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Highlights


Spirit of the FCIL-SIS Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2009 winners, Christopher O'Byrne, Mabel Shaw, and Tom Kimbrough!

 

Daniel L. Wade FCIL-SIS Outstanding Service Award

Congratulation to the 2009 winners, Marci Hoffman, Mary Rumsey, and Maria Smolka-Day!

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Jumpstart Your Foreign, Comparative, and International Research: Use People Resources

A presentation and list of FCIL-SIS members and others willing to help FCIL research by Lyonette Louis-Jacques

 

FCIL-SIS Foreign Collection Development Blog

Moderated by Dan Wade, Marylin Raisch, and Lyonette Louis-Jacques

News and Events


2010 FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians:

We are now accepting applications for the the FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians. The Grant provides financial assistance to ensure the presence and participation of a foreign law librarian at the AALL Annual Meeting.  This year the Annual Meeting is July 10-13, 2010 in Denver, Colorado.
Apply now!


AALL Annual Meeting in Denver (2010): We have four programs accepted this year for the Annual Meeting in Denver:

  • After Hotel Rwanda and Welcome to Sarajevo: Preserving Trial Evidence and Documentation in a Multi-Media Age
  • A Baobab Grows in Brooklyn: Training U.S. Law Students To Work in a South African Legal Aid Clinic
  • Navigating Your Way to the Classroom: Law Librarians Teaching New Law School Classes
  • Destination: TREATY!


The podcast of Mr. Masoud's presentation is now available!

Congratulations to Ahmadullah Masoud, recipient of the 2009 FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians. Mr. Masoud is a reference librarian at the Independent National Legal Training Center (INLTC) Law Library in Kabul, Afghanistan. Read more about Mr. Masoud and his presentation in conjunction with the FCIL-SIS Executive Committee Presents - The Past, Present, and Future of the Law Library and Librarianship in Afghanistan: The Challenges and Rewards of Building a Library After 30 Years of War, held during the AALL Annual Conference.


AALL Annual Meeting in Washington (2009)
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Schedule of FCIL-SIS Events and Programs


"Publication Opportunities for FCIL-SIS Members"
by Mary Rumsey (2008).