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April Meeting: Feeling Good about Medical Legal Research

New Jersey Law Librarians Association
April Meeting

Feeling Good About Medical Legal Research

Presented by Caroline Young, NJLLA Vice-President/President-Elect & Reference and Technology Librarian, Rutgers School of Law – Newark

NJLLA April 2013 Meeting Flyer

Most law librarians will be asked to perform medical or health-related research during the course of their careers. This program will provide an introduction to locating and evaluating medical information. Topics will include: defining evidence-based medicine, applying the methods of evidence-based medicine to the process of medical research, and evaluating retrieved information. Effective searching of MEDLINE, using the controlled vocabulary MeSH (the National Library of Medicine’s Medical Subject Headings), will also be covered.

DATE: Thursday, April 18th, 2013

PLACE: Lowenstein Sandler (LS East Building)
65 Livingston Ave, Roseland ,NJ

TIME: 12 noon to 2 pm

COST:    Members: $15.00    Students: $10.00    Non-Members: $20.00

RSVP to:  Kathy Taggart by Thursday, April 12, 2013

Make check payable to: New Jersey Law Librarians Association
Mail to: Kathy Taggart, Lowenstein Sandler 65 Livingston Ave. Roseland, NJ  07068
email: ktaggart@lowenstein.com or call 973-422-6442

 

Community Service Project

The Community Service Committee will be collecting “forever” stamps, greeting cards, envelopes and stationery for the Stamp Out Despair campaign. This cause is sponsored by First Friends, a group that visits those who are held in immigration detention in New Jersey, and the donations are used to assist detainees in writing letters.  For more information, the home page of this organization is:  www.irate-firstfriends.org. 

Announcement: Apply for the NJLLA 2013 AALL Meeting Grant

NJLLA 2013 AALL Meeting Grant Application

Please consider applying for the 2013 NJLLA Grant to attend the AALL Annual Meeting

in

 Seattle, WA – July 13 – 16, 2013

Applications and Essays must be submitted by April 15, 2013 to:

Caroline Young

Rutgers Law School-Newark

123 Washington St.

Newark, NJ 07102

Phone: 973-353-3146

Fax: 973-353-1574

Email: cyoung@kinoy.rutgers.edu

The Grants and Awards Committee will decide the recipient of the 2013 NJLLA Grant by April 30, 2013.
 
Please see application above with additional instructions and essay topic.

 

 

March Meeting: Visit the New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Law Librarians Association
March Meeting

The New Jersey Law Journal is 135!

Flyer for March 2013 Meeting

Join us as we visit the offices of the New Jersey Law Journal and celebrate its 135th anniversary.  The Law Journal’s Newark office has become the regional legal book publishing hub of American Lawyer Media.  This is a great opportunity to meet their expanded book editing staff.  ALM now publishes state-specific treatises and form books in Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Texas, and California, in addition to New Jersey. 

Lunch and a tour of the offices will be included.  There is no charge for this event, but RSVPs are mandatory. 

DATE:               Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 

PLACE:            New Jersey Law Journal  238 Mulberry Street, Newark, NJ 07101

Parking is adjacent to the building.  

TIME:                12 noon to 2 pm

RSVP by:               Friday, March 22nd, 2013

RSVP to:          Johanna Bizub   email: jbizub@prudential.com or 973-367-3175

Community Service Project

The Community Service Committee will be collecting new and gently used sports equipment for donation to the Newark Area schools for their aftercare and Big Brothers/Big Sisters programs.  Items requested are:  footballs, basketballs, soccer balls, baseballs, batting helmets, gloves, softballs, gift cards to Dicks’ or Modell’s, etc.

Free N.J.A.C. site improved

The free public access site for the N.J. Admin. Code and N.J. Register, at http://www.lexisnexis.com/njoal/ now provides Lexis functionality on both publications (instead of having the Code in a different “Michie’s Legal Resources” format). At the moment the N.J.A.C. there is about one month less current than the N.J.A.C. on Lexis.com. – if that lag stays constant it will be an improvement over the lag time of the former Michie version. The free N.J.R. remains fully current.

Seeking Nominees for NJLLA Executive Board

It’s that time again! The Nominating Committee is seeking nominees for the following Executive Board offices: 

Vice President / President Elect
Secretary
Treasurer
Member at Large (2 positions)

If you would like to nominate someone or yourself, please contact Janice Schouten (jmschouten@pbnlaw.com) by Thursday, February 28 by sending her the contact information of that person and the position for which he or she is being nominated. The Nominations Committee will submit a slate of nominees to the Executive Board by March 15, and elections will take place at the Annual Business Meeting in May.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any member of the Nominating Committee. 

Thank you.

Janice Schouten, Nominating Committee Chair (jmschouten@pbnlaw.com)
Mary Ellen Kaas  (mkaas@mdmc-law.com)
Sue Lyons  (slyons@kinoy.rutgers.edu)
Lucy Rieger  (luinj@libraryupdate.com)

NJLLA Holiday Party — December 5, 2012

 NJLLA Holiday Party Flyer – 12-05-12

Join us at NJLLA’s annual Holiday Party on December 5, 2012 from 5:00 to 7:30 pm

McCarter & English
4 Gateway Center
100 Mulberry Street, 15th Floor
Newark NJ 07102

Directions: http://www.mccarter.com/Newark-United-States-of-America/
Recommended Parking: Edison Park Fast on the corner of Mulberry and Market Streets.

Hors d’oeuvres Buffet & Dessert

Please RSVP by December 3 to Janice Schouten at 973-889-4368 or jmschouten@pbnlaw.com.

The Community Service Committee will be collecting children’s books and pajamas for the The Pajama Project.

25th Anniversary Celebration – Postponed Until Spring 2013

Due to storm conditions and possible travel difficulties for our fantastic guest speaker, we are going to postpone the 25th Anniversary Celebration, scheduled for this Monday, November 5th, to sometime this spring. While we are sad to have to postpone, we look forward to a celebration where everyone can attend without concerns about personal safety or gas usage.

This situation has been difficult for many people in the region. I hope you and your loved ones are safe and sound and your personal property is intact. If there’s anything NJLLA can do for you at this time, please do not hesitate to ask.

Our NJLLA holiday party will be held on Wednesday, December 5th at McCarter & English in Newark (details to follow soon). I hope to see you all there and we can celebrate a bit at that time.

All the best,

Kathy Taggart
NJLLA President

Reminder: RSVP to NJLLA 25th Anniversary Celebration on November 5th

If you’re planning to attend NJLLA’s 25th Anniversary celebration at the Newark Museum on November 5th, please contact Johanna Bizub as soon as possible (jbizub@prudential.com or 973-367-3175) so we can get some preliminary attendance figures.

The evening features speaker Bob Berring and provides time to mingle and dine with friends and colleagues and a chance to enjoy the museum’s exhibit and gift shop. The celebration starts at 5:00 and ends at 8:00 p.m.

Our community service collection will be for non-perishable food for the Saint John’s food pantry in Newark.

We hope to see you there!

Kathy Taggart
NJLLA President

POSTPONED – NJLLA 25th Anniversary Celebration & November Meeting

View the NJLLA 25th Anniversary Program Flyer

POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING 2013 DUE TO STORM – SEE https://njlla.org/2012/11/25th-anniversary-celebration-postponed-until-spring-2013/

Please join us as we mark our 25th Anniversary as an AALL Chapter. The special event at The Newark Museum features our honored guest lecturer, Robert C. Berring, Jr., the Walter Perry Johnson Professor at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

Bob Berring has inspired law librarians through his many roles in the profession and as the author of highly regarded legal research textbooks.

The evening includes a dinner buffet and the opportunity to view the current special exhibit: Angels & Tomboys: Girlhood in 19th Century American Art.

We gratefully acknowledge our meeting sponsors for assisting us with this program:

 

 


 

 

 
DATE/TIME: Monday, November 5th, 2012 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm

COST: $10.00 (covers dinner & parking). Checks payable to the New Jersey Law Librarians Association.

PLACE: The Newark Museum’s Engelhard Court
49 Washington Street Newark NJ
Parking at Central Parking adjacent to The Newark Museum (Washington St. & Central Ave.)

RSVP: Johanna Bizub by Wednesday, October 31st
973-367-3175 or email: jbizub@prudential.com
Prudential Insurance Company
751 Broad St., NJ-01-04-13
Newark NJ 07102-3714

DIRECTIONS: http://www.newarkmuseum.org/GeneralInformation/GeneralInformation.aspx?id=96

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT: We will be collecting non-perishable food.