The ALL-SIS Board recently formed the Continuing Education Task Force with the goal of putting together programming to reach academic law librarians beyond the AALL Annual Meeting. After receiving input from the membership, the Task Force applied for and was awarded an AALL/BNA Continuing Education Grant to fund an exciting program titled “Challenging Conversations.” The program will demonstrate specific strategies and techniques to improve academic law librarians’ abilities to plan for and conduct challenging conversations in the law library and university environments. The program will feature Bill Lindberg, a long serving West employee who is currently a professional coach and consultant, leading a cast of academic librarian “actors.” We plan to film in February at Southwestern University School of Law and make the finished product available soon after as streaming video via AALLNET.
Our other initiative is to tap into the wealth of local, regional, and chapter programming that occurs throughout the year. Many excellent educational programs are presented at these events that have appeal to the entire ALL-SIS membership. Task Force members have been monitoring this programming and identifying programs for recording and later distribution via AALLNET. If you know of an upcoming local, regional, or chapter program that has appeal to the ALL-SIS membership please contact a Task Force member:
Lee Peoples, Task Force Chair, lpeoples@okcu.edu
Merle Slyhoff, Task Force Member, mslyhoff@law.upenn.edu
Mary L. Wells, Task Force Member, mlwells@stthomas.edu