Research Instruction and Patron Services Special Interest Section
Annual Meeting Grant
AALL Annual Meeting, Portland 2008Purpose:
The purpose
of the Research Instruction and Patron Services Special Interest Section
(RIPS-SIS) Annual Meeting Grant is to assist individuals with registration
expenses for the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting.
Individuals chosen to receive a grant have the potential to make a significant
contribution to law librarianship through their involvement with AALL
and the RIPS-SIS. The grants are funded by the RIPS-SIS.
Qualifications:
AALL membership is required of all applicants. Preference will be given
to applicants who are members of the RIPS-SIS at the time of application.
However, membership in RIPS is not required. In the event that circumstances
prevent the use of the grant by a grant recipient, the grant shall revert
back to the RIPS-SIS.
Grant Awards:
The RIPS-SIS Annual Meeting Grant will cover full registration expenses
for the AALL Annual Meeting. RIPS-SIS members will also receive an appointment
to a RIPS-SIS committee. Non-members will receive a free one-year membership
in RIPS-SIS and a committee appointment. In exchange for receiving grant
funding, recipients will be required to write an article for the RIPS-SIS
newsletter describing their impressions of the AALL Annual Meeting.
Deadline: Completed
applications must be e-mailed by April 25, 2008 to the email address below.
Late applications may be considered at the discretion of the Committee.
Grant Committee The grant committee is made up of the following RIPS-SIS
members: Ron Wheeler, Associate Director for Public Services, Georgia
State University College of Law Library in Atlanta, GA; Lynn Murray,
Head of Research Services at Underwood Library, Southern Methodist University
in Dallas, Texas; and James G. Durham, Head of Public Services, The
Gould Law Library of Touro Law Center in Central Islip, New York.
Email completed applications to: Ron Wheeler, Chair, RIPS-SIS Grant Committee Associate Director for Public Services Georgia State University College of Law Library wheeler@gsu.edu
Webinar:
Nov 15th, 2007
The
Research Instruction and Patron Services Special Interest Section is
hosting a live Webinar on Thursday, November 15, from 2-3 p.m. (EST):
Technical Issues and Practical Matters: A Law Library Q and A on Legal
Technology. As part of the RIPS Repartee Webinar Series, Catherine
Sanders Reach, Director of the American Bar Association's Legal Technology
Resource Center, will give an update on current issues and advances
in legal technology, and then address a number of questions posed by
law librarians from around the country. The program will offer information
valuable to all types of libraries, and you can get in on the action
by submitting a question. For more information, see
the brochure, or email Robb Farmer at rfarmer@faulkner.edu
. Registrations for the webinar will be accepted online at AALL
until November 12, with nominal fees of $15.00 for AALL members; and
$20.00 for all others. Instructions on how to access the webinar will
be distributed via email, prior to the presentation. Registration is
now open-sign up today
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