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The committee shall facilitate communications between information vendors and the members of the American Association of Law Libraries and the Executive Board in matters relating to provision of information in any format.

The committee shall monitor complaints and provide constructive suggestions to vendors.

The committee shall foster a cooperative working relationship between librarians and information vendors.

The committee shall keep the membership informed of developments in legal publishing.

The committee represents the interests of all librarians, and neither it nor its members will represent or advocate for the benefit of any one publisher or information vendor.

AALL Best New Product Award:

How to Nominate a Product for the 2008 Award

Have you discovered any great new library products this past year? If so, let us know! It is time to nominate these products for AALL’s New Product Award.

The New Product Award honors a new and innovative commercial legal information product that enhances or improves existing law library services and/or procedures. New products may include, but are not limited to, printed material, computer hardware and/or software, or other products or devices that aid or improve access to legal information, the legal research process, or procedures for technical processing of library materials. Any product that has been re-introduced in a new format or with substantial changes is also available. A new product is one that has been in the library-related marketplace for two years or less.

All AALL members are encouraged to think about the exciting new information products being used in their libraries and to send us their nominations for this award. Recipients of the New Product Award need not hold membership in AALL. Nominations for this award may be made by any AALL member and by vendors nominating their own products. 

To Submit a Nomination for the 2008 Award:

Please complete the nomination form. Deadline for receipt of submissions is January 14, 2008.

If you are a librarian nominating a product, please give as much information about the product as possible. The New Product Awards Subcommittee will contact the publisher of the product for any further information required.

If you are a vendor or publisher nominating a hardcopy product, please submit the form along with a sample product, if available. If you are nominating a Web-based or online product, please submit the form with all necessary contact information, including URL(s) and temporary login and password information.

For hardcopy products, brochures, and/or any other materials, we recommend that you send eight copies for the New Product Award Subcommittee and the AALL Awards Committee.

Please send completed forms and documents to:

Joseph P. Hinger

Associate Director for Technical Services

St. John’s University

Rittenberg Law Library

8000 Utopia Parkway

Jamaica, NY 11439

718/990-1582

Fax: 718/990-6649

hingerj@stjohns.edu

The deadline for submissions is January 14, 2008.


Previous Award Winners:

2007 No Award

2006 No Award

2005 The Making of Modern Law - Thomson Gale

2004 Jenkins Law Library and American Lawyer Media - Palawlibrary.com

2003 No Award

2002 No Award

2001 Hein-on-Line

2000 IndexMaster - "IndexMaster"

1999 West Group - "KeyCite"

1998 Congressional Information Services, Inc. - "CIS Congressional Universe"

1997 Bureau of National Affairs, "Health Law and Business Series" (print & CD-ROM)

1996 No award

1995 Shepard's McGraw-Hill, Inc.


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