Committee and Task Force Charges
2003-2004
COMMITTEES
ALL-SIS LISTSERV
- Maintain the ALL-SIS listserv;
- Work to be sure that all SIS members are members of the list;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
ARCHIVES
- Begin the process of putting together an Archives policy for the SIS;
- Begin gathering archival materials;
- Work with the Anniversary Celebration Task Force to put together an Anniversary
exhibit to be mounted in the glass case in the Exhibit Hall at the annual
meeting in Boston;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
AWARDS
- Solicit nominations for Hicks Award and Publications Award; select recipients
for 2004 awards;
- Investigate recommending to the Board the addition of new awards; one
possibility might be an award directed at innovations of middle managers
[defined as any academic law librarian not a director];
- Investigate establishing a scholarship to be awarded to an ALL-SIS member
to attend the AALL Annual Meeting, CALI Conference, or other relevant meetings;
- Investigate awarding of service pins to librarians in academic law librarianship
for more than X number of years (20, for example);
- Work with Local Arrangements for Reception Chair to arrange award event
at the reception;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
BYLAWS
- Review the 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 Newsletter.
CALI
- Serves as the Advisory Board for the CALI Legal Research Community Authoring
Project;
- Publicize project;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
CONALL / MENTORING
- Set up event for 2004;
- Set up mentoring opportunities for 2004;
- Work with AALL Mentoring Committee on appropriate activities;
- Work with Membership Committee on appropriate activities;
- Work with Public Relations Committee to promote event and mentoring opportunities;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
- Identify and evaluate commonly used tools for selections;
- Identify and evaluate tools for collection evaluation;
- Identify librarians who make the collection development decisions for
their institution;
- Other projects that the Committee has identified as useful;
- Consider ways of bringing Collection Development issues to the community
for discussion;
- Consider methods of making this information widely available to academic
law librarians;
- Consider methods for maintaining and improving this information;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
CONTINUING STATUS / TENURE
- Update and publicize the webpage;
- Continue identifying existing policies and putting them up on the webpage;
- Consider adding links to the webpage to other useful materials such as
articles on tenure and continuing status for law librarians or other academic
librarians;
- Consider putting together a "White Paper" of why tenure or continuing
status is of value for the librarian and for the institution;
- Other projects that the Committee had identified as useful;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
DIRECTORS BREAKFAST
- Plan Directors' Breakfast working with sponsor and hotel;
- Plan program;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
LEGAL RESEARCH
- Identify areas for development; work with Education Task Force;
- Identify and work on legal research projects;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
LIAISONS
- Report to Board and SIS on the relevant activities of the other organization;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
- Make arrangements for Tuesday evening ALL-SIS reception;
- Make transportation arrangements;
- Work with BNA (reception sponsor);
- Work with Awards Committee to arrange for their event at the reception;
- Work with the Anniversary Celebration Committee to arrange for their event
at the reception;
- Work with Public Relations Committee to promote Tuesday evening reception;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
MEMBERSHIP
- Establish liaisons to TS-SIS, CDS-SIS and RIPS-SIS;
- Work with CONALL/Mentoring Committee on appropriate activities;
- Put together a Welcome Kit for new members to the SIS and work with AALL
Headquarters to identify new members to the SIS;
- Investigate a way with Headquarters to welcome potential new members to
the SIS;
- Other projects that the Committee has identified as useful;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
MIDDLE MANAGERS BREAKFAST
- Plan Middle Managers' Breakfast working with sponsor and hotel;
- Plan Program;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
NEWSLETTER
- Identify areas to be covered in newsletter;
- Create electronic newsletter in pdf format;
- Appoint columnists;
- Create committee columns (all committee chairs are expected to submit
at least one column during the year;
- Other projects that the Committee has identified as useful;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
NOMINATIONS
- Solicit candidates for 2004-2005 slate;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
PROGRAM 2004
- Solicit program proposals for 2004 Annual meeting;
- Work with program coordinators to meet AALL deadlines;
- Work with Public Relations Committee to promote programs to membership;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
- Set up ALL-SIS table in exhibit area and in CONELL Marketplace;
- Work with webmaster to have brochure put up on webpage;
- Work with CONALL/Mentoring Committee to promote their work;
- Work with Local Arrangements Reception Chair to promote Tuesday evening
reception;
- Work with the Anniversary Celebration Committee to publicize our 25th anniversary;
- Promote business meeting/breakfast;
- Work with Program Committee to promote programs for 2004 Annual Meeting;
- Other projects that the Committee has identified as useful;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
RELATIONS WITH VENDORS
- Monitor CALR vendor issues as they affect academic law libraries ;
- Work with CRIV;
- Arrange for Roundtable at the Annual Meeting;
- Other projects that the Committee has identified as useful
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
STATISTICS
- Investigate ABA, ARL and local statistics;
- Report finding to appropriate organizations;
- Work on proposing definitions for statistics;
- Work with liaison to Committee on Law Libraries to the ABA Section on
Legal Education and Admission to the Bar;
- Work with AALL ABA Standards for Academic Law Libraries Task Force;
- Other projects that the Committee has identified as useful;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter which discusses the statistic roles
of the ALL-SIS Statistics Committee, the Committee on Law Libraries of
the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar and the AALL
Task Force on ABA Standards for Academic Law Libraries.
SUPPORT FOR LAW JOURNALS
- Continue working on website;
- Other projects that the Committee has identified as useful;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
WEBSITE
- Keep ALL-SIS website current;
- Check for dead links, etc. on a regular basis;
- Serve on the Web Content/Redesign Task Force;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
TASK FORCES
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
- Plan a celebration for the SIS' 25th Anniversary to be held at the Tuesday
reception;
- Work with Local Arrangements for Reception Chair to arrange for event at
the Tuesday reception;
- Work with the Archives Committee to put together an Anniversary exhibit
to be mounted in the glass case in the Exhibit Hall at the annual meeting
in Boston;
- Work with Public Relations Committee to publicize our 25th Anniversary;
- Submit an article to Spectrum;
- Other projects that the Committee has identified as useful;
- Submit one column for the Newsletter.
EDUCATION
- Investigate alternative education resources other than attending AALL meetings;
- Work with other relevant committees, including the Legal Research and
Website Content/Redesign Committees;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
TOOLKIT
- Design a toolkit for academic law libraries;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
VISITING LIBRARIAN PROJECT
- Work with all appropriate organizations including Private Law Libraries
- SIS to establish visiting librarianships;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
WEB CONTENT & REDESIGN
- Review other SIS websites;
- Redesign website to make it more dynamic;
- Work with relevant committees and board to determine new information that
should be on website;
- Submit one column to the Newsletter.
