The AALL 2005 Biennial Salary Survey and Organizational Characteristics is now available for free in the members-only section of AALLNET.
This brand-new edition is the only source for up-to-date information about salaries for law librarians and other law library employees who work in academic libraries; private firms and corporate libraries; and state, court, and county law libraries. The survey is customized to provide information unique to the needs of these types of libraries, including position, region, gender, education, years in current position, years of experience, and membership in AALL. The section on organizational characteristics examines the salary data within the context of the size of library budgets, staff, and user ratios.
The survey was carried out this May through August in complete confidentiality by Association Research, Inc., a professional research firm in Rockville, Maryland, that works exclusively with nonprofit organizations.
Printed copies of the 2005 Biennial Salary Survey and Organizational Characteristics will be available for purchase and shipment in October; $110 for AALL members and $175 for nonmembers. The Association is accepting advance orders by e-mail at orders@aall.org, by fax at 312/431-1097, or by calling AALL Headquarters at 312/939-4764, extension 12.
Approximately 70 volunteers representing AALL Chapters, SISs, Executive Board and others came together on September 23-24 to discuss strategies for continuing education and the professional development of law librarians outside of our annual meeting programs. The summit helped us identify priorities and set strategies for the next three years. The group established agreement around the roles of the three entities (Chapters, SISs, AALL) and articulated five areas that are most crucial for success:
- Grant funding to help course developers create new educational programming
- Repackaging annual meeting materials/programs for distribution outside of the annual meeting
- Creating a clearinghouse/calendar of educational opportunities
- Creating a speakers’ bureau database
- Providing technical expertise and a technical platform to assist Chapters and SISs in their educational activities.
President Claire Germain is working with the Executive Board in appointing task forces to create a structured approach and framework on how to provide an integrated professional development program for the next three years. The next board meeting is October 14-15 and the board plans to spend half a day discussing and ratifying next steps from the summit. You will learn more about this work as it unfolds.
Meanwhile, the technical team here at headquarters is working hard on creating a robust calendaring system that will provide an overview of educational opportunities nationwide.
| The AALL candidate biographies are now up on AALLNET and I encourage you to read these thoughtful statements. The deadline for receiving petition candidates at AALL is October 9th. The deadline for requesting an optional paper ballot is October 10th (please send requests to Gina Bordelon, Membership Services Assistant, 312-939-4764, ext. 12). Electronic polls will open on November 1st and will close on December 1st. |
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The AALL Research Committee is accepting applications for research grants totaling up to $5,000 from the AALL/Aspen Publishers Grant Program. The deadline for applications is October 28.
We are just about to draw to a close the first annual Professional Legal Management Week, cosponsored by the ABA Law Practice Management Section, AALL, International Legal Technology Association, International Paralegal Management Association, Legal Marketing Association and NALP – The Association for Legal Career Professionals. If you or your library conducted any activities in recognition of Professional Legal Management Week, please let me know. This is a terrific opportunity to recognize those in legal management, law libraries |
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During National Library Week 2005 (April 10-16), AALL members took a wide range of photographs of law librarians working, meeting, teaching, and doing all that law librarians do in a given day or week. Fifty-five AALL members from 47 different law libraries across the country submitted more than 180 photos to the contest. Congratulations to the winners, and many thanks to each and every member who participated and shared their photos with AALL. Winning photographs may be viewed on AALLNET.
Detailed information on the winners can be found here.
All programs are free. To register online go to http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/library/trng_reg.htm, e-mail NYSLTRN@mail.nysed.gov or call 518-474-2274. All classes will be held in the Librarians Room in the State Library, which is on the 7th floor of the Cultural Education Center, Madison Avenue, Albany, unless otherwise indicated. The New York State Library/Reference Services, Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230 (518-474-5355); http://www.nysl.nysed.gov. The classes are:
Legal Research - Loislaw
Stephanie Barrett, Senior Librarian with the New York State Library, will conduct this hands-on session in searching the Loislaw database. This database is a source for case law, statutes and acts, administrative rules and regulations, court rules, and more. Jurisdictions cover both federal and state. This session is limited to 12 people and will be held in the computer classroom on the 7th floor of the New York State Library. No food or drink is permitted in the computer classroom. Wednesday, October 12th, 12:15-1:15 p.m.
Genealogy - Court Records
Retired Judge John Austin will discuss New York State Court System records and the genealogical information that may be obtained from them. Included in this talk will be the locations of court records, types of court cases that yield family history information, pointers to published guides, and transcripts. Judge Austin presided in County, Surrogate's, and Family courts in Warren County. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists and served as Editor of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register in the 1970's. Wednesday, October 19th, 12:15-1:15 p.m.
Personal Documents - Professional Preservation Techniques
Susan Bove, Conservation Specialist with the New York State Archives, will give a presentation on the preservation of personal documents including paper records, albums, photographs, scrapbooks, and audio-visual materials. She will discuss the factors that contribute to deterioration of materials, and how various materials should be handled and properly stored. Wednesday, October 26th, 12:15-1:15 p.m.
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
sfox@aall.org
AALL: Maximizing the Power of the Law Library Community Since 1906.
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