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| R. C. Berring | |
|---|---|
| Name | R. C. Berring |
| Birth date | 1941 |
| Occupation | Law librarian, legal scholar, professor |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley; Harvard Law School |
R. C. Berring is an American law librarian, legal historian, and professor known for leadership in law librarianship, legal information policy, and legal bibliography. He has played prominent roles at major institutions and professional associations, influencing access to legal materials, legal publishing, and the development of digital legal research. His career spans academic appointments, professional service, and authorship affecting libraries, courts, and universities.
Berring was born in 1941 and educated in the San Francisco Bay Area, attending public schools before matriculating at the University of California, Berkeley where he studied Berkeley programs and campus organizations linked to postwar academic expansion. He pursued legal studies at Harvard Law School and completed degrees that positioned him for roles connecting Library of Congress practices with academic law libraries and professional networks. During his formative years he encountered figures and institutions such as American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Law Library Journal contributors, and regional entities like the San Francisco Public Library and Oakland Public Library.
Berring served as a law librarian and professor at institutions including Berkeley Law and contributed to the evolution of legal pedagogy alongside scholars affiliated with Yale Law School, Stanford Law School, Columbia Law School, New York University School of Law, and University of Chicago Law School. He held leadership roles in professional organizations such as the American Association of Law Libraries and engaged with court librarianship in contexts involving the California Supreme Court and state court systems. His career intersected with publishing entities like West Publishing and LexisNexis and with policy fora including Federal Communications Commission and intellectual property discussions at United States Copyright Office panels.
Berring influenced developments in legal information through initiatives connecting academic libraries, commercial publishers, and government information offices. He advocated for access to primary legal materials used by the United States Supreme Court, facilitated collaborations with the Library of Congress and the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School, and contributed to debates involving Google Books and digitization projects. His work intersected with standards and infrastructures shaped by OCLC, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, and the National Information Standards Organization, and he advised on matters linked to Public Law and state legislative information offices. Berring engaged with archival efforts related to collections from institutions such as Hastings College of the Law, Harvard Law School Library, and the Biddle Law Library.
Berring authored influential essays, bibliographies, and articles addressing legal research, legal history, and librarianship published in venues connected to Law Library Journal, California Law Review, Harvard Law Review, and proceedings of the American Association of Law Libraries. His writings responded to developments involving West Publishing, LexisNexis, HeinOnline, and digital repositories associated with JSTOR and the Digital Public Library of America. He contributed to edited volumes alongside scholars from Georgetown University Law Center, University of Michigan Law School, and University of Pennsylvania Law School, and he wrote on topics touching on the work of jurists and historians such as Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Roscoe Pound, and Jerome Frank.
Over his career Berring received recognitions from bodies such as the American Association of Law Libraries and university-based awards from institutions including University of California campuses and law schools. He was honored in contexts associated with the Law Library Journal and by professional associations tied to Association of American Law Schools conferences. His service was acknowledged in symposia that included participants from Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, Stanford Law School, and national bodies like the National Archives and Records Administration.
Berring's influence is reflected in the careers of librarians and legal scholars at institutions such as Berkeley Law, Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, Columbia Law School, New York University School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, University of Michigan Law School, and University of Pennsylvania Law School. His legacy informs contemporary conversations involving Legal Information Institute, Google Books, HeinOnline, LexisNexis, West Publishing, and library consortia like OCLC and the Association of Research Libraries. Collections and oral histories related to his work are held in archives connected with University of California, Library of Congress, and regional repositories, and his contributions continue to shape practice at law libraries, courts, and academic centers.
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