We
received 564 responses to our Educational
Needs Assessment Survey via our online
distribution, now we hope that the
rest of you will take the opportunity
to respond to the survey when it arrives
in your mailbox via US Post. We understand
that some members who responded online
also received a hard copy of the survey.
We asked Gary Siegel, the consultant
for the needs assessment survey, about
this and he tells us,
“There
are two possible reasons for the duplication:
1)
the on-line survey was completed within
about 4 days of the mail survey and
our mailing list could not be updated
[or],
2)
the respondent did not access the
survey from the letter that was emailed.
If they clicked on the link that was
in the email we captured their ID
number and they were not sent a questionnaire
by mail. If they did not click on
the link (i.e., they accessed the
survey by copying the email address,
or by getting to the survey via the
AALL web site, or by having another
AALL member forward their email to
this respondent) then we were unable
to identify the respondent, and that
respondent will receive a survey via
the U.S. Postal Service.”™
We
hope that you will fill out the survey
and give us benefit of your opinion
on this very important issue.
It
is with the generous support of BNA,
Inc. that we are able
to produce this survey. BNA,
Inc.’s ongoing
support of continuing education for
law librarians has enabled AALL to
reach a new level of maturity in programming.
We deeply appreciate their financial
assistance.
Mary
Alice Baish, AALL’s
Associate Washington Affairs Representative,
informed us this week that “Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) Director
Mitch Daniels credits the library community
with helping him understand our concerns
with the proposed changes to Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) that would
allow agencies to procure their own
printing outside the Government Printing
Office (GPO). Law librarians were leaders
in the advocacy campaign last December
by submitting substantive comments to
the FAR Council explaining how the proposed
changes would harm public access and
threaten the Federal Depository Library
Program (FDLP).
AALL
has awarded seven LexisNexis™/John
R. Johnson Memorial Scholarships
totaling $11,000 to law librarians enrolled
in advanced-degree programs. The John
R. Johnson Memorial Scholarship recognizes
those law librarians who have exhibited
high academic achievement and assists
those who want to enter the field of
law librarianship. This year’s
scholarship recipients can be found
here
AALL
and LexisNexis have awarded close to
$2,500 in grants to six library students
and three librarians to attend the AALL
Annual Meeting and Conference July 12-16
in Seattle. This year’s grant
recipients can be found here
The
plenary sessions at this year’s
Annual
Meeting in Seattle will
feature two dynamic librarians discussing
why law librarians must maximize their
informational skills today as they envision
the challenges of tomorrow’s libraries.
Peter
R. Young, director of the
National Agricultural Library, will
be the keynote speaker for Plenary
Session I at 3 p.m. on July 13. His
session, “The Future of the
Past: Postmodern Library Realities,”
will explore the changing landscapes
for the library’s mission, the
nature of research, media formats,
information policies and network technologies.
Eugenie
Prime, manager of Hewlett-Packard
Corporate Libraries, is the keynote
speaker for Plenary Session II at
9 a.m. on July 15. Prime will address
the critical elements of “Bifocal
Vision,” which will allow librarians
to deal with the challenges, problems,
crises and solutions of today’s
ever-changing information sphere.
Don’t
miss this opportunity to renew your
enthusiasm for the challenging and
valuable services we provide to our
patrons. Make it a point to attend
the plenary sessions at this year’s
Annual Meeting and hear the messages
from these outstanding leaders of
our profession.
Ruth
J. Hill, Chair, 2003
Annual Meeting Program Committee
By
now you should have received your dues
renewal from AALL. Don’t forget
to renew your membership now so you
don’t lose access to all the benefits
and information AALL has to offer!
