by Jill Allyn
Receiving a scholarship from AALL and LLOPS to attend the annual meeting this year was exciting. Not only did it help persuade the firm to send me, but I had never been to Denver before. We flew in Friday evening; that way, we could go to the PLL reception and Mort could attend Chapter President Leadership training Saturday morning. The reception included a mariachi band and margarita slushies that hit the spot. I met a newer librarian from Rochester, NY who had questions about software, serials management, databases, contracts and all that goes with managing libraries. Continue reading 'AALL Summit 2010: Report from Denver'»
by Erin Hoffrance
In 2008, I attended my first AALL conference in Portland, OR. During my time there, I sat in on the Gen X/Gen Y Caucus meeting. I have been on their email list and have been enjoying the newly established newsletter, Minding the Gap. In the Spring 2010 edition, there is an article about Lawberry Camp, held at Harvard Law School during the 2010 mid-winter session.
Lawberry Camp is an “unconference” that included topics such as library mash-ups, resource tracking, mobile apps, information literacy, and research guides. Organized by members of the Gen X/Gen Y caucus, Jason Eiseman, Sarah Glassmeyer and Meg Kribble, this conference is different from others in its open exchange of ideas and the fact that “much of the days’ activities were streamed on the Internet so that people who could not attend in person could still participate via chat or Twitter. Videos and archived tweets appear on the Lawberry Camp website.” The organizers and participants created a great forum in which to share ideas and technologies and also provided a way for information professionals to connect. I am entirely intrigued and wish I could attend the upcoming Lawberry Camp at the 2010 AALL conference on Saturday, July 10. I encourage you to read the entire article (written by Jason Eiseman, Librarian for Emerging Technologies at Yale Law School), because it is a new look and feel to the way we as librarians can keep the profession moving forward.
Interested in promoting equitable, no-fee, permanent public access to authentic online legal information? Concerned about support for public law libraries? If so, consider going to the AALL Annual Meeting a day early to learn how to advocate for these two issues.
Barbara Bintliff, Reporter to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws’ Drafting Committee on Authentication and Preservation of State Electronic Legal Materials, will be the Guest Speaker. Ms. Bintliff will share her unique perspective on the importance of digital authentication and preservation.
Get a Free Year of AALL Membership with Nonmember Annual Meeting Registration
New this year AALL is offering nonmembers a complimentary one-year membership when they register for the AALL Annual Meeting and Conference, held July 10-13 in Denver. The membership includes:
- Career resources, such as the online AALL Career Center and continuing education to help you learn new skills to advance in your career
- Access to specialized information created just for law librarians, such as the AALL Biennial Salary Survey and the AALL Price Index for Legal Publications
- Subscriptions to the monthly magazine, AALL Spectrum, and quarterly journal, Law Library Journal, to help you keep up on the latest trends in law librarianship
- The opportunity to network and connect with other law librarians from across the country who share similar interests and are facing the same challenges
- Discounted rates on all AALL products and services, such as publications, webinars, and online job postings
Annual Meeting registration opens February 17. Be sure to take advantage of this special offer for nonmembers.
by Kristine Lloyd
If you haven’t heard about the AALL Award our chapter won for the 2008 Professional Development Workshop, then you truly are living under a rock. Here is Robyn Hagle accepting our award. The award is nice and all, but check out how pretty in pink Robyn looks. Way to liven things up with color!
by Richard Jost
I was fortunate enough to attend the “Cool Tools” workshop this July, one of the pre-AALL Annual Meeting workshops sponsored by the CS-SIS. The workshop, held at the Georgetown University Law Library, had about 25 participants from a variety of library backgrounds (technical services, public services, electronic/computing resources) mainly from academic law libraries. Continue reading 'Cool Tools: A Review of the AALL Workshop'»
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Receiving a scholarship from AALL and LLOPS to attend the annual meeting this year was exciting. Not only did it help persuade the firm to send me, but I had never been to Denver before. We flew in Friday evening; that way, we could go to the PLL reception and Mort could attend Chapter President Leadership training Saturday morning. The reception included a mariachi band and margarita slushies that hit the spot. I met a newer librarian from Rochester, NY who had questions about software, serials management, databases, contracts and all that goes with managing libraries. Continue reading 'AALL Summit 2010: Report from Denver'»
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