Comments Off on Grants available for the Spring Professional Development Workshop The Grants Committee is still accepting applications for the Spring Professional Development Workshop! If you would like help covering the cost of registration, please fill out the 2015 grant application and return to Carly Eyler by Wednesday, March 11th.
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LLOPS Members are invited to register now at: http://goo.gl/oxqhJC
To register at the Individual or Associate LLOPS Member level of $60, you must log in to your wild apricot account. Please contact Kim Ositis Kim.Ositis@kingcounty.gov if you need assistance with your account.
Comments Off on LLOPS Monthly Meeting When: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 12pm
Where: Foster Pepper, 1111 3rd Avenue, Conference Room 30 South, Seattle, Washington (PLEASE GO TO RECEPTION DESK ON FLOOR 34. OUR RECEPTIONIST WILL BUZZ YOU DOWN TO FLOOR 30!)
What: LLOPS is launching a new online membership management service using a product called Wild Apricot. Please join us for a live demonstration of the new system and learn how you can use Wild Apricot to renew your membership online, search the member directory, manage your profile and more!
Comments Off on Law Librarian Conversations with the Masters This Friday, October 17, at 2PM, Central Time, the podcast “Law Librarian Conversations,” will host a conversation about law librarianship education and as a career. Brought to you by the Schmid Law Library at the University of Nebraska College of Law, you can listen in to the podcast live on BlogTalkRadio.
Our special guests this month will be Penny Hazelton, Library Director and Professor at the University of Washington School of Law and Mike Chiorazzi, Associate Dean for Information Resources and Professor at the University of Arizona College of Law.
The show will be co-hosted by Roger Skalbeck, Associate Librarian for Electronic Resources, Georgetown University Law Library, Marcia Dority Baker, Access Services Librarian at the Schmid Law Library, University of Nebraska College of Law and me. We’ll be joined on the panel by Elizabeth Farrell, Associate Director at Florida State University College of Law.
Please join the conversation by listening in live, or subscribing to the podcast from iTunes or your favorite podcast service. Don’t forget to join the chat room during the show, if you listen live. Follow this link to listen in, join the chat room or call in at (347) 945-7183.
Comments Off on LLOPS Reconnects in August When: Wednesday, August 27th Noon – 1 pm
Where: Lane Powell, 1420 5th Ave #4200 Seattle, WA 98101 (42nd Floor Conference room – behind the reception desk.) Please have your ID with you.
What: Tales from the AALL Meeting in San Antonio, Stories from those who stayed in Seattle. If you cannot make it to the physical meeting, you will be able to attend via GoToMeeting – more details coming soon!
by Philippe Cloutier
My trip began bright and early at the Chapter Summit program. Some of the day’s events involved member recruitment, retention, and engagement, and why change is an opportunity. Setting the stage is the AALL Mission:
“The American Association of Law Libraries advances the profession of law librarianship and supports the professional growth of its members through leadership and advocacy in the field of legal information and information policy.”
The PLL Hall of Fame award is designed to recognize a retired member who over the entire course of their career made significant contributions to the private law library profession, their organization, and the Private Law Librarians SIS.
Private Law Libraries Special Interest Section Hall of Fame 2014 Recipients
Anne Ellis
Senior Librarian Relations, Retired
Thomson Reuters, Legal
Barbara Holt
Director, Library Research Services, Retired
Perkins Coie LLP
Joan Jarosek
Director of Library Services
Jones Day
Please join us in congratulating Barbara Holt!
Mary Whisner (a LLOPS member and Reference Librarian at the University of Washington’s Gallagher Law Library) has received the Roy M. Mersky Spirit of Law Librarianship Award for her work with the Youth Tutoring Program sponsored by Catholic Community Services of Western Washington.
From the nominating letter:
Since 2004 [Mary] has tutored youth on a weekly basis offering academic support and serving as a role model and friend to the students. The program targets six low and middle income housing communities in Seattle. Thus, most of Mary’s work has been with immigrants from eastern Africa and Southeast Asia. Mary’s commitment to this program and her volunteer work make a difference in many kids’ lives.
Congratulations Mary!
Comments Off on Special Report: Competitive Intelligence Program at 2014 Special Libraries Association Annual Conference At the beginning of June, I attended a special program on Competitive Intelligence at SLA in Vancouver. The speaker was CI pro, Zena Applebaum. Zena’s goal was to empower the librarians and information professionals in the audience to “draw your own conclusions.” Librarians who don’t regularly do CI as part of their jobs typically stop at step 2 in the CI cycle (below). It’s time we started closing the loop. Our end goal when we do CI should be to mobilize the end user so that they are decision-ready.
Comments Off on LLOPS Semi-Annual Business Meeting When: Wednesday, June 25th Noon – 1 pm
Where: Lane Powell, 1420 5th Ave #4200 Seattle, WA 98101 (42nd Floor Conference room – behind the reception desk.)
What: Please help celebrate LLOPS’ 24th Birthday and our new LLOPS Executive Board Members at the Semi-Annual Business Meeting
Please have your ID with you.
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