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MEETING PROGRAM
Southwestern Association of Law Libraries (SWALL)
44th Annual Meeting
Thursday, April 18, 2002
through
Saturday, April 20, 2002
The Radisson Plaza Hotel
815 Main Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Thursday,
April 18
8:00
a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration and Hospitality
11:00
a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Exhibits
(PC-2)
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Pre-conference Program:
Legal Information Services to the Public
Location: Texas Wesleyan University School of Law Library
(walking distance from hotel)
Speakers:
Sharon Blackburn, Head of Reference and Instruction, Texas Tech
University School of Law Library
Jill Henderson, Law Librarian, Taylor County Law Library
Amy Hale Janeke, Reference Librarian, San Diego County Public Law Library
Coordinators: Elizabeth Schneider, Librarian, Plattner, Schneidman & Schneider,
and Peggy Martindale, Assistant Director, Tarrant County Law Library
Designed
to introduce public, special, and academic librarians to the primary sources
of state law they are likely to encounter in responding to legal reference
questions. Presenters will discuss Texas statutes, the Texas court system
and cases, legal resources available on the internet, and conducting the
legal reference interview.
12:00
- 1:15 p.m.
Opening Lunch–Speaker
to be announced
Coordinator: Susan Phillips, Local Arrangements Chair, Director, Texas Wesleyan
School of Law Library
(A-1) 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Privacy and the Internet: Protecting Yourself Online
Now
Available:
PowerPoint
Slides from Mitchell Winick
Speakers:
Mitchell Winick, Assistant Dean for External Affairs, Texas Tech University
School of Law
Moderator: Martha White, Assistant Librarian, Vinson & Elkins
Coordinator:
Sharon Blackburn, Head of Reference and Instruction, Texas Tech University
School of Law Library
Surfing
the Internet always had its risks, but with the events of September 11, have
our jobs as information professionals gotten harder? Will government become
more intrusive? Will we be able to balance the searchers’ right to privacy
with commerce’s need to gather information? Are there ways now that a
searcher can protect his or her identity when searching? For answers to
these questions (and many more besides), please join our speakers for a
lively discussion of privacy law and the Internet plus the nuts and bolts of
protecting yourself online.
(A-2)
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
The Solo Librarian’s Guide to Marketing on a Shoestring
Speakers:
Beth Dempsey, Manager of Corporate Communications for the Gale Group
Mary Mercatante, Senior Director of Marketing for the Gale Group
Coordinator:
Monica Ortale, Faculty Services & Reference Librarian, South Texas
College of Law Library
Learn
about economical ways you can market and publicize the services your law
library offers.
Here’s a "Marketing and PR 101" session that will offer you
easy-to-implement, non-expensive strategies that will help our library get
noticed! Participants will receive step-by-step plans and materials.
3:00
- 3:30 p.m. Break
(B-1)
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
Speaker:
Anne E. Burnett, Reference/Foreign & International Law Librarian,
University of Georgia Law Library
Coordinator:
David Gay, International and Comparative Law Library and 1st Year
CALR Instructor, Mabee Legal Information Center, University of Tulsa
Anne
Burnett, Chair of the AALL Government Relations Committee, will give us an
update on issues and actions of the Government Relations Committee including
the activities of the Washington Affairs Office of AALL.
(B-2)
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Law Made Public: Teaching Basic Legal Research to Pro Se Patrons, Paralegals,
Law Students, New Associates and All Others In Between
Speaker:
Amy Hale Janeke, Reference Librarian, San Diego County Public Law Library
Coordinator:
Kathryn C. Fitzhugh, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Library
The
information age has forced law librarians to shift into new roles – as
teachers, instructors, and guides. Although many patrons come to us with
varying levels of legal knowledge, many of them ask the same type of
questions. Thus, teaching patrons how to use the law library is the next
logical step in the right direction. This program will demonstrate how to
craft a lesson plan, design handouts, and compose marketing materials to
promote a public legal research class. It will also demonstrate how to
effectively present the material and discuss how to effectively market your
class.
6:00
- 9:00 p.m. SWALL Dinner
Location: Texas Wild! Fort Worth Zoo
Coordinator: Susan Phillips
Come
ride the Yellow Rose Express to the town square of the Texas Wild! Here you
will enjoy the Wild Wonders show where you are introduced to some of the
kinfolk of the zoo. Then grab your favorite grub at the Bluebonnet Café–pasta,
mashed potato-tinis, and fajitas with all the fixins’. Next, mosey on over
to the ice cream parlor and enjoy a heapin’ scoop of Blue Bell ice cream.
Afterwards, take a stroll through the square, ride the Country Carousel,
explore the Playbarn and enjoy the stars. Of course, the General Store will
be open to purchase those must-have souvenirs!
Friday,
April 19
7:30
a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration
9:00
a.m - 5:30 p.m. Exhibits
7:30
- 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast and SWALL Annual General Business Meeting Including Report from
Barbara Bintliff, AALL President
Coordinator: Beth Youngdale
9:15
- 10:30 a.m.
Plenary Meeting
Speaker: Bob Berring, Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law,
University of California School of Law Library
Coordinator: Kathryn C. Fitzhugh, Reference/Special Collections Librarian, UALR/Pulaski
County Law Library
10:30
- 10:45 a.m. Break
(C-1)
10:45 a.m. - Noon
Wireless World
Now
available:
PowerPoint
presentation from David Whelan
Moderator: Jim Hambleton, Associate Dean for Budgeting & Planning, Texas Wesleyan
University School of Law
Speakers: David Whelan, Director, ABA Legal Technology Resource Center; Greg
Ivy, Associate Director, Underwood Law Library, Dedman School of Law,
Southern Methodist University
Coordinator: Sharon Blackburn, Head of Reference and Instruction, Texas Tech University
School of Law Library
Contemplating
installing a wireless network? Or are you an old hand with wireless
technology? Whatever your knowledge with the wireless world, our speakers
will bring you up to date on the latest advances, the pitfalls to avoid,
and the exciting opportunities for law libraries and wireless technology.
(C-2)
10:45
a.m. - Noon
The Acquisition of International and Foreign Legal Materials
Panel:
Anne
E. Burnett, Reference/Foreign & International Law Librarian,
University of Georgia Law Library
Jonathan Pratter, International Law Librarian & Lecturer, Tarlton Law Library,
University of Texas at Austin
Coordinator: David
Gay, International and Comparative Law Library and 1st Year
CALR Instructor, Mabee
Legal Information Center, University of Tulsa College of Law
Anne
Burnett and Jonathan Pratter, two well-known and respected law librarians
in the area of international and foreign law will share their respective
experience in the arena. Among areas of discussion will be reports of
experience with vendors and the explosion of international legal materials
in electronic format, especially on the Internet.
Noon
- 2:00 p.m. Lunch
(D-1)
2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Juicing Up Your Web Pages with Javascript
Speaker
and Coordinator: Kevin
Miles, Manager of Library Services, Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Knox, LLP,
Dallas
Javascript
was born in 1995 as a scripting language to liven up web pages. Originally
known as Netscape’s "Livewire," today, it is in version
1.4. Kevin Miles will demonstrate 15 useful scripts with codes you
can take home to liven up your website or Intranet. Although this
session is not designed to make you a Javascript programmer, you will know
enough to be dangerous.
(D-2)
2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Immigration Law: Basic Concepts and Recent Developments
Now
Available:
PowerPoint Slides from Paul Zoltan
and Rodney Malpert
Speakers:
Rodney Malpert, Senior Counsel for Texas Instruments and adjunct professor of
immigration law at Southern Methodist University Law School. Mr. Malpert
is the editor and co-author of Business Immigration Law: Strategies for
Employing Foreign Nationals.
Paul Zoltan
is an immigration lawyer in private practice, working primarily with
refugees and asylum seekers. He also handles family-based visa petitions
and applications for residency based upon hardship or domestic abuse.
Coordinator: Mon
Yin Lung, Public Services Librarian, University of Kansas School of Law
Library
After
September 11, 2001, there was much discussion closing U. S. borders and
closing loopholes in our immigration law to shut out terrorists. Our
relationships with immigrants are continuously reflected in our
immigration laws. As law librarians we need to understand the basics and
the current developments in the field. Our experts will provide the best
opportunity.
3:15
- 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30
- 5:00 p.m.
Concurrent Roundtables
County Law Librarians
Private Law Librarians
Academic Law Librarians
Solo Law Librarians
Dinner on Your Own
Saturday,
April 20
7:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Registration
9:00
a.m. - Noon Exhibits
7:30
- 9:00 a.m.
Deluxe
Continental Breakfast
(E-1)
9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Managing Up
Speaker: Danita
Chaney, Organizational Effectiveness Division, Southern Methodist
University, Department of Human Resources
Moderator: Laura Justiss, Reference Librarian for Electronic Services, Underwood Law Library,
Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University
Whether
you realize it or not, you share in the responsibility for managing the
relationship between yourself and your manager. If you take advantage
of this responsibility, you can strengthen your motivation, productivity,
and overall quality of life. Managing Up is a way of assuming this
responsibility and consciously improving collaboration with your manager(s)
so that you can realize the best personal and organizational results. This program will help law librarians become motivated and act confidently
in their relationships with managing partners, judges, deans, and directors.
(E-2)
9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Tech Gadgets: Not Just Toys Anymore
Coordinator: June
Liebert
Speakers: June Liebert, University of Texas, Jamail Center for Legal Research, Tarlton Law
Library, and Kristina Niedringhaus, Associate Director, Georgia State University College of Law
Library
Do
you sometimes feel that the new technology gizmos aren’t good for much
more than expensive toys? We’ll show you some tech tools that really work
... and some that play, too.
10:15
- 10:30 a.m. Break
(F-1)
10:30 a.m. - Noon
Excel Spreadsheet Magic
Speaker
and Coordinator: Kevin
Miles, Manager of Library Services, Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Knox
A
review of Excel’s short-cuts and custom entry forms using Visual Basics
Applications (VBA). Handouts will be provided.
(F-2)
10:30 a.m. - Noon
"I Can’t Get No ... Satisfaction" (With Apologies to Mick and the
Boys): User
Survey Formats in Law Libraries
Moderator: Brandon
Quarles, Director, Baylor University Law Library
Speakers: Susan
Phillips, Director, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law Library and Anna
Teller, Associate Director, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law Library
Coordinator: Susan
Phillips
Law
libraries are often required to conduct assessments to evaluate current
services, to plan future services, or to demonstrate the importance of their
very existence within an organization. The program will focus on some of
the various methods of conducting library surveys. Although paper
surveys will be touched upon, specific focus will be on electronic survey
formats including e-mail, bulletin boards, Web surveys, and survey software.
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