Recently several elected ALA officers plus an association official and a task force chair met face-to-face with senior executives of Penguin, Macmillan, Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Perseus in New York City. At issue was publisher policies and practices…
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Should Librarians Care About Privacy Anymore? Live stream for free UNC Chapel Hill conference on Feb. 3
Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), SILS is hosting n conjunction with ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom and the UNC School of Law a presentation, titled, “Should Librarians Care About Privacy Anymore?”…
Should Librarians Care About Privacy Anymore? Live stream for free UNC Chapel Hill conference on Feb. 3
Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), SILS is hosting in conjunction with ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom and the UNC School of Law a presentation, titled, “Should Librarians Care About Privacy Anymore?”…
Time and duty to one’s employer is "of the essence" in vendor relations; much less so for AALL
Most if not all of us who have budgets to manage, collections to develop, and patrons to serve view vendor relations as something more than just is “a topic on everyone’s mind.” We have been and continue to take actions…
Free Passes for Law Bloggers Who Want to Attend LegalTech New York, Jan. 30 – Feb. 1
A reminder from Bob Ambrogi: [L]egal bloggers are eligible for free passes to attend the LegalTech conference in New York, Jan. 30 to Feb. 1, 2012. This is a full-access pass, covering all programs and the exhibit hall. Also again…
Reminder: Register by January 6th to Receive a 15% Early-Bird Discount for Ark Group’s 6th Annual Conference on Best Practices & Management Strategies for Law Firm Library, Research & Information Services
Register for Ark Group/Managing Partner’s Best Practices & Management Strategies for Law Firm Library, Research & Information Services themed At the Intersection of Process and Knowledge Management—Delivering Trusted Information that Intersects with Intelligent Decision Making (held at the AMA Executive…
This is How You "Occupy AALL"
If you are not a member of the Executive Board or association executive staff and are not invited to participate in a Board meeting to speak, but have an agenda item for Board review like one being considered tomorrow, ah,…
Reminder: Keynote Speech for AALL Futures Summit Webcast Live at 1 PM CDT Today
The two-day AALL Futures Summit starts today. Andy Hines, Lecturer and Executive-in-Residence at the University of Houston’s Graduate Program in Future Studies, will open the Futures Summit with a keynote address and a Q &A session. His keynote speech will…