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Committee and Task Force Charges

2007–2008

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

ALL-SIS 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

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 COMMITTEE

• Solicit nominations for the Hicks Award, Publications Award, and new ALL-SIS Service Award
• Select recipients for 2007 awards
• Work with Chair for Local Arrangements for ALL-SIS reception to arrange award ceremony event
• Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

BYLAWS COMMITTEE

• 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 COMMITTEE

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

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

• Develop and maintain collection development information for the ALL-SIS web site
• 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 COMMITTEE

• Using the recent member survey and polling ALL-SIS members through the ALL-SIS listserv, 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 COMMITTEE

• 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 COMMITTEE

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

FACULTY SERVICES COMMITTEE

• Develop and maintain information for ALL-SIS web site
• Plan and conduct Faculty Services Roundtable
• Survey membership 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 and SOURCEBOOK COMMITTEE

• Plan and conduct Legal Research Roundtable
• Expand legal research information on the ALL-SIS web site
• 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 web site
• 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

LIAISON to AALS and ABA SECTION on LEGAL EDUCATION and ADMISSION to the BAR

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

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE

• Make arrangements for 2007 ALL-SIS reception (working with sponsor)
• Make transportation arrangements for ALL-SIS reception
• Work with Awards Committee to arrange for their award ceremony at the reception
• Work with the NALLM/Mentoring Committee to arrange for their program prior to the reception
• Work with Public Relations Committee to promote the reception

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

• 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 NALLM/Mentoring 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 COMMITTEE

• Plan Middle Managers' Breakfast working 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

NEW ACADEMIC LAW LIBRARIANS MEETING (NALLM) / MENTORING COMMITTEE

• Set up NALLM event for 2007
• Work with Public Relations Committee to promote NALLM 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
• Create web page for ALL-SIS website with information aimed to help newer academic law librarians establish their careers
• Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE

• 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 COMMITTEE

• Solicit candidates for 2007–2008 slate
• Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

PROGRAMS COMMITTEE

• Solicit and submit program (and workshop) proposals for 2007 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 COMMITTEE

• 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 COMMITTEE

• 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 are reported
• Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

STUDENT SERVICES COMMITTEE

• Survey membership and share results on the range of innovative services provided by academic law libraries to law journals, moot courts, law student organizations, and individual students (e.g., guides/ Web sites tailored to student activities, programs preparing students to practice, legal research instruction supplementing courses)
• Develop and maintain information for ALL-SIS Web site 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

WEBSITE COMMITTEE

• Keep ALL-SIS web site 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 web site
• Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year

Previous Committee Charges

• 2006–2007 Committee Charges
• 2005–2006 Committee Charges
• 2004–2005 Committee Charges
• 2003–2004 Committee Charges
• 2002–2003 Committee Charges
• 2001–2002 Committee Charges