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Message from the ChairBeth Adelman Congratulations to the winners of the 2010 ALL-SIS Awards! Please join your SIS colleagues for hors d’oeuvres and a drink as the SIS award winners are honored at the ALL-SIS Reception & Awards event on Sunday, July 11, 2010, at 6:30 in the Hyatt Ballroom A&B. Save the date and look for an invitation to this event on the ALL-SIS listserv very soon. When I look back at the SIS activities for the year it is apparent how much the SIS has accomplished. Many thanks to the SIS members who brought great ideas to the Executive Board. Here is a selected list of some of the issues explored by SIS committees and task forces this year. You will hear more about these projects at the annual meeting in Denver and in the SIS Annual Report.
Many thanks to the volunteers that have selflessly dedicated time to committee work this year. You have accomplished a great deal!! Though I don’t want to downplay the contributions of any volunteers, I am compelled to give special thanks to Kathy Carrick who devoted countless hours to updating the Continuing Status/Tenure survey and taking it one step further by applying for and receiving IRB approval for the survey. Only those who have drafted a survey and survived the IRB approval process can have a full appreciation for the experience. Thank you to Leah Sandwell-Weiss who served as editor of the ALL-SIS Newsletter in various capacities over the last decade. This is the last issue that will be produced under Leah’s leadership. On behalf of the SIS I’d like to express gratitude to Leah for a decade of service to the SIS as she steps down. Barbara Traub of St. John’s Law School will take over with the Fall 2010 issue. In addition, our fantastic webmaster, Sara Kelley Burriesci, has decided to step down. Thank you, Sara. The board is very pleased that Creighton Miller of Washburn University has agreed to serve as webmaster. He will transition into the webmaster role right after the annual meeting in July. Read more about the ALL-SIS Website in this issue here. The ALL-SIS Executive Board is an excellent team. I can’t thank the board enough for their support of me and of the SIS throughout the year. Jack McNeill, Margaret Schilt, Sara Sampson, and Filippa Anzalone – thank you, thank you, thank you. I am also grateful to former board members Michelle Wu and Marianne Alcorn who made themselves available to answer my questions. Filippa Anzalone and Sara Sampson will be rotating off of the board this year. Thank you for your service to the SIS. Finally, I want to thank the membership for your confidence in me and for the opportunity to serve the membership in this capacity. Colleagues that know me well can attest to the impeccable timing of this opportunity. My participation on the executive board is one of many factors that kept me in law librarianship. Serving as chair was a rewarding labor of love. You will see me wearing the annual meeting ribbon, “I ran, did you?” because I encourage SIS members to consider running for a board position in the future. And what a perfect segue to extend a warm welcome to Kumar Percy Jayasuria, the incoming vice-chair/chair-elect, and to Ed Hart, incoming Secretary/Treasurer. Your 2010/11 SIS board is: Jack McNeill, Chair I hope to see all of you at the annual meeting in Denver!!! |
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