President’s Desk: Education Summit Results

Dear All,

I am happy to report to you our exciting news resulting from the work of the Education Summit held in September 2005, and particularly the following decisions taken by the Executive Board at its April 1, 2006, meeting in Chicago.

1. Approval of an Education Manager position, to be hired by our Executive Director.



2. Appointment of a one-year Special Committee on Continuing Professional Education by the Vice President/President-Elect, to work on implementation policies.



3. Financial support through the transfer of $25,000 funds from the Current Reserve to a new line for the AALL/BNA Continuing Education Grant Fund, with generous support from BNA., Inc.



4. A three year exception to AALL financial policy, revoking application of AALL overhead fees to the cost of presenting continuing education programs outside the Annual Meeting.



5. Approval of an AALL Leadership Institute, to be held in February 2007 at the University of Arizona, proposed by the Special Committee on Training the Next Generation of Law Librarians, Michael Chiorazzi, chair.



6. Approval of an AALL Workshop on Law Firm Library Management, generously funded by BNA, Inc., geared to the needs of law firm librarians, proposed by Mark Estes, Jill Sidford, and Kay Todd.

What do these plans mean to you as a member?

1. Effective immediately, additional opportunities for proposing programs can occur outside of the Annual Meeting process. You are encouraged to submit grant proposals.



2. The Calendar of Events is now operational.



3. You can soon use and contribute to an online Speakers Bureau Roster.

Our three-pronged Strategic Directions include components on leadership, advocacy, and education. We have addressed education planning first and funded initiatives. You told us what you need for educational opportunities, and we’re happy to bring this news to you.

We are most pleased with reporting these developments to you because the work of the participants in the Education Summit was so valuable to our examination of our Association mission and goals, and the work coming out of the summit has influenced our Strategic Directions and implementation of objectives.

Thanks to all of you for your hard work and dedication in making this happen. These initiatives result from the work of the three task forces that were appointed after the Education Summit, the Task Force on Framework and Oversight, the Task Force on Funding, and the Task Force on Calendaring and Speakers' Bureau. The task force reports are available, under the task force web sites.

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Best regards,

Claire M. Germain
AALL President
Edward Cornell Law Librarian & Professor of Law
Director, Dual Degree Programs, Paris & Berlin
Cornell Law School
365 Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Tel. (607) 255 5857
Fax (607) 255 1357
cmg13@cornell.edu

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