LLNE News

AALL Updates

2008-07-23T09:05:00.000-05:00

Greetings LLNE Members! Here are few AALL updates from the conference....

The vendor floor was very busy and I checked out the LLNE table and it looked great (thanks Diane for creation and Kathy and Christine for setting it up!)

SNELLA/LLNE had a lunch where Kathy Fletcher passed over the reigns to Chris Knott as new President of LLNE (see below). He received the ceremonial duck and a brand new crown. Michale Hughes announced the new candidates for the Executive Board and they were all approved.

In social news, the NELLCO recpetion was great. It was at the Uptown Billards Club in NW Portland. Tracy made an announcement about the Federated Search and schools were continuing to sign up. The club featured pool tables, dart boards, and ping pong. Everyone had a good time. The funny thing was that the lounge had pictures of books all along the walls. (See pic below - Karen Quin and Raquel Ortiz and the book background) Many commented it felt like home!

LLNE News Spring Issue

2008-04-23T12:31:00.000-05:00

Greetings and Happy Spring! The newest edition of the LLNE News is here!

This issue features the new LLNE Strategic Plan, notes on the upcoming LLNE Spring Meeting, an article on the New England Historic Genealogical Society and much more.

See you at the LLNE Spring Meeting in Maine!

LLNE Scholarship Announcement

2008-03-28T08:43:00.000-05:00

The 2008 AALL Meeting in Portland is only a few months away. The LLNE Scholarship Committee is now accepting applications for support to help pay the costs of attending. Applications are due by April 30. The policies and application forms are available on the LLNE website at: http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llne/forms/index.htm.

Completed applications should be sent by mail or fax to:

Margaret Cianfarini Chair,
LLNE Scholarship Committee
Harvard Law School Library
1545 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138

Northeastern Law Library Presents: Bringing Human Rights Home

2008-03-25T11:28:00.000-05:00

Northeastern University School of Law Library is co-sponsoring a panel discussion on Human Rights in the United States

Bringing Human Rights Home: A Panel Discussion on Human Rights in the United States

Moderated by Professor Martha Davis

Thursday, April 3, 2008

At Noon

333 Curry Student Center

Refreshments will be served

Sponsored by the NU School of Law Library, NU Libraries, the NUSL Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, and the NU Bookstore. Formore information or for special needs assistance, please contact MariaCarpenter at m.carpenter@neu.edu or 617.373.2821.

Program: The anthology Uncertain Freedoms—the struggle for human rights, edited byMartha Davis, recounts the tumultuous history and politics of socialjustice action in the US. It examines the ways in which human rightsactivism has flourished and faltered within the US—and the differencesbetween the US’s domestic and international involvement in human rights.
Join us for an illuminating discussion by a panel of experts on topics asbroad ranging as civil rights, globalization and terrorism, and theirintersection with human rights.

Panel: Editor of the anthology and Northeastern Law Professor Martha Daviswill moderate a panel discussion with guests Hope Lewis, NU Professor ofLaw; Wendy Pollack, Senior Attorney for the Sargent Shriver National Centeron Poverty Law; Alec Irwin, Associate Director of the Francois-XavierBagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of PublicHealth; and Catherine Albisa, Executive Director of the National Economicand Social Rights Initiative.

LLNE Newsletter Call for Articles

2008-03-11T07:18:00.000-05:00

Hello LLNE Members -

The next issue of the LLNE News in is the works. We are calling for submissions for our new issue! Feel free to choose any topic, and email us with your ideas.

Also, please forward any news about our members such as recent publications, new jobs, achievements, etc. We need your materials by April 11th so we can get the issue out before people head off to the LLNE meeting in Maine!

Thanks,

Kyle K. Courtney & Susan Vaughn

LLNE Spring 2008 Meeting

2008-02-28T07:06:00.000-05:00

Information on the LLNE Spring 2008 Meeting, which is taking place at the Hilton Garden Inn in Freeport, Maine, is now available at the University of Maine Garbrecht Law Library's website.

November 2007 Volunteer Opportunities

2007-10-30T13:00:00.000-05:00

The LLNE Service Committee is pleased to announce two upcoming volunteer opportunities with Community Servings, an organization that prepares, packages and delivers meals to individuals homebound with acute life-threatening illnesses and unable to shop or cook for themselves. The events, both associated with the organization's annual Pie in the Sky fundraiser, will take place Saturday, November 10th and Saturday, November 17th. For additional details, please contact Jennifer Kessler, LLNE Service Committee Chair, at jkessler@goodwinprocter.com or (617) 305-6708.

Pie Box Labeling and Distribution to Restaurants
Saturday, November 10th
9:00am – 2:00pm
Greater Boston Food Bank

Help make and label 13,000 pie boxes at the Greater Boston Food Bank. After labeling, we'll deliver bundles of pie boxes to the restaurants that will fill them.

Pie Baking
Saturday, November 17th
Time and Location TBA

Additional details will be provided once confirmed. Last year a large group convened at Hynes Convention Center to help bake extra pies needed to meet the impressive demand. Depending on this year's numbers, shifts will be planned for either the morning or afternoon of November 17th. Please let Jennifer know if you are interested and when you might be available to assist that day.

Reference Survey

2007-10-01T13:16:00.001-05:00

I have created a short (really very short) survey on survey monkey which asks questions about chat and roaming reference. If you have 5 minutes, could you please respond to this survey at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=BrNkZNwq25Ni9mYVJ1FhaQ_3d_3d

Thank you,
Susan Vaughn
Legal Reference Librarian
Suffolk University Law Library
(and your LLNE News co-editor)

LLNE Newsletter - Your help

2007-09-27T06:16:00.000-05:00

Hello LLNE Members -

The next issue of the LLNE News in is the works. We are calling for submissions for our new issue. Feel free to choose any topic, but we can also supply some ideas. You could tell us about:

an interesting program at the AALL annual meeting
any interesting travels from the summer
a great resource or new product that you've discovered that you would like to share

Lastly, please forward to me any news about our members such as recent publications, new jobs, achievements, etc. We need your materials by October 11th so we can get the issue out before people head off to the big LLNE meeting in Toronto!

Thanks,

Kyle K. Courtney & Susan Vaughn

Announcing the LLNE Introduction to Legal Research Course

2007-07-26T09:46:00.000-05:00

Seven weeks of hands-on instruction in the basic skills and materials of legal research, taught by experienced law librarians from the membership of the Law Librarians of New England (LLNE).

Monday Evenings September 10, 2007 to October 29, 2007 (no class on Oct. 8)
6:00p.m. to 8:30p.m.At the Boston College Law School, 885 Centre Street, Newton Centre, MA
Directions available at http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/library/about/directions/
Topics covered include:
What is Law? - What is Legal Research?
Basic Legal Research Finding Aids
Shepard's and KeyCite
The Importance of Cases, Court Structure, and Court Reporting National Reporter System and West Digests
Statutes & Legislative History
Administrative Law & Loose-leaf Services
Secondary Sources
On-line Services - LEXIS and WESTLAW
Strategy - How to approach a problem
Hands-on Research Exercises
Course fee: $150 Registration deadline, September 7, 2007.To reserve your place, or for more information, contact Joan Shear at 617-552-2895.
Registration form and course syllabus will soon be available on the LLNE website.

Hot Off the Presses - LLNE Election Gazetteer

2007-07-13T13:58:00.000-05:00

Your LLNE Newsletter Committee has put together an election gazetteer. Check it out to meet your future LLNE officers, to learn more about Second Life, and for some hints on programs not to miss in New Orleans.

AALL Meeting - Must See Presentation!

2007-06-27T14:12:00.000-05:00

Need A Short But Informative Program to Wind Down The AALL Conference?

Consider “Casting A Wider Net.” This program will explore online catalog applications beyond traditional library uses.

Tuesday, July 17, 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m., EMCC- Room 224

by David M. Turkalo, Assistant Director For Technical Services, Suffolk University Law Library, Boston, and Program Coordinator

The Technical Services SIS-sponsored program, “Casting A Wider Net: The Challenges And Rewards Of Making Your Online Catalog A Useful Tool Beyond The Law Library” will offer an informative look at the processes and procedures that the Suffolk University Law School’s Moakley Law Library used in making the School’s Career Development Office’s separately housed and maintained collection of materials part of the University catalog. And, going that “one step beyond” where many librarians have great trepidation about going, allowing the personnel of that office to circulate the materials themselves. Two featured speakers from the frontlines of the project, Suffolk Systems Services Librarian (and incoming Chair of the Innovative Law Users Group (ILUG)), Sarah Boling, will speak on the technical services aspects of the project, while Circulation Services Librarian Sabrina Holley-Williams will provide the public services perspective, followed by a Q & A and Discussion period as time allows.

Trial Court LoisLaw Remote Access Ending

2007-06-20T13:55:00.000-05:00

The Massachusetts Trial Court Libraries announced that, as of July 1st, they can no longer offer remote access to LoisLaw to trial court members. Wolters Kluwer has declined to renew the remote access agreement. There is a brief survey up at the trial court website. If you, or someone in your firm, used this service, fill it out. The trial courts are going to be using the responses to help them decide on a replacement service.

AALL Annual Meeting - Featuring the Local Talent

2007-05-31T18:39:00.000-05:00

LLNE's very own Dave Turkalo will be presenting this year at the AALL Annual Meeting, along with colleagues Sarah Boling and Sabrina Holley-Williams. Their presentation is titled, "Casting a Wider Net: The Challenges and Rewards of Making Your Online Catalog a Useful Tool Beyond the Law Library." For me information on this presentation see the program description on the AALL TS-SIS homepage.

2007-05-17T18:06:00.000-05:00

SEOmoz.org's Web 2.0 Winners have been announced. See the chart of winners at http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0/short. There are a lot of great tools I use listed, like furl, and I see lots of neat things I want to try out.

If you use any of these tools or try something out and like it why not post a review to the LLNE News Blog?

Source: LibrarianInBlack

LLNE Member Bibliography - Call for Submissions

2007-05-15T13:38:00.000-05:00

Have you delivered a noteworthy presentation or had your work published in a journal, law review, book or book chapter in the past ten years? If so, the LLNE Public Relations Committee wants to hear from you. In an effort to publicize member accomplishments & encourage new scholarship, the committee has compiled a bibliography of LLNE member publications and presentations. The bib will be posted to the LLNE website and featured at the events table at the AALL meeting in New Orleans. We’ll be adding new entries to the 2006 bibliography. If your works were included in earlier editions, you only need to send new work that was published or presented since July 2006. If you don’t have anything to submit this time around, fear not - the bibliography will be updated annually. The submission deadline is Friday, June 15, 2007. To view the 2006 edition and submission guidelines go to: http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llne/resources/memberbib.htm

Web 2.0: Insights and Implications for Law Libraries

2007-05-05T07:43:00.000-05:00

What's all the buzz about? What exactly is Web 2.0 and what could it mean for you? NELLCO is pleased to sponsor a one-day workshop presented by Greg Tananbaum, Scholarly Communication Guru. The workshop will be held on Tues. June 12, from 9:30am-3:30pm at the Social Law Library in Boston, MA. Registration is open to NELLCO members ($75.00) and non-members ($95.00) alike. Lunch will be served. To register please go to http://www.nellco.memberlodge.org and click on the 'Events' tab.

Greg Tananbaum is a consultant and entrepreneur focusing on activities at the intersection of technology, content, and academia. He has served as the President of The Berkeley Electronic Press, as well as Director of Product Marketing for EndNote. Greg writes a regular column in Against the Grain covering emerging developments in the field of scholarly communication. He has served as an invited speaker at dozens of conferences, including the American Library Association, the Society for Scholarly Publishing, the Association of Professional and Learned Society Publishers, and Online Information UK. He holds a Master's Degree from the London School of Economics and a B.A. from Yale University.

Greg will help workshop participants unpack the Web 2.0 landscape. The presentation will examine where we are in the current scholarly communication landscape, how to best define Web 2.0 within the context of that landscape, how hot button issues like institutional repositories and open access fit into the mix, the limits of Web 2.0 within scholarly communication, the changing role of the library as the Web 2.0 wave crests, some considerations for the library as it is asked to deal with Web 2.0, and what the future (Web 3.0) might hold. Please contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.

Cheers,
Tracy

Tracy L. Thompson
Executive Director
New England Law Library Consortium (NELLCO)
www.nellco.org
603-357-3385 (voice)
603-357-2075 (fax)
tracy.thompson@yale.edu

Harvard Law School Library has a new blog

2007-05-04T08:31:00.000-05:00

The Harvard Law School Library has launched a new blog called Et Seq.

Multi-talented Law Librarians

2007-04-30T13:59:00.000-05:00

John Pedini, librarian at Social Law, was kind enough to share with several of us his band's latest CD. The band is the Incontinentals and the CD is Ships That Pass Out in the Night. To sample one of the tracks, You Can Always Count on Me (To Let You Down) go here.

LLNE/SNELLA Luncheon

2007-04-26T08:41:00.000-05:00

Registration information for the joint LLNE/SNELLA Luncheon, to be held on Monday, July 16, 2007 at AALL in New Orleans, is now available at http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llne

The cost is $25 per person, thanks to the generous sponsorship of Thomson Global Products. We hope to see many of you there!

LLNE 2007 Spring Meeting Materials

2007-04-25T07:53:00.000-05:00

Due to popular demand LLNE News has acquired the materials from Friday's excellent Spring meeting.

Many thanks to the Social Law Library for hosting and creating a superb meeting and program!

Program Faculty Profiles

Spring Meeting Bibliography

Medicare Part D Resources

Health Care For All's Powerpoint Presentation

Medical Records - HIPAA Privacy Regulations

ICJ launches new site

2007-04-21T09:26:00.000-05:00

The International Court of Justice launched a new website. The press announcement discussses its new content and features

GLIN now available through WorldLII

2007-04-21T09:07:00.000-05:00

The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) from the Law Library of Congress now searchable through the World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII).

source: beSpacific

Interesting Case Study of SharePoint Implementation

2007-04-18T07:40:00.000-05:00

There is an interesting new Microsoft Case Study on Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton's new Intranet based on Sharepoint and and product called XMLAW. Sheppard Mullin implement the Sharepoint system to improve access to firm documents and client information.

Source: LawLibTech

Summer Internship Opportunity

2007-04-18T07:29:00.000-05:00

Perkins Coie LLP Library Diversity Internship Program, 2007

Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington, seeks a summer library intern. The internship is a summer program designed to introduce candidates from diverse backgrounds to the challenging and rewarding profession of law firm librarianship. The library intern will have the opportunity to experience firsthand the variety of functions in a large law firm library. The intern will receive training in technical services, have designated reference desk hours, attend staff planning meetings, network with law librarians from other institutions and be involved in special projects such as web page development and library-sponsored training.

Benefits to the intern include the opportunity to work with a team of experienced law librarians in a top AmLaw 100 law firm; introduction to all aspects of special librarianship including serials management, cataloging, circulation, interlibrary loan; development of reference skills and expansion of knowledge of legal resources and databases. Beyond their assigned duties, the intern will be expected to design and carry out a research, instructional or service-based project and to create a research guide or article that may be used on the law firm's intranet.

We are seeking applicants who are currently enrolled and satisfactorily performing in an ALA accredited school of library and information science. Class work in legal bibliography is preferred but not required. Candidates must possess excellent communications skills and experience with Microsoft Word/Excel. We are seeking applicants with diverse cultural and life experiences. The library internship will run for 6 weeks, beginning in late June or early July, and is a full-time, paid position.

If you wish to apply for this internship, send the following application materials to staffhiringSEA@perkinscoie.com and refer to job number S20070404.
· Resume;
· Names of three references;
· Library school transcript;
· Personal statement including career goals and reasons for applying for the internship (approx. 1 page in lieu of a cover letter).

Applications should be received on or before May 4, 2007.