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Complete an LLNE Survey and Enter to win one of 3 prizes

The Education Survey Committee is working to ensure that LLNE’s educational programs reflect the needs and interests of our members and your feedback is essential. Please take a few moments to fill out the following survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/llne

All members who complete the survey are eligible to enter a raffle to win one of three prizes — a $100 American Express gift card or one of two $50 American Express gift cards. Once you complete the survey you’ll be redirected to enter the raffle. Note, raffle entries are completely separate and will not be connected to completed survey forms in any way – all surveys will remain anonymous. The deadline for completing the survey and entering the raffle is Friday, May 14th.

Thanks for your Support!

Educational Survey Committee

Cathy Breen, Chair, Membership Development Committee
Diane D’Angelo, Education Director
Amanda Merk, LLNE Member
John Nann, Education Director
Liz Peoples, LLNE Member

New England Law Student Information Literacy Standards

BREAKFAST MEETING!

Fellow Law Librarians,

We all work hard to ensure law students and new associates have the needed research skills to expertly face the tasks they are confronted with when beginning practice. Lexis and Westlaw have created certification programs that test students’ proficiency in on-line research on their particular platforms. Could we do something similar for other research skills? What Information Literacy Standards do we think are important for law students? Betsy McKenzie and Susan Vaughn presented this idea at an ABLL meeting this fall. Whether you were able to attend or not, we are looking to keep the conversation moving.

We are hoping some of you can attend a breakfast meeting to discuss next steps.

Items on the Agenda include:

  • Review of the top 10 areas that local law librarians see a need for improved research skills.
  • Can we use the AALL Draft Information Literacy Standards for Law Students as a building block for a certification program?
  • Brainstorming ideas for law student trainings that could satisfy Information Literacy Standards, i.e. Boot-camps, Online Tutorials with quizzes, Advanced Legal Research classes, Library Workshops.

Sound interesting?

Where: Suffolk University Law School,
120 Tremont St, Boston, MA
Moakley Law Library, Corcoran Room, 7th Floor

When: Wednesday, Feb. 24th, 9-10:30 a.m.

RSVP: Susan Vaughn at svaughn@suffolk.edu or 617-573-8199 (seating is limited).

Breakfast will be served; so come hungry (for food as well as interesting conversation)!

LLNE Newsletter: Call for Articles!

Hello LLNE Members –

The next issue of the LLNE News in is the works. We are calling for submissions for our new issue! Feel free to choose any topic, and email us with your ideas.

Also, please continue to forward any news about our members such as recent publications, new jobs, achievements, etc. Thanks to those who have sent member news the past few months!

We need your materials by Nov. 20th!

Thanks,

Kyle K. Courtney & Susan Vaughn

ABLL Meeting

Fellow law librarians,

Don’t miss an interesting breakfast program being hosted by ABLL on Wednesday, October 21st, at Suffolk University Law School.

Betsy McKenzie and Susan Vaughn will present on their research into how computer assisted legal research may be affecting how lawyers do legal analysis. Following this brief presentation, we will have a round table to explore how firm and academic librarians can work together to better prepare new associates for the demands of real world research.

Academic librarians – come and learn what firm librarians think we should be teaching! Firm librarians – come and hear about programs academic librarians are working on to teach students research skills!

For more details, see the ABLL announcement at: http://www.abll.org/pdf/abllinviteoct2009.pdf

Morningstar Document Research

10-K Wizard is now Morningstar Document Research. The new Document Research platform goes beyond the US annual filings (10-K form) to enable streamlined global company research. Its new name is intended to reflect the breadth of the offering.

While the name has changed, Morningstar Document Research continues to provide the full-text search capabilities, real-time alerts, and robust data extraction tools that are a vital resource for clients who conduct in-depth research. We are also planning to take advantage of additional features and functionality we’ll be able to offer as part of a larger, global organization.

For questions, please call 1-800-365-4608 or visit us at http://documentresearch.morningstar.com or www.10kwizard.com.

Submitted by: Katie Bayer, Marketing Coordinator, Morningstar Document Research

BlogTalkRadio and NELLCO

From BlogTalk Radio:

Announcing an upcoming episode of The Law Librarian, on BlogTalkRadio, with special guest, Tracy Thompson-Przylucki, Executive Director of NELLCO.

Please plan on joining Brian Striman and I as we chat with Tracy about NELLCO and it’s many projects and services. We’ll also discuss the role of Consortia in law librarianship. The “show” will air live at 2:00PM (Central) on Wednesday, July 1. While we’re live we will be able to take call-in or chat-in questions.

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Web 2.0 Challenge 2009

Announcing the Web 2.0 Challenge 2009: A Free, Online Course to Introduce Law Librarians to Web 2.0 Technologies

Last year the AALL Computing Services Special Interest Section sponsored the first Web 2.0 Challenge, an online course to introduce law librarians to social software and how to use it in their libraries. The course was so popular CS-SIS is sponsoring it again in 2009.

The Web 2.0 Challenge will provide a free, comprehensive, and social online learning opportunity designed for law librarians that incorporates hands-on use of these technologies. The course is intended for law librarians who have little experience with these technologies but are interested in learning more.

The online course will take place between August 3 and September 6. The five week course will cover these areas:

Week 1: Blogs & RSS
Week 2: Flickr & Social Bookmarking Software
Week 3: Social Networking Software and Twitter
Week 4: Wikis and LibGuides
Week 5: Web 2.0 @ Your Library

Participants will be required to complete a series of weekly activities, including viewing an instructional screencast; completing hands-on exercises based on the lesson; weekly blogging about their experience; and participating in a weekly small group chat session. The course will culminate with each participant developing a proposal for implementing a specific social software tool in their library.

Full enrollment will be limited to approximately one hundred participants. However, course content will be freely viewable to anyone who wishes to follow along. Enrolled participants who complete all activities are eligible for final prize drawings (prizes provided by CS-SIS). Certificates will also be awarded to all participants who complete the course.

We anticipate opening enrollment June 22nd. There is no charge for this course and enrollment will be offered on a first come first served basis.

For more information, visit the CS-SIS website. If you have any questions, you can contact Meg Kribble (mkribble AT law.harvard,edu) or Sally Irvin (irvinsa AT wfu.edu).

LLNE Newsletter: Call for Articles!

Hello LLNE Members –

The next issue of the LLNE News in is the works. We are calling for submissions for our new issue! Feel free to choose any topic, and email us with your ideas. Also, please continue to forward any news about our members such as recent publications, new jobs, achievements, etc. Thanks to those who have sent member news the past few months!

We need your materials by June 1st so we can get the issue out before people head off to the AALL meeting in Washington D.C.

Thanks,

Kyle K. Courtney & Susan Vaughn

Save the Date: LLNE Fall Meeting 2009

Greetings LLNE Members! Make sure to save the date October 23, 2009 for the LLNE Fall 2009 Meeting at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.

“Advancing the Ball – Advancing the Law: Making Points in Sports Law on the Court and in the Courts”

This meeting will feature a host of guest speakers including:

Domenic J. Sarno, Mayor of the City of Springfield; Prof. Glenn M. Wong, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Prof. Curt Hamakawa, Western New England College; Jeffrey Monseau, College Archivist at Springfield College; and more!

Some of the topics covered at this meeting will include:

The Politics of Olympic Bidding, Gender Discrimination in Sports, Recent Developments in Sports Law, and a tour of the Basketball Hall of Fame.

If you have any questions, please contact Katherine Coolidge kcoolidge@bulkley.com (413) 272-6275