College of Law Library Staff
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Mitch Counts
Associate Dean for Information Services
Associate Professor of Law
Dean Counts has been a law librarian for 24 years and the Belmont University College of Law Library will be the third academic law library that he has started from scratch in the last twelve years. He has also helped design and plan the physical space for five academic law libraries before coming to Belmont.
With over seven years of teaching experience, Professor Counts has previously taught Legal Research, Legal Writing, and Education Law. He received his B.S. in Education degree from Central Michigan University, his J.D. from the South Texas College of Law, and his M.L.S. degree from Indiana University-Bloomington.
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Ian Blake Bourgoine
Public Access/Reference Librarian
Prior to joining the law library staff at Belmont, Mr. Bourgoine was an
attorney practicing class action litigation in a number of states around
the country. He is an inductee and graduate of the American Bar
Association’s TIPS Leadership Academy (Class of 2008) and is the
recipient of the American Law Library Association’s Scholarship Award.
In his current position, Ian is responsible for ensuring the
availability of library resources to patrons as well as providing
reference services. He received his bachelor’s degree and law degree
from the University of New Hampshire and his Masters of Library and
Information Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh. |
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Nathan Collins
Digital Resources/Reference Librarian
Nathan has almost seven years of professional law library experience.
Prior to joining Belmont, Nathan worked at Ave Maria School of Law in
Naples, Florida where he held the position of Head of Library Public
Services and also served as Interim Director of the Law Library and
Information Services. In his current position, he is responsible for
maintaining the databases and digital resources of the Law Library as
well as providing reference service. Nathan received his B.A. from the
University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, his J.D. from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln and his M.A. in Information Science and
Learning Technology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is a
member of the Nebraska and District of Columbia bar associations. |
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Gypsy Moody
Cataloging Librarian
Gypsy has more than a decade of experience in various positions in
academic libraries. She has worked in circulation at Oral Roberts
University, acquisitions at Trevecca Nazarene University, and government
documents/cataloging at Vanderbilt University Law Library. In her
current position, Gypsy is responsible for entering records in the
online catalog so that patrons can easily search and find the library’s
resources. Gypsy received her B.A. in International Community
Development from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK and her Master’s
degree in Information Science from University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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Candyce Shelton
Library/Circulation Assistant
Candyce brings over a decade of experience working for independent book
groups, library vendors, public and academic libraries, and municipal
government to her role at Belmont. In her current position, she will
assist the Public Access/Reference Librarian in establishing the
circulation function in the Law Library. A 2003 Belmont graduate,
Candyce received her B.A. in History, and is currently working toward a
graduate degree in library science with an emphasis in web development
and systems management at Drexel University Online. |
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Rebecca Lester
Acquisitions/Budget Paraprofessional
Rebecca comes to Belmont University College of Law after working more
than 25 years in public and academic libraries in Michigan and Florida.
In her current position, she is responsible for ordering Library
materials and assisting the Associate Dean for Information Services in
maintaining the day-to-day Law Library budget. Rebecca attended Eastern
Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. |
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Sharon Chilton
Serials Paraprofessional
Sharon Chilton has worked in the library field, academic and public, for
twenty years. In her current position, she is responsible for
maintaining the serials collection (periodicals and loose-leaf
publications) for the Law Library. Sharon received her Nursing degree
from Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and also attended
the University of Northern Iowa. She has previously worked at the Jean
and Alexander Heard Library of Vanderbilt University in Nashville,
Tennessee, and the Mohave County Library in Kingman, Arizona. |
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