I’m pleased to report that registrations for the St. Louis annual meeting continue to come in at a healthy pace. As of June 13, we have 1,715 registrants. Attendees will be able to register online up until onsite registration. We currently have 68 international registrants, so this is truly a global gathering.
We are also delighted to report that exhibit booth sales have reached an all time record, with 201 booths sold to 114 companies!
This is clearly shaping up to be a memorable meeting for a memorable centennial year. I hope we will be able to meet you too in St. Louis!
The Social Responsibilities Special Interest Section (SR-SIS) is coordinating the 8th annual children’s book drive this year in St. Louis. The theme in the Show Me State is Show Me the Books! This year’s efforts will benefit two of the neediest schools in the St. Louis area, Wellston School District’s Central Elementary and St. Louis City School District’s Vashon 9th Grade Academy.
You can help by donating cash, checks, or books that are appropriate for the age groups in the two schools. Please leave donations at the Social Responsibilities SIS table in the exhibit area. Alternatively, it is still not too late to order books from Amazon.com. Just go here. Books appropriate for the Wellston students are listed on the "2006 Elementary School List," and Vashon’s preferred titles can be found on the "2006 9th Grade List." Your donation will be shipped directly to the Book Drive Team.
More information on both schools can be found here.
Join your colleagues on Tuesday, July 11, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. for the hot, Hot Topic in St. Louis: Prepare for the Worst, Hope for the Best: Using a Library Disaster Plan Template to Prepare the Library's Disaster Plan.
Disasters can range from plumbing leaks and broken water pipes to major catastrophes, such as hurricanes and fires. Good disaster planning can make it possible to get your library back into operation. Speaker, Jeanne Drewes, Preservation Directorate's Supervisory Librarian, Library of Congress, and managing editor of Insurance and Risk Management for Libraries, will walk attendees through creating a library disaster plan using a template, which will be available on the Educational Program Handout Materials Collection site (please note the site will not be open until next week – look for an email announcement). Attendees are strongly encouraged to bring the template. Ms. Drewes will review existing disaster plans (limit 5 plans) while she is at AALL.
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? 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 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.
Our information last week about Susan Siebers authoring the article in the May 2006 issue of Law Office Administrator titled, "How to Hire and What to Expect from Today’s Law Librarian" was incorrect. As Susan said in a recent communiqué, "thank you for the nice mention in your From the Desk of, but I didn't write the article. I was interviewed for it, but the article was written by Bill Kimbro." Our apologies to Mr. Kimbro.
Sincerely,
Susan E. Fox, CAE
Executive Director
American Association of Law Libraries
53 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 940
Chicago, IL 60604
312-939-4764, ext. 11
Fax 312-431-1097
AALL: Maximizing the Power of the Law Library Community Since 1906.
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