AALL Wrap Ups

The 2014 American Association of Law Libraries annual meeting has come and gone in San Antonio. It was great to meet up with librarians from all over to network, learn, and come away energized with new ideas for the coming year.

Some of the highlights for me personally were the thought-provoking keynote speaker, Andrew Keen, who challenged us to aggressively find a future for the vital skills in our profession; learning about some of the mysteries of law firm pricing from 3 Geeks’ Toby Brown; and exploring how to “bridge the gap” between law school learning and law firm research needs. Check out AALL’s Highlights page for more resources on what went on in San Antonio.

While the New Jersey contingent in San Antonio was small, many of us did manage to find each other at some point. It helped that NJLLA hosted this year’s joint chapter reception between our chapter, LLAGNY, and ALLUNY. Our own Sheryll Rappaport of McCarter & English came away the winner of the gift basket of goodies donated by NJLLA. I’m sure she will enjoy reading through the “Weird NJ” book while she munches on some Atlantic City salt water taffy.

Of course, this year’s NJLLA Founders Grant winner, Lusiella Fazzino, also attended the conference, and she shares her experiences here in her post-conference grant essay. One of the fun things about the annual conference is that there is something there for everyone, so Lucy’s experiences and educational sessions were totally different than mine. Take a look at her essay. And if you attended AALL, please share your thoughts in the comments section.

Next year’s AALL meeting is closer to home in Philadelphia, so we hope many more NJLLA members will be making an appearance there in 2015.

Enjoy what remains of the summer. We will be updating the membership soon with information about our first fall event.

Cheers,

Carrie Hayter
NJLLA President

2014 NJLLA Founders’ Grant Available to Attend the AALL Annual Meeting

The Grants & Awards Committee is pleased to open consideration to applicants for the 2014 Founders’ Grant. The purpose of this Grant is to financially assist a member of NJLLA to attend the AALL Annual Meeting. This NJLLA Grant covers the cost of registration, transportation, and hotel accommodations up to $1,500. The Annual Meeting will be held this year in San Antonio, Texas, from July 12-15, 2014.

Applicants must be members of the New Jersey Law Librarians Association. Prior grant recipients (within the last five years) and current members of the Grants & Awards Committee are not eligible to apply. More information on how to apply can be found on the Grant application. The deadline to apply is April 15, 2014.

Grant Application (PDF)
Grant Application (Word)

NJLLA, LLAGNY, ALLUNY, & GPLLA Joint Reception at AALL

COME CELEBRATE AND RAISE A GLASS AS WE TOAST LLAGNY’S 75TH ANNIVERSARY AT THE JOINT CHAPTER RECEPTION

Thomson Reuters cordially invites the members of LLAGNY, NJLLA, ALLUNY and GPLLA to a joint reception during AALL. We’ll be celebrating the 75th anniversary of LLAGNY. Please join us for drinks, hors d’oeuvres, raffle prizes, and other surprises.

Where
Ballard Room
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
1400 6th Avenue

When
Monday, July 15, 2013
5:30-7:30 p.m.

RSVP and Questions
Kindly RSVP by Friday, July 6, and direct any questions to Kelly Knipp. Please note that you must be a chapter member of LLAGNY, NJLLA, ALLUNY or GPLLA to attend.

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.

WestlawNext, WestlawNext Mobile and Workflow Integration Take Center Stage at AALL

EAGAN, Minn., July 12 /PRNewswire/ — WestlawNext®, the groundbreaking new legal research system from Thomson Reuters, along with WestlawNext Mobile and advanced litigation workflow integration tools are being showcased by Thomson Reuters at the 2010 AALL Annual Meeting and Conference, held July 10-13 in Denver.

To read the press release, Click Here.

And The Winner Is….

The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) has awarded its 2010 New Product of the Year Award to legal publisher Fastcase, Inc. for the company’s free legal research application for the iPhone. The Association will award the prize in Denver during the organization’s 103rd Annual Meeting this month.

For the complete press release, Click Here.

Rutgers Law Library Honored By AALL

The Law Library at Rutgers School of Law–Newark has been selected to receive the American Association of Law Libraries’ 2010 Law Library Publications Award for Nonprint Material for its project titled “Same-Sex Marriage: A Selective Bibliography of the Legal Literature.” The bibliography was compiled by Paul Axel-Lute, Deputy Director and Collection Development Librarian.

For the full story, click here.

Law Libraries Spurn Sizable Publisher Sponsorship

Thomson-West, the staple supplier of resources for law librarians, for the first time in recent memory wasn’t a gold sponsor ($75,000+) at the recent American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) annual meeting, July 10-13, in Denver.

The reason? Not because of budget cutbacks. According to Joe Hodnicki, an editor of the Law Librarian Blog (LLB), AALL’s executive board decided not to accept any sponsorship dollars from Thomson-West. At issue is West’s refusal to provide pricing information for AALL’s annual Price Index for Legal Publications (available to AALL members only).

For the full story, click here.

West Salutes Law Librarians

West, the foremost provider of integrated information solutions, software and services to the U.S. legal market, is launching a nation-wide campaign to salute law librarians and the critical role that law librarians play in managing knowledge and information on behalf of the organizations they represent.

For the full story, click here.

AALL RSS Feeds

From AALL: RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication, is an XML-based format for content distribution. It provides our members with a new and easy way to keep up-to-date with AALL. We offer several RSS feeds, includeing headlines, summaries, and links back to AALLNET for the entire article.

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