Cherie Givens is an adjunct faculty member at San José State University School of Information and an Assessment Specialist librarian at the US Government Printing Office. She is currently leading curriculum planning for online training on GPO’s Federal Digital System, and has contributed to the Legal Requirements & Program Regulations of the FDLP. She holds a PhD in Library, Archival and Information Studies, and is also an attorney-at-law with a particular interest in First Amendment issues and laws affecting libraries and archives. She has written and presented on issues related to the First Amendment, intellectual freedom, social policy, and the publishing industry. Cherie has held library positions in academic, legal, public, and special libraries.