PLL-SIS News
PLL Chairs AALL Committees
Congratulations to the private law librarians who are chairing or vice chairing AALL Committees this year:
» Linda Defendeifer, Hogan & Hartson, Chair, Access to Electronic Legal Information
» Amy Eaton, Perkins Coie, Vice Chair, CRIV
» Gloria Jean Glassbrenner, Frost Brown Todd, Vice-Chair, Placement
» Sarah Mauldin, Chamberlin, Chair, Recruitment to Law Librarianship
» Julie Pabarja, DLA Piper, Chair, Continuing Professional Education
» Bess Reynolds, Debevoise, Vice-Chair, AALLNet
» Betty Roeske, Kattin Muchin, Chair, Price Index
» Deborah Rusin, Latham & Watkins, Vice-Chair, AALL Spectrum and Law Library Journal
It's important that AALL continues to benefit from the leadership of private law librarians, and important to PLL that we are represented. Thanks to all of you who have agreed to serve!
Christine L. Graesser
Legal Information Specialist
Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP
CityPlace I - 38th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
AALL Leadership Academy
Why do private law firm, corporate legal department and independent law librarians need to be leaders?
» to be outstanding librarians
» to maximize the benefits of information to the firm/corporation and their clients
» to establish the library/information center as a core function within the organization
» to mainstream our expertise
» to maintain job satisfaction and growth
Do you have to be a manager to be a leader? No - all aspects of a profession need leadership skills. PLL encourages our newer librarians to apply to this AALL conference. A very reasonable $150 covers registration, materials, meals and lodging for two nights. PLL hopes the be able to offer a travel grant - look for this application in a future announcement.
For more information and an application, please visit http://aallnet.org/prodev/event_leadershipacademy.asp.
The PLL Election Results
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
Linda Will / Director of Information Resources Dorsey & Whitney LLP Minneapolis MN
Secretary
Karen W. Silber / Senior Training & Product Support Specialist BNA Rockville MD
Board Member
Jennifer S. Stephens / Librarian (Attorney Services) Haynes & Boone, LLP Dallas TX
Many thanks to Rebecca Corliss, Ann Patterson and Alan Schroeder for standing for election.
Good luck to all and we look forward to everyone's continued support of
the AALL Private Law Libraries SIS, theVoice of the Private Law Librarian.
Article Highlighting PLL Constituent Groups
I want to share with you the wonderful article highlighting PLLs constituent groups and their role in supporting the work we do as law firm, corporate and independent law librarians. As the blurb says "The Private Law Libraries SIS provides a good example of how smaller groups of like-minded people can add value to membership."
If you have not read "Law Librarians Band Together" by our fellow PLLer, Donna Fisher, published in the March 2008 issue of AALL Spectrum, I recommend that you take a look at the article and plan on becoming a part of one or more of these groups and attending the programs and functions they will be hosting at the annual AALL meeting this July in Portland.
Lucy Curci-Gonzalez
President, PLL
Members' Briefing
The AALL Special Committee on Involving All Our Members has published a Members' Briefing, which appears in the April edition of Spectrum. You will find a discussion of the value of involvement in AALL, resources to help your employer understand the value of AALL, plus a little quiz to test your knowledge of your association.
Chris Graesser and Cathy Lemann
Co-Chairs, AALL Special Committee on Involving All Our Members, March, 2008.
PLL Travel Grants for AALL 2008
These grants, sponsored by Wolters-Kluwer , Quidlibet Research, Inc. and Jones-McClure have been awarded to five PLL members. We will recognize our grant recepients at the PLL business meeting the morning of Sunday, July 13th.
