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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.

Save the Date: NJLLA 25th Anniversary Celebration on 11/5/12

The New Jersey Law Librarians Association turned 25 over the summer.  On July 6, 1987, NJLLA was officially recognized as a chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries.

Our November program will commemorate our 25 years and will feature guest speaker Bob Berring. Mr. Berring is not only a renowned leader in the fields of law librarianship and legal research but also a wonderful speaker and inspiring presence.  Our celebration will be held on the evening of Monday, November 5, at the Newark Museum in Newark, New Jersey.  Stay tuned for more details and save the date!

September Program: Walking the Tightrope Between Licensed Data Restrictions and User Access

Sept 2012 Program Flyer 

Program Description:  Vendor contracts are getting more complex and the use of licensed data has become more restrictive. Digital data is the vendor’s property, which it licenses to subscribers. This program will suggest ways to comply with licensing restrictions and instruct users about these restrictions.

Speaker Biography:  Linda-Jean Schneider is the Electronic Resources Manager for Morgan Lewis & Bockius, having joined the firm in February 2012.  Previously she spent more than 25 years in law firm library management positions at two other Philadelphia-based firms. She is an active member of AALL, GPLLA, and SLA, and is the current chair of the Private Law Libraries SIS of AALL. Linda-Jean was part of a panel presenting on this topic at the 2012 Annual Meeting in Boston.

Date:  Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Location:  Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, Metro Corporate Campus One, 99 Wood Avenue South, Iselin, NJ, 732-549-5600. Directions: http://www.greenbaumlaw.com/Directions.asp#Metro

Time:  12:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Cost:  Members: $17.00      Students: $8.50      Non-Members: $22.00

RSVP:  by Friday, September 14, 2012

Community Service Project:  School supplies including backpacks, spiral note books, 3 ring binders, filler paper, calculators, hand sanitizer, scotch tape, pens, pencils, crayons, glue sticks, highlighters and colored markers

Check payable to:  New Jersey Law Librarians Association

Mail to:  Anne Shulman, Riker, Danzig, One Speedwell Ave., P.O. Box 1981, Morristown, NJ 07962-1981, e-mail: ashulman@riker.com or call 973-538-0800, x7482

New e-book on NJ constitutional history

“Traces of Its Labors”: The Constitutional Commission, The Legislature, and Their Influence on the New Jersey Constitution, 1873-1875, by Peter J. Mazzei and Robert F. Williams (N.J. Office of Legislative Services, 2012). Includes the proceedings and reports of the Constitutional Commission of 1873, newspaper accounts of its deliberations, and other documentation of the 1875 amendments.   The proceedings, transcribed from original manuscript, are published here for the first time.