The
AALL 2003
Biennial Salary Survey and Organizational
Characteristics is available
FREE in the Members Only section AALLNET.
This
comprehensive report is the only source
for up-to-date information about salaries
for law librarians and other law library
employees who work in 1) academic libraries,
2) private firms and corporate libraries,
and 3) state, court and county libraries.
The survey is customized to provide
information unique to the needs of these
three types of institutional 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
printed version of the AALL 2003
Biennial Salary Survey and Organizational
Characteristics will be available
for purchase and shipment in mid-November;
$110 for AALL members and $175 for nonmembers.
We are accepting advance orders online
and by email,
by fax at 312/431-1097, or by phone
at 312/939-4764, extension 12.
The
Information
Access Alliance (AALL, Association
of Research Libraries, American Library
Association, and Medical Library Association)
issued a press release this morning expressing
disappointment in the new copyright rules
for the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA). Under
Librarian of Congress James Billington’s
ruling, the law will continue to disallow
legitimate and customary uses of digital
materials by libraries and schools. Full
text of the press release can be found
on the AALL
Washington Office web site.
It’s
hard to believe, but it’s time to
start planning for the 2004 Annual Meeting
in Boston! Important deadlines loom:
November 1: Deadline
for returning Preliminary
Scheduling Forms for Committees, SIS,
Chapters and Caucuses to schedule meetings
and events. This deadline ensures that
your meeting/event will be listed in the
Preliminary Program. Forms can also be
faxed to Pam Reisinger, Director of Meetings, at
(312) 431-1097.
November
15: Deadline for Annual Meeting
Program Coordinators to submit Speaker
Control Forms to Heidi Letzmann, Program Coordinator for
Meetings and Special Events, at fax: (312)
431-1097.
Have
you been thinking of writing an article
of interest to law librarians? Maybe you
just need a push to get started? Whether
for fame or fortune, this is your chance
to enter the AALL/LexisNexis™ Call
for Papers competition.
The
AALL/LexisNexis™
Call for Papers Committee is soliciting
articles in three categories:
Open Division for AALL members
and law librarians with five or more years
of professional experience, New
Members Division for recent graduates
and AALL members who have been in the
profession for less than five years, and
Student Division for
budding law librarians still in school
(students need not be members of AALL).
The
winner in each division receives $750
generously donated by Lexis/Nexis™,
plus the opportunity to present his or
her paper at a special program during
the AALL Annual Meeting in Boston. Winning
papers will also be considered for publication
in Law
Library Journal.
Submissions
must be postmarked by March 1.
If you have any questions please contact
Kathryn
Hensiak or Virginia
Davis.
We
need your help! We are currently contacting
members to obtain current and valid e-mail
addresses to complete your membership profiles.
If your e-mail address has changed or if
you are unable to access the members only
portion of AALLNET, please contact us and
provide any and all changes to your membership
profile. Please contact Steven
Oberhoffer if your profile information
has changed. Thanks!
Arek
Tarasiewicz is AALL’s
Web Administrator. He keeps AALLNET
current, and helps maintain the voluminous
amount of information that is available
there. He also administers our 98 (!)
discussion lists and most recently gave
the web site a bright new look. When not
working on the web site, he is a certified
Hatha yoga instructor leading several
yoga classes throughout the Chicago area.
He was even featured in the Teacher
of the Month article in YogaChicago!
I
also extend warm welcome to Julia O’Donnell, who joined the staff
last week as our Director
of Publications. She brings excellent
skills to AALL and she’s a lovely
addition to the staff. Look for her profile
here in the near future.
