 1979, and has served as the Director of the Duke University Law Library since 1981. Prior to working at Duke, Richard Danner served as a law librarian at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
, where he received degrees in law and library science.
Danner has served as the American Association of Law Libraries
president, is a member of the American Bar Association
, has served on the Executive Committee of the Association of American Law Schools
and is the First Vice President of the International Association of Law Libraries.
Danner is co-author, with John Palfrey
of the Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship
of 2008, which advocates for the open access publishing of law journals. Danner has been an outspoken supporter of open access in law.
Duke University School of Law
The Duke University School of Law is the law school and a constituent academic unit of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States. One of Duke's 10 schools and colleges, the School of Law began as the Trinity College School of Law in 1868. In 1924, following the renaming of Trinity...
in Durham, North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina
Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census...
. He also holds the position of Senior Associate Dean for Information Services. Professor Danner has served in various capacities at Duke, starting in 1979, and has served as the Director of the Duke University Law Library since 1981. Prior to working at Duke, Richard Danner served as a law librarian at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
, where he received degrees in law and library science.
Danner has served as the American Association of Law Libraries
American Association of Law Libraries
The American Association of Law Libraries "is a nonprofit educational organization with over 5,000 members nationwide. AALL's mission is to promote and enhance the value of law libraries to the legal and public communities, to foster the profession of law librarianship, and to provide leadership in...
president, is a member of the American Bar Association
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...
, has served on the Executive Committee of the Association of American Law Schools
Association of American Law Schools
The Association of American Law Schools is a non-profit organization of 170 law schools in the United States. Another 25 schools are "non-member fee paid" schools, which are not members but choose to pay AALS dues. Its purpose is to improve the legal profession through the improvement of legal...
and is the First Vice President of the International Association of Law Libraries.
Danner is co-author, with John Palfrey
John Palfrey
John Palfrey is a faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, vice dean for library and information resources, and the Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He led a reorganization of the Harvard Law School Library in 2009...
of the Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship
Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship
The Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship calls for all law schools to stop publishing their law journals in print format and to rely instead on open-access electronic publication coupled with a commitment to keep the electronic versions available in stable, open, digital formats...
of 2008, which advocates for the open access publishing of law journals. Danner has been an outspoken supporter of open access in law.