Academic Law Libraries SIS
Education Committee Survey

The ALL-SIS Education Committee needs your help in developing program proposals to be submitted in August 1999 for the Philadelphia meeting in 2000. Please help us know what your education needs are. More information about the committee is found in the newsletter. Please complete the following survey (yes, each of you; don't count on someone else doing it.) by December 11, 1998 and mail it to

Paul George
Harvard Law School Library
Cambridge, MA 02138
Fax: 617 495-4449

Please feel free to e-mail your survey responses or any other comments, thoughts, or opinions you have on education programming and the SIS to pgeorge@law.harvard.edu.

I. We want to know what issues concern you so that we can address these in educational programs:

A. What issues do you feel you face that distinguish you as an academic law librarian?


B. What do you see as the challenges in the next two years for you personally in your career?


C. What do you see as the challenges in the next two years for academic law librarians in general?


D. What was the biggest professional issue you faced in the past year?


II. Please tell us about ideas or thoughts you have had about programs:

A. What specific issues or subjects would you like to see addressed in a program?


B. Do you have a topic that you like to develop into a program? What is it? Please be sure to indicate your name at the bottom of this form so we can contact you.


C. What programs have you attended at non-AALL meetings did you find to be of value? Why was it valuable? Please indicate program topic, sponsor/meeting, and speaker if possible.


D. What was the topic of the most helpful program you attended at any conference or meeting? Why was it helpful?


E. We would like to identify general areas in which we should consistently propose programs related to our role as academic law librarians. Which of the following topics should be included in that list of topics:

___ document delivery
___ collection development
___ teaching role/instructional issues
___ middle management issues
___ senior management issues
___ late career/end of career issues
___ career development/management
___ substantive law programs
___ personnel issues
___ technology: use and management
___ space planning

Optional:
Name: ___________________________________
Address: ________________________________
e-mail: _________________________________

___ I am interested in developing a program but don't have a topic.
___ I am interested in developing a program and have a topic.
___ I am interested in serving on the ALL-SIS education committee.