2009 Academic Law Libraries SIS Awards
Patricia Harris O’Connor, Director of the Law Library
Western State University College of Law
The ALL-SIS Reception and Awards Presentation will be held Sunday, July 26, 2009, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. at Georgetown University Law Center, McDonough Hall, 2nd Floor Atrium, 600 New Jersey Avenue Northwest. Complimentary buses will shuttle guests between the Renaissance Washington Hotel and the Georgetown University Law Center from 6:00 - 6:45 p.m. Returning bus service will begin at 8:00 p.m. and continue until the close of the reception.
This year’s award winners are as follows:
- Nancy P. Johnson, Associate Dean for Library and Information Services and Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law, will receive The Frederick Charles Hicks Award for Outstanding Contributions to Academic Law Librarianship for 2009. This award recognizes the individual or group who has made outstanding contributions to academic law librarianship through continued efforts to improve law librarianship. The award is named in honor of Frederick Charles Hicks, the first great American law librarian/scholar who was also the first academic law librarian to serve as president of AALL.
- Daniel W. Martin, Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law, Loyola Law School; Katherine Pratt, Professor of Law, Loyola Law School; and Jennifer M. Kowal, Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Loyola LL.M. Tax Program will receive The ALL-SIS Outstanding Article Award for their article, The Virtual Tax Library: A Comparison of Five Electronic Tax Research Platforms, 8 Florida Tax Review 931 (2008). This award honors section members for contributions to the enhancement of academic law librarianship through publishing.
- Sara Kelley Burriesci, Reference/Electronic Services Librarian, Georgetown University Law Library, will receive The ALL-SIS Outstanding Service Award. This award honors an ALL-SIS member who has made outstanding contributions to the SIS in areas of section activity and in professional service.
RSVP online at www.ll.georgetown.edu/aall2009/all-sis-rsvp.cfm if you plan to attend the Reception and Awards Presentation. Many thanks to BNA for their generous sponsorship of this event.
