Below is a list of programs that will be sponsored by ALL-SIS at the annual meeting in Portland in 2008. Ten programs will be included in the AMPC programs, including one workshop, and three will be run as alternate programs, for a total of thirteen ALL-SIS sponsored programs.
AMPC Programs
A-1: The Library's Role in Educating Lawyers: Considering the Carnegie Report
Sunday, July 13, 1:30–2:45PM
Level: Introductory
Audience: All librarians interested in legal education
Competency addressed: Teaching
The curriculum used in most law schools has changed very little since Christopher Langdell developed the case method in the 1870s. In recent years, however, a growing number of legal educators and members of the profession have been advocating for curriculum reform—enhancing the practice-oriented skills of law students, in particular. The Carnegie Foundation's Report, Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law, has been used as a springboard for such discussions by various law schools and legal education associations. An author of the Carnegie Report will provide an overview of the observations and recommendations of in the Carnegie Report, as well as the learning theories behind these recommendations. A panel of library directors and legal educators will then discuss the roles that libraries can play in curriculum reform, and the services, programs and courses librarians can offer to make graduates more "practice ready." Time will be allotted for attendees to ask questions and make suggestions at the end of the presentation.
- Kim Clarke, Coordinator and Moderator, Pacific McGeorge School of Law Library
- Billie Jo Kaufman, American University, Washington College of Law
- Elizabeth Rindskopf-Parker, Pacific McGeorge School of Law
- Judith W. Wegner, University of North Carolina School of Law
A-6: From Books to Facebook: Can We Energize Privacy as Library 2.0 Services Evolve?
Sunday, July 13, 1:30–2:45PM
Level: Intermediate
Audience: public services, administrative, and IT librarians in academic, firm and government law libraries
Competency addressed: Reference, Research and Patron Services
Some warn that to stay relevant libraries must embrace participatory networks like Facebook or Del.icio.us as tools for effective learning, building Library 2.0 services—even at the expense of privacy. Others assert library privacy and anonymous reading are protected by librarians' professional ethics and the law and are essential to our democracy. How might libraries limit or prevent the collection and secondary uses of personally identifying information used in Library 2.0 services? Speakers will demonstrate Library 2.0 services, identify how they may threaten privacy, and explore options for preserving privacy in the world of changing technologies and changing values. Participants will track scenarios of how to weigh privacy interests against innovative library services and will consider solutions appropriate for different environments, including their home library.
- Anne Klinefelter, Speaker, Coordinator and Moderator, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Kumar Jayasuriya, Georgetown Law Library
- Lance Hayden
C-3: Explore the Real World in Real Time: Making Legal News on Jurist (co-sponsored with CS-SIS)
Sunday, July 13, 4:15–5:15PM
Level: Intermediate
Audience: Law librarians interested in providing quality real time research content via blogware, RSS, and other delivery systems
Competency addressed: Information Technology
Explore how the real time legal research and ready reference techniques now employed by many law librarians are elaborated and applied every day to legal news production on JURIST (jurist.law.pitt.edu), the Webby-winning legal news service headquartered at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. JURIST Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Professor Bernard Hibbitts and a member of JURIST's law student staff will discuss the challenges of covering appropriate national and international legal developments as they happen, researching and contextualizing them with reliable primary and secondary sources under intense real-time pressure, writing them up in an internet-friendly manner as members of virtual editorial teams, and delivering them over user-friendly publishing software to a worldwide audience on the Web while maintaining essential quality control. They will demonstrate how law librarians interested in working with Internet-based resources on a small or large scale can provide quality real time research content online to domestic and worldwide audiences via blogware, RSS, and other delivery systems.
- Bernard Hibbitz, JURIST
- Ruth Levor, Moderator and Coordinator, University of San Diego Law Library
E-2: A Century in the Making: Researching Legal Ethics Today
Monday, July 14, 9:45–10:30AM
Level: Intermediate
Audience: Reference and research librarians from all types of law libraries
Competency addressed: Reference, Research and Patron Services
2008 marks the 100th Anniversary of the ABA's adoption of the Canons of Professional Ethics. In recognition of this occasion, the presenters will analyze and contrast the essential print and electronic resources for researching issues in legal ethics and the law governing lawyers in today's research environment. The size and complexity of the Internet, combined with the variety of specialized electronic databases found in law libraries today, has transformed the ways in which law students, attorneys and librarians research this important area of law. The presenters will incorporate into the presentation a discussion of recent issues in legal ethics, and they will use this dialogue as a platform for highlighting the research tools and methodologies relevant to the teaching and practice of this essential subject.
- Lee Peoples, Oklahoma City University School of Law Library
- Steve Young, Catholic University of America Law School Library
- Kumar Jayasuriya, Moderator, Georgetown Law Library
E-4: 30 Critical Technology Tools: Free and Inexpensive Software to Help your Daily Life
Monday, July 14, 9:45–10:30AM
Level: Intermediate
Audience: Library staff who use computers frequently for reference, research or web maintenance
Competency addressed: Information Technology
This will be a fast-paced program to show thirty software programs or web-based services useful for managing and interacting with information on computers. There are a wealth of free and low-cost services and programs available. Many of them are underutilized. Software and services to be presented will include file download managers, research collection tools, web-based messaging clients, browser add-ons for troubleshooting web sites, free tools for creating Internet web browser toolbars, and several web-based services. Here are names of services likely to be covered in this session: Firebug, Web Developer Toolbar, Conduit.com, Meebo, Kuler, Zotero, AddThis.com, and the list goes on.
- Roger Skalbeck, Speaker, Coordinator and Moderator, Georgetown Law Library
- Barbara Fullerton, 10KWizard
- Susan Skyzinski, Greenberg Traurig
F-4: Energize Your Catalog! Get Electronic Titles Out of Their Silos and Into Your OPAC
Monday, July 14, 10:45–11:45AM
Level: Advanced
Audience: All librarians interested in improving patron access by adding records for electronic titles to their online catalogs
Competency addressed: Collection Care and Management
Law libraries invest in an ever-growing number of electronic databases such as BNA, CCH, LexisNexis, LLMC Digital, RIA, and Westlaw. Do our users have equal access to the content in these databases if we do not catalog the titles within them? Find out how some law libraries are integrating titles from bundled electronic databases into their catalogs. Panelists will discuss different options such as purchasing MARC records and title coverage lists, modifying OCLC and vendor-supplied records, and employing federated searching and open URL resolvers. We will highlight costs, staffing needs, upkeep, and sustainability. Panelists will also envision the next steps we can take as a group to reduce the barriers our users face.
- Mary Ann Hyatt, Coordinator and Moderator, University of Oregon Law School Library
- Mary Jane Kelsey, Yale Law School Library
- Susan Goldner, UALR/Pulaski County Law Library, William H. Bowen School of Law, University of Arkansas At Little Rock
- Iiona Tsutsui, University of Oregon Law School Library
G-1: Beyond Volume Count: Exploring the Evolving Tools for Evaluating Library Quality
Monday, July 15, 4:00–5:15PM
Level: Intermediate
Audience: Library administrators and public services librarians in academic, law firm, and government law libraries
Competency addressed: Library Management
Traditionally, organizations, including the ABA and the AALS, have evaluated a law library's quality primarily by measuring its physical collection. As more information becomes available electronically, physical measurements, like volume count, should become just one of many ways to judge libraries' contribution to parent organizations. This session will consider different ways that libraries can use patron feedback to assess quality of a law library and to develop new services. Participants will evaluate innovative methods such as LibQUAL+ and suggest ways to design newer methods to gather feedback on a smaller scale, focused on specific users and services. The program will evaluate ways to harness Web 2.0 / Library 2.0 technologies to solicit patron feedback. Technologies discussed will include Facebook, Digg, SurveyMonkey, and web-based insta-poll widgets.
- Kumar Jayasuriya, Speaker and Coordinator, Georgetown Law Library
- Frances Brilliantine, Catholic University of America Law Library
- Kim Vassiliadis, University of North Carolina Law Library
- Barbara Bintliff, University of Colorado Law Library
H-6: Exploring Initiative and Referendum Law: Origins of the "Oregon System," Political Realities, and Research Tips
Tuesday, July 15, 9:00–10:30AM
Level: Intermediate
Audience: All librarians, particularly public services librarians in academic, public and private law libraries
Competency addressed: Reference, Research and Patron Services
What do physician-assisted suicide, daylight savings time, same-sex marriage, and eminent domain have in common? Laws on all these subjects were passed via the initiative or referendum process. As the 2008 election season approaches, talk may not be solely focused on the presidential campaign; questions about statewide initiatives and referendums ("I&R") may also affect both our professional and our private lives. This program will explore these unique political tools from a variety of perspectives, ranging from a description of the origins of the movement – a.k.a. the "Oregon System" – in the late 19th century, to a discussion about electronic publication and preservation of I&R related documents in the 21st century. Oregon is an ideal location for this discussion: it was home to the father of the I&R movement in the United States, William U'Ren, and the State holds several records for initiative use.
- Tina Ching, Coordinator and Moderator, Seattle University School of Law Library
- Honorable David Schuman, Oregon Court of Appeals
- John Lindback, the Elections Division Director for the Oregon Secretary of State
- Beth Williams, Columbia Law Library
I-6: Exploring Online Instructional Tools: A Showcase
Tuesday, July 15, 10:45–11:45PM
Level: Intermediate
Audience: All law librarians who provide instruction to audiences with varying schedules
Competency addressed: Teaching
In addition to traditional instructional methods, 21st Century learners demand "just in time" learning opportunities as a part of their legal education. Why should we hesitate to meet the demand when there are tools that are old and familiar or new and free or inexpensive that can be used to deliver instruction online? In this series of demonstrations, participants will learn how CALI Author, LibGuides, traditional audio, Microsoft products, and even still photographs, have been used to develop enhancements to legal instruction. Participants will get to view the finished products and discuss the pros and cons of using each tool with the presenters.
- Lauren Collins, Coordinator and Moderator, Duke University Law Library
- Len Biernat, Hamline University School of law
- Michael Tillman-Davis, Georgia State University College of Law Library
- Jennifer Behrens, Duke University Law Library
- Jessica de Perio, University of Buffalo School of Informatics
- Lucie Olejnikova, The University At Buffalo State University of New York Charles B. Sears Law Library
W-5: Amazing Technical Services : the Director's Cut (Co-sponsored with TS-SIS)
Saturday, July 12, 11:45AM–5:00PM
Level: Intermediate
Audience: Law library directors and administrators
Competency addressed: Library Management
Law library directors constantly face the challenges of providing excellent services with limited resources, underscored by an unprecedented spectrum of electronic resources and tools. Technical services librarians now are poised to take on new challenges in addition to new technologies. Gone are the days of the clunky online catalog, voluminous piles of acquisitions orders and laborious hand-collection of statistics. This workshop will update library administrators on 21st century technical services tools and solutions for a wide array of management issues including assessment, acquisitions, and information access functions. Information will be provided and delivered in a variety of models in a fast-moving, interactive format. The workshop also will permit time and a space for library administrators to reflect and focus on these new and enhanced solutions through dialog, demonstrations, and discussion of the impact on individual libraries' missions and needs.
- Billie Jo Kaufman, American University Law Library
- Carol Avery Nicholson, University of North Carolina Law Library
- Janice Snyder, Georgetown Law Library
- James Michalko, RLG
- Patricia Sayre-McCoy, University of Chicago Law Library
- Judith Wright, University of Chicago Law Library
- Margaret Maes, University of St. Thomas Law Library
- Stephen Weiter, N.Y. State Appellate Division Law Library, Fourth Department
- Rhea Ballard-Thrower, Howard Law Library
- Brian Striman, University of Nebraska Law Library
- Douglas Lind, Southern Illinois University Law Library
Alternative Programs
Supporting New Faculty—Help them to Energize, Evolve and Explore their Teaching and Scholarship Responsibilities
Sunday, July 13, 1:30–2:45PM
Level: Intermediate
Audience: Academic Librarians who work with faculty
Competency addressed: Reference, Research and Patron Services
This program is intended to show how and why to offer special services tailored to new faculty. New faculty includes those new to the profession as well as those who are new to your institution, and opportunities to support them in their research occur at every point from the recruitment process and throughout their first years of teaching. The program will demonstrate that formal programs and services for new faculty not only help them to be successful in teaching and scholarship, but also benefit the library by making these faculty members library supporters throughout their careers. Specific ideas for services will be explored and there will be an opportunity to share ideas among attendees.
- Adeen Postar, Moderator and Coordinator, American University Law Library
- Joanne Dugan, University of Baltimore Law Library
- Jane Thompson, University of Colorado Law Library
Evolving Research Instruction: Exploring Law Student Information Literacy to Energize Instructional Programming
Sunday, July 13, 3:00–4:00PM
Level: Intermediate
Audience: Academic and firm law librarians involved in the education and training of law students and attorneys
Competency addressed: Teaching
Information Literacy (IL) has been commonly defined as the ability to find, navigate, and evaluate information and information sources. Although numerous articles have been written about IL (and related research or bibliographic instruction) in the literature of library science, only a handful of scholars have applied this concept to law students and to instructional programming in law libraries. The general consensus among these scholars is that Law Student Information Literacy (LSIL) is quite low, and that law librarians can utilize the concept of IL to engage law students with the intellectual and practical contexts of legal research. Through a variety of active learning techniques, role play exercises, presentations of original AALL/Aspen Grant funded IL research, and applications of IL strategies to language from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), this panel will demonstrate the paradigm-shifting importance of IL for law librarians.
- Dennis Kim-Prieto, Rutgers Law Library-Newark
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- Kumar Jayasuriya, Georgetown Law Library
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- Kathryn Hensiak Amato, Northwestern University School of Law Library
- Molly Brownfield, Moderator and Coordinator, Rutgers Law Library-Newark
- Rachael Smith, Ohio State University College of Law Library
Evolving from Snoozing to Using: Increasing Student-Centered Learning Using Educational Technology
Monday, July 14, 10:30–11:30AM
Level: Intermediate
Audience: Librarians teaching Legal Research who are interested in using new technology
Competency addressed: Teaching
Law librarians from the Rogers College of Law, the University of Arizona, will demonstrate how they used educational technology both inside and outside the classroom to increase student engagement and create an environment of student-centered learning in their introductory, intermediate, and advanced legal research classes. They will discuss their strategies for moving away from a paradigm where students are passive recipients of PowerPoint presentations to one where students are actively engaged in constructing knowledge and solving research problems in class. Implementation of four educational technologies will be discussed. Students reviewed short instructional Flash videos created using Breeze Presenter and Camtasia before class so more class time could be devoted to working through hypothetical research problems. Librarians used CALI InstaPoll, a real-time polling software that works over the Internet, to increase classroom participation by encouraging students to respond to questions posed to the class. Librarians also used mind-mapping software during classes to facilitate class-wide collaboration when creating conceptual maps of research strategies. For homework, students were assigned to collaborate on research guides using wikis. The discussion will include critiques of the different technologies, including the ease of implementation and feedback from students.
- Leah Sandwell-Weiss, Coordinator, Rogers College of Law, The University of Arizona
- Shaun Esposito, Moderator, Rogers College of Law, The University of Arizona
- Sarah Gotschall, Rogers College of Law, The University of Arizona
- Sean Crane, Rogers College of Law, The University of Arizona