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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

05 Jan

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…

 

Dear Santa, Please Give AALL a Clue on How to Make Money

22 Dec

Santa, I think AALL needs a business plan to make money in publishing that is not based on ad revenues (which by and large isn’t work all that well, anyway). How about reasonably priced AALL imprint p- and e-books on…

 

"Ready Access" Tools: p- and e-Credenza wars for the hearts and minds and pocketbooks of practitioners

19 Dec

Remember TR Senior Director, Librarian Relations, Anne Ellis’ response to CRIV’s Shaun Esposito about format switcheroos to pamphet editions of West print titles previously published in hardbound volumes with pocket parts or loose-leaf sets back in November? No, well after…

 

On Frustration and Source Code

14 Dec

So this is somehow law if not law librarianship related, right? Citing dissent across the Middle East, Europe and even the US in terms of OWS, Time has named “The Protester” as “person of the year.” From Person of the…

 

Pssst … Want to Counter Commercially Drafted Proposed Legislation? A thought about advocating for fair use legislation under state contract law

07 Dec

When I first heard about the American Legislative Exchange Council’s extensive collection of in-house drafted “model” bills, I thought, hum … perhaps consumers advocating for fair use in commercial electronic information resources might want to give this non-profit a call….

 

Soliciting Professional Intelligence for Addressing Our Legal Relationship with Vendor Business Practices and Their Licensed Content

05 Dec

The Vendor Colloquium resulted in two documents, A Statement of Shared Principles and an Action Plan. Follow-up work has commenced. The October 2011 issue of AALL’s eNewsletter included an announcement that our President has recently established two task forces to…

 

Soliciting Professional Intelligence for Addressing Our Legal Relationship with Vendor Business Practices and Their Licensed Content

05 Dec

The Vendor Colloquium resulted in two documents, A Statement of Shared Principles and an Action Plan. Follow-up work has commenced. The October 2011 issue of AALL’s eNewsletter included an announcement that our President has recently established two task forces to…

 

AALL Election Results

05 Dec

Vice President/President-Elect (July 2012 – July 2013) Steven P. Anderson Director Maryland State Law Library Annapolis, MD Executive Board (July 2012 – July 2015) Amy J. Eaton Seattle Library Manager Perkins Coie LLP Seattle, WA Suzanne Thorpe Associate Director for…

 

AALL’s Technical Services SIS Awards Committee Seeking Nominations for the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award by Feb. 1, 2012

23 Nov

The Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship is presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries to an individual or group in recognition of achievement in a particular area…

 

December 12, 2011 is the Deadline for AALL/Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Grants Program Applications

18 Nov

The AALL Research & Publications Committee is accepting applications through Monday, December 12, 2011, for research grants from the AALL/Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Grants Program that may total up to $5,000. The committee will award one or more grants…