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Herbert E. Cihak, M.L.S.
Associate Dean for Library and Information Services and Professor of Law

Office: School of Law (SOL)
E-mail: herbert.cihak@pepperdine.edu

  • M.L.S., Brigham Young University, 1984
  • J.D., University of Nebraska, 1983
  • M.A., Brigham Young University, 1975
  • B.A., Brigham Young University, 1972

Dean Cihak joined the law school in 2007 as the Associate Dean of the Library and Information Services and Professor of Law. Prior to his arrival at Pepperdine he was the Director of the Young Law Library and Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas from 2004-2007 after serving as the Associate Vice Chancellor for the Library and Information Technology at Louisiana State University Law Center from 2001-2004. He also served as Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law at Kentucky from 1994 to 2001. During 1988 to 1994, he was affiliated at the University of Mississippi, first as Head of Public Services, and then in 1991 he assumed the position of Director of the Law Library and Assistant Professor of Law. Prior law library service includes work in Oklahoma, Texas, and California.

Dean Cihak has presented numerous state, regional, and national programs dealing with library and information technology issues. He has written extensively on topics dealing with library management, and marketing. His 2002 book, Leadership Roles for Librarians has been designated an American Association of Law Libraries Series Publication. Dean Cihak has served as President of the Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries in 2001-2002, and he is currently active in regional chapters of the American Association of Law Libraries.

Dean Cihak teaches Election Law. He has published articles dealing with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and election law reform.

Selected Works:
  • Election Law Issues, Legislation and Reforms, 2007 ARK. L. NOTES 1 (2007).
  • The Help America Vote Act: Unmet Expectations?, 29 U. ARK. LITTLE ROCK L. REV. 679 (2007).
  • HAVA and Arkansas Election Law Reform: Compliance and Promise, 2006 ARK. L. NOTES 1 (2006).
  • Law Libraries: Maximizing Their Impact and Resources, 97 LAW LIBR. J. 405 (2005).
  • Teaching Legal Research: A Proactive Approach, 19 LEGAL REFERENCE SERVICES QUARTERLY 27 (2001).
  • Direct Democracy, in POLITICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF U.S. STATES AND REGIONS (Donald P. Haider-Markel & Michael A. Card eds., CQ Press 2009).
  • Herbert E. Cihak & Joan S. Howland, LEADERSHIP ROLES FOR LIBRARIANS (Hein 2002).
  • Teaching Legal Research in a Government Library, in TEACHING LEGAL RESEARCH AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (Gary L. Hill ed., Haworth Information Press 2001).