VOLUME 24
ISSUE 1
Fall 2004

Inside this issue:

• ALL-SIS Advanced Legal Research Instructors Workshop
• ALL-SIS Collection Development Committee Roundtable
• ALL-SIS Committee Members & Charges 2004 - 2005
• ALL-SIS Legal Research Committee Activities
• “Catch the Web” Presentation
• Coggins, Carter, & Cordon Receive ALL-SIS Awards
• Marketing Tool for Academics Debut
• Member News
• Negotiating with the Bizarre
• Reflections on the 2004 CALI Conference
• Successful CONALL at Harvard Law School
• Support for Law Journals Roundtable
• Trials and Tribulations of a Law Librarian

Message from the Chair

Carole L. Hinchcliff,
Acting Assistant Dean for Information Technology
The Ohio State University
Moritz Law Library
55 W. 12th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210-1391
(614) 292-0903
hinchcliff.1@osu.edu

Greetings ALL-SIS Members,

I trust that your academic year is off to a flying start. I am confident that ALL-SIS is set for a productive year. Attendance at our traditional roundtable sessions in Boston exceeded expectations, and currently, more members than ever, both new and familiar faces, are participating in committee work. This year’s committee meetings in Boston were attended by both the 2003 - 2004 and the 2004 - 2005 committee members, which made for a smooth transition from last year’s work to this year’s work. See the article beginning on this page for the 2004 - 2005 Committee Members and Committee Charges.

Preparations are underway for the next AALL Annual Meeting in San Antonio. The staff of the Sarita Kenedy East Law Library at St Mary’s University School of Law School has agreed to host the annual reception on Tuesday, July 19 th. Watch the ALL-SIS listserv and this year’s issues of the ALL-SIS newsletter for more information about our activities in San Antonio.

If you have questions about ALL-SIS or ideas for activities to better serve the ALL-SIS membership, please contact me at Hinchcliff.1@osu.edu or (614) 292 0903.

I can’t resist ending with a book recommend-dation for Eats, Shoots and Leaves by English author Lynne Truss. I never imagined that I would be laughing out aloud while reading a book about of all topics, punctuation. As I prepare to teach Introduction to Legal Research, I can’t help but wish that someone would write as entertaining a book about legal citation!

With Best Wishes for the New School Year,

Carole L. Hinchcliff