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…
Posts Tagged ‘Association’
AALL’s Biggest Blunder of 2011
11
Jan
It’s a tough call but I think our association’s way-over-the-top antitrustism takes the cake. While a draft (actually it was a second draft) antitrust policy was rejected by the AALL’s Executive Board last summer, and the first version of its…
Federal Judge Offers Ideas To Reform the Teaching of Law
09
Jan
Judge José A. Cabranes of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals was the lunchtime speaker at the Association of American Law Schools’ gathering last Friday. He was pretty blunt about his view of the current state of law schools, suggesting…
Where is the Legislation That Banned Christmas?
25
Dec
First published in LLB on Dec. 25, 2007. Cromwellian apologists, like the Cromwell Association, argue that there is no evidence to support the myth that Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas: There is no sign that Cromwell personally played a particularly large…
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…
Opening: Editor for AALL’s Price Index for Legal Publications
14
Nov
From the Nov. 9, 2011 announcement posted on AALL. The deadline for applying is Dec. 5, 2011. Job Description: The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) seeks an Editor for its annual publication, Price Index for Legal Publications (PILP). The…
The Clinical Legal Association is Soliciting Contributions for Follow-up Book to Best Practices in Legal Education
10
Nov
The Clinical Legal Association, Best Practices Implementation Committee is planning a follow-up publication to Best Practices for Legal Education by Roy Stuckey and others. The vision of the book is to build on ideas for implementing best practices, and to…
