LLNE Fall Meeting 2012: eBooks Revolution

Harvard Law School will be hosting the LLNE annual Fall Meeting on Friday, December 7th, 2012. For more details, agenda, speakers, and registration information, please go to the meeting website. 

The theme this year is "eBooks Revolution." Academic, firm, and public librarians, as well as law school faculty and staff, will discuss some of the cutting edge issues around the “eBooks Revolution.” Come hear from the people who are making, creating, and advocating for the revolution in academics, law and the public.

We hope you’ll join us!

New slate of candidates for LLNE Executive Board

The Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the following slate of officers for the coming year.

VP/President Elect: Barbara Schneider from the MA Trial Court Law Libraries (one year term)
Secretary: Nicole Dyszlewski, Senior Law Librarian Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library (two year term)
Education Director: Lisa Junghahn, Research Librarian at Harvard Law School (two year term)

Elaine Apostola, Chair
Michele Pearse
Betsy Swan

There are still tickets to the Boston Red Sox vs. the Toronto Blue Jays during AALL in Boston! 

So, if baseball's your passion, don't miss this opportunity to visit Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox and one of the best-known sports venues in baseball - now on the National Register of Historic Places. This is your last chance to snag this hard-to-get ticket to attend a game after the Opening Reception on Saturday, July 21st.  Come celebrate Fenway's 100th anniversary and sit with your colleagues and make it a night to remember.

You can order your tickets and get more information at http://www.aallnet.org/conference/while-there/experience/excursions.html#sox

Update 7/13/12:  The tickets are now sold out!

LLNE Annual Business Meeting and Luncheon at AALL Boston 2012

Hello Fellow LLNE Members:

If you will be attending the AALL Annual Meeting in Boston, please join us for the LLNE Annual Business Meeting and Luncheon, Monday, July 23rd, 2012, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm.
Please find the invitation, menu, and registration instructions here: http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llne/calendar/luncheon2012.html

Looking forward to seeing you in Boston!

Looking for a few good librarians

The AALL Annual Meeting newspaper, the Hub, and its companion blog, the Hub-bub, are looking for energetic law librarians to join our team in Boston.  The paper and blog will be covering all aspects of the meeting including events at the conference, local attractions, general announcements, and your impressions of the meeting.  Folks who sign on to the team will be considered official bloggers for the conference and enjoy benefits such as dedicated space with wifi and power outlets in program rooms for blogging about programs and an “AALL Blogger” badge ribbon to facilitate in person interactions with attendees.  

Please contact Joan Shear, joan.shear@bc.edu if you are interested in being an official reporter for the newspaper or Michelle Pearse, mpearse@law.harvard.edu, if you are interested in joining the blogging adventure.   Even if you don’t want to commit to regular reporting or blogging, one-time posts or contribution of content/news generally is greatly appreciated!   Copy for the preconference electronic edition of the Hub should be sent to joan.shear@bc.edu no later than June 7, and for the first print edition no later than July 9.

LLNE Spring Meeting 2012

Suffolk University Law Library will be hosting the LLNE annual Spring Meeting on Friday, April 27, 2012. For more details and to register go here.

This Spring's theme is "Adventures in Collaboration." It will feature a wide array of panelists -- including academic and firm librarians and law school administrators -- who will discuss their experiences with collaboration and highlight what worked (and didn't work).

Come hone your collaborating skills and renew your appreciation for team-work. The format for the conference will include panel discussions and an unconference session that will allow attendees to propose and select their own topics for roundtable discussions.

See you there!

Planning Committee:
Rick Buckingham
Diane D’Angelo
Bob Hodge
Susan Vaughn
Caroline Walters

LLNE Fall Meeting

The website for the LLNE Fall 2011 Meeting, Art Law: Framing the Issues is here.

We are fortunate to be able to hold the meeting at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in the Berkshires. "The Clark's mission and its geographical location define three essential, interrelated aspects of its character and identity: the quality of its art, the beauty of its pastoral setting and the depth of its commitment to the generation of ideas." With this program, we hope to contribute to the generation of ideas.

We are also fortunate in having terrific speakers for the program. Ralph Lerner and Judith Bresler are among the most knowledgeable people in the field of art law. Their book, Art Law: the Guide for Collectors, Investors, Dealers and Artists, is a standard reference for the art community. Filippa Anzalone, one of our own, is an enthusiastic lecturer on the subject of art law. Anthony Amore, as Security Director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, is leading the search for the Gardner's stolen art. He lectures widely on art crime, and has just come out with a very interesting new book on the subject. For more information about our speakers, see our Speakers Biographies. The Bibliography, culled from the work of our speakers, will give you a taste of what is to come.

Part of your registration fee includes an all-day pass to view the galleries. Time is set aside for this in the Schedule.

Directions and Accommodations in and around Williamstown are available. If you are interested in sharing a ride, we will have a wiki created for that purpose. For area restaurants and an extensive list of things to do, see our Area Attractions page. Bring the family or friends, and enjoy the fall foliage season in the Berkshires.

Our Social Responsibility project will benefit the Clark's Education Department's special Family Days. We are asking for specific art supplies or a donation in support of programs which take place three times a year as celebrations of special exhibitions or the permanent collection. The Clark also runs the Responding to Art Involves Self Expression (RAISE) program in collaboration with the Berkshire County Juvenile Court (BCJC).

Once again, our Sponsors are generously supporting our professional development. Please visit the vendor displays at the meeting.

Help us to frame the issues, and register here for the program.

Barbara Schneider and Gary Smith
For the LLNE Fall 2011 Program Committee