ALL-SIS Committee Charges
ALL-NEW
- Work with appropriate groups within AALL, including CONELL and PEGA-SIS to promote mentoring opportunities and development of resources for new academic law librarians.
- Other projects the Committee or the ALL-SIS Executive Board has identified as necessary.
- Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year.
- Conduct regular outreach to the Public Relations & Marketing Committee, the ALL-SIS Executive Board, and other committees as warranted.
Awards
- Annually solicit nominations for all current grants and awards being offered by ALL-SIS, other than Research Grants (see Research & Scholarship Committee). In addition to the solicitation of nominations, Awards Committee members may support the nominations process by nominating eligible ALL-SIS members for these awards.
- Solicit and award grants for AALL’s Management Institute and Leadership Academy as they occur.
- Arrange awards ceremony events with the assistance of the Local Arrangements Liaison for the ALL-SIS Reception.
- After notifying the ALL-SIS Executive Board, publicly announce the winners of all awards and grants in the ALL-SIS Newsletter, ALL-SIS website, on relevant eGroups and listservs, and/or other methods as may seem best. Timely submit award recipient information to AALL for inclusion in Annual Meeting Awards Brochure.
- Other projects the Committee or the ALL-SIS Executive Board has identified as necessary.
- Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year.
- Conduct regular outreach to the ALL-SIS Executive Board and other committees as warranted.
Revised 2021
Bylaws
- Review the ALL-SIS Bylaws and recommend any changes to the Executive Board.
- Review the ALL-SIS Bylaws to ensure compliance with AALL’s Bylaws and other policies.
- Other projects the Committee or the ALL-SIS Executive Board has identified as necessary.
- Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year.
- Conduct regular outreach to the ALL-SIS Executive Board and other committees as warranted.
Revised 2021
Collection Development
- Develop and maintain collection development information for the ALL-SIS website.
- Continue to identify and evaluate commonly used tools for selections.
- Identify and evaluate tools for collection evaluation.
- Plan and conduct Collection Development Roundtable.
- Explore how e-resources are impacting collection development.
- Explore relationship between collection development and ILL.
- Explore developing a foreign vendors list (partnering with FCIL-SIS and/or TS-SIS).
- Other projects the Committee or the ALL-SIS Executive Board has identified as necessary.
- Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year.
Continuing Education
Purpose: The purpose of this Committee is to promote, provide, and further continuing education related to academic law libraries, outside of the AALL annual meeting. To that end, the Committee will:
- With ALL-SIS Executive Board approval, design, create, sponsor, or facilitate inclusive continuing education opportunities, such as programs or discussions, to be held outside of the AALL Annual Meeting;
- The Committee may identify or develop continuing education opportunities requiring funding support and, with Board approval, may submit proposal to the AALL/Bloomberg Continuing Education Grants Program;
- Collaborate with committees, SISs, Chapters, Caucuses, or other groups as needed;
- Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the Committee during the current year; and
- Complete other projects as identified by the Committee or the ALL-SIS Executive Board.
Revised 2021
Continuing Status/Tenure
- Develop and maintain the committee’s information on the ALL-SIS website.
- Develop a “White Paper” that can be used in law schools to demonstrate why tenure or continuing status is of value for the librarian and for the institution.
- Collect and disseminate data on librarian and library staff compensation.
- Examine trends and inform membership of broad status and/or compensation related developments in law libraries.
- Other projects the Committee or the ALL-SIS Executive Board has identified as necessary.
- Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year.
Faculty Services
- Develop and maintain information on Faculty Services, either through periodic updates of the toolkit or generally for the ALL-SIS website.
- Plan and conduct Faculty Services Roundtable.
- Keep abreast of the Section members’ faculty services activities and share results on the range of faculty services provided by academic law libraries.
- Other projects the Committee or the ALL-SIS Executive Board has identified as necessary.
- Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year.
Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI)
Purpose: The Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (JEDI) Committee shall review justice, diversity, inclusion, and equity efforts within ALL-SIS. The committee shall investigate ways that academic law librarianship can better promote and foster diversity, equity, and inclusion. Report findings and recommend actions to the Board(s).
- Continually reexamine and expand the definition of diversity with the goal of increasing inclusion
- Offer assistance to the ALL-SIS board, committees, and programs to ensure diverse representation and perspectives
- Investigate and promote pipeline initiatives for entry into academic law librarianship
- Create and maintain archive of JEDI-related resources specific to ALL-SIS, academic law libraries, and law schools
- Advocate for JEDI-related changes within ALL-SIS, AALL, and other organizations
- Collaborate and communicate with established AALL groups and/or organizations and individuals outside of AALL dedicated to diversity and equity concerns, for recruitment, programming, or other purposes
- Coordinate with ALL-SIS, AALL, and other organizations to ensure that comprehensive and coordinated JEDI-focused programming is offered
- Complete other projects as identified by the Committee or the ALL-SIS Executive Board
- Submit an article to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year.
Added 2021
Legal Research & Sourcebook
- Plan and conduct Legal Research Roundtable at the Annual Meeting.
- Provide a summary of each Legal Research Roundtable for the committee website.
- Administer a survey to obtain data on how Legal Research Programs are taught in law school. Maintain longitudinal data on website so that trends can be identified.
- Develop and maintain the Sourcebook for Teaching Legal Research on the ALL-SIS website.
- Work with Public Relations Committee to publicize the Sourcebook.
- Other projects the Committee or the ALL-SIS Executive Board has identified as necessary.
- Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year.
Library Marketing and Outreach
- Maintain and update the Marketing Tool Kit.
- Submit appropriate articles focused on marketing and outreach for the ALL-SIS Newsletter and AALL Spectrum.
- Undertake other projects the Committee or the ALL-SIS Executive Board has identified as necessary.
- Conduct regular outreach to the ALL-SIS Executive Board and other committees as warranted.
- Submit an article to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year.
Revised 2021
Local Arrangements
- Make arrangements for Annual Meeting events, including arrangements for location, menu, speakers/programming, AV, signage and promotion, for the following events:
- the ALL-SIS Reception, working with the Board and sponsor, and potential off-site location; and working with Awards Committee to arrange for awards ceremony as part of Reception as appropriate
- ALL-SIS Directors’ Breakfast
- ALL-SIS Middle Manager’s Breakfast
- [Note: All-Member Breakfast & Business Meeting, no longer held in person during Annual Meeting, has been removed from the charge]
- Work with Board and Newsletter Editor to promote ALL-SIS events at Conference.
- Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the Committee during the year.
- Collect and report to Board, for each of above events, data on registration/ticket purchases; actual attendance; final costs for menu, location, AV, and signage; and sponsorship.
- Other projects as assigned by Board or as adopted by Committee.
Revised 2022
Membership
- Identify new members of the ALL-SIS through AALL.
- Maintain a “Welcome Kit” for new members to the SIS and send it to new members of ALL-SIS.
- Spotlight new ALL-SIS members in the ALL-SIS Newsletter.
- Develop recruitment information on the benefits of membership for the ALL-SIS website.
- Work with the ALL-NEW Committee to develop a list of resources for newer law librarians.
- Other projects the Committee or the ALL-SIS Executive Board has identified as necessary.
- Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year.
Newsletter
- Identify areas to be covered in newsletter.
- Appoint columnists.
- Create committee columns (all committee chairs are expected to submit at least one column during the year).
- Ensure continuing access and usability of Newsletter content.
- Work with other committees to publicize their activities as needed.
- Other projects the Committee or the ALL-SIS Executive Board has identified as necessary.
- Submit one column on the activities of the committee to the ALL-SIS Newsletter.
Nominating
- Annually solicit candidates for the ALL-SIS elections. There should be at least two candidates for each position.
- Have a slate prepared by January 15th for Board approval.
- Work with the ALL-SIS Newsletter for promotion and announcements.
- Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year.
Programs
- Provide feedback and suggestions for members’ program (and workshop) proposals for the Annual Meeting.
- Develop and submit the section-sponsored program proposal for the Annual Meeting.
- Work with program coordinators to meet AALL deadlines.
- Promote programs to membership on My Communities listserv and by working with the Newsletter Editor.
- Other projects the Committee or the ALL-SIS Executive Board has identified as necessary.
- Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year.
Public Relations & Marketing Committee
- Create and maintain Public Relations and Marketing materials that promote the work of ALL-SIS (including the ALL-SIS new member brochure and the exhibits for the CONELL Marketplace and the Annual Meeting Exhibit Hall).
- Solicit news from ALL-SIS officers and committees throughout the year.
- Maintain a social media policy in tandem with the AALL Social Media policy; maintain a plan for managing and posting to all ALL-SIS Social Media platforms throughout the year and during the Annual Meeting.
- Submit ALL-SIS news for each issue of the AALL Spectrum (including information about awards, election results, and Annual Meeting programs, meetings, ceremonies, and receptions).
- Other projects the Committee or the ALL-SIS Executive Board has identified as necessary.
- Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year.
Research & Scholarship Committee
- Assist law librarians in their scholarship activities.
- Promote law librarian scholarship.
- Work with Awards Committee and other relevant committees as needed to develop and award research grants.
- Establish a scholarship and scholarly writing mentor-mentee network.
- Other projects the Committee or the ALL-SIS Executive Board has identified as necessary.
- Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year.
- Conduct regular outreach to the Public Relations & Marketing Committee, the ALL-SIS Executive Board, and other committees as warranted.
Scholarly Communication
- Identify the most significant scholarly communication issues in the legal academy and libraries.
- Recommend ways in which the SIS could provide a forum for information sharing and collaboration on such issues, including specific projects.
- Connect with other AALL and external groups on scholarly communication issues.
Statistics
- Investigate how quantitative and qualitative information is gathered and reported.
- Actively seek out information regarding news and changes about statistics and assessment issues facing law libraries.
- Independently, or in conjunction with the Continuing Education committee, conduct regular discussions and provide continuing education opportunities regarding issues related to metrics in academic law libraries.
- Develop resources to assist law librarians in gathering and using quantitative and qualitative information efficiently and effectively.
- Undertake other projects as deemed necessary by the Committee or the ALL-SIS Executive Board.
- Submit one column to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year.
Revised 2021
Student Services
- Coordinate a student services roundtable at the Annual Meeting.
- Create and periodically update Student Services Toolkit and post it on the committee’s website.
- Periodically update the sample academic student services documents on the committee’s website.
- Submit an article to the ALL-SIS Newsletter describing the work of the committee during the current year.
- Other projects the Committee or ALL-SIS Executive Board has identified as necessary.
- Conduct regular outreach to the ALL-SIS Executive Board and other committees as warranted.
Revised 2021