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! lly Show Ke How to Motivate and The Nurture Student Workers

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Invest in Your Profession, Invest in Yourself! Volunteer for an AALL Committee

by Robert L. Oakley

AALL Spectrum (ISSN: 1089–8689) What would you like to do for AALL next • You can have an impact. is published monthly except January and year? Do you have views about the key Committees are small enough that August by the American Association of Law issues facing the profession? Do you every person can contribute; every Libraries, 53 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite have creative ideas about things the person can have an impact. 940, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Telephone: Association could or should be doing? • You will meet and work with 312/939–4764, fax: 312/431–1097, One of the best ways to contribute to e–mail: [email protected]. Periodicals new colleagues, expanding your the profession and have an impact on postage paid at Chicago, IL. POSTMASTER: professional acquaintances while future directions for the Association is to Send address changes to AALL Spectrum, contributing to the work of the volunteer for an AALL committee. 53 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 940, Chicago, Association. IL 60604 As Vice President/President-Elect, one • Committee work is a pathway of my responsibilities is to appoint new Writers wanted—contribute to your to leadership. Many of those members to AALL’s 30 or so committees. Association’s magazine! For guidelines, who emerge as leaders in the It is my hope that you will think seriously contact Peter Beck, AALL Director of Association have begun by taking this year about volunteering. There Publications on committee work and making are so many committees to choose from, 312/939–4770, ext. 19 a significant contribution there. e-mail: [email protected] depending on your area of interest. They include Diversity, Copyright, and Citation When I make the appointments later AALL Spectrum Deadlines Formats, as well as Mentoring and this year, I would very much like the Articles are due on the following dates: Retention, Placement, and Professional committees to reflect the diversity of 1999 Issue Deadline Development, in addition to the always interests and voices in the Association, Vol. 4, No. 4 December October 28 interesting Committee on Relations with and I am particularly interested in No. 5 February December 30 Information Vendors (CRIV), to name encouraging newer members of the (2000) just a few of our many committees. profession to participate in this important No. 6 March January 27 work. To that end, I will be making a special effort to appoint new people Copy sent through a columnist should be Don’t think that just because you’re and people from underrepresented sent to him/her well in advance of the new, or just because you’ve never backgrounds to the committees. Don’t monthly deadline. been on a committee before, that you think, therefore, that just because you’re won’t get on a committee now. You’re new, or just because you’ve never been AALLNET: http://www.aallnet.org on a committee before, that you won’t the very person I hope will apply. get on a committee now. You’re the very Advertising Representatives person I hope will apply. Please locate the Benson, Coffee & Associates Volunteer form on AALLNET, or from the “Why should I do this extra work?” you 1411 Peterson Avenue broadcast e-mail, or by requesting a fax, might wonder. Probably there are as Park Ridge, Illinois 60068 then fill the AALL mailbag with forms, so Telephone: 847/692–4695 many reasons for working on committees I will have lots of reading for those long fax: 847/692–3877 as there are committee members, but winter nights in December and January. e-mail: [email protected] some reasons stand out: Bob Oakley ([email protected]. • The work is interesting. Some of AALL Spectrum is a free benefit of member- edu), AALL’s Vice President/President- our committees are working on ship in the American Association of Law Elect, is Director of the Law Library Libraries. $44 of each year’s dues is for cutting-edge issues; others are and Professor of Law at Georgetown one year of AALL Spectrum. Nonmembers helping the profession to grow University Law Center, Edward Bennett may subscribe to AALL Spectrum for and develop; still others are doing Williams Library in Washington, D.C. $75 per year. For membership and/or the work of the Association. It’s all subscription information, please contact interesting, and it’s all important. the American Association of Law Libraries at the address above.

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[FEATURES] Professional Development Committee Article Series Space Planning for Technical Services: In the Blended Age of Print & Technology 6 by Carol Avery Nicholson The Kelly Show! Episode One: How to Motivate and Nurture Student Workers 8 by Kelly Browne Centerfold—Members’ Briefing: Education for Law Librarianship 17 CRIV Notes 22 by Elizabeth Rhodes Men in Law Librarianship 36 by Greta Boeringer [COLUMNS] Washington Brief 4 Public Relations 16 Chapter News 24 Membership News 26 Committee News 30 [DEPARTMENTS] Memorials 27 Placement Listings 28 Ad Index 31 Classifieds 31

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Washington Brief by Mary Alice Baish

August 26, 1999 Information Service (NTIS) in recent Daley’s proposal and the need to preserve AALL’s Amendment to H.R. 1858 years, on August 12, 1999, Secretary of NTIS’s functions if the agency is to be Commerce William M. Daley announced closed. The House Science Committee’s On August 5, 1999, the House Commerce his intention to close down the agency, Subcommittee on Technology has Committee marked up and ordered to transfer its archives to the Library of scheduled a hearing for September 15 reported to the House H.R. 1858, the Congress, and to ensure that agencies and we’ve been promised a witness slot. Consumer and Investor Access to disseminate all their technical and business This is a golden opportunity to educate Information Act of 1999, which preserves reports to the public at no fee through members of Congress that, in terms AALL’s language excluding primary legal the Internet. Calling the NTIS business of public access, NTIS materials are materials. In his opening comments at the model “fundamentally flawed” in today’s “fugitive”; that its collection of some three mark up, Chairman Tom Bliley (R-VA) noted electronic environment, the announcement million publications must be archived for that there was heavy opposition to the follows in the wake of the decision by permanent public access; that its important bill from realtors and the legal publishing Congress not to give NTIS $2 million it electronic databases must continue to industry. Indeed our amendment, Sec. had requested for FY2000. Created in be produced; and that, with the mandate 104(f), not unexpectedly came under 1950 to serve as a clearinghouse for the to disseminate more information through heavy attack from several Committee government’s vast collection of scientific, the Internet, agencies must be held members. However, Ranking Member technical, and engineering information, accountable for permanent public John Dingell (D-MI) noted that the bill NTIS has been self-sustaining through access. Stay tuned! provides unfettered access to facts in the the sale of information products to the public domain and Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-LA) public and by providing services to federal The “10 Most Wanted” reiterated that one of the purposes of the agencies on a reimbursable basis. In Government Documents legislation is to make more government denying NTIS’s unusual budget request, information available to the public. The Center for Democracy and Technology the Senate Appropriations Committee In a press statement following markup, (CDT) and OMB Watch released their ordered a General Accounting Office Chairman Bliley noted that “The bill the “10 Most Wanted” list of government (GAO) audit to review NTIS operations. Committee unanimously approved today documents at a Senate press gathering strikes an important balance, between Many within the library and user attended by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and protecting the rights of those who collect communities have long been very critical Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on August 4, and disseminate data, and ensuring the of how NTIS operates and believe that the 1999. These are titles—across all three public’s access to this information.” Bliley concept of NTIS is fundamentally flawed branches of government—that the added that Commerce staff would begin in that the agency collects and sells for public believes should be readily and working with Judiciary staff to negotiate profit government information created at permanently available at no cost through differences between H.R. 1858 and taxpayer expense. In addition, there has the Internet. The top 10 titles are, in order: H.R. 354, the Collections of Information always been a great divide between Congressional Research Service Reports; Antipiracy Act of 1999, which was NTIS and GPO since they are competing a Supreme Court Web site; the State favorably reported out of the Judiciary government information distribution Department’s Daily Briefing Book; the Committee in May. AALL, the library and channels. NTIS materials have not Pesticide Safety Database; the full text of academic communities, and our broad systematically been available to depository all Congressional hearings; Department of coalition partners in the Digital Future libraries in the past, although 20 Justice Court Briefs; Congressional votes— Coalition have long opposed H.R. 354, depository libraries, including South in a searchable database; Endangered which proposes new protections for a Texas College of Law, have been part Species Recovery plans; the Official wide range of factual databases. of a limited GPO/NTIS pilot project since Gazette of Trademarks; and federal January. NTIS was also sharply criticized Circuit and District Court opinions. This is The successful outcome of the August 5 in May for its plan to charge subscription an ongoing project, and as these top ten markup was a huge victory! Our sincere fees for usgovsearch, a new search engine collections move to the Internet, CDT and thanks to everyone who supported AALL’s developed as a joint venture between OMB Watch will replace them with other efforts to gain the Commerce Committee’s NTIS and Northern Lights that allows categories of information that would support for our amendment. Your calls, users to search through millions of federal significantly benefit the public. The full letters, and e-mails were crucial to our online materials. Reacting to strong public “10 Most Wanted” report, including a list success, as were the many Hill visits criticism questioning whether a federal of “Five Government Web Sites on the made during our Legislative Day here in agency should be allowed to charge for Right Track” and an online submission form Washington in July. This is an on-going access to government information that has for your nomination of other most-wanted legislative battle as these two House been created at taxpayer expense, the titles are at http://www.cdt.org/ committees now grapple with two Department of Commerce withdrew righttoknow/10mostwanted/. competing and very different database from the joint venture and subsequently protection bills. It’s great to know that we Mary Alice Baish, Associate Washington Affairs announced that the new service would Representative, Edward B. Williams Law Library, can count on your continued assistance! 111 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001-1417 remain fee-based but that it would be • 202/662-9200 • fax: 202/662-9202 • Department of Commerce available as well at no cost to schools e-mail: [email protected] • Internet: http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/aallwash Proposes Elimination of NTIS and libraries. In an unusual twist highlighting the shaky We are in the process of meeting with financial situation of the National Technical congressional staff to discuss Secretary 4 AALL Spectrum October 1999

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! EPISODE ONE: ow Sh How to Motivate and lly Nurture Student Workers e by Kelly Browne K e Editor’s above the circulation desk? Do they surf Arkansas at Little Rock/Pulaski County Law note: The the Net at work, looking for pornographic Library for two years. Jessie worked as a h following pictures? Do they talk to each other instead paraprofessional at UALR, supervising the T is an of the patrons? Circulation Staff, for five years before she adaptation earned her MLS, so she knows a little Well, why shouldn’t they! How are you of a program something about working with students. supposed to motivate people who make presented at So now, please help me welcome Jessie minimum wage and are only going to be at the 1999 Cranford! your library for a semester or two anyway? Annual Meeting Applause! Applause! in Washington, I am very fortunate to have Applause! D.C., “Meeting as my guests today three ‘Them’ at the people who can shed some Kelly: Well, Jessie, Crossroads: How light on this problem. My I know you’ve been to Motivate and first guest is Johnny Pedini, listening in the Green Nurture Student a disgruntled student worker, Room. Do you think Workers.” Space formerly of the Social Law there’s anything that limitations preclude Library in Boston, who is could have been done AALL Spectrum from here to tell us his side of the to save Johnny’s job? being able to print the transcript in its story. Ladies and Gentlemen, Jessie: Well, Kelly, entirety; members wishing to sample the please welcome Johnny I hate to say this, full wonderment of “The Kelly Show” Pedini! should acquire the audiotape for Program because I know it won’t H-2 (http://www.aallnet.org/products/ Applause! Applause! be popular with the products_educational.asp). Suffice it to say Applause! Pilar Vergara audience, but this fiasco Celeste Feather. may have been as much that Oprah Winfrey could learn a thing or [Johnny proceeds to describe library management’s two about presenting an informative and his work-study job—sitting fault as it was Johnny’s. entertaining talk show from Kelly Browne at the law library circulation and her cohorts in creativity. On with desk—from which he has recently been Audience boos and hisses. the show. fired. Johnny was not particularly mature Kelly: You’re kidding! How do you mean? Kelly: Our topic today is “How to or responsible, but he also received no Motivate and Nurture Student Workers.” orientation or training and was managed Jessie: Well, two of the most important Student workers are an integral component in an inconsistent and alienating manner.] aspects of management, whether you’re of many law library managing students or not, are operations, communicating expectations comprising almost clearly, and setting a good 25% of all academic example, and it appears library employees. Johnny’s supervisors did They perform a wide neither. variety of tasks, Kelly: Really? How so? including many routine and Jessie: Well, first of all, you monotonous, but have to let your staff know very important, exactly what your rules responsibilities. and policies are, and the Student workers are reasoning behind them. This commonly the first doesn’t mean you should be individuals seen by on the defensive; however, a patron and their it does mean you shouldn’t interactions frequently Pilar Vergara appear to make arbitrary form the basis for the from left, Jessie Cranford and the hostess with the mostest, Kelly Browne. rules. When staff understand patron’s opinion of that a certain procedure is the library. followed to protect patron privacy, enhance equal access to library So ... are your student workers always Kelly: Ladies and Gentlemen, our next guest, Jessie Cranford, has been the material or services, or maintain better late? Do they eat and drink in the library control of the collection, they may be more despite the rule against it in 72-point type Circulation Librarian at the University of continued on page 10 8 AALL Spectrum October 1999 59619 AALL Spectrum.Oct 10/22/99 10:28 AM Page 10

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motivated to enforce and follow that scheduled hours than a reduced paycheck. mention that I appreciate them being timely procedure. For example, I explain right up It’s hard for anyone to make a commitment with a report. This may be challenging, front that my bottom line is total to a job unless they understand the context but if a staff member hears only negative professional demeanor when in view of their work within the library as a whole. comments from a supervisor, they may of patrons. Period. You must stress adopt the attitude, “it’s no big deal. That means no to your student Nothing pleases her, anyway!” While it playing solitaire, workers how may be difficult to compliment a problem no putting your invaluable their employee, it’s also sometimes useful for the feet on the table, jobs are. That is supervisor to identify redeeming qualities no answering the the most powerful in that person and work on cultivating phone “hello,” no motivator of all. those qualities. rolling your eyes at You know, once Johnny scoots closer to Jessie on the couch. the patrons, etc. there was a study of shelf-reading Kelly: Wow, Jessie, this is great stuff, Kelly: Tell us more behavior and but it’s almost time for our next about how to productivity in commercial break. Do you have any communicate five academic other quick tips for us? clearly, Jessie. libraries in Jessie: Well, one thing that’s worked well Jessie: Well, Texas. Student with me is fostering a sense of community. you’ve got to let the workers could For my staff, caring about the students, staff know where have received

Pilar Vergara faculty, pro se, and attorney patrons we they stand. If there extended loan regularly serve helps motivate higher are areas in which time, release Karen Westwood practices the subtle art of performance. We want our patrons to have an employee audience manipulation. time, or timely access to the information they need needs to improve, increased pay so that their research or their case will communicate that for doing extra progress well. I also make my staff aware weakness and your expectations regarding shelf reading. And do you know what they that I expect high levels of performance. improvement right away. Be specific about found out? Productivity didn’t increase for I try to cultivate a sense of pride in a job desired changes. For example, someone any of the expected reasons, but because well done. I encourage them to strive for should have talked with Johnny about the student workers felt the work was better customer service, higher accuracy, the library’s computer game policy important, despite their dislike of the and so on. immediately after that incident with the job itself! dean. Burying your head in the sand and A supervisor should let Johnny moves even just hoping he won’t do it again doesn’t do her staff vent, and be closer to Jessie on anybody any good. It also really helps to willing to go to bat for the couch. convey the consequences of sloppy work them. While I tell my and careless errors. Have the employee Kelly: Yes ... well employees that they may responsible look for the reserve item that ... (finally realizing not express anger or may or may not have come in while he what is going on). hostility in public areas, was on the desk. Let her know about the Ladies and they know they can double-booking problem that occurred Gentlemen, when express problems with because a conference room key was we get back from patrons or co-workers checked out, but the information was commercial break, to me in private. I will not recorded on the scheduling sheet. Celeste Feather, listen to them, and take Access Services Kelly: Wow! Now could you tell us action to remedy their Librarian from more about setting a good example? complaints when Georgetown appropriate. I also use University Law Jessie: Sure. Once you’ve communicated positive reinforcement, Library, will join us. your expectations, you’ve got to practice praising work that is what you preach. Let your staff see through well-done and noting (Kelly pantomimes your everyday actions that you care about successes as well as Pilar Vergara asking Johnny your library, your patrons, and them. failures. Johnny Pedini, not-quite-ready-for- to move away Conduct yourself in the professional prime-time disgruntled student from Jessie; he manner that you want them to adopt. As Jessie is talking, worker. vigorously declines, Give them a sense of stability in their Johnny is obviously falling shouting, “You get relationship with you by behaving more and more in love back!” They scuffle; consistently. with her. finally Kelly calls for goons who escort Johnny off the set.) It is very important that student workers Jessie: For example, I might tell a know how much the library depends on student that his repair job on a book was [commercial break] them doing their jobs, and that there are excellent, or thank a student for handling continued on page 12 further consequences to not working their a problem patron so professionally, or

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Kelly: Welcome back to the show. Celeste: Sure, there are lots of them. students who work in the library pick up Unfortunately Mr. Pedini was called away Students can be very enthusiastic. They tips about how to use library resources unexpectedly and had to leave. But I know have a love of learning and libraries. They more effectively, which is true, and that you’ll just love our next guest! Celeste have a strong interest in having an impact can save a lot of time when they need to Feather has been the Access Services on the accomplishment of work (because do research on their own. My students Librarian at Georgetown for ten years. they really do want to make a difference— have told me that working has had a Prior to that she was the Public Services they just don’t know how). They are usually positive effect on their grades because Assistant at George Mason Law Library. flexible, not rigid and set in their ways. they are forced to structure their days So altogether she has had twelve years They want to be taken seriously. Students and use their time more efficiently. of challenging experiences dealing with are conduits to other students: I think they Kelly: Wow! Anything else? student employees! Please help me are an underutilized source of feedback welcome Celeste Feather! and information for the organization. Celeste: Yes. I’ve also found that a They can identify the needs of other student “supportive” rather than “directive” Applause! Applause! Applause! users, they certainly can evaluate our leadership style works best with students. Kelly: Celeste, Jessie’s been telling us services, and they can provide innovative It’s important that students understand why about some management techniques that ideas that greatly enhance the overall you have policies in place rather than just would seem to work whether or not your decision-making ability of the organization. being told to implement something they staff includes students. I was wondering They also usually don’t mind making don’t understand. When you’re training if you had any advice for us on how to copies or dusting shelves or whatever students, you should use the same teaching manage students in particular. because they understand that they’re just skills you use with patrons. Don’t forget going to be there a short time and are that people learn in different ways. You Celeste: Well, yes, Kelly, as a matter “paying their dues.” And the differences really need to incorporate a variety of of fact, I do. There are some differences you thought were negative aren’t really teaching aids into your training programs. between student and non-student negative if you know how to handle them. employees, and a really effective student Kelly: You know, I do something sort of manager will find out what those Kelly: What do you mean? like that. My goal is to treat every one of differences are and capitalize on them. my student reference assistants as a future Celeste: Well, first of all, you need to Law Librarian. I figure why not, that’s what Kelly: Oh, I see. What are some of recognize their split loyalty: It’s just going the law school development office does: the differences? to be that way and there’s nothing you can it treats every law student as a future Celeste: Well, we all attorney and potential donor. The law have to realize they students appreciate the respect and in turn, are students first and remember their school fondly. It’s sort of employees second. And like giving a tour to first years: “We don’t for many, it is their first expect you to know this now, but you will real job. They have to learn it, and you will be great!” But that deal with peer pressure doesn’t work with everyone. What do you (their friends don’t do with the underachievers that don’t have understand why they that motivation already? can’t talk for 30 minutes Celeste: Well, you try really hard to at the circulation desk) instill it. And it’s hard to achieve the right and academic pressure balance; I admit it. With students you (they may be worried have to achieve success very quickly; about a paper that is the turnover is high and your training time due really soon). is very limited. But you have to take Some of them are just Pilar Vergara more initiative in developing a working developing a sense of Goons on call: Johnny Pedini in the midst of being escorted relationship with and cooperation from responsibility and from the stage. an employee because there are usually philosophy of work. no promotional or developmental They may not realize opportunities and the student may not the rules of employment we take for do about it. You must put their education completely accept leadership because he granted, like showing up on time or calling before their library work, just like they do. might be naive or immature in his working if there is a problem, or, this is my favorite: Tell them, for example, “we will back you life. And you can’t get too close. realizing that their supervisor is the boss up if you have to miss your shift for school, and that not all tasks and rewards are but for us to do that you must let us know Kelly: How do you train your students? shared equally. as soon as you know so we can plan Celeste: Well, good training starts with Kelly: Yes, to some it comes as quite ahead—talk to a live person the day an orientation, the goal of which is to a shock that not only is the library not a before rather than leaving a voice mail at improve communication between student democracy, but that their vote is not even 3 in the morning saying you’re going to and supervisor by exposing the student solicited. But those seem like negative miss your 8 a.m. shift because you stayed to the culture of the law library. This is differences. Are there any positive up all night studying, etc.” Use their the time to be clear about when to do differences? student status to your advantage. Tell them something yourself and when help is

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Public Relations by Cheryl Gritton

Using Public Relations as the initiative to find someone who does positional and personal. Think about those a Key to Leadership know, or has the information. Be self- good leaders you have known. What were confident, assertive, responsible, and open some of their attributes? I think of good As I began thinking about what public to new ideas. Listen to your users. Follow leaders as honest, knowledgeable, full of relations and leadership are, I realized trends, and change gracefully to meet enthusiasm for their jobs, willing to listen that personal leadership flows from public users’ changing needs. Be friendly; to new ideas, and self-confident. They relations skills. Public relations are truly remember you are the library. are also commonly described as being a key to leadership. responsible, high achievers, pleasant even Once you have mastered public relations, in stressful conditions, and capable of So how did I get to that conclusion? how do you get to leadership? In any influencing others. These are all skills we I define public relations as what you do organization there are two types of can master, no matter what our job title. with your user when s/he is in your library leaders. There are those people who, or using your services. Marketing is part of by job description, are leaders. These are Do you notice the skills needed for public relations, but only the first half of the the judges, partners, or law professors we public relations mirror those needed for equation. Brochures, newsletters, special all work for. It is highly unlikely that in our leadership? As we develop the skills programs or presentations, flyers, and food organizations the librarian will be a leader of good public relations, we will be in the library are all marketing tools you because of position. But we can be the knowledgeable, enthusiastic, friendly, employ to get the user into the library. second type of leader, those who gain honest, flexible, and self confident. These Public relations begins when your leadership based on the respect of attributes instill respect, from which flows marketing tools have been successful. others in the organization. This personal personal leadership. We must not hesitate leadership comes from having certain to learn these skills and open the door Good public relations relies on certain skills and attributes that, again, anyone to leadership. skills that anyone can master. Being can master. Leaders are made, not born. knowledgeable about your subject and Cheryl Gritton ([email protected]) is Branch enthusiastic about helping your user are Librarian at the U.S. Courts Library in Des Moines, Volumes have been written on leadership Iowa. the two that top my list of essential skills. and the skills necessary to be a good Honesty is a must: admit you don’t know leader. Plus, we have all had experiences or don’t have the information. Then take with leaders, both good and bad,

Karl T. Gruben, Secretary (2002) [email protected] (front, far left) Janis L. Johnston, Treasurer (2001) [email protected] (front, far right) Frank Y. Liu (2001) [email protected] (rear, far left) Ruth Fraley (2001) [email protected] (rear, second from left) Mark Folmsbee (2000) [email protected] (rear, third from left) Maryruth Storer (2002) [email protected] (rear, second from right) Cossette T. Sun (2002) [email protected] (rear, far right)

Armando Waak Heather Braithwaite Simmons (2000) [email protected] (not in photo) American Association of Law Libraries Membership: Individual member dues are $136/year. Persons who are not law librarians may join as Associate members; individual Associate Mission: Recognizing that the availability of legal information to all people dues are $136/year. To join AALL, or for more information, contact is a necessary requirement for a just and democratic society, the American Membership Coordinator at 312/939–4764, or request the membership Association of Law Libraries exists to promote and enhance the value of application from Fax-on-Demand (732/544–5901, request document law libraries to the public, the legal community, and the world, to foster the #510). profession of law librarianship, and to provide leadership in the field of legal information and information policy. Fax-on-Demand: 732/544–5901 Executive Board: Margaret Maes Axtmann, President (2001) AALLNET Website: http://www.aallnet.org [email protected] (front, center) Annual Meeting: ames S. Heller, Past President (2000) J 2000 July 15–20 Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, [email protected] Pennsylvania (front, second from right) 2001 July 14–19 Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota Robert L. Oakley, Vice President/President-Elect (2002) [email protected] 2002 July 20–24 Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida (front, second from left)

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Education for Members’ Briefing Law Librarianship

or years I’ve listened to colleagues complain about the Help Wanted: Ensuring the F quality of their library school experience and the unfortunate Survival of Law Librarianship necessity of learning basic skills on the job. We weighed the merits of teaching theory against the need for by Penny A. Hazelton In 1999, only 61 resumes were submitted for new librarians to hit the ground 101 jobs at all levels, and only 26 potential running. As employers we wondered In her 37 years of leadership at the candidates were available to fill 65 entry- what competencies we could expect University of Washington School of level jobs. At the 1998 Annual Meeting an entry-level librarian to have. Law Library, Marian Gould Gallagher Placement Office, only 23 entry-level (professor, law librarian, and one of applicants were available for 40 such jobs. The discussion today is no longer just the great contributors to our profession) an interesting debate about what looked for these characteristics in those Perhaps more disturbing: preliminary constitutes a balanced and high pursuing law librarianship: study by AALL’s Task Force to Enhance quality curriculum for the library and Law Librarianship Education indicates information science field. The future “Industrious, alert, charming, attentive to this situation is likely to continue across of the profession is at stake, and it is detail, refined, imaginative, unafraid of our profession—unless we law librarians clear that the scope and quality of briefing for a judge or getting filthy while do something about it. education for law librarianship has a moving books, dependable, receptive to direct impact on that future. Excellent taking and following orders, able to direct Reality Is in the Numbers courses, exciting job opportunities, underlings to inspired heights, incorruptible, recruitment, mentoring, and retention sincerely interested, attractive, ... amusing, Our own Association statistics, as well as are all part of the package of ensuring cheerful, imperturbable, diplomatic, and experiences shared by law librarians and the future of law librarianship. Summa Cum Laude.” educators across the country, document the declining applicant pool in our This Members’ Briefing, then, is a call The 80 law libraries seeking to fill 101 profession. Consider the facts: to arms for all law librarians to work positions at the 1999 AALL Annual actively with AALL and with LIS Meeting Placement Office were looking for • Our profession is aging. In 1996, the schools to promote a law librarianship something much simpler: an applicant AALL Demographic Survey found that curriculum and to recruit to the pool from which to find even ONE 74 percent of law librarians were 36 profession. If all of us act as candidate for each open position. years old or older—with 32 percent ambassadors for law librarianship, between ages 46 and 55, and 42 percent For the past two years, job openings have the profession will thrive. between 36 and 45. As the older group greatly outnumbered applicants at the retires and the current mid-level Special thanks to Penny Hazelton and AALL Annual Meeting, which is THE managers take charge of our law Nancy Johnson for their willingness to national job forum for law librarians. libraries, who will staff them? compile this briefing in a very short continued on page 20 time frame and to all the members of the Task Force to Enhance Law Librarianship Education for their AALL 1999 Placement Office Snapshot leadership in this important effort. Job Openings/Requirements # Jobs MLS only MLS req/JD pref MLS+JD Other Entry Level 65 16 (25%) 18 (28%) 21 (32%) 10 Mid/Senior Level 36 13 5 16 2 TOTALS 101 29% 23% 37% 12% Margaret Maes Axtmann AALL President 1999–2000

Applicants*—Educational Background # Applicants MLS only MLS+JD Other Entry Level 26 6 18 2 inside: Mid/Senior Level 29 11 16 2 TOTALS 55 17 (31%) 34 (62%) 4 AALL’s Various Roles...... 18

*Available by December 1999 for employment—6 applicants who submitted resumes were unavailable until after this time. How You Can Encourage Law Librarianship Careers...... 19 Law Librarianship Career American Association of Law Libraries Info on the Web...... 19 AALL Spectrum, October 1999 59619 AALL Memb. brief/2 10/22/99 10:36 AM Page 2

American Association 18 Members’ Briefing—AALL Spectrum, October 1999 of Law Libraries AALL’s Various Roles For a number of years, AALL has worked library school deans and directors in 1998, the Association of Library and Information through various channels to address and identified two key opportunities: Science Educators (ALISE) and AALL also the need to increase understanding could play a substantial role in the future 1) Library science/information school of the educational and professional of law librarianship education, and an deans could be much better informed competencies required to be an effective ongoing forum for discussions could about law librarianship, including law librarian, and to effectively match reap substantial benefits for the educational needs and career employers with quality candidates. profession. (Rec. 5.1) opportunities, and The following highlights some of the Bringing employers and candidates accomplishments to date, and some 2) More courses for law librarianship together. The AALL Placement Committee, issues that might be considered based could be offered in more locations to created in 1956, exists to facilitate in- on Jonathan Franklin’s report to the offset the limited numbers of courses person interviews at the Annual Meeting, AALL Executive Board on the ALA offered by accredited schools. and to provide policy guidance on career Congress. (Citations refer to the report’s The Task Force has begun to address issues relating to placement in the recommendations.) these opportunities with information on profession. Studying core competencies and AALL’s Web site (see “Law Librarianship Encouraging research on the profession. educational effectiveness. A 1997 study Career Info on the Web”). It is working It is a boon to any profession to physically sponsored by the AALL Professional on recommending other ways AALL form a body of literature and demonstrate Development Committee’s Subcommittee might enhance the availability of law scholarship. AALL’s proposals for research on Credentialing 1) evaluated members’ librarianship education in the nation’s projects stand us in good stead in this attitudes and beliefs about the value of library and information science graduate area, but if more promising projects are a credentialing program; 2) found broad programs. being proposed than are being funded, agreement on a range of competencies Increasing awareness of law there may be more we could do to increase and skills pertinent to the work of law librarianship as a career. Making the number of research grants. In addition, librarians; and 3) identified areas where educators more aware of law librarianship further publicity about the results of gaps exist between the skills law librarians as a profession would enhance their AALL-funded research could be made need for their daily work, and those ability to guide students toward careers. more prominent in Association print and they obtain through traditional library In 1999–2000, the AALL Recruitment electronic channels. (Recs. 4.4, 4.5) education. (See “President’s Briefing: Committee plans to increase its contact Law Librarian Competencies,” AALL Mentoring. AALL already has an excellent with library and information science Spectrum 4/98:18–19) mentoring system in place through the program directors—to establish and efforts of the Mentoring and Retention Continuing education. The AALL continue relationships with educators, Committee. AALL could expand this Professional Development Committee is and to make them aware of law program—a critical component in the addressing these identified needs in its librarianship and AALL with materials development of professionals—to include critical role of coordinating continuing and ongoing communication. librarianship students, particularly in cases education programs for law librarianship— Fostering dialogue among educators where law librarianship is not taught or at the Annual Meeting and beyond. Further and professionals. The Conference of Law not taught regularly, and thereby help coordination with ALA and other peer Library Educators, a group of law librarians those who might otherwise not enter organizations could further enhance the who teach in library schools, meets each the profession. Further outreach to opportunities for law librarians to learn year at the AALL Annual Meeting to talk LIS students via print and electronic from and teach non-law librarians. As about common issues and concerns. media could play an important role in ALA considers the creation of a centralized Its Web site includes course syllabi recruitment. (Rec. 5.4) center or databank for continuing and other information to assist law education programs, AALL should consider Training educators. The Annual Meeting librarianship educators (www.courses. the benefits and drawbacks of playing a of Law Librarianship Educators and the unt.edu/chandler/CONFERENCELAWLIB/ role in such a project. (Recs. 3.2, 3.3) ongoing listserv sponsored by AALL form aallconeducators.html). a basis for such activities, but there could Investigating opportunities in law Continuing this dialogue between be a larger role for AALL, particularly in librarianship education. The AALL Library/Information Science (LIS) training law librarianship educators. Task Force to Enhance Law Librarianship educators and professionals is an AALL might want to consider formalizing Education, appointed by AALL President important goal. Clearly this can the discussion of pedagogical techniques, Jim Heller in 1998, is charged with be achieved through teaching law texts, and other issues in teaching in investigating the need for greater offerings librarianship in LIS programs, and general an LIS (as opposed to a JD) program. of law librarianship courses to library involvement in LIS education. However, (Rec. 5.5) science students. The Task Force surveyed the strengthening of the bonds between 59619 AALL Memb. brief/2 10/22/99 10:36 AM Page 3

American Association Members’ Briefing—AALL Spectrum, October 1999of Law Libraries 19 How You Can Encourage Law Librarianship Careers There are a number of ways that law • Post jobs and hire LIS graduate • Offer scholarships to library students librarians—whether they are employers, students to work in your law library. who attend the AALL Annual Meeting. AALL Chapter members, or working • Offer to give a presentation to Special • Know the facts about our profession; it professionals—can help attract qualified Libraries, Government Documents, is particularly important to debunk the personnel to law librarianship and help Reference, and Online Searching courses prevalent myth that you can’t be a law ensure they have the educational in LIS graduate programs. librarian unless you have a law degree. background needed to deliver excellent results. Here are a few thoughts: • Talk to the faculty member who • Mentor outstanding and interested teaches the Special Libraries course students in selection of LIS graduate • Teach a legal research/law about your work. program courses, networking, job librarianship course in your local opportunities, and the like. library/information science (LIS) • Give a colloquium for students and graduate program. LIS graduate students about law • Visit LIS graduate schools likely librarianship. to have a pool of good candidates for • Volunteer to be on the visiting committee your jobs and do on-campus of your local LIS graduate program. • Offer law library tours for local LIS interviewing. graduate students. • Be an active member of the alumni • Contact those who regularly teach law association of your LIS graduate • Participate in the career days offered librarianship courses in LIS graduate program, and volunteer. by your law school—talk about law programs to learn of strong candidates. librarianship. • Learn about curriculum in today’s • Consider becoming involved in LIS programs. • Seek outstanding law and library the ALA accreditation process science students in your legal research • Offer to host a library school student to enable us to better educate classes and tell them about careers in for an academic fieldwork or internship LIS administrators about the law librarianship. placement. issues central to law librarians.

AALL Support At-A-Glance:

Law Librarianship Career Info on the Web • AALL Guidelines for Graduate Programs in Law Librarianship People interested in pursuing a law • What law librarians do and • Regular forum for law librarians librarianship education can now find the kinds of organizations who teach in library schools information on courses and career in which they work (Conference of Law Library opportunities on the new Web page, Educators) • Links to articles and other writings “Education for a Career in Law on law librarianship as a career • Task Force to Enhance Law Librarianship” (http://www.aallnet.org/ Librarianship Education committee/tfedu). Created by • Suggestions for evaluating a AALL’s Task Force to Enhance Law graduate program with a career • AALL presentation at Association Librarianship, the Web page is a in law librarianship in mind for Library and Information Science useful guide for those who might be Education (ALISE) Meeting interested in working as law library • Links to programs that offer such • Scholarships to library students professionals. It addresses many of formal education who attend the AALL Annual the questions often asked by those • Scholarship and other information Meeting interested in law librarianship, including such information as: • Board member visits to library/ information science schools when doing Chapter and other AALL business • Free registration at AALL Annual AALL Needs Your Knowledge & Educational Experience Meeting for Deans and Directors of library/information science schools If you have ideas that would increase the number of law librarianship courses taught in graduate programs, have experience with distance education courses in graduate • Active participation in ALA programs, or would like to comment on this topic of formal education for law Congress on Professional librarianship, please feel free to contact Penny A. Hazelton, Chair, AALL Task Force Education to Enhance Law Librarianship Education, Gallagher Law Library, University of • Actively working with WESTLAW Washington, at [email protected]. and LEXIS-NEXIS for free access program to all databases for library science students 59619 AALL Memb. brief/2 10/22/99 10:36 AM Page 4

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any law librarianship courses—and only Jonathan Franklin (Senior Reference Help Wanted three of these graduate schools with Librarian, University of Michigan Law continued from page 17 three or more courses—there are limited Library) was AALL’s representative to possibilities of finding entry-level staff the Congress steering committee. Also who have been exposed to the legal attending the Congress were Roberta • Only 36 of the 49 accredited system, the legal profession and its Shaffer (now Dean, University of Texas at U.S. library schools offer any law terminology, the literature of the law, the Austin Graduate School of Library and librarianship courses—seven of these legal and ethical concerns of librarianship, Information Science) and AALL President graduate schools offer two courses. and the legal profession. Margie Axtmann (Assistant Director for • Only three library/information science Collections and Technical Services, programs in the country offer three or Why Should We Care? University of Minnesota Law Library). In a report presented to the AALL more courses in law librarianship, and all Working to encourage qualified graduates Executive Board, Franklin recommended three schools combined graduated fewer to pursue law librarianship careers is not that AALL investigate, or reinvigorate, than 35 law librarianship students in 1999. just a nice thing to do—it is essential to efforts in a number of these areas. • Library school students, faculty, and the success of the law libraries we operate leadership are underinformed about law and the clientele we serve. As the current AALL has addressed many of these issues librarianship, its educational needs and law library directors retire and are over the years in the activities of various career opportunities. A survey of library replaced by their middle management, the committees and task forces—identifying school deans by the AALL Task Force to effectiveness of our libraries is inexorably needs through research and addressing Enhance Law Librarianship Education linked to the quality of staff we are able to them with ongoing professional found that many thought law degrees were attract and hire. Library budgets, always involvement. As THE professional required for work in law librarianship, and limited, no matter what the type of law organization devoted exclusively to the others did not regularly see job postings library, will be increasingly difficult to interests of law librarians, it is important for law librarianship positions. manage if we must spend staff time and that AALL continue to look at ways to training dollars to educate librarians in law build awareness of law librarianship and • There are fewer people with library librarianship rather than hire them the many professional rewards it can bring. degrees now than 20 years ago—5057 with appropriate expertise. However, it’s not just AALL’s problem— people received masters or doctorate each law librarian must take personal degrees in Library Science in 1995, Working Toward Solutions responsibility for encouraging compared to 7001 in 1971, a figure no participation in our profession. doubt affected by the closing of several Attention to core competencies and the major library graduate programs national shortage of professionals were It’s Up to ALL of Us in the early 1980s. among the issues discussed by a group of information professionals at the 1999 It’s in every law librarian’s best interest to • Limited numbers of applicants Congress on Professional Education, care about this issue now—before it is too are available for law library jobs, sponsored by the American Library late. None of us want to be in the position particularly at the entry level. At Association (ALA). Three law librarians of having jobs available with no one to fill the 1999 AALL Annual Meeting were among more than 100 library and them ... to feel forced to choose from less- Placement Office, for example, job information studies educators and than-qualified candidates ... or to add the openings outnumbered applicant professionals who met to gain consensus ongoing challenge of major on-the-job resumes nearly 2 to 1. on the values and core competencies of the training to the workload of already- • The best library/information science profession and to identify possible actions strapped staffs and budgets. to address common issues and concerns. graduates are taking high-paying jobs Looking at this issue NOW, and working in business and high tech industries, The Congress Report recommended toward increasing interest in law rather than pursuing work in libraries, a number of areas in which library librarianship for the future, will only benefit according to some graduate school professionals from all specialties could all of us and the institutions and customers deans and directors. work to enhance competencies and skills, we serve. It will help ensure the continued and expand their profession. These include: quality of our law libraries’ resources and Formal, Competency-based customer service. It also will contribute to • fostering diversity, Education fulfilling the mission of our profession—to • pursuing accreditation, serve our democratic society by making In addition to declining numbers of • expanding access to graduate legal information available to all people. potential candidates from fewer library and professional education, information sciences graduate programs, • coordination of continuing Penny A. Hazelton there is concern that even MLS graduates education programs, ([email protected]) is Professor and may lack the specific skills and • encouraging research, Law Librarian at the Gallagher Law Library of competencies required for law • continuing the dialogue between the University of Washington School of Law in librarianship. Most law librarians agree educators and professionals, Seattle, Washington. that high quality applicants are those • mentoring, and with law library experience and/or • training educators. formal classes in legal research and law librarianship. With only 36 schools offering 59619 AALL Spectrum.Oct 10/22/99 10:29 AM Page 22

CRIV Notes by Elizabeth Rhodes

LEXIS-NEXIS Librarians Assist the MacCrate report, suggests that law schools information to help others learn. Thompson and attorneys work together “to impart to future recommended showing faculty the value students in Mini-TRIALL Program lawyers the skills and values required for the find in particular resources. competent and responsible practice of law.” As AALL has recently been debating the issue of Thompson reminded us of characteristics that faculty Legal analysis and reasoning, and legal research broadening our membership base and including members share with other adult learners. The are considered fundamental lawyering skills. publisher representatives, here is a timely report readiness to learn is directly affected by a need to of the kind of value that publisher representatives Additionally, core legal research competencies know or to do something. Practically speaking, this often bring to our organization. presented by the AALL Research Instruction Caucus may mean that a librarian’s only opportunity to Teaching Research in Academic Law Libraries in 1997 include the ability to locate case law, train a faculty member in the use of an electronic (TRIALL), a one-day program held July 28, 1999, statutes, administrative materials, ethical rules, resource may come during a panicked phone call, as at George Mason University, marked the beginning uniform laws, model acts, and law digests. These the instructor is preparing for class or trying to meet of teacher education for many of its attendees. core research competencies (see www.aallnet.org/ a publication deadline. The instructor needs to know While we as law librarians are well trained in our sis/ripssis/core.html for a complete list), although how to do something immediately, but this may not profession, many of us are not trained teachers. currently under revision because they predate be the best “teachable moment.” In every teaching But almost all law librarians teach. In law firms, Keycite and many Internet sources, can act as a encounter with faculty, we should be sensitive to librarians teach summer associates and new foundation upon which to build a legal research their time constraints. course. These competencies could help all of us to attorneys. State, court, and county law librarians Adult learners also have a reservoir of experience better articulate our legal instruction course goals. teach clerks and other court personnel. Academic and knowledge. A librarian can, for instance, use law librarians teach students and professors. Despite Partin recommended that instructors list goals in the faculty members’ knowledge of print sources to the title of this program, much of the information course syllabus so that students know what they are make electronic resources relevant to them, provided was applicable to a variety of teaching expected to learn. Course objectives must be clear, and to demonstrate their similarities. Faculty situations, not just those in law libraries. specific, measurable, and results-oriented. As course members, as adult learners, expect instructors to Gail Partin (Dickinson School of Law Library), Jane planning progresses, objectives can be redefined be knowledgeable, to present material clearly and Thompson (University of Colorado Law Library), and if necessary. confidently, to emphasize the relevance of material presented, to motivate them, to be enthusiastic and Suzanne Bailey and Corrin Gee-Alvaredo (LEXIS- Content should be organized to fulfill goals and humorous, and to show concern for student learning. NEXIS Librarian Relations Group) described and objectives. Partin reminded us that unlearning modeled various techniques for effective teaching. might be a necessary first step. Despite prevalent As librarians, we respect each faculty member’s These presenters began by reminding us always to rumors among entering law students, not all subject expertise. However, Thompson feels it is a inform students of “WIFM—what’s in it for me?” legal information is available on the Web. Course mistake to be overly deferential. Faculty members What benefits can learning the material bring to the materials and presentations must be tailored to and librarians are all part of academia. We all want student? Reminding a law student or summer law the audience’s level of expertise, and we should students to be able to learn. But librarians often clerk that no librarian will be available on those sequence concepts from the simple to the react to perceived differences between faculty weekends that the managing partner expects increasingly complex. Partin emphasized the culture and instructional librarian culture. Faculty answers to research questions might inspire that necessity of retaining a sense of humor. No matter members operate in a culture where they are valued person to spend more time learning to use the who the student or what the setting, only so much for their theoretical knowledge. They view one legal research sources independently. information can be absorbed at one time. another as colleagues, defer to each other as specialists, have a high degree of professional Successful Curriculum Design Partin also indicated the need to sequence teaching autonomy, are concerned with efficiency due to lack methods. As students gain knowledge, we should Gail Partin, who teaches legal research to first year of time, have a tendency to resist change, and tend give them opportunities to use it. While class may students at the Dickinson School of Law, discussed to focus only on their own disciplines. Instructional begin with the teacher lecturing, the focus should “Steps to Successful Curriculum Design.” Her librarians subscribe to a managerial culture that gradually shift to the students. Perhaps students handout, which followed her presentation exactly values knowledge that is applied, tend to could benefit by teaching each other, or by (a recommended technique), was clear and easy to communicate with and learn from other librarians, participating in role-playing exercises. follow. The handout describes seven steps to course usually work within hierarchical systems, are less or session planning. We were taught to: assess Teaching Legal Research to Faculty assertive intellectually, lack time but remain user needs; define goals; organize content; select idealistic, and favor an interdisciplinary approach. teaching methods; design criteria to evaluate Jane Thompson (Head of Faculty Services and a To bridge this gap, Thompson recommends that student performance; implement the plan; and Senior Instructor at the University of Colorado Law librarians attend faculty programs, introduce faculty evaluate the program. Library) discussed the implications of teaching legal members to colleagues who can help them, and research to faculty. Thompson stated that, while respond to faculty e-mails that are of interest to the Partin also recommended reviewing “Legal faculty members may know how information is Education and Professional Development—An librarian. She believes that building relationships organized in their field, they may not know the best with faculty members is as important as the Educational Continuum,” an ABA report originally way to find what they need, or how best to use that issued in July 1992. This document, also known as information we teach them. She also believes that

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librarians and faculty members can learn from recommended using pauses. She suggested that we indicates they are familiar with point two, we can each other. (For further information, please see make the audience wait, counting to four to give skip easily to point three. Though there is nothing Jane Thompson, “Teaching Research to Faculty: them time to focus on us. Reading aloud for two wrong with having 20 major points, it is much Accommodating Cultural and Learning-style minutes everyday is good practice for this more difficult to re-orient after being interrupted at Differences, Law Library Journal. 1996.) technique. She also mentioned that smiling while point seven of a 20-point presentation than after speaking puts energy into the voice. point two of a three-point presentation. Presentation Skills Content and Its Arrangement Although this report merely skims the surface After a lunchtime game of legal research jeopardy, of the material presented, it is a credit to the we viewed a video on presentation skills by Spring Presentations by Suzanne Bailey and Corrin Gee- presenters that they managed to convey such Asher. We learned that the ideal is to connect with Alvaredo of LEXIS-NEXIS addressed the importance a large amount of material in so short a time. the audience by using that real part of ourselves, of content and its arrangement. For example, we This was a practical, enjoyable program. Thanks the part that talks in a relaxed manner to good were cautioned about the possible pitfalls of using are due to LEXIS-NEXIS for sponsoring this friends. We saw that 55% of the impression we jokes to begin presentations. Our students, whoever program, providing the extensive materials, and make on a listener is our physicality; 38% is in the they may be, do not come to us tabula rasa. for providing such highly competent presenters. energy in our voices; and 7% is content. The video Particular backgrounds or even recent group This is a clear indication of how the legal publishing made suggestions for improvement in the first two history can make certain jokes not only community can contribute to the betterment of our of these areas. We should stand with feet about inappropriate, but also actually harmful to the profession. Thanks also to George Mason University one foot apart, balance on the balls of the feet, educational atmosphere. In short, if you want for hosting the event, and to Gail Partin and keep hands at the sides unless gesturing, and lead to tell a joke, be sure it will be funny to your Jane Thompson for their considerable time from the chest. Hand gestures should be fit to the audience. and expertise. size of the room; a larger room requires bigger Organizing individual presentations into only three gestures. Furthermore, we should limit the number Elizabeth Rhodes ([email protected]) major points, with as many subtopics as necessary, of gestures we use, since unnecessary flailing is Faculty Liaison/Reference Librarian at the was suggested as a good strategy. Having only distracts the audience. The way we speak was University of Baltimore Law Library in Baltimore, three major points helps us to remember where we also stressed as an important factor. Asher Maryland. are in our presentation. Then, if the audience

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Chapter News by Marilyn Harhai

Chapters provide a multitude of The ORALL (Ohio Regional Association today. Three issues that she discussed were opportunities to their members all year of Law Libraries) Annual Fall Conference personnel, the cost of library materials, and round. This month’s column highlights the October 13–15, 1999, will continue the technology, all issues faced by the Oregon information and training, public relations 50th Anniversary celebration with a great Supreme Court Library. activities, and occasions to share educational program lineup featuring Leeson’s involvement with the Oregon experiences that Chapters provide. nationally recognized copyright author and Supreme Court Library both as a user, as Indiana University professor Kenny Crews well as Chair of the Planning Committee, Educational Programs and Boalt Hall’s Bob Berring. Anne Abate made her participation in the VIP Program ALLUNY (Atlanta Law Libraries of Xavier University will be giving a crash uniquely appropriate. Based on her Association) will have its annual meeting in course on electronic commerce issues of knowledge and genuine interest, Leeson Binghamton, New York, on Sept. 24–26. access, advertising, security, and training. will prove to be a real friend to the Since Binghamton has more carousels than An innovative “bridge the gap” program profession of law librarianship. any other American city, it’s known as the created by the private law librarians of Carousel Capitol, and therefore the theme Cincinnati will describe the “Inside Look” Information Exchange is “Carousels into the Millennium.” Among programs of eight law firm libraries The HALL (Houston Area Law Libraries) the featured programs will be: Y2K designed to give summer law clerks a Chapter held its regular meeting in August Litigation; Implementing the Online System; preview from practicing lawyers what at the offices of Baker & Botts LLP in Paralegals as Patrons; Online Citators; the practice of law is all about. Houston. Traditionally, at the first meeting Internet Training Issues; New CLE Other programs will be “Knowledge after AALL, some of the members recap Requirements; and a tour of the Matthew Management” with Paul Mitchell (Ernst & noteworthy sessions and workshops for Bender Packaging Facility. Contact Jay Young) and “AALL & ORALL as Advocacy those who were not able to attend. DeVeau ([email protected]) Partners” with Billie Grey (Cincinnati Law Recipients of grants are required to present for more information. Library Association) and Mary Alice Baish to the Chapter some of the highlights of SCALL (Southern California Association of (AALL Associate Washington Affairs the conference. Karl Gruben (Secretary of Law Libraries) Institute Chair Anna Delgado Representative). AALL) told HALL members what it was like (Arter & Hadden, Los Angeles) has to attend the Meeting as an incoming Invited guests to the Opening Reception at announced that the 28th Annual SCALL member of the Executive Board. At the the historic Ohio State House will include Institute will be held on March 3–4, 2000, September meeting, Lynn Liberato (VP & Ohio Governor Bob Taft, members of the at the Holiday Inn in Ventura, California. President-Elect for the State Bar of Texas Ohio Supreme Court, and representatives She also said the hotel is right on the and partner at Haynes and Boone LLP) will of legal and library associations from the beach; rooms will cost $89 each per night speak on the “Image of the Legal System.” four-state region. For more information for all attendees. Please contact Delgado about ORALL, see its Web site ([email protected]) for Kudos to the Volunteers (www.nky.edu//Law/orall). additional information. Who Make It Happen MALL members are involved in planning Public Relations NJLLA (New Jersey Law Librarians the Minnesota Law & Technology WestPac had the good fortune to have Association) is pleased to announce its Show, scheduled September 1–2 at the had Susan M. Leeson (Oregon Supreme Executive Board for 1999–2000: President, Minneapolis Convention Center. MALL is Court Justice) as its Valuable Invited Sandra L. Willis; Past President, Rosaria sponsoring three programs: first, a panel Participant (VIP) at the AALL Annual Vigorito; Vice President, Johanna C. Bizub; discussion “Wanted—A Few Good Sites,” Meeting. In addition to her role as a state Treasurer, Beth E. Petruska; Secretary, featuring MALL members Mary Wells Supreme Court Justice, Justice Leeson is the Sandra Helewa; and Members-at-large, and Janice Leichter; second, a session chair of the Oregon Supreme Court Library Carolyn Rogers and Henry Gozdz. on “Copyright and the Internet”; and Planning Committee. The charge of the WPLLA (Western Pennsylvania a keynote presentation featuring John Oregon Supreme Court Library Planning Law Librarians Association) extends Hokkanen (Chief Knowledge Counsel Committee is to assess its future with congratulations and thanks to its Executive at the Atlanta firm of Alston & Byrd). regards to “technology, funding, the Board for 1999–2000: President, Christine Additionally, MALL members will provide impact of court libraries in the state, etc.” Dyne; Vice President, Susan Broms; their expertise at the Law & Technology Justice Leeson attended the Matthew Secretary, John Digilio; Treasurer, Beth Show’s Internet Cafe during the two days Bender-sponsored reception with the Smith; and, Board members, Heather of the conference. Finally, Hokkanen will other VIPs at the National Press Club on Love and Lori Ransom. join MALL members for a dinner meeting Saturday, July 17, 1999. During the course September 1 and will speak on the topic Compiled and edited by Marilyn K. Harbai, of the evening, Leeson demonstrated that University of Orlando School of Law, Euliano Law of knowledge management (KM) and the she was personally acquainted with some Library, 6441 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32807- role of the library staff in KM initiatives. 3673 • 407/275-2100 • fax: 407/275-3654 of the key issues facing law librarians • [email protected]

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Membership News by Beth Smith

New Librarians Doug Tucker is now a Reference Gayle O’Connor (Legal Industry Marketing Candace Goss is now Manager of Librarian at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Specialist, CourtLink, Bellevue, Washington) Information and Library Services at Butzel Katz in New York City. Doug had been has been appointed to the American Bar Long in Detroit, Michigan. Candace a researcher at Disclosure, Inc. Association Law Practice Management Section Techshow Board for Y2K. She has received her MLS in April from the Susan van Beek, formerly of Hawkins also been asked to sit on the advisory board University of Michigan. Delafield & Wood in New York City, of the Computers and Technology Division is now the Head Librarian for Potter of the ABA’s LPM Section. Gayle also reports New Places and Responsibilities Anderson & Corroon in Wilmington, that she is FINALLY getting her picture in Bryan Carson is now Coordinator of Delaware. Jill Walsh is a new Library a national bodybuilding magazine as a Reference and Instruction at Western Assistant at Potter Anderson & Corroon. competitor—in the September issue of Kentucky University at Bowling Green. Jill is a recent graduate of the University of Women’s Physique World. Bryan had been Reference/Computer Delaware and is currently working while Services Librarian at Hamline University pursuing studies in law librarianship. Alvin Podboy (Director of Libraries, Law Library in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, Ohio) Chris Weidman is now the Librarian at published his article, “Ten Wishes for the Beatrice Citron has retired. She was the Washington, D.C., office of Holland & New Millennium: We Want More Then Associate Law Librarian/Head of Public Knight LLP. Just World Peace. A Law Librarian Ponders Services at St. Thomas University Law Sandra Willis is now the Library His Profession,” in the July 1999 issue of Library in Miami, Florida. Director of Budd Larner Gross Rosenbaum Law Technology News. The article was Angela Foley is now the Librarian at Greenberg & Sade in Short Hills, New substantially reprinted in the August 18 issue Kilpatrick Stockton LLP in Washington, D.C. Jersey. She had been the Library Director of the New York Law Journal under the title Angela had been the Information Services of Hannoch Weisman PC in Roseland, New “A Law Librarian’s Wish List for 2000.” Manager at Latham & Watkins in Chicago. Jersey. Also, Sandra is the President of the Additionally, he was named to the Law New Jersey Law Librarians Association. Technology News Editorial Advisory Board. Steven Hinckley has been promoted to Associate Dean for Library and Information At the University of North Carolina at Dittakavi Rao (Associate Law Librarian Technology at the University of South Chapel Hill Law Library, Steven Melamut for User Services, Duquesne University Law Carolina Law Library in Columbia. is a new Reference Librarian and Anne Library, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) created Klinefelter is now Assistant Director for a Web site, “Pennsylvania Legal Research Brian Huddleston is now the Research, Instruction and Access. Web Sites” at http://www.mathcs. Evening/Weekend Reference Librarian duq.edu/~raod/. at Loyola University New Orleans Law At the University of Richmond Law Library Library, where he can’t believe he has a in Richmond, Virginia, John Barden is Alan Schroeder (Senior Law Librarian, job in the Crescent City that pays him to now a Reference/Research Services Rutan & Tucker, Costa Mesa, California) work two to ten, Sunday through Thursday. Librarian. John recently graduated from authored a review of “The Invisible Brian was the Reference/Computer law school at the University of Virginia and Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, Services Librarian at Mississippi College has an MSLS from the University of North the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and Law Library in Jackson. Carolina at Chapel Hill and a PhD in Information Appliances Are the Solution,” History from Duke University. Sandy to be published in JASIS: Journal of the Janis Johnston is now Director of the Brewer is the new Circulation/Reference American Society for Information Science. University of Illinois Law Library in Librarian (evening). Sandy has an MLS Champaign. Janis had been Associate Esther Snyder (Director, Bar Ilan University from Catholic University and a JD from Director of the Notre Dame Law Library. Law Library, Ramat Gan, Israel) edited Index Georgia State University. James Wirrell to Legal Periodicals in Israel, published by is a new Circulation/Reference Librarian. Peter Kraus is the new Documents the Bar Ilan University Law Library. Acquisitions Librarian at the University of James currently is a JD candidate at the Utah, Marriott Library, in Salt Lake City. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sally Curtis AsKew, Anne Burnett, Peter formerly worked with NYPL Express, He has an MSLIS from the University of Maureen Cahill, and Carol Watson the fee-based service of the New York Illinois, a masters in Christian Studies from (University of Georgia Law Library, Athens, Public Library. Regent College in Vancouver, B.C., and an Georgia) gave a presentation at the Georgia LLB from the University of British Columbia. State Bar Meeting on Internet legal research. Susan Lewis-Somers is now Senior Reference and Educational Services Librarian Professional Activities Virginia librarians Sally Wambold at American University’s Washington College and Jill Burr coordinated a Book Repair Kevin Butterfield (Systems/Technical of Law Library. Susan had been a Reference Workshop in August in Richmond. Services Librarian, Southern Illinois Librarian at the Willamette University Law University Law Library, Carbondale, Illinois) Patti Monk and Sylvia Ho (Oklahoma Library in Salem, Oregon. has been appointed to the Information City University Law Library) gave a Priscilla Streightoff is now Assistant Management Advisory Group of the presentation at CALI on “Web Courses Attorney General-Law Librarian in Austin, Project for the Future of Equal Justice, a for the Entire Faculty” in June. Texas. Priscilla was formerly the Law joint initiative of the National Legal Aid Compiled and edited by Beth Smith, Reference Librarian at the Texas Department of and Defender Association and the Center Librarian and Assistant Professor, University of Human Services. She received her JD for Law and Social Policy. Nebraska at Lincoln, Marvin and Virginia Schmid Law Library, Lincoln, NE 68583-0902 • 402/472-8306 from the University of Texas in December. • fax: 402/472-8260 • [email protected] 26 AALL Spectrum October 1999 59619 AALL Spectrum.Oct 10/22/99 10:29 AM Page 27

Memorials

AALL Spectrum has been advised of the deaths of: Mary Jenny, Public Services Librarian at the University of Wyoming George W. Hopper Law Library, on August 6, 1999. Merlin Whiteman, Director of Information Services at Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan in Indianapolis, Indiana, in May 1999. Kirk Gregory, Reference Librarian at the US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit in St. Louis, Missouri, in July 1999. AALL Spectrum carries brief announcements of members’ deaths in the Memorials column. Traditional memorials should be submitted to Frank Houdek, Editor, Law Library Journal, School of Law Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, for inclusion in the Law Library Journal.

Statement of Ownership, Canada Law Management, and Circulation pick up from 59311 Publication No. 1089-8689 is published monthly with the exception of January and August by the American Association of Law Libraries, 53 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite pg 21 940, Chicago (Cook) Illinois 60604. The editor and managing editor is Peter Beck, American Association of Law Libraries, 53 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 940, Chicago, IL 60604. Annual subscription price, $75. Printed in U.S.A. with periodicals rate postage paid at Chicago, Illinois. As a nonprofit organization authorized to mail at special rates, the purpose, function, and nonprofit status of this organization and the exempt status for federal income tax purposes have not changed during the preceding twelve months.

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(Average figures denote the average number of copies printed each issue during the preceding twelve months; actual figures denote actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: July 1999 issue.) Total number of copies printed: average 5530; actual 5775. Sales through dealers, carriers, street vendors and counter sales: none. Mail subscription: average 4709; actual 4882. Free distribution by mail: average 225; actual 231. Free distribution outside the mail: none. Total distribution: average 5103; actual 5295. Office use, leftovers, spoiled: average 427; actual 280. Total: average 5530, actual 5775. Percentage paid: average 96; actual 96. Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation (PS 3526, Sept. 1998) for 1998/99 filed with the United States Post Office Postmaster in Chicago, Illinois.

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Placement Listings

The listings here are edited for space and are Deputy Library Director, Los Angeles services; administers the operation of the provided to keep readers informed of what sorts County Law Library, Los Angeles. Responsible Endeavor Voyager system’s circulation module of jobs have been recently available. Many for the daily operations of the Main Library in the Main Library; plans for the implementation jobs listed here will have been filled by the time and nine Branch Libraries, including human of the module into the Branches. Some Saturday the issue is printed. Full listings of all current resources administration. Requires JD and and rotating holiday work required, evening placement ads are available through several MLS; six years of relevant experience in a large work as needed. Requires MLS: Salary: means: by phone, from the 24-hour Career law library, including at least two years of $3318–4034/month; excellent benefits. Hotline, 312/939-7877; by FAX, from the AALL managerial and supervisory responsibilities; #13666 Fax-on-Demand service (call 732/544-5901 possession of a valid driver’s license. Salary: Cataloger, Law Library/University of and request document 730); on the World Wide $6734–8187/month; excellent benefits. La Verne, La Verne. Cataloging and database Web, at AALLNET (http://www.aallnet.org). #13674 maintenance, classifying and otherwise To place an ad, call AALL’s Membership Information Management providing subject access to all law library Coordinator at 312/939-4764 ext. 10. Specialist/Librarian, Habeas Corpus materials in a variety of formats. Full details at: Arizona Resource Center, San Francisco. Responsibilities http://www.elv.edu/hr/empopps.htm. #13670 include developing, implementing, and Weekend Reference Librarian, Arizona maintaining a document management system Connecticut State University, Tempe. Provide reference and reference archive; maintaining the physical Researcher, Vista InterMedia Corporation, service to patrons and supervise circulation and online library; and instructing, training, Stamford. Part-time weekend, night work; Law desk staff during the weekend. Requires MLS. and assisting legal and support staff. Requires: publisher requires approximately 7hrs/week Salary: $16,000–18,000 DOQ (equivalent equivalent to a bachelor’s degree and three online research. Work product will be submitted to $32,000–36,000 annual full time salary). years’ related experience. Visit our Web site via e-mail. Knowledge of Folio Views helpful. Continuation track. Excellent benefits. #13652 at www.courtinfo.ca.gov/jobs. The salary is #13677 Reference Librarian, University of Arizona $5282–6420 per month. #13675 Law Library, Tucson. Provide a wide range of Electronic Services Librarian, Latham & District of Columbia reference and research assistance, etc., teach Watkins, Orange County Office, Costa Mesa. Reference Librarian, Jenkens & Gilchrist PC, legal research. May be involved in collection Responsibilities: reference and research. Washington. Responsible for cataloging, development, Web page design and the Create and maintain library Intranet pages. maintaining collection. Requires MLS, minimum development of library publications. Some Requires MLS with minimum two years’ law of two years of library experience. #13660 weekend or evening hours required. Requires library experience; familiarity with Web page Librarian, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington. JD and MLS. Salary competitive, with generous development including HTML and Internet Responsible for managing the overall library; fringe benefits including tuition remission and technology. #13676 sabbaticals. #13655 Internet and online research; Web site and Systems Analyst I, Sacramento County Intranet development; monitor regulatory Head of Public Services, University of Law Library, Sacramento. For information and congressional developments; paralegal/ Arizona Law Library, Tucson. Supervise a staff including position responsibilities, see associate research training. Requires MLS, of five librarians and four support staff. Teach www.saclaw.lib.ca.us. #13663 previous law firm experience. For additional legal research in the first year and advanced information see www.spiegelmcd.com. #13678 legal research as an upper level course. Electronic Services Reference Librarian, Requires JD and MLS. Some Spanish language Los Angeles County Law Library, Los Angeles. Collection Services Librarian, GWU Law skills. #13654 Reviews, evaluates, and participates in School, Washington. Experienced librarian the selection of electronic resources and to manage circulation, stack maintenance, Assistant Director and Head of Public applications; creates and maintains Library’s looseleaf filing, and building access monitor Services, Ross-Blakley Law Library, Arizona Web pages; responsible for the installation, operations. Directly supervises two library staff State University, Tempe. Supervises reference, maintenance, and proper functioning of members, and indirectly supervises a number access, and electronic services. Contributes to Reference Department software and hardware; of library staff members and student assistants. reference duty rotation, including one night performs the duties of a reference librarian; Some evening and weekend hours. Requires weekly. Requires JD and MLS Salary: $45,000 regular alternate weekend and rotating holiday MLS; JD or significant academic law library minimum. #13673 work required; evening work required as experience. #13653 needed. Requires MLS; three years of relevant Assistant Librarian for Acquisitions and California experience as a professional librarian in a Collection Development, U.S. Court of Reference Librarian, Sacramento County large law library. Salary: $3318–4034/month; Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington. Law Library, Sacramento. For information excellent benefits. #13671 Handles all aspects of acquisitions, serves as a including position responsibilities, see back-up reference librarian, directs the library’s www.saclaw.lib.ca.us. Requires MLS, JD. Reference Librarian, Thomas Jefferson participation in the GPO Depository Library #13664 School of Law, San Diego. MLS and JD degrees are required, as well as some law library program. Requires MLS. Experience with Resources Management Librarian, experience. Hours include Sunday and some UNICORN preferred. Salary: $32,559–63,436. International Law Firm, Los Angeles. evenings. Salary range is $38,000–42,000. #13679 Will develop and implement a collection #13662 development program for the firm’s legal Florida Access Services Librarian, Los Angeles resources, including online, CD-ROM, Internet, Information Technology Librarian, and books. Oversee acquisitions budget with County Law Library, Los Angeles. Manages and supervises the daily operations of the Circulation St. Thomas University Law Library, Miami. regard to cost analysis. Requires bachelor’s Coordinate and conduct librarian/staff training. degree; MLS is highly preferred. #13690 Section, media services, stack maintenance, interlibrary loan, and document delivery Assist with Web site development/maintenance. Requires MLS and JD and at least 3 years’

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Committee News by Patricia Wellinger

Diversity Diversity is a struggle. Over time we have we are valued because of the bottom line. The topic of this year’s Diversity to be willing to make efforts to be inclusive We continue to bring to the business of Symposium was Cross-Cultural in all areas of our lives. What happens lawyering a service that cannot be Communication. DeEtta Jones (Diversity in libraries is but a reflection of what provided more efficiently, as cost- Officer for ARL) gave an involving and happens in our society as a whole. Our effectively, or as quickly elsewhere. challenge is to broaden the categories and thought-provoking overview of the area. When we choose to recruit quality see past the tip of the cultural iceberg. What is diversity? How can each of us candidates, it is a blood transfusion of contribute to making our workplace a Submitted by Yolanda Jones sorts for the entire profession. This mission, more open and diverse environment? How should you chose to accept it, can be do we recruit, retain, and develop more Research initiated using the “each one recruit one” people from diverse backgrounds into the The Research Committee is charged motto. Here are recruitment tips for profession? Her goal was to get us started with several duties, including that of reaching out to law schools and library on the road to answering some of these periodically reviewing AALL’s Research schools. complex questions. Agenda. The Agenda is scheduled for Tips The first portion of the discussion focused review this year. 1. Outreach to Library Schools— on the question “Why diversity?” Jones The Research Agenda, which highlights the Reconnect with your alma mater. noted that the population is becoming Association’s research priorities, was first Contact the placement officer at your increasingly diverse; and, as a profession, approved by the Executive Board at its school and offer a paid or unpaid librarians are aging compared to other April 1993 meeting. The purpose of internship for a deserving student. professions. Many librarians from diverse the Agenda is “to identify researchable Post a message to your favorite library backgrounds who retire in the next ten questions and issues for law librarians school listserv or write an article for the years will not be replaced. In addition, to explore with practical impact on the library school newsletter disclosing the it is generally getting harder to recruit improvement of law libraries and their rewards found in working as a law into the profession. Because of this, it is services, the job performance and librarian. Organize your local AALL difficult to hold onto the diversity gains professional development of law librarians, Chapter to host a career day program we have made. and the contributions of law libraries to at the library school nearest to you. Next, Jones tackled the question “What the legal profession.” 2. Outreach to Law Schools—Host is diversity?” She put forward a model AALL’s members are encouraged to a legal career alternative program in of diversity that included race, religious read the Research Agenda and send connection with the placement office at background, economic background, suggestions and recommendations to your law school. Recruit those patrons national origin, native language, ethnicity, the Research Committee. The Agenda who are lawyers running from the law. gender, age, disability, and sexual can be found at http://www.aallnet.org/ Grab the attention of the law school’s orientation. She noted that the way committee/research. Hardcopy is available library student workers and explain many of us interact in our professional in the October 1993 AALL Newsletter. to them that law librarianship is a lives depends upon our culture—the sum Comments on the Research Agenda and profession where one can combine total of shared values, beliefs, meanings, suggestions for updating its contents can practicing with teaching and research. symbols, languages, patterns of thought be addressed to any member of the and expression, and aesthetic standards. Research Committee (see the Committee’s Submitted by Valerie A. Railey In some respects, we have to categorize Web page at aallnet.org/committee/ things to function. We create social research for contact information). Public Relations constructs to reinforce our worldview. Submitted by Barbara Bintliff The Public Relations Committee has Because of this, almost everyone has exciting plans for this year. President had an experience where s/he has felt like Recruitment Margie Axtmann has asked us to “matter out of place.” Someone or some develop some activities that will highlight Proactive law librarians can be persuasive group did not expect us to be there! “Gateways to Leadership,” librarianship and downright influential at attracting new Sometimes your “cultural lenses” can and the new millennium! And, even though members to the profession. In our daily obscure your view and prevent you we are still in the planning stages, we endeavors we often encounter prospective from seeing another perspective. want to involve AALL members in some law librarian candidates. The question is of these special projects. Details will be To get someone to stay in a culture, s/he whether our radar systems and antennae spelled out later, but a time capsule, has to know that s/he is valued and is are open to discerning when a prospective millennium exhibits, and AALL historical, central to the culture. If you want to retain law librarian candidate is ripe to an comical, and beguiling trivia are all part of librarians of diverse backgrounds, you appeal to join the profession. our grand scheme. This year is the perfect might ask yourself whether your institutional We certainly know that our knowledge time for librarians to not only reflect on the culture is open enough to accommodate of information and subject area expertise past, but also celebrate and claim our newness, and whether you are helping are attractive in and of themselves. In our future as we head into the new century. people connect to a community they can law libraries and information centers, be a part of after the workday is done.

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needed and how to get it, what is than if you just posted a sign. Students are Kelly: Hi. What’s your name and where acceptable and what is not as far as more than just extras, and in order for the are you from? working scheduled hours; notifying the library as a whole to benefit, someone, Sarah: Sarah Conrad from Case Western supervisor of absences; how to secure in reality everyone—it takes a village— Reserve University. Have you ever fired acceptable substitutes (you can’t just pull must hire, train, and retain them, again, anyone, and if so, how did you do it in your friend with no training at the circ and again, and again. and why did you do it? desk while you go to supper for an hour) Kelly: Hi. What’s your name and where and how problems are dealt with. I find Celeste: Well, I’ve gotten rid of a couple are you from? checklists and policy and procedure of people, and usually if you give them manuals essential. As Jessie mentioned Sibyl: I’m Sibyl Marshall from Mercer in strong enough encouragement it doesn’t before, policy statements and explanations Macon, Georgia. How exactly do you come down to the firing stage—they will ensure the appearance of not just making explain that you and the librarians can realize what’s going on and quit. One of arbitrary rules. For example, it is second do things that the students can’t without our Human Resources people made the nature for me to answer the phone and making the students feel bad or making comment to me a few months ago that transfer a telephone call, but I can the librarians look like hypocrites? “generally people fire themselves.” I think remember when it was not. I know what that’s true. It’s been a while since I’ve Jessie: Well, occasionally when I talk to a legal question is and what a reference actually fired a student, but I remember students, I say something like this: “You question is, who can use LEXIS, WESTLAW, one time when this guy didn’t show up at may see us visiting or talking for a few etc., but the students do not. Checklists a critical time with only ten minutes’ notice, minutes and don’t see any difference in ensure that all bases are covered and that and I told him he didn’t need to bother you doing the same thing. But what you the trainer and trainee maintain a mutual coming back. understanding of the process and results. might not have thought about before is that we are here much more than you are, Jessie: We hire for one semester at a Kelly: That’s great, that’s just great. But so if we talk for 10 or 15 minutes it’s fairly time, and I just don’t re-hire them for the now, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is time for minuscule in the context of the whole day next semester. And, like Celeste, I’ve had the portion of our show where I go into (15 minutes would be 3% of our time if we a lot of people quit when they saw they the studio audience with the microphone worked an 8 hour day). However, if you were about to be fired. I have actually so you can ask your questions. talk for 15 minutes of a two-hour shift, fired outright a couple of people, and that’s 12% of your time. Also, as strange that was painful to me, but the good thing Kelly: Hi. What’s your name and where as it may seem, when you see librarians about it is once people know that you are you from? ‘talking and laughing and having a good will fire somebody, the rest of them take Lynn: My name is Lynn Murray and time,’ they could actually be talking about you seriously. I’m from the University of Mississippi in work. Some librarians like what they do [Kelly is informed that someone has called Oxford, and I just love being here on your and actually enjoy planning tours, in with a question for Jessie] show, Kelly. My question is, though, why discussing class scripts, or recounting even have student workers? I mean, the reference stories for the benefit of the Kelly: Okay. Could you put him on? turnover costs the library so much what next person coming on duty.” Hello? Is the caller there? with screening and interviewing; placing Kelly: Hi. What’s your name and where them on payroll, training, and the loss of Johnny (on phone): Hi, uh, yes. I have are you from? productivity until the new person is up to a question for Jessie. In your capacity as the boss and everything, do you have to speed. What you’re saying all sounds David: David Gay, University of work nights and weekends? ‘Cause I was great, but isn’t it a lot of effort for very Arkansas, Fayetteville. How many hours wondering if you wanted to do something little return? do you spend training? this Saturday night? Celeste: Well, first of all, students are Celeste: I’d say three to four with each Jessie: I don’t have tenure yet, Johnny, cheap—not personally, well, most of them, student initially, but what we try to do is so I can’t date students! anyway ... what I mean to say is they’re group new hires together so it really cuts less expensive labor than permanent staff. down on the training time. But then it’s Kelly: Well, Ladies and Gentlemen, that’s But the most important advantage to quite a lengthy process before we cut all the time we have for the show. You’ve employing students is the opportunity for students loose to work by themselves. been a great audience! Thanks for coming! the enhancement of professional librarian They have a few weeks’ supervision before work by assigning the least professional they can work an evening or weekend Kelly Browne ([email protected]) duties, like copying, to others. And I shift alone. is Acting Head of Reference at the already mentioned this, but student University of Connecticut School of Law employees are conduits to other students: Jessie: We have a similar situation at our Library in Hartford. they provide innovative ideas that greatly library. We have a two-hour session where enhance the overall decision-making ability we show them the common things and of the organization. They also can provide then we work with each one individually. Coming next month in AALL Spectrum: great PR for the library and its programs I also require them to read the Circulation and services to faculty and other students. Manual before their first shift. I don’t They tell their friends, and with word-of- leave them alone for two or three weeks — The CRIV Sheet! without someone around who can answer mouth publicity you can get two or three — Gateways to Leadership! times more people to attend something a question. — and much, much more!

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The Committee plans to continue its The GRC Legislative and Regulatory Computer Information Transactions Act regular activities: encouraging and Update at the Annual Meeting provided (UCITA, formerly U.C.C.2B) and the promoting public relations activities a good summary of important issues. reasons that many have opposed its through coordinating the Annual Meeting Washington Affairs Representative Bob passage. (As expected, however, the Activities Area; sponsoring the Chapter PR Oakley and Associate Representative Mary National Conference of Commissioners Roundtable; writing monthly PR columns Alice Baish reported on the many activities on Uniform State Laws approved UCITA for AALL Spectrum, and distributing the they were involved in during 1998/99 by a wide margin the week after the Excellence in Marketing Awards. These and issues coming up. The chief focus for Annual Meeting.) Our focus will shift to awards include Best Brochure, Best GRC last year was AALL’s involvement with state legislatures. GRC will be calling on Newsletter, Best Campaign, Best PR Tool other organizations on Title 44 reform and AALL Chapters to rally opposition at the Kit, and Best Use of Technology. Please the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. state level. check out our Web site (http://www. The chief focus in the coming year is For those of you who want to know more aallnet.org/committee/pr/) for Committee legislation to protect databases. AALL’s about UCITA, or any of the other issues news, PR links, and information on the amending language in H.R. 1858, GRC and the Washington Affairs Office special PR millennium activities! the Consumer and Investor Access to are working on, please visit the AALL Submitted by Sue Burch Information Act, would ensure that primary Web page. Click on “Washington Affairs” legal information in electronic form would and then follow the links to get the full text Government Relations Committee not be covered by such legislation. The of issue briefs and other information. I think I can speak for all of us who guest speaker at the Update, Jonathan If you would like to join a new advocacy participated in the first-ever AALL legislative Band, is an attorney with the Washington listserv to receive regular updates and advocacy pre-conference by describing the office of Morrison & Foerster who calls to action, please e-mail me at experience as exciting and energizing. specializes in intellectual property and [email protected]. I will add Visits to members of Congress reminded us Internet regulation. Band has worked your e-mail address to our growing list. with the Digital Future Coalition and has that individuals DO make a difference. We Submitted by Keith Ann Stiverson hope that many of you will join us this year represented many information technology in our advocacy efforts. In addition, we clients on subjects of interest to libraries, Compiled and edited by Patricia Wellinger, including the issue of access to information University of Denver, Westminster Law Library, have proposed a half-day pre-conference 1900 Olive St., Denver, CO 80220 • 303/871-6479 workshop for next year’s Annual Meeting in in the electronic age. He described the • fax: 303/871-6999 • [email protected] Philadelphia to build on this year’s success. long and checkered history of the Uniform

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relevant information technology experience, library’s Web page, and other related duties. Ohio preferably in an academic law library. #13680 Requires MLS and JD. For more information, visit Government Documents/Reference our home page at www.umaryland.edu/hs or Reference Librarian, University of Miami Librarian, Case Western Reserve University call our jobline at 410/706-5JOB. #13683 Law Library, Coral Gables. Provide reference Law Library, Cleveland. Oversees all aspects of the Law Library’s Government Documents assistance to students, faculty, and the Massachusetts community; participate in teaching legal Department, including depository operations, research; may be occasionally asked to work Reference and Electronic Services acquisitions, processing procedures, and evenings and weekends. Requires MLS and Librarian/Senior Reference and organization. Requires: MLS and JD. #13656 either a JD or 4 years of reference experience Electronic Services Librarian, Boston. Primary responsibility for organizing electronic Reference Librarian, Capital University Law in a law library. Non-tenure-track library faculty School, Columbus. Provides reference service, appointment, renewable annually. #13657 research services for law students and faculty. In coordination with vendors, organize all online training in the use of legal materials and legal databases, maintaining library Web page, Illinois research training programs for first year law students and advanced training for upperclass designing and writing library publications, and Library Technical Assistant, Winston & students. Requires: MLS, JD. #13659 lecturing on specialized legal research topics. Strawn, Chicago. Responsible for organizing Requires JD and MLS. #13691 and documenting receipt of incoming library Michigan materials and accompanying invoices on Oklahoma automated serial inventory system. Bachelor’s Associate Reference Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library, Ann Arbor. Provides Coordinator of Legal Information and degree or equivalent experience is required. Law Libraries, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, #13672 full range of reference service for all parts of the collection to law school community. Responsible MIS Department, Oklahoma City. Job duties Faculty Services Librarian, D’Angelo for collection development in assigned area of include materials acquisition, Web programming Law Library University of Chicago, Chicago. international law and documents. JD and MLS (including HTML, XML, SGML, VB, Java, and Coordinates all library services to faculty, required. Salary: $34,000 and up depending Javascript), and management of small remote monitors reference and research questions, on qualifications; generous benefits worth 22% libraries. Includes general management of ensures that routine services and requests are of salary. #13133 the Web’s largest state-provided law library, provided promptly and efficiently, resolves issues www.oscn.net. Requires JD, MLS or MBA. of access, and arranges appropriate orientation Minnesota #13668 and training. Supervises 1.3 FTE assistants. Foreign Comparative and International Tennessee Requires MLS and JD, prior experience in Law Librarian, University of Minnesota Law a law library, and knowledge of legal Library, Minneapolis. Reference service to a Reference Librarian, University of Tennessee research strategies. For more information see research-oriented law faculty and student Law Library, Knoxville. Reference services, www.law.uchicago.edu/. #13667 body as well as to the other patron groups database searching, coordinating database training, library instruction to students, teaching Manager of Library Services, Hopkins & served by the Law Library; selection of foreign, sections of Legal Research. Some evening and Sutter, Chicago. Responsible for managing an comparative, and international materials. MLS weekend work is required. Requires JD and integrated library system, developing new ways and JD (or foreign equivalent); minimum of three MLS. This is a 12-month, tenure-track faculty of delivering information, training staff and end- years of relevant collection development and position. Salary range in the mid-$30s, or users, and supervising a staff of three. Requires reference experience; working knowledge of commensurate with experience, and an excellent MLS, significant law library management one foreign language, preferably German, benefits package. #13688 experience. #13681 French, or Spanish. #13669 Texas Indiana New York Electronic Services Librarian, Southern Director, University Copyright Office, Purdue Information Specialist, Kenyon & Kenyon, Methodist University Underwood Law Library, University, West Lafayette. Responsible for New York. Perform intellectual property Dallas. Principal responsibilities will include establishing and leading a University Copyright online searches. Excellent PC skills including providing training and user support to the law Office designed to facilitate institutional WESTLAW, LEXIS, Dialog & other technical school’s faculty, staff, and students in electronic practices that support the University’s research, databases. Requires MLS and/or 3–5 years legal research systems, managing the daily teaching, and service mission. Develops and experience, preferably in IP. #13684. operation of the law library’s student computing delivers a program of copyright education and Law Librarian, FDIC, New York. SCSC is resources. Requires bachelor’s degree in a awareness suitable to the rapidly changing seeking a top caliber law librarian to direct relevant subject area, expertise in all aspects of technological and legal environments of higher a new FDIC library in New York (downtown information technology as related to law schools education. Requires MLS and J.D. #13682 location). One full time and one alternate/on- and academic law libraries. JD, MLS, or MS call librarian needed. Requires an MLS and 3 in computer/information science is preferred. Maryland years’ experience in banking, law, economics, Salary $32,000–35,000. #13689 Assistant Law Librarian, Circuit Court or business. Cuadra STAR library system for Montgomery County, Rockville. Provide experience is a plus. #13685 Virginia reference services to judges, court staff, Legal Information Systems Specialist, attorneys, and the public. Catalogue the North Carolina PaL-Tech, Inc., Arlington. USAID-funded program library collection. Requires MLS. #13658 Part-Time Librarian, Cadwalader to support the Palestinian Justice System requires Research Librarian, Thurgood Marshall Wickersham & Taft, Charlotte. Updating and an individual to assist in selecting, procuring, Law Library, University of Maryland School of maintaining library materials; vendor relations; installing, testing, and training others in the use Law, Baltimore. Primary responsibilities include performing computer-assisted and traditional of legal information equipment and materials. supporting law faculty and law student research, research. Flexible hours. #13687 This is an 18-month assignment that requires teaching legal research, serving as research an expert in information systems who can train advisor and library liaison to a student-edited Palestinian systems specialists in the legal journal, participating in the development of the specialty. Overseas travel required. #13661

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Men in Law Librarianship

by Greta Boeringer

ender has everything to do with identified themselves as gay—the same viewed them far more negatively than it my choice to be a librarian. level found in surveys of the population as does. The article urges librarians to stop G I attempted several “male” areas a whole. So there is no evidence that men worrying about negative image, and of study—chemistry, economics, law— in librarianship are more likely to be gay. begin promoting themselves. before embracing librarianship. I know Men in librarianship struggle against a None of the published studies of men in how it felt to be part of a profession where perception that they are gay. Even if being librarianship that I found focused on law I was the minority gender. Do the same gay were an emotionally and politically librarians. Do male law librarians face stresses and challenges apply to men in neutral status, it is always irritating to be these or similar challenges? Conversely, librarianship? What biases and prejudices seen as something we are not. But the what do they value most about this do they encounter on account of gender? truth is that the stereotype of the gay man profession? This isn’t another article about men getting is rarely a complimentary one, as untrue In the larger body of literature on men promoted faster and having higher salaries as that is. Thus, gay men suffer even more in nursing I found one article on men in than women. I am interested in the from the gay stereotype: “I am gay but I social work. Most interesting is Jeanne subjective experience of men in law am not that.” None of us are stereotypes. librarianship: how does it feel? Paar Lemkau’s “Men in Female-Dominated Suzanne Pharr (the Women’s Project in Professions: Distinguishing Personality Do the various studies in the literature Little Rock, Arkansas) called Homophobia and Background Features,” (Journal of apply to men in law librarianship as to a Weapon of Sexism (1988, reprinted in Vocational Behavior 2/84). She paints men in librarianship generally? Is it useful 1997 with an annotated bibliography). a fascinating profile of men that choose to compare men in law librarianship I believe that the negative gay stereotype such professions. She describes them as to men in nursing or social work? is used as a weapon against men who androgynous and tender-minded—i.e., Research should be done on men in law have too closely allied themselves with kind and gentle. These men reported the librarianship to answer these questions. women by choosing to work in a female- positive influence of women in their lives. The first article I found broke my heart dominated workplace. She makes the extraordinary suggestion that these men may have experienced (Allan Angloff’s “The Male Librarian— Sexual discrimination against men exists loss or major stress that has emotionally An Anomaly,” Library Journal, 2/59). This as well. For men it might be being sensitized them. Another interesting finding brave man provides a candid description expected to lift and carry heavy objects, was that some men enter female-dominated of society’s displeasure with his choice to or to complete dirty or unpleasant tasks. professions as part of an upwardly mobile be a librarian, and makes an optimistic, Men might be more likely to be called progression relative to their family of affirmative response. Are the prejudices he upon to work late hours or deal with origin. Certainly, this study does not do encountered a thing of the past, or do our combative patrons. Yet some men also justice to the wonderful men with whom we male colleagues experience them too? found themselves volunteering for these share our profession and our workplaces. James V. Carmichael, Jr., surveyed male tasks. Men also might find themselves librarians in October 1991 (“The Male excluded from conversations among their In summary, I think there is more to learn Librarian and the Feminine Image: A female co-workers. Or a group of women about men in law librarianship than Survey of Stereotype, Status, and Gender might launch into vituperative statements comparable salaries and promotions. Perceptions,” Library & Information Science against men with a man present under We can learn from their stories. We Research 2/92, also summarized in the guise of “he’s one of us.” should learn more about the men we share our workplaces with, more about their “Gender Issues in the Workplace: Male According to the survey, being gay was experiences as law librarians who happen Librarians Tell Their Side,” in American not necessarily a refuge from sexual to be men. Such an inquiry would teach Libraries 3/94, with a response by a discrimination. Some gay men were us a great deal about ourselves as female “reactor panel”). His survey expected not to seek supervisory positions. women and men, as librarians, and coincided with the Clarence Thomas But other men spoke warmly of how as a profession. Any men interested in hearings and the William Kennedy Smith welcoming the world of librarianship participating in a study of their workplace rape trial, which may account for his high was for them as gay men, as opposed and professional experiences, please response rate (74%). to other job experiences. contact me ([email protected]. The most shocking revelation of Another study on men in librarianship cuny.edu). I urge, as Carmichael urges, Carmichael’s survey was the existence of measured attitudes toward male librarians that we listen to each other and be open to sexual harassment of men. A total of 57 of three groups: undergraduate students, changing our attitudes. Let’s celebrate the cases were reported, 11 by other men, MLS students, and librarians themselves diversity men bring to law librarianship! the balance by women. Some men were (Locke J. Morrisey and Donald O. Case, Greta Boeringer (boeringer@maclaw. sexually harassed by both genders. “There Goes My Image: Perception of law.cuny.edu) a member of AALL Diversity Male Librarians by Colleague, Student and Another recurring problem for men in Committee, is Community Legal Resources Self,” College & Research Libraries 9/88). librarianship was the stereotype that male Network Librarian at City University of The striking result of this survey was that librarians are gay. In fact, in Carmichael’s New York Law School in New York City. survey, less than 10% of respondents the male librarians believed that the public

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