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Message from the ChairBeth Adelman Dear Friends and Colleagues, Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe it is 2010. Wasn’t the Y2K scare just a few moments ago?! As we enter a new year it’s the ideal time to pause and recognize the contributions of ALL-SIS volunteers. I am grateful to the ALL-SIS Executive Board for their contributions to the SIS and for simply being a fantastic team. I am indebted to Sara Kelley Burriesci, the SIS webmaster, who has completed an immense number of updates to the ALL-SIS website. ALL-SIS committees and task forces are starting the New Year with exciting projects. A special thanks to all of the committee and task force members for your contributions. Here is an overview of their activities. The Continuing Status/Tenure Committee, chaired by Kathy Carrick, is re-drafting a survey about continuing status and tenure as they move in the direction of producing a white paper. The Legal Research and Sourcebook Committee, led by Amy Levine, is drafting a survey to gather data about legal research instruction in academic libraries. The U.S. News Rankings Task Force is reviewing existing law school rankings measures employed by US News & World Report as they relate to the measurement of law libraries. Chaired by Victoria Szymczak, the task force is charged with the identification of appropriate library characteristics to measure and the identification of methodologies to measure these characteristics. The Task Force will submit recommendations to the ALL-SIS Executive Board by April 1, 2010. The Faculty Services Committee held a forum via listserv, “Overcoming Challenges of Marketing Library Services & Resources to Faculty.” The forum was a lively discussion with many interesting ideas shared amongst participants. Many thanks to Toni Aiello and the entire Faculty Services Committee for making the forum a success. Many thanks to chair Kris Niedringhaus and members of the Task Force for the Review of ABA Standards for Law Libraries for making their recommendations available in a report submitted to the AALL Executive Board in an advisory capacity. Annual MeetingThe 2010 Annual Meeting is just around the corner. If you are seeking grant funds to supplement an inadequate travel budget please consider applying for grants:
The ALL-SIS Programs Committee, led by Kathleen McLeod, provided a fantastic lineup of ALL-SIS Programs for the Annual Meeting. Save the dates!
*Alternate Program sponsored by ALL-SIS ALL-SIS Reception & Awards CeremonyShrinking budgets are now a way of life in our profession and sponsorship dollars for annual meeting events are no exception. Thank you to all who completed the ALL-SIS Reception & Awards Planning Survey so that the event’s budget allocation can be spent according to the membership’s preferences. The survey results show the membership’s preference for holding the ALL-SIS Reception & Awards Ceremony onsite at the conference hotel with cash bar and food. Member priorities identified revolve around convenience and logistics. The reception will be held at the conference hotel for the 2010 Annual Meeting. The event venue may change from year-to-year depending on the budget and the location. Thank you, LexisNexis, for your generous contribution of sponsorship dollars for this event. Nominations for ALL-SIS AwardsPlease pause for a moment and consider SIS members you’ve encountered that are deserving of an ALL-SIS Award. The awards are:
Criteria for the awards are available on the Awards Committee website. Remember to keep the new March 1st deadline in mind. The Executive Board has been very active during the first half of the year and we look forward to the second half. Please contact me if you have ideas, concerns, or questions. Best Wishes for the New Year! |
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