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

LLSDC is planning to participate in the AALL Annual Meeting Chapter VIP Program and we need your help! The Chapter VIP Program allows each Chapter to invite up to two guests to attend the Annual Meeting for which AALL will provide complimentary full registration. Full registration includes a ticket to the Opening Event and the Closing Banquet. The purpose of the Chapter VIP Program is to give each Chapter the opportunity to invite individuals from related fields to take part ...

Please join us for the annual LLSDC Town Hall Meeting at Georgetown Law Center. Lunch will be provided. There is no cost to attend. AALL Board Member Sally Wise will give a presentation. We'll also discuss LLSDC finances, the GLP Union List, and the creation of a Law Library / ILL Policies Directory. Register online by clicking the "register now" link on the calendar above or rsvp to: Pamela Lipscomb lipscomb.pamela@arentfox.com 202-857-6269 Directions are ...

LLSDC Scholarship and Grant notice The LLSDC Scholarship and Grant Committee want to let you know that the next deadline for scholarships and grants is April 1st. This will be the last cycle before the AALL Annual Meeting, so if you were considering requesting a grant to cover the registration fee now is the time to apply. The application is available at LLSDC Scholarship/Grants Application Form. Please send the application to me by e-mail or fax. If you have any questions ...

LLSDC's listserv is offered to provide effective communication and resource sharing among members of the Law Librarians' Society of Washington D.C. The list is hosted by the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). Information on the listserv is located on LLSDC's website: http://llsdc.org/en/cms/?210. AALL is experiencing problems with discussion lists this week. According to Wed Administrator Christopher Siwa: "Due to the large volume, we are experiencing delays with ...

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 is ready to start work on a Law Library Directory. The LLSDC website has a ...

The Legal Research Institutes are set for March 10 and 11. The 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. Registration information is available on the calendar. You must register separately for each Institute. Institute I covers Statutes, Administrative ...

Please join the LLSDC Board in welcoming Ed O'Rourke as our new Assistant Treasurer / Treasurer-Elect. In January, LLSDC Assistant Treasurer Heather Bourke resigned her position with Georgetown Law Library and also with LLSDC. Heather is now with the U.S. House of Representatives and no longer a member of LLSDC. Heather did a great job both as Assistant Treasurer and as LLSDC Archivist. She will be missed! Laura Bedard, Special Collections Librarian at Georgetown Law, ...

LLSDC has a new committee: the Government Relations Committee (GRC). This committee was formed by Leslie Street and Catherine Dunn, both of Georgetown Law Library. Interest in forming an LLSDC Government Relations Committee was sparked by a recent program featuring Mary Alice Baish and Emily Feldman from the AALL Washington Affairs Office. The Government Relations Committee's purpose is to monitor pending national, state, and local legislation as well as executive and administrative action ...

The Scholarships & Grants Committee is pleased to announce the following grants for the December 2008 cycle: David Mao: registration for the China-U.S. Conference Tammy Fluegge: tuition for 1 library course Kasia Solon: AALL annual meeting registration and conference workshop Tricia Peavler: AALL annual meeting registration Monique LaForce Alberts: tuition for a management course Interested in applying for a grant? The next deadline is April 1. See the ...

A quick update on what is going on in the Legislative Research SIS. Work continues on our update of the Union List of Legislative Histories and we hope to begin distributing lists of holdings (for updating) to participating libraries in early February. So keep an eye out for that! Also, the SIS will hold our annual Welcome Back Congress lunch on Tuesday, January 27 from 12 to 1:30 at Covington & Burling LLP. If you are an SIS member, you are encouraged to attend. RSVP to Carrie Ansell at ...

The LLSDC Nominations Committee is now accepting nominees for the 2009 election. Candidates are needed for the following positions: Vice President / President Elect (3 year term) Assistant Treasurer / Treasurer (2 year term) Corresponding Secretary (2 year term) Usually individuals nominated for these positions have, through previous SIS or committee work, established their potential for senior leadership. Self nominations are welcome! Please ...

A belated thank you to West for sponsoring our wonderful Holiday Party this year. We would also like to extend our gratitude to Margaret Bartlett and Pepper Hamilton for providing us the great location and hosting the party. And last but not least, thanks to our Arrangements Chair, Pam Lipscomb.

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Please join us for the LLSDC Holiday Party at Pepper Hamilton on December 3, 2008. Online registration is open (you can pay online or print your form and mail a check). Thank you to Westlaw for sponsoring the Holiday Party.

The Fall 2008 issue of Law Library Lights is now available. Access it via the Lights webpage or go directly to the issue here. The theme for this issue is "What I Did Last Summer." Take a look to see what your colleagues were up to last summer. Want to write for Lights? The theme for the next issue is The Global Library: how law libraries of all types are addressing issues with foreign/international materials; how librarians are working with attorneys and other librarians ...

The LLSDC Foreign & International Law Special Interest Section needs you! Volunteers are needed to serve as President and Vice President / President Elect for the Foreign & International Law SIS. The President is responsible for maintaining the SIS website, holding 3-4 educational and/or social events per year, and keeping members informed via articles on the LLSDC website. The VP helps the President as necessary and becomes familiar with how the SIS is run. Please contact ...

The AALL Latino Caucus requests the help of LLSDC members for it's annual meeting, to be held at the AALL convention next year. The Caucus needs: An LLSDC member willing to serve as a contact person for their Annual Baile (salsa dancing). The contact person would identify potential locations for the baile and help with directions and maps. Speaker recommendations: the Caucus would like someone local (an attorney or professor) to speak on legal issues facing ...

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The "CALL FOR PAPERS" HAS BEGUN! Have you been thinking of writing an article of interest to law librarians? The AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers Committee has just the incentive to get started. The Committee is soliciting articles in three categories: Open Division: for active and retired AALL members and law librarians with five or more years of professional experience; New Members Division: for recent graduates and AALL members who have been in the profession ...

Please join us at the LLSDC Opening Reception for a Viennese Tea on September 17, 2008. Online registration is open (you can pay online or print your form and mail a check). Thank you to LexisNexis for sponsoring the Opening Reception.