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scholarships for LLNE Spring Meeting

LLNE will be offering up to three scholarships for the spring meeting sponsored by the University of Connecticut Law School Library on April 21, 2006. Scholarship policies and the application form are on the LLNE website, http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llne/forms/index.htm.

The deadline for submitting an application is March 29, 2006.

Margaret Cianfarini, Chair

Margaret Cianfarini
Serials Librarian
Harvard Law School Library
617-496-2105
fax: 617-496-4409
cianfari@law.harvard.edu

LLNE Spring Meeting, April 21

The LLNE Spring Meeting (After the Disaster: Insurance Response and Library Planning) will be held at the University of Connecticut School of Law Library on Friday, April 21, 2006. Check out the meeting website for a program schedule, registration forms and information about an LLNE Service Committee book drive held in conjunction with the event.

MySpace.com

Okay, where have I been? A friend just turned me on to myspace.com. MySpace is online social networking to the nth degree. It includes a profile page, email, instant messaging, calendar, blogging, and file sharing technology. The only problem is, if Business Week is to be trusted, I don’t quite fit the demographics of the MySpace Generation. It is worth looking at though just to get an idea of what younger students and patrons are getting hooked on in terms of functionality and interaction.

LLNE Service Committee 2005-2006 Kickoff Event – The “Coats for Kids” Coat Drive

The “Coats for Kids” Coat Drive benefits the children at The Home for Little Wanderers, “one of the oldest welfare agencies in the nation and the largest in New England.” The goal of this volunteer effort, organized by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares, a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization operated by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, is to collect 750 new coats for the children of The Home. Additional sponsors of the drive include Blanchard Press, Inc., Road Warrior Moving and Storage, and Rugged Bear.

LLNE members are invited to participate in this event, either individually or as a group. Volunteers may personally drop off their new coat donations at one of the participating Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage or Rugged Bear store locations on or before December 15, 2005. Tax-deductible donations, made payable by check to Coldwell Banker Cares, can be mailed directly to Coldwell Banker Residential Mortgage, Attn: Coats for Kids Drive, 277 Dartmouth Street, Boston, MA 02116. Please download and print a “Coats for Kids” Coat Drive brochure to send along with your payment by December 15th. Alternatively, you may also contact Jennifer Kessler, Andrea Rasmussen, Suzanne Hoey or Michelle Pearse, LLNE Service Committee members who have volunteered to answer questions and host collection sites for LLNE donations.

MassBalance Game

For all those who think they can do a better job than our elected officials at balancing the Massachusetts budget, here is your shot. The General Court has created MassBalance, “… a budget simulation game designed to let a player make budgeting choices similar to the choices legislators are making. In the game, as in the state legislature, some programs cannot be cut, others may be cut but the consequences are potentially severe and the importance of some programs only becomes clear once you have learned a little about them. “