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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)!

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

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

Check out the Website for the LLNE Fall 2009 Meeting!

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

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

LLNE Spring Meeting
April 17, 2009
Cascade Banquet Facility
Hamden, Connecticut
Hosted by Quinnipiac University Law Library Staff

Registration Deadline Extended!

If you have not registered for the LLNE Spring Meeting yet, you’re in luck! The deadline has been extended and we have room for a few more people if you would like to attend. This meeting on Animal Law promises to be a thought-provoking and informative day. We hope you will join us.

Register here: http://law.quinnipiac.edu/llneregistration.xml

If you need accommodations, call the Clarion Hotel & Suites. The group rate of $99 is still available. You will need to make your reservation by phone at (203) 288-3831 and tell them this is for the Law Librarians of New England meeting hosted by Quinnipiac University School of Law Library.

Contact Mike Hughes at (203) 582-3318 if you have any questions.

The Quinnipiac University School of Law Library will be hosting the LLNE Spring 2009 meeting on Friday, April 17, 2009.

The topic will be on Animal Law. Details as well as the meeting website, including information on registration, hotels, etc., will be forthcoming.

Hope to see you then!

Greetings and Happy Fall/Winter! The newest edition of the LLNE News is here!

This issue features Raquel Ortiz’s account of the CS-SIS’s Web 2.0 challenge, a new feature column called “From the Archives” examining materials from past programs, and all our regular columns including Miss. Nomer, Access Points, and a continuation of the series “Agents for the Books.” Check it out!

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 October 24th so we can get the issue out before people head off to the LLNE meeting at Boston University.

Thanks,

Kyle K. Courtney & Susan Vaughn