VOLUME 24
ISSUE 3
Summer

Inside this issue:

• Advanced Legal Research Workshop in San Antonio
• ALL-SIS Awards
• ALL-SIS Middle Managers Breakfast
• ALL-SIS Sponsored Programs at the San Antonio Meeting
• Are You a New Academic Law Librarian?
• Call for St. Louis Annual Meeting Program Ideas
• Celebrate National Library Week - Law School Specific READ Posters
• Developments in Legal Education: Does Law School Cause Lawyer Misery?
• FCIL Programs in San Antonio
• Going to San Antonio?
• Is the New Bluebook New? 18th Ed.
• Member News
• Mobile Computer Classrooms
• My 10 Favorite Things About Texas
• New Member Spotlight
• Update on Proposed Changes to ABA Standard 603(d): Faculty Status and Tenure for Law Library Directors
• We Need You! Volunteer in San Antonio!
• Who Is Collecting?
• Winners of the 2005 ALL-SIS Election!
• Your SIS Needs You Now!!

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,

This is my last “Message From the Chair,” column, and as I reflect on the past year I am grateful for having had such a rewarding year. One hundred and thirty nine ALL-SIS members have served on ALL-SIS committees this year, and many other ALL-SIS members have contributed in a myriad of ways from getting ready to present programs in San Antonio to writing newsletter articles and more. All these efforts help ALL-SIS to move forward as the special interest section that supports and promotes the work of academic law librarians.

I look forward to seeing many of you at the first ALL-SIS event for the 2005 Annual Meeting in San Antonio. The ALL-SIS Breakfast and Business Meeting, sponsored by LexisNexis will be held on Sunday, July 17, from 7:00 - 9:00 a.m., at the Marriott RiverCenter. If you plan to attend, please circle the ALL-SIS Business meeting in the “Program Selection” box of the AALL Registration Form. Having this RSVP information helps us to provide adequate seating and the appropriate amount of food for this event. Thank you in advance for attending to this detail.

For the first year, the AALL Chapter VIP (Valued Invited Participant) program has been extended to cover AALL special interest sections. The Honorable Justice Elizabeth B. Lacy of the Supreme Court of Virginia, who also serves as the Chair of the American Bar Association’s Council of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, has accepted our invitation to attend the AALL Meeting in San Antonio. Justice Lacy has been a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia since 1989, and in 2001 was reelected for a second twelve year term. She graduated Cum Laude with a B.A. degree from Saint Mary’s College of Notre Dame, Indiana, received a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, and her LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law. Justice Lacy has been a deputy attorney general in both Texas and Virginia, and was a former judge on the Virginia State Corporation Commission. She serves on the Board of Directors of the American Judicature Society and she is an adjunct professor at the University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law. Justice Lacy will be introduced to the ALL-SIS membership at our Breakfast and Business Meeting. Justice Lacy is looking forward to meeting ALL-SIS members, learning more about the great things that academic law librarians do, and hearing about the challenges we are facing. I know that you will warmly welcome Justice Lacy.

There are seven terrific programs sponsored by ALL-SIS at the San Antonio Meeting. For more details, see Lee Peoples’ announcement in this newsletter. In addition to offering a selection of strong programs, ALL-SIS offers an Advanced Legal Research Instructors Workshop on Sunday, July 17, from noon - 1:15 p.m. ALL-SIS will also offer three roundtables. On Sunday, July 17, from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., ALL-SIS offers the Continuing Status/Tenure Roundtable and the Faculty Services Roundtable. On Monday, July 18, from 5:20 - 6:15 p.m., the Relations with Online Vendors Roundtable will be held, and on Tuesday, July 19, the Support for Law Journals Roundtable will be held from noon - 1:00 p.m. CONALL, the Conference of Newer Academic Law Librarians, is another important ALL-SIS event. Please encourage new and intending academic law librarians to attend CONALL on Tuesday, July 19th, from 5:15 - 6:15 p.m. at St. Mary’s Law School. CONALL provides an occasion for us to welcome new ALL-SIS members to our special interest section and for mentors and mentees to get together for a program on great tips on how to succeed as an academic law librarian.

In early June, you will receive an email invitation to the ALL-SIS Reception and Awards Ceremony, sponsored by West. This event will be held at St. Mary’s Law School from 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., July 19. The new library director at St. Mary’s, Robert Hu, and the staff of the Sarita Kenedy East Law Library are set to welcome you to tour their facility and to enjoy this social event. We will also honor this year's recipients of ALL-SIS Awards.

ALL-SIS is committed to providing high quality programs and other educational opportunities. If you have ideas for programs, workshops, roundtables or other ALL-SIS sponsored events that should be part of the 2006 AALL Annual Meeting in St. Louis, please take a look at the Call for Annual Meeting Program Ideas article in this newsletter and contact a member of the Program Committee.

I encourage you to complete the ALL-SIS Committee Assignment Request Form in this newsletter. Michael Slinger is in the process of forming the committees for 2005 - 2006, and he will be delighted to hear from you. If you have ideas for any other ALL-SIS activities or projects, feel free to contact Michael or another ALL-SIS Board member with your proposal. The ALL-SIS Executive Board is ready to make your great ideas happen.

I owe my heartfelt thanks to the ALL-SIS Executive Board for 2004 - 2005: Sally Wise as immediate past chair provided a wealth of insights at all the rights times, Susan Lewis-Somers who approached her first year as secretary-treasurer with zeal, Michael Slinger who is enthusiastically readying himself to assume the Chair, and Suzanne Thorpe who this past semester has been diligently conducting ALL-SIS business from Uppsala, Sweden. We welcome Carol Bredemeyer who will take Suzanne Thorpe’s place as Member at Large, and Suzanne Thorpe as our incoming Vice Chair/Chair Elect.

I hope you make time to relax and have fun this summer, and I look forward to seeing you in San Antonio.

Sincerely,

Carole L. Hinchcliff
ALL-SIS Chair