Committee Chairpersons 2009 - 2010

Archives Co-Chairs:

Judy Lauer
N.Y.S. Supreme Court Library
Broome County Courthouse, Rm. 107
92 Court St.
Binghamton, NY 13901-3301
(607)778-2119
jlauer@nycourts.gov

Joan Hoolihan
Law Librarian
Appellate Division Law Library
50 East Avenue, Suite 100
Rochester, NY 14604
(585) 530-3262
jhooliha@courts.state.ny.us

Constitution and By-Laws Co-Chairs:

Judy Lauer
N.Y.S. Supreme Court Library
Broome County Courthouse, Rm. 107
92 Court St.
Binghamton, NY 13901-3301
(607)778-2119
jlauer@nycourts.gov

Betsy A. Vipperman
Senior Librarian for Public Services
Appellate Division Law Library
50 East Avenue, Suite 100
Rochester, NY 14604
(585) 530-3263
bvipperm@courts.state.ny.us

Corporate Sponsors Chair: Stephen Weiter
Director of College Libraries
F. Franklin Moon Library
102 Moon Library
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210
( 315) 470-6715
spweiter@esf.edu
Education Chair: Nancy Babb
Cataloging Librarian, Law Library Web Manager
University at Buffalo Law Library
Room 216 O'Brian Hall - North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260-1110
(716) 645-0394
babb@buffalo.edu
Government Relations Chair:

inactive

Grants & Scholarship Chair:

Linda C. Dean
Information Services Manager
Nixon Peabody LLP
1100 Clinton Square
Rochester, NY 14604
(585) 263-1398 (voice)
(866) 743-2146 (fax)
ldean@nixonpeabody.com

Listserv Manager:

Robert J. Weiner
Electronic Services Librarian
H. Douglas Barclay Law Library, Syracuse University College of Law
E.I. White Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1030
(315) 443-5424 (voice)
(315) 443-9567 (fax)
mailto:rjweiner@law.syr.edu

Membership Chair:

Lynn C. Fullshire
Principal Law Librarian
Supreme Court Law Library, Suffolk
220 Center Drive
Riverhead, NY11901
(631) 852-2418 (voice)
(631) 852-1782 (fax)
lfullshi@courts.state.ny.us

Newsletter Chair:

Venessa Hughes
Cataloger
Coutts Library Services
1823 Maryland Ave
Niagara Falls, NY  14305-1708
(716) 566-0945
hughesv@gmail.com

Nominations Chair: Elaine Knecht
Director of Information Resources
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
1100 M&T Center, 3 Fountain Plaza
Buffalo, NY14203-1414
(716) 566-1595 (voice)
eknecht@hblaw.com
Public Relations Chair:

Sally Legendre
Principal Librarian (Reference)
NYS Library, 6th Floor
Cultural Education Center
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12230
(518) 473-2910
slegendr@mail.nysed.gov

Vendors Chair: Timothy C. Hunt, Esq.
Principal Law Librarian
Supreme Court Law Library at Rochester
Room 525 Hall of Justice
Rochester, NY 14614
(585) 428-1854 (voice)
(585) 428-3182 (fax)
thunt@courts.state.ny.us
Web Designer: Nancy Babb
Cataloging Librarian, Law Library Web Manager
University at Buffalo Law Library
Room 216 O'Brian Hall - North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260-1110
(716) 645-0394
babb@buffalo.edu

Archives Committee
Co-Chairs:
Judy Lauer and Joan Hoolihan
The Archives Committee is charged with storing and maintaining the archives of the Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York. The Chair of the Archives Committee will be the Archivist.

Constitution and By-Laws Committee
Co-Chairs:
Judy Lauer and Betsy Vipperman
Charged with reviewing and revising, when necessary, the ALLUNY Constitution and By-Laws, with an eye toward conforming with AALL. The recommendation is to retain this as a standing committee. The board and officers frequently have questions regarding the current By-Laws and Constitution during their various meetings and require interpretation from this committee chair.

Corporate Sponsors Committee
Chair:
Stephen Weiter
Responsible for coordination of corporate sponsorship for Annual Meeting events.

Education Committee
Chair:
Nancy Babb
Charged to act as a clearinghouse for program ideas for the Association. This committee will be responsible for planning and presenting workshops when they are desired by the association. It will also coordinate with the Vice-President on annual meeting programs.

Government Relations Committee
Chair:
open
Charged with monitoring legislative, regulatory and judicial developments that affect the membership of the Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York (ALLUNY) and/or the practice of law. This includes, but is not limited to the following areas: freedom of information, privacy/confidentiality, dissemination of government information, New York State Depository Library Program, telecommunications, intellectual property, funding for law libraries located in New York State, and censorship. Note: committee is inactive

Grants Committee
Chair:
Linda Dean
Charged with the responsibility for administering the Ernest H. Breuer Memorial, the Anthony Grech Award and other awards or scholarships presented by the association.

Listserv Manager: Robert J. Weiner
Responsible for the management and maintenance of the association listservs

Membership Committee
Chair:
Lynn Fullshire
Charged with the responsibility for soliciting and processing new member applications, maintaining current records of ALLUNY members, and generating the annual directory. This committee also provides labels for all association mailings.

Newsletter
Chair:
Venessa Hughes
Charged with soliciting items for inclusion in the association's newsletter. It also publishes and distributes the association's newsletter three (3) times a year.

Nominations Committee
Chair:
Elaine Knecht
Charged with soliciting the membership for those people interested in filling positions as officers and members of the board, in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the By-Laws.

Public Relations Committee
Chair:
Sally Legendre
Charged with publicizing the field of law librarianship and promoting ALLUNY on both the local and national levels.

Vendors Committee
Chair:
Timothy C. Hunt
Responsible for coordination and organization of Exhibits area at the Annual Meeting.

Web Designer: Nancy Babb
Responsible for design, organization and maintenance of the association website