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NJLLA’s 2014 Holiday Party

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NJLLA’s Annual Holiday Party!

Wednesday, December 3, 2014
5:00-8:00 p.m.

Rutgers Law Library — Newark
Berson Boardroom
123 Washington St.
Newark NJ 07102

Hors d’oeuvres, Buffet, and Dessert

The holiday party is generously sponsored by the Librarian Relations Team at
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Please RSVP by December 1st to Caroline Young at caroline.young.rutgers@gmail.com.

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

 

 

 

Save the Dates: Upcoming NJLLA Events

In addition to our November 20th program and luncheon on Business Resources, we have also scheduled the two next events. NJLLA’s Annual Holiday Party will be held on Wednesday, December 3 from 5-8 pm at the Rutgers Law Library in Newark, so mark your calendars! And on January 27th, 2015, Greenbaum Rowe in Roseland will be hosting a Brown Bag book discussion on “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking” by Susan Cain. Should be a good discussion and we hope to see you there. Details for both events will be forthcoming.

November Meeting: Business Resources at the Rutgers Dana Library

Ka-Neng Au and Roberta (Bobbie) Tipton, two business librarians with extensive experience at the John Cotton Dana Library of Rutgers University Libraries, will provide us with the latest details about current business databases and how to find the difficult information we may be asked for. They will cover competitive intelligence, marketing information, data sets, information about private companies and much more.

Au has been a conference speaker in the US and abroad. He is the author of several journal articles and book chapters on information technology and business information resources.

Bobbie has worked in both academic and government libraries. She has written and presented on the business of information, information about business, and information literacy, among other topics.

Date and Time: Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 12:00 noon

Place: Dana Room, John Cotton Dana Library, Rutgers Newark
http://rumaps.rutgers.edu/location/dana-library

Cost: Members $10.00; Students $7.50; Non-Members $15.00

RSVP: Anne Shulman by Friday, November 14th, 2014

Community Service Project: The Committee will be collecting canned and boxed food for a local food pantry. Cash donations are also appreciated.

Make check payable to: New Jersey Law Librarians Association
Mail to: Anne Shulman
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland Perretti LLP
Headquarters Plaza
PO Box 1981
Morristown, NJ 07960

email: ashulman@riker.com or call 973-538-0800, ext 7482.

PDF Flyer for November 2014 Meeting

 

Practice Tip: Federal Docket Searching

A regular feature of life for law librarians is docket searching. We all know the woes of using New Jersey’s state court public case access. While we have left behind the buzzing and beeping of our modems from the old dial-up ACMS access in favor of public access on the court website, there is still a lot of room for improvement on the state side. For federal courts, the old reliable PACER is of course still the least expensive option, if not the most graceful.

But could there be something a bit better that doesn’t break the bank? I have been playing around with PacerPro for my federal docket searching ever since I learned about them at AALL this summer. I pay just my regular Pacer charges, and get access to batch downloads of the documents (definitely a time saver), free bookmarking of cases I check on regularly (no more visiting several different court sites and logging in to each one to check on my cases), and also free docket tracking with alerts when there’s an update. PacerPro also has the ability to search within a docket using simple Boolean operators to quickly locate entries. There are online demos about PacerPro on their website and they also are actively setting up live online webinars, so feel free to contact them and check out their offerings to see what you think. Is anyone else using PacerPro, or have any tools or tricks that may make our lives a little easier that they’d like to share with the membership? We would love to set up a regular blog feature of practice tips on any topic written by our knowledgeable NJLLA librarians, so please leave a comment or contact us if you have ideas to share!

Cheers,
Carrie Hayter

October 2014 Brown Bag Luncheon

OCTOBER 2014 BROWN BAG LUNCHEONS

Insight from the Trenches – Suggestions and Solutions

Since we face similar issues and challenges in our work, we can all benefit from sharing our experiences. Join the discussion, share your tips and techniques on getting through the workday and discover solutions from your colleagues.

Bring your own lunch. Drinks and dessert will be provided.

Morristown Area Date and Time: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 12:00 noon

Saiber LLC
18 Columbia Turnpike #200
Florham Park, NJ 07932
Directions: http://www.saiber.com/office.asp?id=1&/Florham_Park

Contact: Joanne Murphy
Phone: 973-845-7713
Email: jmurphy@saiber.com
RSVP by Friday, October 10, 2014

Newark Date and Time: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 12:00 noon

Prudential Insurance Company of America
Law Library, 4th Floor
751 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102

Contact: Maggie Velez
Phone: 973-802-6811
Email: magali.velez@prudential.com
RSVP by Friday, October 17, 2014

September Meeting: Visit Gann Law Books

Please join us as we visit the offices of Gann Law Books. Gann is the publisher of the annotated version of the New Jersey Court Rules and other legal treatises focusing on New Jersey and Pennsylvania law. This is a rare opportunity for librarians to see what goes into creating these popular books and to vote on the color of the cover for the upcoming edition of New Jersey Rules of Evidence.

Gann will provide lunch and an overview of the publishing process, including author selection and updating of materials. They will also discuss online access and ebooks.

There is no charge for this event, but RSVPs are mandatory.

DATE: Monday, September 29, 2014

PLACE: Gann Law Books
One Washington Park
Suite 1300
Newark, NJ

Parking information to follow.

TIME: 12 Noon – 2 p.m.

RSVP: By Wednesday, September 24, 2014

RSVP to: Kathy Taggart, email: ktaggart@lowenstein.com or 973-422-6442

Community Service Project:

The Committee will collect school supplies for distribution to area school programs. Items needed include pocket folders, scissors, rulers, glue sticks, crayons, markers, highlighters, pens, pencils, erasers, notebooks, loose-leaf paper and construction paper.

 

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 Annual Business Meeting and Program – May 15, 2014

Program Description: Tips for Searching and Teaching Google      

We all use Google and other search engines for research every day. Kathy Taggart will give tips for more effective searching.

SPEAKER:  Kathy Taggart
Senior Research Services Librarian, Lowenstein Sandler LLP

DATE:            Thursday May 15, 2014

PLACE:          Spanish Tavern
                        103 McWhorter Street, Newark, NJ

Directions:  http://www.restaurantpassion.com/external_pages/nj/spanishtavern07/directions.aspx?ccid=634&sid=8&sn=NJ

TIME:            12:00 – 2:30 pm

AGENDA:
Lunch & Program: 12:00 –  1:30 pm
NJLLA Annual Business Meeting & Election: 1:30 –  2:30 pm
2014-2015 Nomination Slate

Please arrive promptly so that you can enjoy lunch & networking.

COST:  Members: $30.00          Students: $15.00           Non-Members: $35.00

RSVP:  by Friday, May 9, 2014 

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT:
Morristown Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Items needed – Receiving blankets; preemie size: T-shirts, onesies and snap closure sleepers.

Make check payable to: New Jersey Law Librarians Association

MAIL TO:
Johanna Bizub
Prudential Insurance
751 Broad Street
NJ-01-04-13
Newark, NJ  07102-371
email: jbizub@prudential.com  or call 973-367-31754

2014 Annual Meeting Flyer (PDF)