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Message from the ChairBeth Adelman Greetings ALL-SIS! The 1Ls are here, my children are back in school, and leaves have begun to fall. These are all clues that the very brief Buffalo summer is over! This year there was an overwhelming response to the call for committee volunteers. On behalf of the ALL-SIS Executive Board, many thanks to the volunteers for an enthusiastic response. It’s difficult to turn away volunteers who are eager and willing to work so I increased the membership of many committees. In light of slashed travel budgets, it will ensure committees have a presence at the annual meeting in Denver. In addition, I hope it will provide opportunities for ALL-SIS members to stay involved despite their ability to attend the annual meeting. Volunteers that have not yet heard from me are on my list of potential volunteers for task forces that will focus on specific issues. Committee memberships are included in this newsletter as well as on the website at www.aallnet.org/sis/allsis/directories; committee charges are available on the ALL-SIS website at www.aallnet.org/sis/allsis/committees/charges/. And since we are on the topic of committees, I'd like to give a special thanks to the ALL-SIS Task Force for the Review of ABA Standards for Law Libraries. The task force is chaired by Kristina Niedringhaus and committee members are Barbara Bintliff, Caitlin Robinson, Gordon Russell, Spencer Simons, Merle Slyhoff, Tory Trotta, and Michelle Wu. This task force acted swiftly to mobilize, gather feedback from stakeholders, and draft comments and recommended changes to the ABA Standards for Law Libraries on behalf of ALL-SIS. These recommendations will advise AALL on this issue as it prepares to make its recommendations to the ABA. The 2010 Annual Meeting in Denver will be here in a flash. We have already begun to make plans for ALL-SIS events. Local arrangement contacts have been established at both the University of Denver and the University at Colorado Boulder. We are grateful for all of the local support we've received so far. Special thanks to Patty Wellinger, JoAnna Patrick, Robert Linz, and the entire local arrangements group for their support. How can ALL-SIS support you and your organization? Please contact me (eadelman@buffalo.edu) or any member of the executive board with your ideas or concerns. I wish you much success as you embark upon a new academic year. Best, Beth Adelman |
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