Work to be sure that all SIS members are members of the list;
Submit on column to the Newsletter.
ARCHIVES COMMITTEE
Nancy Strohmeyer, Chair
Shaun Esposito
BOARD LIAIASON: Merle Slyhoff
CHARGE:
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 COMMITTEE
James Duggan, Chair
Pam Deemer
Sally Holterhoff
BOARD LIAISON: Carole Hinchcliff
CHARGE:
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 a ALL-SIS member
to attend 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 COMMITTEE
Pam Williams, Chair
BOARD LIAISON: Carole Hinchcliff
CHARGE:
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;
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;
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 COMMITTEE
Leonette Williams, Co-Chair
Darin Fox, Co-Chair
Marguerite Most
Margaret Schilt
Kim Clarke
Linda Fariss
Barbara Szalkowski
Gary Yessin
BOARD LIAISON: Sally Wise
CHARGE:
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.
Plan a celebration for the SIS’ 25th Anniversary to be held at the Tuesday reception at Harvard;
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
Steve Hinckley, Chair
Barbara Monroe
Scott Childs
Merle Slyhoff
BOARD LIAISON: Merle Slyhoff
CHARGE:
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
Barbara Bintliff, Chair
Carol Bredemeyer
Kristin Cheney
Virginia Kelsh
Dwight King
Ruth Levor
Susan Lewis Somers
Leonette Williams
Michele Wu
BOARD LIAISON: Sally Wise
CHARGE:
Design a toolkit for academic law libraries;
Submit one column to the Newsletter.
VISITING LIBRARIAN
Richard Leiter, Chair
Bob Nissenbuam
Robert Hu
BOARD LIAISON: Kit Kreilick
CHARGE:
Work with all appropriate organizations including Private Law
Libraries-SIS to establish visiting librarianships;
Submit one column to the Newsletter.
WEB CONTENT & REDESIGN
Gregory Laughlin, Chair
David Burch
Eric Young
Leah Sandwell-Weiss
BOARD LIAISON: Merle Slyhoff
CHARGE:
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;
