Committee and Task Force Charges

2008–2009

AALS/ABA Liaisons

Keep ALL-SIS Executive Board informed about the activities of the AALS and the ABA related to academic law libraries
Submit one column on AALS and/or ABA developments related to academic law libraries to the ALL-SIS Newsletter

ALL-NEW (New Academic Law Librarians' Meeting) / Mentoring Committee

Set up ALL-NEW event for 2009
Work with Public Relations Committee to promote ALL-NEW event and mentoring opportunities
Work with AALL Mentoring Committee to arrange mentoring opportunities
Work with Membership Committee to spotlight new members in the ALL-SIS Newsletter
Keep information on ALL-SIS website to help newer academic law librarians establish their careers up-to-date
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

Archivist

Develop an archives policy for the SIS that summarizes the documents to be found in the archives (including the ALL-SIS website) and post it on the committee page of the ALL-SIS website
Contact ALL-SIS officers and committee chairs to solicit notes/materials
Monitor changes in AALL's archives policies and procedures and adjust ALL-SIS policy accordingly
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

AWARDS

Solicit nominations for the CONELL Award, Hicks Award, Publications Award, and ALL-SIS Service Award
Select recipients for 2009 awards
Work with Chair for Local Arrangements for ALL-SIS reception to arrange awards ceremony event
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

Bylaws

Review the ALL-SIS Bylaws and recommend any changes to the Executive Board
Review the SIS Bylaws to insure compliance with AALL's Constitution and Bylaws
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

CALI

Serve as the Advisory Board for the CALI Legal Research Community Authoring Project
Publicize projects
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

Collection Development

Develop and maintain collection development information for the ALL-SIS website
Continue to identify and evaluate commonly used tools for selections
Identify and evaluate tools for collection evaluation
Plan and conduct Collection Development Roundtable
Explore how e-resources are impacting collection development
Explore relationship between collection development and ILL
Explore developing a foreign vendors list (partnering with FCIL-SIS and/or TS-SIS)
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

Continuing Education

Identify one or more topics that would be suitable for a continuing education program for academic librarians to be held outside of the AALL Annual Meeting
Identify individual presenters and/or chapters or SISs that might be willing to partner on producing a continuing education program
Submit a proposal to the ALL-SIS Executive Board
With ALL-SIS Executive Board approval, submit a Continuing Education Grant proposal to the AALL Continuing Education Grants Program for this program
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

Continuing Status / Tenure

Develop and maintain the committee's information on the ALL-SIS website
Develop a “White Paper” that can be used in law schools to demonstrate why tenure or continuing status is of value for the librarian and for the institution
Collect and disseminate data on librarian and library staff compensation
Examine trends and inform membership of broad status and/or compensation related developments in law libraries
Other projects that the Committee has identified as useful
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

Directors' Breakfast

Plan Directors' breakfast working with hotel Plan Program
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the program

Faculty Services

Develop and maintain information for ALL-SIS website
Plan and conduct Faculty Services Roundtable
Keep abreast of the Section members' faculty services activities and share results on the range of faculty services provided by academic law libraries
Other projects that the Committee has identified as useful
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

Legal Research & Sourcebook

Plan and conduct Legal Research Roundtable
Expand legal research information on the ALL-SIS website
Compile information on the use of new technologies and approaches (e.g., email, instant messaging, wikis, blogs) for the delivery of reference services in academic law libraries
Develop and maintain the Sourcebook for Teaching Legal Research on the ALL-SIS website
Work with Public Relations Committee to publicize the Sourcebook
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

Listserv Manager

Maintain the ALL-SIS listserv
Ensure that all SIS members are members of the list
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter

Local Arrangements

Make arrangements for 2009 ALL-SIS reception (working with sponsor)
Make transportation arrangements for ALL-SIS reception
Work with Awards Committee to arrange for their awards ceremony at the reception
Work with the Mentoring/ALL-NEW Committee to arrange for their program prior to the reception
Work with Public Relations Committee to promote the reception

Membership

Work regularly with AALL Headquarters to identify new members of the ALL-SIS
Maintain the “Welcome Kit” for new members to the SIS and send it to new members of ALL-SIS
Work with Mentoring/ALL-NEW Committee to spotlight new ALL-SIS members in the ALL-SIS Newsletter
Develop recruitment information on the benefits of membership for the ALL-SIS website
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

Middle Managers' Breakfast

Canvass appropriate segment of membership and decide whether to hold a Middle Managers' Breakfast
If there is interest to have the breakfast, work with sponsor and hotel
Plan and conduct program for the breakfast meeting
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

Identify areas to be covered in newsletter
Appoint columnists
Create committee columns (all committee chairs are expected to submit at least one column during the year)
Index past issues of the Newsletter
Submit one column on the activities of the committee to the ALL-SIS Newsletter

Nominations

Solicit candidates for this year's ALL-SIS elections
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

Programs

Solicit and submit program (and workshop) proposals for 2009 Annual meeting
Solicit and select programs for the ALL-SIS program time slots
Work with program coordinators to meet AALL deadlines
Work with Public Relations Committee to promote programs to membership
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

Public Relations

Create and maintain PR materials that promote the work of the ALL-SIS (including the ALL-SIS new member brochure and the exhibits for the CONELL Marketplace and the Annual Meeting Exhibit Hall)
Solicit news from ALL-SIS officers and committees throughout the year
Submit ALL-SIS news for each issue of the AALL Spectrum (including information about awards, election results, and Annual Meeting programs, meetings, ceremonies, and receptions)
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

Statistics

Solicit ALL-SIS member input on problems found with ABA, ARL and questionnaires
Work on proposing understandable definitions for statistics questions on ABA and ARL questionnaires
Work with the liaison to the Committee on Law Libraries of the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar to report concerns about questionnaires
Investigate how online reference transactions and any other quantitative information is gathered and reported
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

Student Services

Continue working with the survey data collected by last year's committee regarding the range of innovative services provided by academic law libraries to law journals, moot courts, student organizations, and individual students (e.g., guides/websites tailored to student activities, programs preparing students to practice, legal research instruction courses)
Develop and maintain information for ALL-SIS website for each service or program identified including:
- the scope of the service (e.g., objectives, recipients)
- the staff involved in delivering the service (e.g., how many, types of staff, directory of staff)
- costs and benefits of the service
- sample informational/promotional materials
Other projects that the Committee has identified as useful
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

Webmaster

Keep ALL-SIS website current
Check for dead links, out-dated information on a regular basis
Develop web content and re-design ideas
Work with ALL-SIS Committees and ALL-SIS Executive Board to determine new information that should be on the website
Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

AALS / ABA LIAISONS	ALL-NEW / MENTORING	ARCHIVIST
AWARDS	BYLAWS	CALI
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT	CONTINUING EDUCATION	CONTINUING STATUS / TENURE
DIRECTORS' BREAKFAST	FACULTY SERVICES	LEGAL RESEARCH & SOURCEBOOK
LISTSERV MANAGER	LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS	MEMBERSHIP
MIDDLE MANAGERS' BREAKFAST	NEWSLETTER	NOMINATIONS
PROGRAMS	PUBLIC RELATIONS	STATISTICS
STUDENT SERVICES	WEBMASTER	Committee Rosters \| Reports

Committee and Task Force Charges

2008–2009

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