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Southeastern Law Librarian Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries’ Spring 2011 Volume 36, Issue 2 www.aallnet.org/chapter/seaall Presidential Ponderings Volume 36, Issue 2 • Spring 2011 • Southeastern Law Librarian 1 “Confluence: Communicate, Collaborate & Create” was the theme of our 2011 SEAALL Annual Meeting and indeed we did! Thanks to the hard work of the Pamela Melton and the members of the Local Arrangements Committee as well as the Program Committee, this year’s SEAALL meeting was a resounding success. Confluence is defined as a gathering, flowing or meeting together at one point or juncture. Columbia, SC was an ideal venue for our confluence. Literally, Columbia is located at the confluence of two rivers. Figuratively, we all merged together to form a confluence from diverse geographic locations, types of libraries and varied job responsibilities. We kicked off our confluence with a well-attended pre-conference institute discussing the effectiveness of le- gal research and writing instruction. Academic librarians, law firm and court librarians as well as recent law graduates all presented their perspective on legal research and writing instruction. Participants learned what legal employers think about the skills of recent graduates. Law students and alumni described their recent experiences with legal research. The institute ended with a panel discussion of teaching cost effective legal research methods. At Thursday evening’s opening reception, we enjoyed delightful steel drum music, good food and festive cama- raderie. The whacky tropic shirt contest provided lots of laughter. Yet over the buzz of conversation, you could still hear phrases like e-books, institutional repositories and budget woes. Friday morning, we began with our SEAALL business meeting and then jumped right into our educational pro- grams. We covered topics such as all-digital libraries, succession planning, DMCA exceptions, special collec- tion preservation and authentication of digital documents. In addition to traditional presentations, this year the Program Committee experimented with providing a variety of program formats. We offered a hands-on session with e-book readers, a series of 6 ignite presentations and a poster session. If you like having a variety of formats or would like to offer suggestions for new formats, don’t hesitate to share your opinions with Ed Hart, the chair of this year’s Program Committee. We ended our Friday activities by happily enjoying the view from the rooftop deck of the Meridian Building. I even heard a rumor that some conference attendees joined the band in singing Mustang Sally before the end of the night, but I cannot verify the truth of this story. This year we offered two keynote presentations. The first keynote was a moderated discussion with representa- tives from LexisNexis, WestlawNext and Casemaker. A lively discussion ensued and many pointed questions were asked. The second keynote was presented by Melanie Huggins, the Executive Director, Richland County Public Library. Melanie provided us with an inspirational speech emphasizing customer experience. I over- heard many positive comments about the content of Melanie’s presentation. She certainly proved that no mat- Continued on Page 2 SEAALL President Carol Watson Director of Law Library - University of Georgia School of Law [email protected]
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Southeastern Law LibrarianSoutheastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries’
Spring 2011 Volume 36, Issue 2www.aallnet.org/chapter/seaall
Presidential Ponderings
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“Confluence: Communicate, Collaborate & Create” was the theme of our 2011 SEAALL Annual Meeting and indeed we did! Thanks to the hard work of the Pamela Melton and the members of the Local Arrangements Committee as well as the Program Committee, this year’s SEAALL meeting was a resounding success.
Confluence is defined as a gathering, flowing or meeting together at one point or juncture. Columbia, SC was an ideal venue for our confluence. Literally, Columbia is located at the confluence of two rivers. Figuratively, we all merged together to form a confluence from diverse geographic locations, types of libraries and varied job responsibilities.
We kicked off our confluence with a well-attended pre-conference institute discussing the effectiveness of le-gal research and writing instruction. Academic librarians, law firm and court librarians as well as recent law graduates all presented their perspective on legal research and writing instruction. Participants learned what legal employers think about the skills of recent graduates. Law students and alumni described their recent experiences with legal research. The institute ended with a panel discussion of teaching cost effective legal research methods.
At Thursday evening’s opening reception, we enjoyed delightful steel drum music, good food and festive cama-raderie. The whacky tropic shirt contest provided lots of laughter. Yet over the buzz of conversation, you could still hear phrases like e-books, institutional repositories and budget woes.
Friday morning, we began with our SEAALL business meeting and then jumped right into our educational pro-grams. We covered topics such as all-digital libraries, succession planning, DMCA exceptions, special collec-tion preservation and authentication of digital documents. In addition to traditional presentations, this year the Program Committee experimented with providing a variety of program formats. We offered a hands-on session with e-book readers, a series of 6 ignite presentations and a poster session. If you like having a variety of formats or would like to offer suggestions for new formats, don’t hesitate to share your opinions with Ed Hart, the chair of this year’s Program Committee.
We ended our Friday activities by happily enjoying the view from the rooftop deck of the Meridian Building. I even heard a rumor that some conference attendees joined the band in singing Mustang Sally before the end of the night, but I cannot verify the truth of this story.
This year we offered two keynote presentations. The first keynote was a moderated discussion with representa-tives from LexisNexis, WestlawNext and Casemaker. A lively discussion ensued and many pointed questions were asked. The second keynote was presented by Melanie Huggins, the Executive Director, Richland County Public Library. Melanie provided us with an inspirational speech emphasizing customer experience. I over-heard many positive comments about the content of Melanie’s presentation. She certainly proved that no mat-
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SEAALL PresidentCarol WatsonDirector of Law Library - University of Georgia School of [email protected]
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Contents1 -- Presidential Ponderings
3 -- Judicial Data for Mississippi’s Appellate Cases
8 -- From Student to Solo
9 -- SEAALL Briefs
15 -- Library Profile: Vanderbilt University School of Law
15 -- SEAALL Financial Report
10 -- SEAALL Proposed Amendments
10 -- SEAALL Scholarship Committee Report
10 -- News Releases
22 -- SEAALL Committees
22 -- SEAALL Officers
23 -- Editors Note: Scope
AALL offers nonmembers a complimentary one-year membership when they register for the AALL Annual Meeting and Conference, to be held July 23-26 in Philadelphia. The membership includes:• Careerresources,suchastheonlineCareerCenterandcontinuingeducationtohelpyoulearnnewskillsto advance in your career• Accesstospecializedinformationcreatedjustforlawlibrarians,suchastheBiennialSalarySurveyandthe Price Index for Legal Publications• Subscriptionstothemonthlymagazine,AALLSpectrum,andquarterlyjournal,LawLibraryJournal,tohelpyoukeepuponthelatesttrendsinlawlibrarianship• Theopportunitytonetworkandconnectwithotherlawlibrariansfromacrossthecountrywhosharesimilar interests and are facing the same challenges• DiscountedratesonallAALLproductsandservices,suchaspublications,webinars,andonlinejobpost-ings
Annual Meeting registration is now open.RegisterbyJune1attheearlybirdrateandsave$100.Besuretotakeadvantageofthisspecialofferfornonmembers.
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ter what type of library you work in, our problems and experiences are universal.
On Saturday, we departed with strong thunderstorms brewing. Although the weather was daunting, we all were fortified with new ideas, professional enthusiasm and a positive outlook.
In closing, I would like to once again extend a huge thanks to the many individuals who contributed to the suc-cess of the 2011 Annual Meeting. I look forward to continuing to work with you all (or should I say y’all since this is SEAALL, after all?) during the upcoming year. It is true what they say…SEAALL is the best chapter in AALL and that can be directly attributed to its hard-working membership.
I hope to see you in Philly. The SEAALL business meeting will be at its traditional day and time, July 25, Monday night at 5:30 p.m. followed by our social reception at 6:30. You won’t want to miss it. We will have a yummy menu that includes chicken Waldorf salad tarts, vegetable spring rolls, spanakopita and more.
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In2007,BrianBarnes,thenoftheMississippiCollegeSchoolofLawLibrary,wroteintheSEAALLNewsletteraboutthecreationoftheMississippiAppellateCourtVideoArchive.Nowjustfourshortyearslater,thisArchivehasmorphedintotheMississippiCollegeSchoolofLawJudicialDataProject(“JDP”).Com-biningthevideoarchivewithappellatecourtopinionshandeddownbyboththeMississippiSupremeCourtand Mississippi Court of Appeals, appellate briefs, case summaries, and statistical analysis, the library staff of MississippiCollegeSchoolofLawisnowabletoprovidejudicialdataforMississippi’sappellatecasesatthefingertipsofthepractitionerandthepublic.
Becauseofthelawlibrary’scommitmenttobeofservicetothelegalcommunity,thelibrary’sstaffmadethedecisiontothinkofanewandimprovedmethodofgatheringandpresentingthemanycomponentsofthe appellate process in the state of Mississippi to the public. This desire and commitment to provide the best productultimatelyledtothecreationoftheJDPwhichlaunchedin2010athttp://judicial.mc.edu.TheJDP,byincorporating the many components of the appellate process into one single research tool, is currently the only comprehensive online source to view Mississippi cases from their beginning to end. With this one resource, practitioners and the public can now access an appellate brief archive, an oral argument video archive, and case summariesofdecisionsbyMississippi’stwohighestcourtsandcannowperformstatisticalanalysisbasedonthe information uploaded by the library.
The JDP’s Brief Archive TheBriefArchiveoftheJDPisconstantlyexpanding.Thebriefcollectiondatesfrom2007tothepres-entdaywithover4,200briefsaccessibleinPDFformat.PerouragreementwiththeAdministrativeOfficeofCourts,theLawLibraryisabletouploadbriefsontotheJDPwebsitewithintwoweeksofafinalrulingbythecourts.TheArchiveiseasilyaccessedasuserscansimplyaccessitfromtheJDP’shomepagebyselecting“VideosandBriefs,”inputtingthenecessaryinformationtofindaspecificcase,andclickingtheprovidedlinkto the various briefs associated with that case. Users have many search options available to them that include casedocketnumber,partyname,andattorneyname,amongmanyothersastheysearchforthedesiredbrief.
The JDP’s Video Archive TheVideoArchiveoftheJDPcurrentlycontainsover650videosofappellateargumentsforviewing.Eachvideoiseditedtoincludeatitlescreenshotdetailingthecasename,docketnumber,anddateofargument.Any portion at the beginning of the video wherein nothing pertaining to the argument is occurring is deleted. Byeditingthevideosinthisfashion,weareabletopresentthebestproducttolegalpractitionersbymakingac-cessible the portions of the argument that truly matter, information on the case and the oral argument itself. The Video Archive begins in 2004 and is current through the last complete sitting of both the MississippiSupremeCourtandMississippiCourtofAppeals.Similartosearchingforbriefs,videosmaybesearchedforbynumerousmeansincludingcasedocketnumberandpartyname,amongmanyothers.Oncethespecificvideoisfound,userscanclickonthevideolinkandwatchthevideoinitsentiretyinmostinternetbrowsers.
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Stephen ParksResearch, Instructional Services & Circulation LibrarianMississippi College School of Law [email protected]
The JDP’s Summaries of Appellate Opinions MississippiCollegeSchoolofLawoffersanemailsubscriptionservicetoattorneysandjudgeswhichprovidessummariesofallpublishedMississippiSupremeCourtandCourtofAppealsopinions.ThesummariesarepreparedbyMaryMiller,AssistantDeanforInformation,TechnologyandResearch,andareusuallysenttosubscribersthedayfollowinghanddownoftheopinions.ThesummariesareaddedtotheJDPeachweek,andthose which are older than a year are viewable along with all of the pertinent case information. Including these summariesintheJDPallowsuserstolocatecasesdealingwiththesametopic,statuteorruleandtoreadashortsummaryofthefactsandanalysisusedbythecourtsinrenderingtheirdecisions.Currently,theJDPcontainssummariesbackto2006,buttheplanistoaddsummariesbackto2000whentheemailsubscriptionservicefirstbegan.
The JDP’s Statistical Research Capabilities ThenewestandperhapsmostusefulresourceoftheJDPisthedatabasethatpermitstheextractionofstatisticsfornumeroustypesofsearchqueries.ThedatabasecurrentlyprovidesoverthirtysearchablefieldsthatallowtheusertheopportunitytoinputanynumberofpossibledatasetswhichtheJDPwillreferenceand cross-reference to provide the user with the desired information pertaining to Mississippi appellate cases. ExamplesofstatisticalsearchesmadepossiblebytheJDPincludethenumberoftimesacertainJusticehasdissentedfromanopinionwrittenbytheChiefJusticeorthenumberoftimesaspecifictrialjudgehasbeenreversed on an appeal.
DataforthepurposesofthestatisticalaspectoftheJDPisavailableforSupremeCourtandCourtofAp-pealscasesfortheyears2007-2010.Wecontinuetoinputandmakeavailabledatafromcaseshandeddownbybothcourtsin2011.OurgoalfortheJDPistoworkbacktotheyear2000inordertoprovideanevengreaterbenefittothelegalcommunity.
TheLawLibraryisproudofitsinnovationincreatingtheJDPwhichprovideslegalpractitionersandthe general public with a freely available resource that allows for broad access to the appellate process of the StateofMississippi.TheJDPopensthestatejudiciarytogreatertransparencybyputtingallcomponents,fromcourtbriefstovideos,outintheopen.Intoday’sfast-pacedenvironment,aquickandeasy-to-usetoolsuchastheJDPishighlybeneficial.TheJDPallowsourlawlibrarytoserveastheintermediarybetweenpatronsandtheinformationtheyseekbyutilizingthelatestinnovationsintechnology.WeatMississippiCollegeSchoolofLawinviteyoutoexploretheJDPandwelcomeanysuggestionsyoumighthave.
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From Student to Solo: Learning What They Don’t Teach You In Library School
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Jeffrey M. NelsonResearch & Reference LibrarianGroom Law Group, Charted (Location: Washington, DC)[email protected]
Earlierthisyear,IreceivedapromotionatthelawfirmIworkforwhenmybossdepartedthefirmforanexcellentopportunitytoworkataglobalfirm.Asaresult,Ibecamemyfirm'ssololibrarian.Havingnearlyfouryearsofexperience,Ifeltconfidentandexcitedtotakeonthisnewroleanditsresponsibilities.Iwasveryaware of the challenges I faced as I went from apprentice to head honcho. It was time for me to demonstrate everythingIhadlearned.Myreallifeexperiences,pairedwithknowledgelearnedinlibraryschool,helpedmeprepareforthetaskofleadingthedepartment.Thispairingalsoledmetorealizethattherearesomanyaspectsoflawlibrarianship–andlibrarianshipingeneral–thatarenotemphasizedinlibraryschoolbecause,afterall,somethingsyoujustcannotteach.Inthisarticle,IwillexploreconceptsIbelievenewprofessionalslikemeshouldknowinordertopreparefortherealitiesofourprofession.
In a management role, you see everything from a whole new perspective. While I do not supervise any staff,Ifeelastrongresponsibilityforthedepartment'simageandagenda.Inordertomakethebestdecisionsfor the department, I have had to forge new relationships with other department heads. I now see dynamics and interactions between other departments in a completely new light. The relationships are at times competitive, butmostlycollaborativeinnatureandessentialtoanydepartments’properfunctioning.Itisthisunderstand-ingandcollaborationthatcanhelponebetteradapttoanewrole.Learningwhyitisimportanttoworkwithotherpeople–andwhentodoit–canmakeadifferenceinhowyoudoyourownjob.Thisconceptistaughtinlibrary programs today, but its importance is sometimes understated. Not until faced with the challenges of run-ningalibrarydoesonefullyrealizetheimportanceofcollaboration.
In addition to understanding the interrelationships between departments, you must also understand the organization’sculture.Inlawfirms,notunderstandingthisconceptcanbedebilitating.Everyorganization’scultureisdifferent,andlibrariansmustbeabletorecognizehowusersinteractwithinformationinthecontextofthisculture.Similarly,theprinciplesoftrainingareextremelyimportantandunlessusedproperly,usersmaynotlearnaseasily.Inalawfirm,forinstance,howdoyouteachpartnersversusparaprofessionals?Thedeci-sions made in a management position ultimately have an impact on users and it is important not to strain the existingculture.Findingacomfortablebalancebetweenbeinginnovativeandnotchallengingthestatusquooftheorganization’sculturecanleadtosuccessfulinitiatives;unfortunately,sometimeswebetterunderstandanorganization’sculturethroughfailedinitiatives.
In library school, we learn about various trends impacting the profession of librarianship. We observe the big picture stuff: new gadgets, the increase in reliance on electronic databases, social media, and catalog-ingstandards,amongothers.Identifyingtrendsandconductingsubsequentanalysisaregoodconceptstoteachtolibrarysciencestudents.Spottingtrendsgoeshandinhandwithanotherconcept–anticipating.Thisonecannotbetaughtaseasily.Itisonethingtorecognizethetrend,butalibrarianmustbeabletodosomethingwiththatinformation.Forexample,youmayfindyourselfaskingaseriesofquestionsrelatingtotrends.How much of my budget is being allocated for resources to a certain practice group? How is the overall workload of this practice group?Butalawlibrarianmustgothenextstep. Is work expected to pick up in the next couple months? Will attorneys need more training or more resources? How does this, in turn, affect my budget? In this example,byrecognizingthetrendsofworkload,thelibrarianhasalsoanticipatedapotentialeffectonhisorher
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library resources. And perhaps there will be no change, but at least no one will be caught off guard. Havingbusinessacumenandfinancialliteracyareoftenunderemphasizedconceptsinlibraryprograms.Sure,we are shown sample accounting reports and taught the best practices for creating budgets, but there is more toit,especiallyintheprivatesector.Forstudentswithaninterestinworkingwithlawfirms,doesitnotmakesensetoteachthemaboutlawfirmeconomics?Upongraduating,howmanylibraryschoolstudentsreallyunderstandcostrecovery?Yetforlibrarymanagersinlawfirmsaroundthecountry,thisseemstobeoneofthebiggestchallengestoday.Furthermore,teachingstudentsaboutbroaderfirmeconomicssuchasprofitsperpart-nerandbillingarrangementsmaygivethemsomeinsightintothebusinesssideoffirms.Oncethesestudentsoccupymanagementpositionsthemselves,thisknowledgemayhelpalignthemtobetterunderstandtheorgani-zationandultimatelyalignthelibrary'sgoalswiththatofthefirm.
As we can see, there are many important principles and concepts that law library students should be awareofwhenenteringtheprofessionalworld.Byknowingasmuchaspossibleaboutanorganization–de-partmentrelationships,culture,finances–alibrariancanensuresuccessofthelibrary.Andiflibraryschoolprogramscannotteachtheseconceptssimplyduetothefactthattheyrequirehands-onexperience,itisthedutyofmentorsandseasonedprofessionalstosharethisknowledgewithstudents.Afterall,wearethefuture.
SEAALL BriefsKarin Den BleykerDirector of Technical ServicesMississippi College School of Law [email protected]
GEORGIA
University of Georgia
CatalogingServicesLibrarianSuzanneGrahamco-presentedaprogramonCommunityTaggingwithGretchenCaserottioftheDarienPublicLibraryatthe2011ComputersinLibrariesConferenceinWashington,D.C.,inMarch. CarolWatson,DirectoroftheLawLibrary,demonstratedPechaKuchapresentationswhileco-facilitatingaworkshoptitled“SpiceUpYourTraining!”attheannualmeetingoftheCanadianAssociationofLawLibrariesheld in Calgary in May. ThelibrariansattheAlexanderCampbellKingLawLibrarypresentedaday-longprogramonInternetLegalResearchfortheGeorgiaInstituteofContinuingLegalEducationinMarch. TheAlexanderCampbellKingLawLibrarytookoneFirstPlaceandtwoSecondPlaceprizesinthe2011AALLDayintheLifePhotoContest.Seeourwinningentries,alongwiththoseofseveralotherSEAALLlibraries,athttp://www.aallnet.org/Home-page-contents/NewsCallout/2011-Day-in-the-Life-Winners.
KENTUCKY
University of Kentucky
TheUniversityofKentuckyLawLibrarywelcomestwonewreferencelibrarians.FranklinRunge(FacultySer-
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vicesLibrarian)beganMay16andTinaBrooks(ElectronicServicesLibrarian)willbeginJuly1.
NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina Central University
MichelleCosby,FacultyServicesLibrarian,isthisyear’srecipientoftheAALLMinorityLeadershipDevelop-ment Award.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
JulieLuppino,DirectorofInformationResourcesatOgletree,Deakins,Nash,Smoak&Stewartrecentlymovedtothefirm’sRaleigh,NClocation,continuinginhersameroleandwiththesameresponsibilities.
TENNESSEE
Vanderbilt University
JasonSowardsisnowElectronicResourcesLibrarianandLecturerinLawattheMasseyLawLibraryatVanderbiltUniversityLawSchool.JasonwasformerlyareferencelibrarianandadjunctprofessoroflawatWakeForestUniversity.
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New law librarians in the early stages of your career—achieve your leadership potential by attending the 2011 AALL Leadership Academy,October28-29intheChicagoarea.Designedasanintensivelearningexperienceaimedatgrowinganddevelopingleadershipskills,theacademyprogramwillhelpyoudiscoverhowtomaxi-mizeyourpersonalleadershipstylewhileconnectingwithotherlegalinformationprofessionals.
TheprogramwillfeaturespeakersGailJohnsonandPamParr.JohnsonisawidelyregardedleadershipandcommunicationsexpertandholdsaMasterofArtsinCommunicationStudies.Parrhasextensivebusinessman-agementandcustomerserviceexpertise.Theyhaveconductedmanyleadershipprogramsforlibraryorganiza-tionsandwillspeakatthe2011AmericanLibraryAssociationAnnualConference.
Applications are due by June 30.
UnleashYourInnerLeader--October28-29
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SEAALL Library Profile: Alyne Queener Massey Law Library at Vanderbilt University Law School
By: Renee Weatherholt
The Alyne Queener Massey Law Library at Vanderbilt Law School houses over 600,00 vol-umes and currently has fourteen staff members. The library counts in addition to books, elec-tronic databases, micro-film, loose-leaf publica-tions, and periodicals among their legal re-sources. Each librarian on staff is highly trained in their fields and exper-tise to assist patrons with legal research. You can visit the Alyne Queener Massey Law Library website to learn about their different ser-vices and legal re-sources.
A special thanks to Jason So-wards and the staff of the Alyne Queener Law Library for their help gathering pictures and in-formation for this feature.
Period of January 14, 2011 - May 25, 2011
OPENINGWORKINGBALANCE* $68,367.56 INCOME MEMBERSHIPDUES 5,940.00 Student 60 Associate 120 Individual 260 Institutional 5,550 TOTALINCOME 36,545.00 TOTALWORKINGBALANCE $104,912.56 EXPENSES AALL2010MEETING 161.83 Reimbursements 161.83 FREEMEMBERSHIPS 920.00 LIBABILITYINSURANCE 620.00 REIMBUSEMENTS,GENERAL 456.42 SCHOLARSHIPSANDGRANTS 15,820.00 SEAALL2010ANNUALMEETING 1,000.00 AvalonCharityDonation 1,000 SEAALL2011ANNUALMEETING 30,384.69 Caterers,Hotel,Entertainment, 27,163.83 Flowers,ToteBags,FridayEvent, Convention Center NurturingCtrCharityDonation 1,000.00 OnlineRegistrationExpenses 1,481.12 Registration Refunds 140.00 Reimbursements 37.13 ServicetoSEAALLAward 88.85 SpeakerTravelExpenses 473.76 SEAALLOnlineElectionFee 370.20 SEAALL2012AnnualMeeting 5,000.00 ConferenceHotelDeposit 5,000.00 TOTALEXPENSES $54,733.14CLOSINGWORKINGBALANCE $50,179.42 INVESTMENTSASOFApril13,2011 10,392.25 AmericanFoundersBank,Inc.CD 4,001.28 Fidelity 6,390.97 TOTALASSETS $60,571.67
SubmittedbyDeeWood,SEAALLTreasurer
SEAALL Financial Report
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Proposed Amendments to the SEAALL Articles and By-Laws
**theCommitteeonArticlesandBy-lawsisplanningonamendingtheStandingCommitteesectionandtheNoticeRequitementsection.Belowisalloftheinformationavailablefromthecommitteeatpresstime:
AnyproposedamendmentstotheArticlesortheBylawsshallbefiledwiththesecretary.Noticeshallbegivento members in one of the following ways:A. notice shall be published in the Chapter [electronic] newsletter at least 30 days prior toballoting,or[revisedDecember2006toaddelectronic]B.noticeshallbesentbythesecretarytoallmembersbyelectronicmeansormailatleast30dayspriortoballoting.[revisedDecember2006toaddelectronicmeans]
UndertheleadershipofchairCarolAveryNicholson,the2010-11SEAALLScholarshipCommitteeover-sawtheawardingof$15,820infivescholarshipareastoeligiblemembers.Anadditional$495wasfundedbyAALLforitsrotatingChapterRegistrationAward.Theseprizessupportarangeofeducationalandprofessionaldevelopment activities without our chapter, and we were fortunate to have attracted a pool of excellent and deserving recipients:
2011AALLChapterRegistrationAward(arotatingaward,fundedbyAALL,coveringregistrationtotheannualmeeting)-AmyO’Connor(UniversityofRichmond)
AALLRegistrationGrant(“fundingforalawlibrarianwholacksfinancialassistancetoattendtheAALLAn-nualMeeting”)-RichelleReid(EmoryUniversity)
LibrarySchoolScholarships(“grantstothestudentorstudentswhomtheScholarshipCommitteedetermineshasindicatedagenuineinterestintheprofessionoflawlibrarianshipandislikelytopursueacareerinlawlibrarianship”)-KathrynCrandall,AnnaGuerra,DavidHansen,NatachaJeanBaptiste,BradLeMarr,KellyLeong, Jennifer Mart-Rice, and Jeffrey Nelson
LucileElliottScholarship(“Providesfinancialaidforanypurposereasonablydesignedtoimproveone’scareerinlawlibrarianship”)-LindaBarrette(FloridaA&MUniversity),PamelaBrannon(GeorgiaStateUniversity),andMarinDell(FloridaStateUniversity)
CONELLRegistrationGrant(“fundsforCONELLtuitionandonenight’sstayinahotelforalawlibrarianwhowillattendAALLbutlacksfinancialassistancetoattendCONELL”)-AustinWilliams(GeorgiaStateUniver-sity)
KathrynP.MattoxScholarship(“NamedinhonorofKathrynP.Mattox,thisscholarshipisintendedtohelpdefraythecostofattendanceattheAALLorSEAALLannualmeetings”)-LindaSobey(FloridaA&MUniver-sity)
Thefollowingmembersservedduringthisyear:CatherineDunn,JamesDonovan,SallyIrvin, JulieKimbrough,PamelaLuckenandColleenManning.
Scholarship Committee Report
News ReleaseSupreme Court of Kentucky
Chambers,StateCapitolFrankfort,Kentuckywww.courts.ky.gov
Contact:LeighAnneHiatt,APR,PublicInformationOfficerAdministrativeOfficeoftheCourts,Cell859-619-7916,[email protected]
State Law Librarian Jennifer Frazier named to Kentucky Access to Justice Commission FRANKFORT,Ky.,May6,2011–AttorneyJenniferFrazier,whoservesaslibrarianfortheStateLawLibraryattheCapitolinFrankfort,hasbeenappointedtoserveontheKentuckyAccesstoJusticeCommission.Frazieris one of 30 members of the commission,whichmetforthefirsttimeinJanuary2011.
ChiefJusticeJohnD.MintonJr.announcedatanOct.14,2010,newsconferencethattheKAJChadbeenformedbyanorderoftheSupremeCourtofKentucky.Thecommission’sprimaryresponsibilityistoidentifythe most pressing legal needs of those unable to afford lawyers and create a statewide plan to address those needs.
“ItisanhonortobeselectedasamemberoftheKentuckyAccesstoJusticeCommission,”Fraziersaid.“IhopetocontinuetheworkstartedinotherstatestobringAccesstoJusticeandthelibrarycommunitiestogetherforthebenefitofall.”
KentuckyisnowoneofnearlytwodozenstateswheresupremecourtshaveformedAccesstoJusticeCommis-sions.“TheneedforcivillegalaidinKentuckyisgreat,”ChiefJusticeMintonsaid.“CivillegalaidprogramsinKentuckyhelpabout68,000low-incomefamiliesandchildreneachyearwhohavenowhereelsetoturn.Abouthalfofthoseeligibleforcivillegalaidareturnedawaybecausetherearen’tenoughresources,asituationmadeworsebyrecentstatebudgetcuts.”
About Jennifer FrazierFrazierbeganworkingwiththeStateLawLibraryin2003andbecamethestatelawlibrarianinSeptember2006.Shereceivedabachelor’sdegreeinhistoryfromNorthernKentuckyUniversity,ajurisdoctorfromtheUniversityofLouisvilleBrandeisSchoolofLawandamaster’sdegreeinlibraryandinformationsciencefromtheUniversityofKentucky.ShewasadmittedtotheKentuckyBarinOctober2001.
Frazierwasamemberofthethree-personteamthatrepresentedKentuckyatthePublicLibrariesandAccesstoJusticeConferenceinAustin,Texas,inJanuary2010.TheconferencewaspresentedbytheSelf-RepresentedLitigationNetworkandtheNationalCenterforStateCourtsincooperationwiththeLegalServicesCorpora-tion.ShewasalsoapanelmemberattheNationalAssociationofLegalAidandDefendersConferenceinNo-vember2010whereshegaveapresentationonLibrariesandAccesstoJustice.ShecontinuestoworkwiththeteamKentuckysenttoAustinonbringinglibrariesandtheAccesstoJusticecommunitytogether.
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Archivist
SarahMauldin
Articles & BylawsReviewsandrevisesChapterarticlesofincorporationasdirectedbytheExecutiveCommittee.
KarenDouglas,Chair-ImmediatePastPresident(2012)CarolWatson-President(2013)EdHart–Vice-President/President-Elect(2014)
Community ServiceIdentifies,promotes,andimplementsnonpoliticalvolunteerandcommunityserviceactivities.
LisaSmithButler,Chair(2012)PennyCalhounGisbon(2013)KarenE.Kalnins(2013)JulieLuppino(2013)RebekahMaxwell(2013)MorganStoddard(2012)TerranceManion(2012)
Education & PublicationsResponsibleforthedevelopmentofpublicationsforthebenefitoftheChapter’smembers;also,responsiblefordevelopingSEAALLprogramproposalsfortheAALLannualmeeting.(2yearterm)
DonnaNixon,Chair(2012)JulieGriffith-HandbookEditorJackBissett(2013)SharonBradley(2013)BenjaminKeele(2013)NancyAdamsKinney(2012)CharleneRaiford(2012)OliviaWeeks(2012)
Government RelationsMonitorslegislative,regulatoryandjudicialdevelopmentsthataffectSEAALL,thepracticeoflawlibrarianshiporthecreationanddisseminationofinformationforthestatesinthesoutheastregionoftheU.S.Thiscommit-teekeepsthemembershipinformedbyprintandelectronicmeans.(2yearterm)
TimCoggins,Chair(2012)GeorgiaChadwick(2012)PatriciaDickerson(2013)FredDingledy(2013)DeniseGibson(2012)JulieKimbrough(2012)LeslieStreet(2013)AustinWillams(2013)
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Handbook Editor
JulieGriffith
Local Arrangements
Rebecca TrammellTampa/Gulfport,FL2012
MembershipPromotes chapter membership and vitality within the region, maintains and distributes a biannual membership directoryandcoordinatesactivitiesfornewmembers,retiringmembersandtheorganization.(2yearterm)
HeatherCasey,Chair(2012)PamDeemer(2013)JenniferFrazier(2013)SuzanneGraham(2013)TrinaHolloway(2012)KateMcLeod(2013)RyanSaltz(2013)RyanValentin(2012)
Newsletter & Public RelationsResponsibleforthepublicationofthe“SoutheasternLawLibrarian”fourtimesayear.(2yearterm)
BrianBarnes,Chair(2011)KevinBaggett(2013)KarinDenBleyker(2012)MasakoPatrum(2013)LaurenSeney(2013)ColleenMartinezSkinner(2012)EricYoung(2012)
Nominating
IsmaelGullon,Chair(2012)AnneBurnett(2012)RobbFarmer(2012)MargaretHall(2012)MarieHamm(2012)
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PlacementCommunicatestheavailabilityofnewpositionsinthesoutheast;also,respondstopotentialemployerswithinformationaboutSEAALLmemberswhoareinterestedinnewemploymentopportunities.(2yearterm)
LindaDavis,Chair(2012)SuzanneCorriell(2013)MichelleCosby(2013)DeborahSchander(2013)EtheldaScoggin(2012)LisaWatson(2013)
ProgramPlansandimplementstheeducationalprogramforthechapter’sannualmeeting.
EdHart,Chair(2012)LynBatty,InstituteCoordinator(2012)MaureenCahill,InstituteCoordinator(2012)MarciaBurris(2012)KateIrwin-Smiler(2012)KarenNuckolls(2012)NichellePerry(2012)
ScholarshipPublicizes,managesandawardstheannualLucilleElliottscholarships.(2yearterm)
JamesDonovan,Chair(2012)DonnaBausch(2013)LanceBurke(2013)CatherineDunn(2012)JulieKimbrough(2012)PamelaLucken(2012)ElizabethOutler(2013)LashondraParham(2013)LindaTesar(2013)
Service to SEAALLCharged with receiving nominations, selecting candidates and giving an award to the chapter member who has madespecial,significantandsustainedcontributionstotheChapter.ThecommitteeiscomposedoftheImmedi-ate Past President and the two immediately previous award winners. Candidate must have: given special service tothechapter;asustainedrecordofservicetothechapter;beenachaptermemberforatleastfiveyears.Currentandimmediatepastofficersarenoteligible.
SallyWambold,Chair(2011)KarenDouglas(2013)2011recipient(tobeawardedatAALL)
Webmaster
Ryan Valentin
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PresidentCarol WatsonDirectorforInformationTechnologyUniversityofGeorgiaSchoolofLaw,KingLawLibrary
Athens,GA30602-6018Phone:706-542-5078Fax:706-542-5001Email:[email protected]
Vice-President/President ElectEdwardHartHeadofTechnicalServicesUniversityofFlorida,LawtonChilesLegalInformationCenter
SecretarySallyA.IrvinAssociateDirectorofEducationalTechnology&AdjunctProfessorofLawWakeForestUniversity,ProfessionalCenterLibraryTreasurerBillieJ.BlaineLibrarianFloridaSupremeCourt,SupremeCourtLibrary
Immediate Past PresidentKarenB.DouglasHead,CollectionServicesDukeUniversitySchoolofLaw,GoodsonLawLibrary
Gainesville,FL32611-7628Phone:352-273-0721Fax:352-392-5093Email:[email protected]
P.O.Box7206ReynoldsStationWinston–Salem,NC27109Phone:336-758-5442Fax:336-758-6077Email:[email protected],FL32399Phone:850-488-8919Email:[email protected]
Box90361,Durham,NC27708-0361Phone:919-613-7116Fax:919-613-7237Email:[email protected]
Member at Large (2011-2013)JasonSowardsElectronicResourcesLibrarian&LecturerinLawVanderbiltUniversityLawSchoolAlyne Queener Massey Law Library
Member at Large (2010-2012)FrancisX.Norton,Jr.Reference Librarian and Associate ProfessorLoyolaUniversityNewOrleans,CollegeofLawLibrary
13121stAve.SouthNashville,TN37203-1181Phone:615-322-1438Email:[email protected]
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SEAALL Officers 2011 - 2012
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Howdowebroadenourscope?InthepastmonthI’vehadtodothesupervisorthingofreviewingstaffevalua-tionswithstaffmembersandthequestion“seeksbroaderresponsibility”isaskedontheform.Oneofmystaffpersons,wewillcallherEmma,respondedwith“HowcanIdothiswithoutsteppingonothers’toes?”Iwillhonestly say, as a boss, I did not have a good answer. ThisquestioninspiredmetodoresearchforwhichIfoundnogreatanswer.Instead,Ifoundinfluences,like“provideclearstructure”whichrunsheadlonginto“teambuilding”andbuildinginredundancies.Theseop-tionsmuddiedanallreadycloudythoughtprocessinmyhead.Asaresult,Ihavetriedtoscaleitbackandselfreflectonhowtobroadenmyscope.Thefollowingquestionsemerged:HowdoIgetbetterinteractionwithourstudents?,howdoIencourageourfacultytoutilizeusevenmore?,whatadditionalprojectscanwehandlewhenwearealreadyswampedwithtediousdailyprocesses?TheoneideaIkeptcirclingbacktowasvision. Thereareatreasuretroveofarticlesonvisionandestablishingasuccinctvisionforateam.But,Ithinkthe2ndlevel,whichincludesthesharingofthatvisionismuchmoredifficulttoobtain.Thefirststepinsharingvisioniscommunication.Asanexample,forEmmatobroadenherscopeandcombineacirculationandcatalogingfunction,shehastocommunicatethisideawithotherdepartments.Shecannotjusttuckitawayasagoodideaandgetbacktothetediumasitwillbetooeasilyforgotten. Asecondstepofsharingvisionisfollow-through.Emma’sideawilllikelyflounderandfailifsheproposestheideaandletsitsitonaco-workers’desk(orintheirinbox)withnoadditionalfollow-up.However,Emmashouldnot“give”herideatoherco-workerorelsesheisnotbroadeningherscope.Shewouldbepushingad-ditionalworkontosomeoneelse,andnoonelikesthat.Instead,Emmacoulddropbyherco-worker’sdeskandposethequestion“HaveyouthoughtanymoreaboutmyideaasIwouldliketomoveforwardwithit?”Shecouldalsoleavethedooropenforcollaborationbyencouragingsuggestionsfromherco-worker.
Thethirdstepinthisthoughtprocessispossessionof“internalpositivevalue.”Wehavetobelieveinourownideasorelsetheywillbecomeadditionaltedioustasksthatweighyoudownratherthaninspireyou.Thisstepwill be evident through communication and follow-through. If you believe in your ideas, others may as well. Yourenthusiasm(orlackthereof)willbecontagious. ThebandForeignerhasastutelyproclaimedthat“doublevision”seemedtogetthebestofthem.Aslibrariansseekingbroaderresponsibility,wemusttrytoavoidthis“doublevision.”Ifwecanlearntosharethesamevi-siononaproject,coworker’stoeswillnotfeelstepped“on”butstepped“with.”This,inturn,willhopefullycreate new and positive outcomes for our libraries.
Brian BarnesDeputy Law Library DirectorLoyola University New Orleans - College of Law [email protected]
Scope
This Newsletter is provided in a paperless format.
TheSoutheasternLawLibrarian(ISSN0272-7560)istheofficialpublicationoftheSoutheasternChapteroftheAmericanAssociationofLawLibraries.ItispublishedquarterlyandisdistributedfreetoallSEAALLmem-bers.Editorialcommentsorsubmissionsshouldbesentto:
BrianC.BarnesDeputyLawLibraryDirectorLoyolaUniversityNewOrleansCollegeofLawbcbarnes@loyno.edu
SubmissionsarepreferredtobesentelectronicallyinMSWordformat.
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TheopinionsinthecolumnsarethoseoftheauthorsanddonotnecessarilyrepresentthoseofSEAALL.TheSoutheasternLawLibrarianisnotcopyrighted;however,permissionshouldbesoughtfromtheauthorsandcreditgivenwhenquotingorphotocopyingmaterialsfromthepublication.
Newsletter Deadlines are:Spring -- May 15, 2011Summer -- July 31, 2011Fall -- November 30, 2011Winter -- January 31, 2012
In May the second round of AALL dues invoices for 2011-2012 will mail out to all library directors for their institutionally paid memberships and to all other individual members. The deadline for membership renewal is May 31.
Thisyear,whenyourenewbyMay31you’llbeenteredinadrawingforafreeAALLwebinarofyourchoicein2011-2012.Followingisthe2011membershiprenewalschedule:
• May:Secondduesinvoicesmailedout.• June:Finalduesinvoicesmailedout.• July:Expirationnoticesemailedtoallmembers—individualsandthosepaidbyinstitutions.• August1:ExpiredmembersdeletedfromtheAALLmembershipdatabaseandaccesstotheAALLNETmembersonlycontentandLawLibraryJournalandAALLSpectrumsubscriptionsdiscontinued.
Formoreinformationortorenewyourmembershiponline,viewtheapplication formonAALLNET.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsaboutyourmembershiprenewal,[email protected] or 312/205-8022.
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Inthisone-hourvideo,DavidPritzkeroftheU.S.GeneralServicesAdministration(GSA)RegulatoryInforma-tionServiceCenterprovidesahandytutorialonthefederalrulemakingprocess,includingwherethepubliccanfindaccesstofederalregulations.TheGSARegulatoryInformationCenterpublishesasemiannualunifiedagenda on regulatory actions under development. The fall publication of the agenda includes a regulatory plan identifyingcurrentregulatoryprioritiesandhighlightingsignificantregulatoryactionsexpectedinthecomingyear.ThecenteralsohelpedestablishReginfo.govtoprovidea“regulatorydashboard”ofcurrentinformationontheregulatoryprocess,whichincludeshandyFAQsontheregulatoryprocessandhyperlinkstogovernmentsources for the regulations.
Pritzker’spresentationexplainstheevolutionofpublicaccesstoregulatoryinformation(includingthegenesisoftheCodeofFederalRegulationsandFederalRegister),howtheAdministrativeProcedureActcreatesalegalframeworkfortheadoptionofregulationsinamannerallowingforpublicinput,andwheretofindregulatoryinformation, including new, free web-based government resources.
Findthisandmorethan80otherfreecontinuingeducationprogramsandwebinarsforAALLmembersonAALL2go!
Learn to Create a Quick Strategic Plan When You Don’t Have Time to do it Perfectly
Strategicplanningisoneprocessforsettinggoalsandpriorities.However,itiseasytobecomedistractedbyun-wieldyandrepetitiveprocesses,jargon,andargumentsoverwhethersomethingisagoal,outcome,principle,orstrategy.JointheJune9webinar,TheFive-MinuteStrategicPlan:WhenYouDon’tHavetheTimeorResourcestoDoItPerfectly,from11a.m.-12p.m.CST,tolearnasimple,provenmodelthattranslatesstrategicplanningintofourbasicsteps(plusonethatrepeats).Itallowsforeffectivedesignandexecutionwhentimeisshort,andyouneedtomoveaheadquickly—withoutdrivingyourselfandotherpeoplecrazy.
This webinar will discuss how to:• Effectivelysamplequalitativeandquantitativeresearchaboutpast,current,andpotentialusers• Distillleadership-levelconcepts(mission,vision,values)ina“wherearewegoing,andwhy”statement• Tiestrategicplanninggoalsintoprojectmanagementexecution• Evaluateplansbasedonusers’criteria• Preventmicromanagement
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Federal Regulatory Information and Where to Find It.
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