Articles for Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. - LLSDC

The LLSDC Legislative SIS and Federal SIS co-hosted a very successful program on February 23rd called: "Lost Laws: What We Can't Find in the United States Code." The brown bag lunch program conducted by Will Tress, Law Library Director and Assistant Professor at the University of Baltimore and held at Troutman Sanders, was attended by 33 people. Professor Tress gave an excellent discussion on conducting official and essential research on the U.S. Code for federal statutory law research. He ...

The Franklin Square group hosted a lunch at Paul Hastings on February 4th. The guest speaker was Victoria Barnes from Questel-Digipat. Questal is a database service focused on international patent and trademark information (but not copyright information) and it features databases covering 85 patent and trademark authorities around the world. It can be searched by various languages, by invention-specific family, and by numerous other categories. If you would like a copy of the PowerPoint that ...

The LLSDC Federal SIS and the Federal Library and Information Center Committee’s (FLICC) Human Resources Working co-sponsored a Learning @ Lunch talk on November 5, 2009. The guest speaker was Roberta Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress. The topic of the session was competencies needed by Federal Law Librarians in today's workplace. Ms. Shaffer started the discussion on competencies by tracing the development of the GS pay system from its inception in the early 1950s to its present and ...

Save the date for the 2010 Joint Spring Workshop: 360º Marketing: Selling Libraries to both Users and Decision-Makers Date: April 27, 2010 Time: 8:30am – 4:00pm Location: Library of Congress Mumford Room in the Madison Building Featured Speaker: Katya Andresen, Author of "Robin Hood Marketing: stealing corporate savvy to sell just causes" Sponsored by: LLSDC, DCLA, DC/SLA, FLICC, and OCLC Registration: $60/members, $25/students and retirees, $85/non-members ...

I am pleased to announce that the LLSDC Scholarship and Grants Committee is offering up to 5 grants for the upcoming Legal Research Institute. Because the Institute is in March we have a special deadline for applications for this program. All applications must be submitted to me by noon on February 5. Applications are available at http://www.llsdc.org/en/cms/?78 They can be e-mailed to me at shererjm@state.gov or faxed to 202-647-2971. Please feel free to contact me if you ...

The Law Librarians Society of Washington. D.C. will be holding the 2010 Legal Research Institutes at the Georgetown Law Library on March 9th and 10th. The Legal Research Institutes are one-day introductory workshops on legal research. The workshops cover both print and electronic sources and teach a variety of topics. The workshops are aimed at those who are new to legal research and those who want to sharpen their legal research skills. Institute I (March 9th) will cover case ...

Want to keep up with LLSDC? You're in luck! We've joined Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn! http://twitter.com/llsdc Stay current with the latest info on upcoming LLSDC events. Come tweet with us about the latest industry news. http://www.facebook.com/pages/LLSDC/175471305731 Become a fan and connect with other LLSDC members. You'll also be able to take advantage of a having a great new forum of discussion to share your thoughts and experiences!  ...

LLSDC is running a $25.00 membership promotion in January. Anyone eligible for Regular Membership in LLSDC is invited to join at the rate of $25.00. LLSDC offers invaluable benefits and opportunities to its members, including: A connection with a local network of law library professionals Access to our award-winning newsletter, Law Library Lights Discounts on social events and other educational programs Access to the LLSDC Member Directory and the LLSDC Law Library ...

Give the Gift of Opportunity During this time of year as we hunt for the perfect gifts for family and friends, consider giving a tax-deductible gift donation to a deserving member of your profession through this opportunity. LLSDC's scholarships and grants allow members to attend an AALL Annual Meeting, go to library or law school, or participate in a workshop. This education and participation in turn makes our profession stronger. On our website you'll find ...

The Business Side of Law Firms - What Librarians Need to Understand to Succeed in the New Law Firm Reality AALL PLL Webinar held Dec 9 Speaker: Barry Strauss, Executive Director, Wiley, Rein LLP Coordinators: Cathryn Ahearn, Kate Martin, Scott Bailey Barry Strauss, Executive Director of Wiley, Rein challenged librarians to rise to the stark changes facing us in the new law firm reality of layoffs, shrinking budgets and heightened insecurity. His basic message was clear: earn ...

The LLSDC Education Committee held a program on low-cost alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw on Thursday, December 10. Hosted at Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius, the program began with Roger Skalbeck and Todd Venie, both librarians at Georgetown, presenting information they have collected about four primary law databases: Fastcase, Casemaker, Loislaw, and VersusLaw. They then shared some conclusions they had reached about the databases and their individual strengths and weaknesses. The second ...

We are planning to start back up the fiction/leisure reading book club that we had going for several years. The first date is Wednesday, January 20. We will plan on every third Wednesday and the meetings will be from 6-7pm to catch you right after work. To get us started, the reading discussion for January will be very broad - what you read over the holidays and really liked or what you got for a present. Once we get the meetings organized we'll be doing the theme oriented topics again so ...

Former law librarian, Mindy Klasky Maddrey recently entertained 20 law librarians and their guests with a reading from her new book, How Not to Make a Wish. The law firm of Bryan Cave hosted the PLL- sponsored event on November 18th and everyone enjoyed light refreshments, socializing with their colleagues and hearing Mindy read the first chapter. The book is the first in a series that introduces Kira Franklin, a stage manager caught in a dead-end theater job when her true wish is to work on a ...

Negotiation is always an important skill to have in the law library workplace, especially in the private sector. And it was negotiation that was the topic of the 2009 Sandy Peterson Memorial Lecture, which was held on October 22, 2009 at Jenner & Block LLP. Nan Siemer, founder of BREAKERS Consulting, was the guest speaker. Siemer works with a variety of government, business and professional groups, as well as individuals around the country, to help them improve their ...

October is always a busy month in law libraries. Unfortunately, the PLL SIS didn’t make it any less so, offering two hard-to-resist events to members. On October 28th, several members of LLSDC had a special treat: a guided tour of the Folger Shakespeare Library. The library’s Head of Reference, Georgianna Ziegler, gave us a tour of the library’s beautiful reading room and gave a history of the Folger, which was founded by Henry and Emily Folger and completed in 1932. ...

The LLSDC Membership Directory is located on the main membership page. You can get to this page by clicking the icon, located on the top right of every LLSDC web page. Once you're on the main page, click Memberships and then Search Memberships. You can search by member last name and by company. For help on searching the directory, please see LLSDC Website Help: http://www.llsdc.org/en/helpfiles/ LLSDC has completed the Law Library Directory. It is imperative that you and your company ...

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