Plans are coming along well for the 99th Annual Meeting in St. Louis, July 8-12. Our latest statistical report shows that we currently have 1,596 people registered. Most impressive is the number of exhibitors this year – we will break all records with 198 booths and 111 exhibiting companies. Do join us as we celebrate our Centennial and learn all about Pioneering Change.
If you are wondering why this is our 99th Annual Meeting during our Centennial Year, our esteemed historian Frank Houdek informs us that AALL skipped a meeting during one of the World Wars. We will therefore celebrate our 100th Annual Meeting next year in New Orleans.
I am very pleased to announce that Celeste Smith will join the AALL staff on Monday, June 12th in a newly created full-time position of Education Manager. Celeste comes to us from her own independent consultancy, and following six years with Productivity Point, International, a training company providing technology based solutions to the public and private sectors.
What set Celeste apart in a highly competitive field was her in-depth understanding of adult learning strategies and instructional design, her experience with interactive e-learning initiatives, and her keen interest in the field of legal information and information policy.
She will join us at the Annual Meeting in St. Louis so please make a point of greeting her and welcoming her to the fold.
The Awards Committee of the Technical Services SIS is pleased to announce that this year’s winner of the Renee D. Chapman Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship is Georgia Briscoe.
Georgia is Associate Director and Head of Technical Services at the University of Colorado’s Boulder Law Library. She has also taken an active role in AALL and the Technical Services SIS.
The award will be presented at the 5:30 p.m. Technical Services SIS business meeting at the AALL annual meeting, July 9, 2006. Please join with the SIS in honoring Georgia Briscoe for her leadership and commitment to technical services librarianship.
Pam Deemer
Chair of the TS-SIS Awards Committee 2005-2006
Help ensure that your listing in the 2006-2007 AALL Directory and Handbook is accurate—update your public address in the AALLNET Members Only Section by June 30.
Your public address will be included in the print edition of the 2006-2007 AALL Directory and Handbook. Please make sure this information is up to date and accurate. Enter the AALLNET Members Only Section at your convenience to update your public address.
Did you change jobs this year? Please note that you are not able to change your employer information online. Please contact Membership Services Coordinator Hannah Phelps at 312/939-4764, extension 10, before June 30 to update your employer information.
Please note too that the Directory will not be printed and distributed until October. However, changes made after June 30 will not be in the Directory. If you know that your contact information will change between now and then, please send the new information to Hannah before June 30.
If you do not want to be listed in the Directory, you can exclude your listing under "Mail Options" in the AALLNET Members Only Section.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced today that the Partnership for a Nation of Learners will sponsor a second national/local Community Collaboration Videoconference on June 19, from 1-3 p.m., ET.
Building on the success of the first event (November 30, 2005), which helped initiate, strengthen, and renew relationships among local, libraries, museums, and public broadcasting television and radio stations, the second videoconference will focus on real-life partnering tactics, such as developing appropriate roles for each partner and building a case for support. More than 40 public television stations across the country are expected to downlink the PBS-fed videoconference in their studios. The videoconference will be produced at WETA in Washington, D.C., and will once again feature Ray Suarez, senior correspondent for "The Newshour with Jim Lehrer," as the national host.
Professionals from libraries, museums, public radio stations, and other community organizations across the country are invited to participate. If you would like to attend (you need not have attended the November 30th conference), please visit the Partnership for a Nation of Learners Web site for a list of confirmed public television host sites, and contact the one nearest you by June 9.
Congratulations to Susan Siebers, Director of Library and Information Services for Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP for her article in the May 2006 issue of Law Office Administrator titled, "How to Hire and What to Expect from Today’s Law Librarian."
Congratulations also to Katherine Rosin of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP for her article, "Success by the Book," in the May/June 2006 issue of Legal Management.
Sincerely,
Susan E. Fox, CAE
Executive Director
American Association of Law Libraries
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