December 2011

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• V.16 N.3 (December 2011) issue in its entirety

• A Day in the Life 2012

  Time to grab your camera and capture the spirit of law librarianship
  By George Carter

• Discovery Layers in Law Libraries

  A progress report on how our institutions are implementing this new technology
  By Valeri Craigle

• Partnering with ALA to Raise the Profile of Law Librarians

  My summer vacation at the ALA conference and beyond
  By Monice M. Kaczorowski

• Splitting Hairs

  What subtle distinctions teach us about authority
  By Benjamin J. Keele

• Library on a Credenza

  Well-annotated deskbooks as the new center of the private law library
  By Kevin Miles

• YOLO: The Year of the Learning Organization

  Harvard law library's year-long experiment with becoming a true learning organization
  By Kyle K. Courtney

• Macs-imizing Cataloging

  A two-week experiment cataloging on a Mac instead of a PC
  By Sally Wambold

• The NEW Normal Library Space

  Law firm libraries are becoming a compact and complex blend of print and online
  By Lucy Rieger

• SKYRIVER or OCLC?

  A Cataloger’s Choice
  By Judy Janes
  November 21, 2011

• The Leiter Perspective: Tech Services in the Digital World

  A Look at Library Anatomy, Guts, Brains, and All
  By Richard A. Leiter
  November 21, 2011

• From the Editor

  It's All in How You Say It
  By Mark Estes

• Washington Brief

  2011 Legislative Year in Review, and Why We Need You
  By Emily Feltren

• The Reference Desk

  Our library has placed some restrictions on who can access specific resources. Recently, I was trying to explain to one of our patrons why he couldn’t use a particular service and was about to suggest an alternative approach. One of my colleagues came over, took charge of the patron, and began to help him access the service he requested. I was embarrassed and checked the reference manual to make sure that I had understood the policy. It appeared that my interpretation was correct. What should I do? I’d like to avoid the chance that I’ll be embarrassed and look stupid in the future.
  By Susan Catterall

• Memorials

  Catherine E. Mealey

• Member to Member

  What are three items on your "bucket list"?

• Views from You

  Boyd Law Building at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and Dorraine Zief Law Library at the University of San Francisco School of Law

• Financial Assistance for Your Education

  Apply for an AALL scholarship

• The Call for Papers Has Begun

• Members' Briefing

  AALLNET 2.0

• December 2011 Cover