ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES OF UPSTATE NEW YORK- CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES
TTER NY NEWSLE ALLU Inside this issue: Volume 31, Issue 2 Cyberspace: Be Careful ... 1, 4-5 July 2006 President’s Message 2-3 ALLUNY Officers List 2
Editors Corner 3
Remembering Sonia Penich 5
Bookmarks as Branding 6-7
Call for Bookmarks 7 But I Digress... 8-9 A report on ALLUNY Spring Institute, Syracuse University ALLUNY Member Resources 9 College of Law, May 16, 2006 Technical Tips: Uproar... 10-12 Article by Wendy Scott, Assistant Director for Faculty & Outreach Miscellaneous Citings 12-14 Services, H. Douglas Barclay Law Library, Syracuse University Col- ALLUNY Animals 15-18 lege of Law; Res Placet 19 Photographs by Ted Holynski, Reference Librarian, H. Douglas Bar- Review: Harvey Birdman 19 clay Law Library, Syracuse University College of Law Noted with Pleasure 19 Viruses, skimmers and spam, oh my! This year’s Spring Institute, Cyber- New Plugins at LII 20 space: Be Careful Out There, was an informative and chilling excursion Court of Appeals Lectures 20 into the world of cybercrime and identify theft. The program, which was ALLUNY Website News 20 held this year at the Barclay Law Library, Syracuse University College of Members in the News: French, 21 Law, offered insights into the perpetrators of these crimes, the creative Vivian, Deveau, Behrens, techniques criminals employ to steal our personal information, and the Knecht diligent efforts of law enforcement and corporate security officers to Welcome New Members 21 thwart this burgeoning category of criminal activity. Staff Changes at Barclay & UB 22
The first speaker of the day, Steve Schuster, Director of Information Meet the Candidates 23-26 Technology at Cornell University and experienced cyber security profes- Call for People of Spirit 26 sional, addressed the challenges we face on the Internet. We learned Spirit Award Nomination Form 27 about the variety of Internet threats besieging us, including viruses, spam, AALL News & Announcements 28-31 spyware, hacking, harassment and “phishing” (solicitation of personal Focus on St. Louis: Things to 29-31 information through fraudulent means). Is anyone safe? According to Do and Trivia Steve, we should all assume personal responsibility for combating cyber- City Museum Photo Comic 32-36 crime. Included among his recommendations were: use and update anti- Board Meeting Agenda 37 virus and anti-spyware software; avoid responding to email messages that Board Meeting Minutes 38-39 solicit personal identification information; be cautious about entering personal data on web sites (even on so-called “secure” servers), and; Treasurer’s Report 40 encrypt files that contain sensitive information. Board Actions 40 Membership Report 41 Steve concluded his presentation by reviewing the ongoing chal- Grants Committee Report 41 lenges to cyber security. Among the challenges he cited were Nominations Report 42 emerging and changing state and federal laws, the consumer’s growing expectation that personal information will be secure, Newsletter Report 42-43 (Continued on page 4) Website Report 43 2006 Membership Application 44
2005-2006 ALLUNY BOARD Message from the President PRESIDENT Alice Askew by Alice Askew 416 Oakwood, East Aurora, NY14052-2338 (716) 652-0314 [email protected] President’s Message VICE-PRESIDENT Charles Finger My dear ALLUNY Friends and Colleagues: Cornell University Law Library / Ithaca (607) 255-5862 [email protected] I recently had occasion to make a quick, unanticipated trip home to Massa- SECRETARY Judy Lauer chusetts, and I was ambushed once again by a wave of homesickness as we NYS Supreme Court Library / Binghamton passed through the Canaan toll barrier, where the Thruway merges seam- (607) 778-2119 [email protected] lessly with the Mass. Pike.
TREASURER Jean Callihan Perhaps it was the scent: summer is coming, and the Berkshires – where I Cornell Law Library / Ithaca spent many a family vacation – are beginning to exude their seasonal perfume (607) 255-9691 [email protected] of pine, sweet grass, and mountain water that in my admittedly biased opin- BOARD OF DIRECTORS ion is like no other. “Smells like home,” I remarked to my sister. Laurie Hubbard (Past President) Charles B Swartwood Law Library / Elmira (607) 737-2983 [email protected] Looks like home, too. On the turnpike the terrain changes from the wide- open vistas with seemingly endless skies of Upstate New York to a steeper, Joan Hoolihan Appellate Division Law Library narrower way with sky visible only above and forested slopes encircling Rochester, NY14604 close around … my scrunched-up little commonwealth, where every place is (585) 530-3262 [email protected] hilly and your ears pop from the change in altitude. Cynthia Kesler Syracuse Supreme Court Law Library I grew up enveloped in the embrace of the Connecticut River valley, Mount Syracuse, NY13202 (315)671-1150 [email protected] Tom standing guard in the west, Mount Holyoke in the east, in a city once made prosperous by the proceeds of textile and paper manufacturing. (The Sally Legendre game of volleyball was devised at the local YMCA, reportedly to provide in- NYS Library / Albany (518) 473-2910 [email protected] door exercise for the captains of industry during the winter months. Appar- ently, it took a while for basketball to make its way the seven miles north 2005-2006 COMMITTEE CHAIRS from Springfield.) Archives Co-Chairs Judy Lauer (see listing above) The fortunes of my hometown have gone pretty much downhill since, and Stephen Weiter Appellate Division Law Library / Rochester so, like many a New England Yankee before me, I looked to the west, not (585) 530-3253 [email protected] knowing what awaited on the other side of Mount Tom. In my case, it was two degrees at Syracuse University, marriage to a Central New Yorker, Constitution and By-Laws Co-Chairs Judy Lauer (see listing above) three years in three different apartments in Rochester, two years in Eggerts- Betsy A Vipperman ville (when South Campus was all there was to UB), and a house in East Appellate Division Law Library / Rochester Aurora, which has now been home for more than half of my umpteen years. (585) 530-3263 [email protected] I did not adopt New York – New York co-opted me. Corporate Sponsors Co-Chair:s Charles Finger (see listing above) Stephen Weiter (see listing above) Even more pertinently, my life as a Yankee-in-exile most recently included a decade proudly spent with the New York State Unified Court System. I Education Chair (Continued on page 3) Charles Finger (see listing above) Supreme Court Law Library, Suffolk Public Relations Co-Chairs Government Relations Chair (631) 852-2418 [email protected] Jean Callihan (see listing above) Susan Dow Sally Legendre (see listing above) SUNY at Buffalo Law Library Newsletter Chair (716) 645-2347 [email protected] Nancy Babb Vendors Chair SUNY at Buffalo Law Library Timothy C. Hunt Grants & Scholarship Chair (716) 645-2384 [email protected] 7th District Supreme Court Law Library / Rochester Laura Suttell (585) 428-1854 [email protected] Phillips Lytle LLP / Buffalo Nominations Chair (716) 847-8400 [email protected] Stephen Weiter (see listing above) Webmaster Nancy Babb (see listing above) Membership Chair Lynn Fullshire For additional info about ALLUNY, visit http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/
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Message from the President (Continued from page 2) guess I qualify for full citizenship in the Empire State by now.
Which is why, on the return trip from Massachusetts, as the road unspools a smooth ribbon to the west past the “Welcome to New York State” sign and the horizon broadens with unlimited possibility, I’m humming under my breath something that sounds suspiciously like “I < New York.”
Alice
By the way, now that I’m retired from the courts and presumably have all this free time on my hands (what a giggle that is!), I’ve determined to learn a little more about New York State history. Can someone recommend a good, readable overview, beginning with the earliest settlers and running through the Cuomo years? I’d prefer a single volume, but READABLE is the operative word here.
If you think of a title, my e-mail address is [email protected]. TIA!
Editor’s Corner The ALLUNY Newsletter, the official publication of the Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York, Inc. (a Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries), is published four times/year in March, July, September, and December and is provided as a benefit of membership. The Editors reserve the right to make final publication decisions. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the Association. Contact: Nancy Babb, Charles B. Sears Law Library, O'Brian Hall, SUNY at Buffalo North Campus, Buffalo, New York 14260 — e-mail [email protected] — phone (716) 645-2384
I believe that this may be the most emotion-packed Newsletter I’ve worked on to date:
From the sadness of marking the passage of a long-time ALLUNY member (Julie Gick remembers Sonia Penich, p. 5) to the joy of celebrating new members and new accomplishments (p. 21-22) —
From the anxiety of contemplating cybercrime (Wendy Scott’s review of Spring Institute beginning on p. 1) to the reassurance of animal company (ALLUNY Animals, p 15-18) —
From the excitement of new forms of web communication (Elaine Knecht’s But I Digress… p. 8-9) to the heated debate as traditional technical services practices are called into question (Joan Hoolihan’s Technical Tips, p. 10-12) —
From making work fun (Bookmarks as Branding, by Julie Jones, p. 6-7) to making fun work (Jen Behren’s review of Harvey Birdman, p. 19; Jim Milles’ photo comic on St. Louis’s City Museum, p. 32-36) —
From tasks well-done (Board meeting minutes and committee reports, p. 37-43) to tasks to come (Meet the Candidates, p. 23-26) —
My, but we’ve been busy, haven’t we? I’m very thankful that amidst all the activity our contributors and readers alike take the time to share with the Newsletter. I hope to hear from you for the next issue, too!
(And now that this issue is completed, I’ve been just itching to explore some of the recommendations in Judy Lauer’s Miscellaneous Citings, p. 12-14… )
The ALLUNY Newsletter is published on the web at: http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/newslett.html This issue of the ALLUNY Newsletter is Next issue: September 2006 dedicated to the memory of Sonia Penich. deadline for submissions: August 12, 2006
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Cyberspace (Spring Institute report) (Continued from page 1) ing per year; almost 90% of Internet users will be victim- the existence of old personal data still residing on com- ized by the end of 2006; 1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men have been stalked sometime in their lifetime.
After a leisurely lunch break and tours of the Barclay Law Library, we reassembled for a session by Marsha Powell, Professor of Computer Forensics at Tompkins Cortland Community College and Computer Forensics Examiner for the Broome County Government Security Division. Marsha’s topic was identity theft, the number one consumer fraud complaint for the past five years.
Marsha illustrated how pervasive and easy ID theft has become. She described the many and varied ways in which thieves steal our identities, from dumpster diving and burglary to the use of ingenious gadgets, such as the puters and networks, and the lack of centralized com- “skimmer,” a palm size device that reads and copies in- puter security infrastructures in institutions of higher formation from a credit card. Like the other speakers, education. He also gently chided libraries for their re- luctance to record or divulge information about who is using public access computers.
The second speaker of the morning was James Thomp- son, Assistant Director of the Broome County Govern- ment Security Division and Director and Chief Investiga- tor of the Computer Analysis and Technical Services Unit. Jim spoke about cyber stalking, and fascinated us with some very frightening real life incidents. For exam-
Marsha advised heightened vigilance, adding that most perpetrators of identity theft are friends, family mem- bers or colleagues. Although I’m not ready to pull out my outdoor mailbox and get a locked box at the post office, I’ll be using my shredder a lot more in the future!
The final speaker of the afternoon was Luis Bauza, a re- tired New York City police officer currently with Citi- group Investigative Services. Luis described in vivid terms the challenges faced by financial institutions in combating electronic identity theft. He illustrated how ple, he told us the tragic story of Amy Boyer, a young perpetrators glean credit card information with devil- woman murdered by a man who used “pretexting” (the ishly clever, unobtrusive devices that can be attached to use of false pretenses, including fraudulent statements ATM machines or the inside of gas pumps. He went on and impersonation, to obtain someone’s personal infor- to explain other methods that criminals use to perpetu- mation) to track his victim. ate credit card fraud, including submission of fraudulent credit applications and account takeovers, where the The statistics Jim shared were alarming and confirmed perpetrator assumes an existing account. that stalking in all forms is rampant and on the increase: there may be as many as 500,000 victims of cyber stalk- (Continued on page 5)
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Cyberspace (Spring Institute report) (Continued from page 4) What should you do if you become the victim of iden- tity theft? Luis suggested that you contact the fraud de- partments of the three major credit bureaus, request that a fraud alert be placed on your credit card account, close all accounts that have been ‘touched’ by fraud, file a police report, and contact the Federal Trade Commis- sion. Most importantly, he extolled us to protect our- selves by taking simple steps to safeguard our personal data.
In summary, this year’s Spring Institute was an eye- opening and educational experience on a topic that pro- foundly affects both our personal and professional lives. and scope of Internet crimes, they also empowered us Although our speakers left no doubt about the ubiquity with specific recommendations and suggestions on how Editor’s note: Selections from Spring Institute presentations are available at http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/protected/membonly.html
“It is with great sadness and with deepest sympa- Remembering Sonia Penich thy that we announce the death of Sonia Penich. Sonia worked in the Supreme Court Criminal Term Li- by Julie Gick, Principal Law Librarian, N.Y.S. Su- brary for many years as a Senior Law Librarian and after preme Court, Civil Branch Law Library her retirement continued to volunteer her services to the Li- brary. We all held her in great respect and affection and ap- The first time I met Sonia Penich I was impressed with preciated her generous spirit and her dedication to the li- her vice-grip handshake. It took me by surprise because brary profession.” e-mail from David G. Badertscher, Principal she was on the petite side. Another striking feature Law Librarian, New York Supreme Court about Sonia was her henna colored hair which she always did herself during the twenty years I knew her. Sonia toms. This happened when she told her travel agent to had lots of energy, enthusiasm and opinions. She truly book Bermuda rather than Barbados. Luckily, this was enjoyed her position as Senior Law Librarian at the New straightened out before we left New York. A highlight of York Supreme Court Criminal Branch. After retirement this conference was meeting the Prime Minister of Bar- Sonia continued to work there as a volunteer two days a bados at a reception and tour of the island for the law week until failing health prevented her from doing so. librarians. Sonia also enjoyed the hotel barbecue and discovered frozen yogurt. Besides her regular job, Sonia was active in various li- brary associations including ALLUNY, LLAGNY, and Her family was as important to Sonia as her work. She IALL. We shared a room in Atlanta at AALL in 1988. had a sister in Yugoslavia whom she visited from time to Sonia introduced me to a number of people whom she time, and when her niece and nephew came to New knew in the law library profession. What I remember York City, Sonia opened her heart and home to them. most vividly of that conference was a delightful al fresco She didn’t say much about her early life. I don’t think it picnic at an outdoor theater while waiting for Johnny had been easy for her, especially during WWII, but this Mathis and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to perform. tended to make her fearless in some respects. Cab driv- Unfortunately, there was a torrential downpour, deafen- ers, for example, were often informed as to what was ing thunder and jagged lightning. Everyone was drenched wrong with the country and how to improve it. and disappointed that there would be no concert, but Atlanta needed the rain. Sonia was friendly and had an inquisitive mind, ideal quali- ties for someone who works in a library. What I most The weather was beautiful as it always is the time we admired about her was her courage and frankness. went to Barbados for one of the international law She was modest about her sterling academic creden- libraries conventions. Sonia had come to the U.S. tials. I enjoyed our adventures at the library con- as an adult and this occasionally put her at a ferences and remember those times, and Sonia, disadvantage in communications and cus- with fondness and nostalgia.
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Bookmarks as Branding by Julie Jones, Research Attorney & Lecturer in Law, a.k.a. Amateur Photographer & Bookmark Designer, Cor- nell Law Library Bookmarks are a great PR tool that can engender posi- chitectural beauty and physical treasures at my place of tive feelings toward your library. In this age of cost- employment, I strove to celebrate and exhibit these for benefit analysis, you might be wondering what positive all to see. feelings are really worth. Quite a bit, as it turns out. In terms of advertising strategy, this type of promotion The resulting five bookmarks each showcase a different piece that lacks a particular product is termed view in the library. The back of each includes a brief “branding” (a fairly ubiquitous and perhaps unloved description of the photo, our web address, and our call phrase these days). These publications serve to create a number guide (essential at the research desk for direct- positive connection in the mind of the audience be- ing students and other library users to our resources). tween themselves and the “brand” (i.e. the library), New versions featuring other library jewels will be easy which then prepares the audience to be more receptive to produce in the future. to future advertisements for specific products (e.g. a database or workshop). The audience should then be These bookmarks have been a huge hit since their intro- more positively disposed to the product because they duction in January, disappearing quickly from the library already hold the brand in high esteem. That’s the the- as students, faculty, staff, alumni, and visitors alike col- ory anyway! lect their favorites. While we can’t scientifically ascer- tain the effect of these bookmarks on library usage, Bookmarks are an especially nice branding tool for li- overwhelming positive feedback is always welcome and braries. Because they serve a purpose beyond informa- indicates the successful creation of a positive brand for tion dissemination, they are more frequently saved from the law library. the dreaded circular file and live to publicize your library for as long as they mark pages in books. I recently set So get out your cameras and start shooting! out on a bookmark creating frenzy. Inspired by the ar-
Cornell Law Library Gould Reading Room. Judge Douglass Boardman, first Cor- nell Law School Dean, 1887-1891. Located in the Daw- son Rare Book Room.
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Law student studying in Cornell Law Library Gould Reading Room.
The Life of Sir Edward Coke: Lord Chief Justice of England in Themis, Lady Justice. Detail from the Reign of James I (1837). grandfather clock, gift of Eva Ste- Cornell Law Library Rare Books, vens, located in the Dawson Rare Thorne Collection. Book Room.
Call for Submissions: Bookmarks Wanted for a future issue of the ALLUNY Newsletter:
Photos, screen captures, descriptions, and deliberations on your favorite bookmarks of any kind —
What marks your reading passages —
both in books and online —
What are your favorite physical artifacts and your recom- mended web meanderings?
Submissions to: Nancy Babb, e-mail [email protected] (or mail to Charles B. Sears Law Library, O'Brian Hall, SUNY at Buffalo North Campus, Buffalo, New York 14260)
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But I Digress... by Elaine M. Knecht, Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, Buf- article. (And I’ll include pictures of my falo new grandchild!)
I presented my first internet search seminar earlier this The definition of RSS varies depending year. The best thing about being invited to do stuff like upon your source. Rich Site Summary that is that one is forced to upgrade one’s own knowl- and Really (or Real) Simple Syndication are what you see edge and skills so as to have something valuable to share most often. You might also see RDF Site Summary with the paying customers. This time around I was fortu- (where RDF means Resource Description Framework.) nate to be newly returned from a PLI seminar myself. Of course there are plenty of technical descriptions of One of the speakers (the best one, IMHO) was Steven what RSS is and how it works. The non-techie descrip- Cohen. Steven is the author of Keeping Current: Profes- tion that I like the best says that RSS is “an alternative sional Development for Librarians. He’s a regular colum- means of accessing the vast amount of information that nist for several information resources journals; a librarian now exists on the World Wide Web. Instead of the user at PubSub Concepts, Inc.; and he is the creator of Library browsing websites for information of interest, the infor- Stuff (published by Information Today), a weblog dedi- mation is sent directly to the user.” This surprisingly un- cated to keeping current and professional development derstandable definition comes from the New Media Ter- for librarians (www.librarystuff.net). Steven is such a dy- minology Guide at http://www.epolitix.com/NR/ namic presenter that I could hardly wait to get back to exeres/0CE8163A-7446-43D7-A038- my computers, both at home and at work, and start 91C95E078E97,frameless.htm . Click on the end of the “keeping current”. RSS definition and get a more complete rundown of the hows and whys of this really simple method for learning [I started this article by searching on
UPDATE: In v. 31, #1 (March 2006) of the Newsletter, ALLUNY columnist Elaine Knecht “digressed” on her experiences as her team “The Letters of Intent” prepared for a spelling bee. Elaine reports, “Although we didn't win, we did last longer than any other law firm! We went out on 'troadic', which we spelled with a T. Just wait until NEXT year!“
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But I Digress... (Continued from page 8) maybe you’ll have to copy and paste the feed’s URL into your reader. You are a librarian, and by defi- nition enterprising, so I’m sure you’ll be able to figure it out for yourself.
Start with feeds from blogs that you’re already monitoring. You ARE monitoring some valuable blogs, aren’t you? Each of those blogs maintains a list (blogroll) of other blogs that the author recommends, and in which you may be interested, too. For example, the blogroll at Out of the Jungle (http:// outofthejungle.blogspot.com/) will introduce you to the Depraved Librarian, the NexGen Librarian and Evan Schaeffer’s Legal Underground. In the Librarian section of the Community Lists at www.pubsub.com there are hundreds of library and information science related blogs (Free Range Librarian, Pop Goes the Library, Library Crunch, E-LIS – each of these has a button for subscribing to its RSS feed.) Many libraries have blogs of their own, with RSS feeds. The Syracuse University College of Law’s Barclay Library offers its announcements, legal research updates, interesting research resources and websites of interest at the Barclay Blog (http://bllsulaw.blogspot.com/). The law library at Florida State University, Yale’s Lillian Goldman Law Library, Georgetown’s law library and the UB law library are just a very few of the many libraries taking advantage of this new means of communicating with patrons.
So now every morning (and sometimes again in the evening) I check my feeds. I see the latest additions to eight law- specific blogs (including The Virtual Chase, Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites and Inter Alia); ten library oriented blogs (like Peter Scott’s Library Blog, LISNews, and the aforementioned Library Stuff); and a few blogs that help me keep track of my hobbies and outside interests (like NPR on classical music). Right now I have a modest 25 feeds on my list. I take a quick look at the headlines and read only those articles that are of particular interest to me (or to a patron. More about that at the end of this article). I’ve begun taking Steven Cohen’s advice, adding feeds with wild abandon, simply because it is so easy to skip over what’s not useful to me. Adding feeds facilitates Serendipitous Information Retrieval (I read an interesting article by that title, written by Elaine Toms of the University of Toronto) and increases your chance of seeing things that you suspect patrons may need.
Here’s how RSS feeds can make you look good. Last month a partner asked me for info about and links to the Air Force FOIA. Shortly after providing that information, the BeSpacific RSS feed pushed an article from the National Secu- rity Archive with respect to the AF's possibly breaking the law. I sent the story's link to the partner with this note: “Based on your previous research request, I thought you might be interested in this article.” He forwarded it to my boss, her boss and several other interested parties with thanks for my work "above and beyond the call". I’m sure you’ll agree with me when I say, “Hey, I’m a librarian. It’s what I do.”
ALLUNY Members Resources The ALLUNY Newsletter is pleased to highlight the wealth of wonderful resources — databases, blogs, other — made available by ALLUNY members and their institutions as an on-going, cumulative feature in every issue. Please submit your suggestions to the editors. Contributions with annotation would be most appreciated! InSITE International Disabilities / Human may be found. The contents of this website may http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/ Rights Law Web Resource be browsed and searched using keywords.” insiteasp/default.htm http://www.law.syr.edu/lawlibrary/electronic/ Cornell Law Library humanrights.asp “A current awareness service of Cornell Law Li- Syracuse University College of Law and the H. brary, InSITE highlights selected law-related Web Douglas Barclay Law Library As noted in Elaine Knecht’s column sites in two ways: as an annotated publication A website “developed to assist researchers and to this issue, many ALLUNY libraries issued electronically and in print; and as a key- promote the international work of our new Dis- and librarians maintain blogs. If you word-searchable database. The law librarians at ability Law and Policy Program. It is one of the Cornell evaluate potentially useful Web sites, first comprehensive bibliographic resources de- would like to share your blog or select the most valuable ones, and provide com- voted to international and comparative disability other resource with ALLUNY readers, mentary and subject access to them. This informa- laws. The site is currently organized under three please send url and description to the tion can be accessed four ways: Searchable Data- broad categories: international disability laws, Newsletter editor for addition to base, Current and Archived Issues, Via e-mail regional disability laws, and individual countries' subscription, and In print format for the Cornell disability laws. These divisions are subdivided into ALLUNY Members Resources. Law School community.” smaller categories, under which annotations, pri- mary documents, and links to additional resources
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Technical Tips: “The Technical Services World Has Been In An Uproar Lately...” by Joan Hoolihan, Cataloging Librarian, AD 4th Law Through partnerships with Google, Yahoo!, Ask, Amazon Library, Rochester and others, this program enables users searching for books ... to get search results from WorldCat that point RLG to merge with OCLC them to the library closest to them. Integrating RLIN into WorldCat ... should serve the information community The Research Libraries Group well. This is a promising merger and smart move by both will become a unit of OCLC on July 1, 2006 should two- companies.” thirds of the RLG membership vote to merge. It is likely this will pass. The combined organization will offer an Library of Congress ceases creating series integrated product and service line. authority records
RLG was founded in 1974 as a nonprofit bibliographic Effective June 1, 2006, the Library of Congress no longer utility and it currently has more than 150 member produces series authority records or provides controlled institutions including research libraries, archives, series access (440, 8XX fields) in LC produced museums, and historical societies. RLIN (Research bibliographic records. The Serials Implementation FAQ Libraries Information Network), the RLG union catalog detailing what LC will and will not do is available at LC’s containing 48 million records in in 400 languages, will website (http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/bibco/ merge with OCLC’s 65 million records. RLG’s program seriesfaq.html ). initiatives will be continued as RLG-Programs, a new division of OCLC Programs and Research. RLG has a What are series authority records (SARS)? The staff of 80 with offices in Mountain View, California and Catalogers Group: Future of Series Authority Work at New York. The California office will maintain the RLG- LC discussion gave this succinct definition. “Series Programs; the New York office with two employees will authority records are like serial records pared to the close. essentials. Like serial bibliographic records, SARS track changes in numbering, OCLC, founded in 1967, provides computer-based publishers, minor title cataloging, reference, resource sharing, preservation changes, and services, and research to 54,000 member libraries in 109 relationships (earlier/ countries. OCLC employs more than 1,100 persons and later titles) that could generates revenues of $189 million, more than 13 times affect identification of RLG’s revenue. Library Journal stated the obvious: “it sure the items in a series.” sounds like an absorption into OCLC”. In a stunning, Tony Gill, a former RLG staffer wrote in his blog, “This unilateral move (there merger is big news in the library world ... Until now, they was no prior consultation with any library organization) have always had a choice of two competing utilities and LC announced on April 20, 2006, ten days before two different union catalogs (and some used both). Now implementation, its decision. This news rocked the there can be only one. I’m sure there are many good and cataloging world, prompting LC to postpone the valid business reasons for this merger .... Still, for the implementation until June 1, 2006. The Library library world, it feels a bit like the equivalent of Apple considered taking this step over a decade ago but and Microsoft merging.” decided against it due to concerns raised about the impact it would have. Bette Brunelle, information analyst at Outsell, Inc. wrote: “With traditional cataloging a dying art and OCLC’s and LC’s rationale for this change include: the ubiquitous, RLG’s growth stagnant, this merger has the potential to powerful, and user-friendly online environment; keyword combine strengths in a very mature market and to make searching is adequate to access series statements operations more efficient. A bright spot in OCLC’s provided in the 490 field of a MARC record, and the operations is the WorldCat service, which has enjoyed volume of work that will be alleviated by not creating double-digit growth in user base, thanks in part to authority records. LC stated, “we recognize that there OCLC’s spot-on, innovative Open WorldCat program. (Continued on page 11)
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Technical Tips (Continued from page 10) publisher includes CIP data on the copyright page. This are still some adverse impacts, but they are mitigated facilitates cataloging for libraries and book dealers. when the gains in processing time are considered”. Instead, LC will catalog each title within a series, with The process begins when a participating publisher sends a exceptions. (See the Series Implementation FAQ noted completed CIP Data Application and the full text or core previously.) required materials to LC. The application is reviewed, assigned a Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) AALL and SLA wrote a joint letter to Dr. James and sent to the cataloging division with the appropriate Billington, Librarian of Congress, urging LC to delay its subject expertise. decision. “The burden will fall on individual libraries to create the necessary records.” (http://www.sla.org/pdfs/ Catalogers typically provide name authority records, advocacy/052606LibofCongLetter.pdf) The ALA subject headings and LC and Dewey decimal classification Executive Board stated that the “announcement was numbers. Completed CIP data is then transmitted to the greeted with dismay in the library community, particularly publisher who prints it on the verso of the title page (also among catalogers, in part because of the substance of the known as the copyright page). Simultaneously, a machine decision; in part because of the shortage of notice given; readable version of the record is distributed to large and in part because the decision was reached without libraries, bibliographic utilities, and book vendors sufficient consultation with the library community.” (ALA worldwide. Press Release, May 12, 2006) The process is complete when the publisher sends a copy ALA further states that keyword searching is not an of the published book to the CIP division where the adequate substitute for authority controlled access, cataloging is completed (often adding a 300 field, the especially over time as variants and name changes physical description). Any changes are made at this time. proliferate, and as errors enter even the best databases. After verification the machine-readable version of the “One of the key value-added services that differentiate record is redistributed. CIP processing is done free of libraries from Google,” according to the Catalogers charge though publishers are required to provide LC Group report, “comes from authority records. … immediately upon publication with a complimentary copy [Library] catalogs have historically been self-serve tools. of all books receiving this service. … the assumption that ‘keyword is good enough’ places the burden on searchers to identify all possible variants. LC is not the only source of prepublication cataloging In contrast, the browse search, enhanced with cross data. Joni Cassidy of Cassidy Cataloging Services, Inc. references from authority records offered more implicit noted, “there are a number of other sources for guidance. And once a searcher found a record, the publisher-CIP, some of them quite good. There are lots hyperlinked series headings provide a way to find the rest of publishers that were ‘closed out’ of [LC’s] CIP of the group.” program and they have created a market for commercially produced P-CIP which is usually identified Not everyone in the library community is unhappy with as such in the publication.” (http://www.bloglines.com/ this decision. The Association of Research Libraries blog/PLL/2006_6_6 ) (ARL) directors unanimously endorsed the LC decision. “ARL supports [LC’s] efforts to redesign its services in Understandably, libraries and the book industry have order to focus better on the needs of the end-user, the come to depend on this service. If it is cut back or axed individual researcher, and to streamline processes” (ARL individual libraries would have to do more of their own Director's letter to LC). cataloging. Bette Brunelle called cataloging a dying art, but it’s alive and well especially in ALLUNYland. LC surveying the usefulness of the Cataloging in Publication program Goodbye LCSH?
The Library of Congress is rethinking another of its LC commissioned Karen Calhoun, Associate University staples, the Cataloging in Publication (CIP or Cat In Pub) Librarian at Cornell University, to write a report about program. A Cataloging in Publication record is a the current state of the library catalog and its future. The bibliographic record prepared by LC for a book that has report, The Changing Nature of the Catalog and its not yet been published. When the book is published, the (Continued on page 12)
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Technical Tips (Continued from page 11) Integration with Other Discovery Tools, final report, March 17, David Banush, Head of Cataloging at 2006, is available at LC’s website. She writes: “The Cornell ,came to Calhoun’s defense in an catalog is in decline, its processes and structures are email (intended for the Program for unsustainable, and change needs to be Cooperative Cataloging list but swift.” (http://www.loc.gov/catdir/calhoun- circulated to other lists) filled with report-final.pdf ) Are we calling for a sarcasm, put downs and clumsy revolution? This sounds like a song title, but I analogies. He states: “cataloging today digress. resembles the welfare states of Europe. Like contemporary Germany I’ve only read the first nine pages and except or France, it is marked by high labor for “swift change” it sounds reasonable and costs and a high degree of regulation; timely. Other articles, reviews, and is heavily bureaucratized in the form of discussions are generally critical of this a vast array of professional groups and report. Did she really suggest that we jettison Library of institutional committees; and it has a rapidly aging Congress Subject Headings [LCSH]? Apparently so. population.” Ouch! Please see the article of the same name: a critical review by Thomas Mann, prepared for AFSCME 2910, the Catalogers know about change. Since entering the digital Library of Congress Professional Guild, dated April 3, age cataloging rules are frequently changed or modified. 2006, available at http://guild2910.org/ And then there’s all that new cataloging software to AFSCMECalhounReviewREV.pdf. learn.
Miscellaneous Citings #40 June 2006 compiled by Judy A. Lauer, Pr. Law Librarian, Binghamton
MANAGEMENT / PROFESSIONAL American Association of Law Libraries. Standards for Appellate Court Libraries and State Law Libraries. Law Library Journal 98(1)189-198 (Winter 2006). Developed by the State, Court and County Law Libraries Special Interest Section, the Standards were ap- proved by the AALL Executive Board in July 2005.
Balleste, Roy, et al. Podcasting, Vodcasting, and Law Libraries: How to Understand the Newest “it” Technology and Use It in Your Library. AALL Spectrum 10(8):8-10 (June 2006).
Band, Jonathan. The Google Library Project: Both Sides of the Story. Information Outlook 10(5):35-36, 39-40, 43, 45-48, 51-52, 54 (June 2006).
Bintliff, Barbara A. And Georgia Briscoe. The Ethics of Electronic Record Sharing. AALL Spectrum 10(8):16-17 (June 2006).
Breaux, Ann-Marie and Laura Dawson. Striking Thirteen. Library Journal 131(4):36-38 (March 1, 2006). How will the new 13 digit ISBNs affect cataloging, acquisitions, OPACs, ILL, etc.
Clegg, Helen and Susan Montgomery. How to Write an RFP for Information Products. Information Outlook 10(6);23- 24, 27-30, 33 (June 2006).
Corman, Sheila. A Mission to Transition: How to Help Your Staff Make the Switch From Print to Online Resources. AALL Spectrum 10(7):10-11, 14 (May 2006).
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Miscellaneous Citings #40 (Continued from page 12) Cox, Richard J. Why Survival is Not Enough. American Libraries 37(6):42-44 (June/July 2006). Do library schools have a future? The author seems doubtful.
French, Thomas R. Law Librarians and Library Design, Construction, and Renovation: An Annotated Bibliography and Review of the Literature. Law Library Journal 98(1):99-155 (Winter 2006).
Gilley, Jennifer. Information Science: Not Just for Boys Anymore. American Libraries 37(6):50-51 (June/July 2006).
Lee, Sarah Hooke. Inflexibility or Complexity? A Response to Sid Kasky’s View That the Profession Defines Qualified Law Librarian Too Narrowly. AALL Spectrum 10(8):20-21, 31 (June 2006).
Mulvaney, John Philip and Dan O’Connor. The Crux of Our Crisis. American Libraries 37(6)38-40 (June/July 2006). The authors posit a lack of core curricula in library and information science schools as well as a lack of core services in libraries.
Schachter, Debbie. Integrating the New Librarian into Your Library. Information Outlook 10(2):8-9 (February 2006).
Tennant, Roy. Fixing Library Discovery. Library Journal. 131(11):30 (June 15, 2006). “The library catalog [as it exists today] simply cannot be the main finding tool for users.”
Whisner, Mary. Eight Reasons Solo Lawyers Should Use Law Libraries. LLRX.com (May 20, 2006).
Williams, Lesley. Making “E” Visible. Library Journal 131(11):40-43 (June 15, 2006). In a Google-ized world, librarians need to re-think how they promote electronic resources.
REFERENCE & RESOURCES Fullerton, Barbara and Sabrina I. Pacifici. The Gumshoe Librarian 2006. LLRX.com (May 20, 2006).
Futrell, Iva M. And Roger V. Skalbeck. Is There a Digital Collection in Your Future? Legal Information Alert 25 (2):1, 4, 6-7 (February 2006). The authors offer a look at several of the larger law-related digital collections, including Hein Online and LLMC-Digital, available today.
REVIEWS Atchison, Amy, et al., compilers. Keeping Up with New Legal Titles. Law Library Journal 98(1):169-187 (Winter 2006). Titles reviewed include Cyberlaw: Legal Principles of Emerging Technologies, Complete Copyright: An Everyday Guide for Librarians, Foster Care Law: A Primer, and Basic Legal Research Work- book, 2d ed.
Burney, Brett. The Almost Perfect Laptop Bag...With Accessories. LLRX.com (February 15, 2006).
Futrell, Iva M. And Roger V. Skalbeck. Is There a Digital Collection in Your Future? Legal Information Alert 25 (2):1, 4, 6-7 (February 2006). The authors offer a look at several of the larger law-related digital collections, including Hein Online and LLMC-Digital, available today. (Continued on page 14)
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Gordon, Stacey L. Update XXII: What’s New on LexisNexis, Westlaw, Loislaw, and Versuslaw. Legal Information Alert 24(10):1,4, 6-8, 14 (November/December 2005).
Newton, Nell Jessup, ed. Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law 2005 ed. Reviewed by Shaun Esposito. Le- gal Information Alert 25(2):12-13 (February 2006).
TECHNOLOGY Balleste, Roy, et al. Podcasting, Vodcasting, and Law Libraries: How to Understand the Newest “it” Technology and Use It in Your Library. AALL Spectrum 10(8):8-10 (June 2006).
Bintliff, Barbara A. And Georgia Briscoe. The Ethics of Electronic Record Sharing. AALL Spectrum 10(8):16-17 (June 2006).
Breaux, Ann-Marie and Laura Dawson. Striking Thirteen. Library Journal 131(4):36-38 (March 1, 2006). How will the new 13 digit ISBNs affect cataloging, acquisitions, OPACs, ILL, etc.
Clegg, Helen and Susan Montgomery. How to Write an RFP for Information Products. Information Outlook 10(6);23- 24, 27-30, 33 (June 2006).
Crosby, Connie. The Tao of Law Librarianship: Are You Ready for Podcasting? LLRX.com (March 15, 2006).
Faulkner, Frederick L., IV. I’ll Take My Legal News To Go Please: An Intro to Podcasting. LLRX.com (March 15, 2006).
Sauers, Michael. Four Commandments for Writing Policies for Public-Access Wireless Networks. Computers in Librar- ies 26(3):16-20 (March 2006).
MISCELLANEOUS Abram, Stephen. 43 Things I (or You) Might Want to Do This Year. Information Outlook 10(2):38-39 (February 2006).
Biehl, Kathy. After Hours: Chocolate Cornucopia. LLRX.com (February 15, 2006).
Copies of articles from print publications cited herein should be obtained through regular interlibrary loan procedures or by contacting the publisher(s) directly.
Intrepid citator Judy Lauer has also brought our attention to a column of interest: Web sites Worth a Click, by Carolyn J. Sosnowski, featured monthly in Information Outlook, the professional magazine of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). In the June 2006 (Vol.10 No.6) issue, Sosnowski focuses on library-related websites and features reviews of “informative, mostly fun, and sometimes downright irreverent Web sites and blogs”. Sites cited include Movie Librarians, The Hollywood Librarian, Warrior Librarian, Library Anecdotes, Facetiae, Satire, Etc., Why Be a Librarian in the 21st Century? and A Librarian’s Guide to Etiquette. Sosnowski’s column is definitely worth a look.
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By purest coincidence I read the call for submissions about ALLUNY companion animals on the day I fetched home from the pet hospital the ashes of my last cat. Alice Askew
I won’t go into the whys and wherefores of my catless- ness, the first time in 40 years there is no living resident Presents Boris in the house but me.
I can, however, attest to the joys of having lived with 20- some of these supernal creatures. In more or less life- time order, they were: Smokey, Katherine Angell, Shredni Vashtar (named for his fondness for toilet tis- sue), Prince, Lady, Bunker, Bear, Sammy, Squeaker, Java and Elma (named for the rural towns from whence they came), Igor, Rudy (who adopted us), Simon, Harry (a grandkitten, who currently lives with my daughter in New Jersey), Puddy, Otis, Good-Time Charley, Little Girl (later known as Annie – for Little Orphant), Boris and Natasha (Russian Blues, my most aristocratic pair).
Of each I can say, as Samuel Johnson said of the estima- ble Hodge, “A very fine cat, a very fine cat indeed,” and to give each his or her due, I must agree with the novel- ist Colette – a confirmed ailurophile – “There are no ordinary cats.” Moreover, I concur heartily with poet Christopher Smart, “For every house is incompleat with- out him and a blessing is lacking in the spirit.”
I admit, as well, to occasional besottedness with the spe- cies, else why would I have framed on my bathroom wall this paean by Doris Lessing: “Oh cat....be-yoo-tiful cat! Delicious cat! Exquisite cat! Satiny cat! Cat like a soft Boris is ready for his close-up. The chair was a owl, cat with paws like moths, jeweled cat, miraculous garage-sale find I’d intended to paint and reup- cat! Cat, cat, cat, cat.” holster. Boris, however, hopped right up and
claimed it as his own the minute I took it out Sometimes love is a three-letter word. of the trunk. What could I do but agree?
Steve shares Strider & Nala Weiter
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12 summers ago, we visited a lo- cal animal shelter. One large shepherd mix sat quietly, obvi- ously miserable in his surround- ings, but rising above the misery to gently lean against the cage and quietly thump his tail at us. I have never known a dog more generous of spirit and sweet of heart than our Buddy. His name absolutely suits him; he is every body’s buddy, smart, funny, loving and a natural teacher. A distinguished gentleman of advancing years, now, he has never lost his puppy spirit, and reminds us all to take joy in living, every single day. His battle with cancer (a progressive, recurrent hemangiopericy- toma) especially reminds us to cherish every minute. Roz exercises on an un- Rozzy joined our pack a year after Buddy. She is one year his senior and derwater treadmill while initially was very tough & very serious. As she learned to trust us, she be- Buddy cheers her on. came increasingly peaceable, helped especially by her boon companion, Buddy. They have rarely tussled over territory but have generally chosen Nancy Babb is inspired by different arenas, each respecting the other’s boundaries. Roz does not herd nor hunt as much as she once did. A truck accident in her early years (before we adopted her) left her always a little off kilter and arthritic; this arthritis has become increasingly severe in recent years, and lens luxation has left Buddy her blind. But the deep stubborn streak which once was a bit exasperating to us is now a blessing; her strength, determination, & pride in each accomplishment is an inspiration. Living with senior dogs can be worrisome; we are alert for signs of discomfort or unhappiness. I want & Roz to be as brave & strong & good for them as they have been for me.
Suzanne Smith Introduces Miller
Suzanne reports: “His name is Miller. I got him from a shel- ter in December. He is very loving, but very skittish and very afraid of people. I think he is very grateful that I rescued him. He just had his 3rd birthday this month!!”
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Anne Marie Swartz Celebrates Roger Caras, former animal activist and ASPCA president, was quoted as saying, “Dogs are not our whole life, Bella, Nasha, and Twister but they make our lives whole” and this is so true in our family. We are owned by two retired racing greyhounds, Nasha and Twister, as well as our black female cat Bella, who was our first fur baby. All three animals have brought joy into our lives and admittedly some frustration at times, too. Like children, they are very loving and look up to you but they also have their moments where they can’t help them- selves and get into mischief and steal anything that isn’t strapped down.
It is a great experience to come home to two dogs jumping up and down in place as soon as you walk in the door. The dogs also show their joy that the family is home by running into the living room, grabbing their stuffed animals and tossing them around, in between boxing each other in their enthusiasm. Meanwhile small Bella is staying safely on the staircase that leads upstairs, like the queen she is, meowing that we feed her immediately.
The animals love each other as can be seen in the picture of all three of them sunbath- ing and have taught each other something. Bella, as I mentioned before, is our first ani- mal that my husband and I adopted. We were told that she might be an only animal type of cat as she didn’t do much interacting with the other animals at her foster home. We then got Nasha (the brindle) – she was what we jokingly called a ‘closet’ toy player. We would sometimes hear her playing in the living room alone and when we tried to play with her she would instantly stop. She never chased Bella and so the two of them got along fine. Our second greyhound Twister was a rescue from a bad home in another state. He was sent to a ‘kill’ shelter instead of being returned to the greyhound adoption people, so we drove 10 hours to- tal to pick him up and bring him to live with us. He has taught Nasha how to play (both with us and other dogs), and he has taught Bella how to roll over to get her tummy rubbed. It has become a complete circle of happiness and learning for the animals and for us, and we always look forward to coming home to so much love every day.
Friends for sharing... Suggested reading/watching/browsing to meet and greet you, although of from Nancy Babb course your fondness may vary… Adult Fiction: Miss Toklas, as in Alice B., the feline narrator of Bill Fortunate are we — and don’t we know Children’s Fiction: Jennie, the Richardson’s tale of reincarnation and it! — who are blessed with the daily heroine of Maurice Sendak’s Higglety wonder set within Père Lachaise. As she companionship of animals, with neither Pigglety Pop! Or There Must Be More to awaits the arrival of her dearest rules of tenancy nor allergies nor too- Life. Sendak’s little Sealyham is selfish and Gertrude, Miss Toklas spins out her tale much-travel nor other woes to make sassy and greedy and naughty and yet of (after-) life with wicked wit and sweet cohabitation impossible. For those less incredibly lovable. At times I’ve identified sentiment that works both as animal fortunate, I offer a small sampling of my with Jennie; at other times, her lonely & story and as literary fantasy. favorite fictional friends; I can say longing master; at all times I adore and without reservation that they will be glad recommend this reading. (Continued on page 18)
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Kumiko, companion to Laurie Hubbard Kumiko became my canine companion in December 2004. It was love at first sight! Of course then I thought to myself, “What is a Shiba Inu?” What I learned from sites like AKC and Shiba rescue organizations was that Shibas were a very independent and stubborn but highly intelligent breed. Shibas can be red, red sesame, black and tan or cream, with males usually tipping the scales at 25 pounds. They are often- times referred to as miniature Akitas or little foxes because of their foxlike appearance.
Shibas hate collars and putting one on them will elicit the Shiba scream. Yes, you heard that correctly, blood-curdling, toenail curling, neighbor-calling-police-because-it-sounds-like-you-are-killing-it Shiba S-C-R- E-A-M. If you are lucky, your Shiba will only scream under extreme cir- cumstances. Mine screams whenever I try to do anything to him physi- cally, like put ear drops in his ears or clip his nails. Of course, then there’s the Shiba 500. If a Shiba has extra energy to expend, he will begin running around extremely fast with his ears back and his body close to the ground. Then, promptly after this burst of energy, he stops and looks at you like, "What?" Oh, and Shibas can also scale and jump six foot fences and are notorious escape artists. Many owners must retrain themselves on proper en- trance and exit methods for their home so as to avoid the door opening and the Shiba bolting.
My niece researched Japanese names on the Internet and proposed Kumiko, which means “companion child” in Japanese. For anyone that knows me and Kumiko, they will confirm he is just that.
The Newsletter will be honored to continue to feature photos of and tributes to ALLUNY animals in future issues. Please send submissions and any questions to the editor.
(Continued from page 17) little tails that we can wag,” suggesting Richardson’s gift for evoking the animal also cats, bunnies, horses, skunks, insects, Website: Cute Overload perspective is equally delightful in his electric eels, and seals before declaring, http://www.cuteoverload.com is a blog for novel After Hamelin, an enchanting “What we are … is cute!” sharing — as the name suggests — cute retelling of the Pied Piper theme And so they are cute, and sometimes pictures. By “cute,” one usually means appropriate for a younger audience than subversive, spreading slapstick and song “cuddly baby animals,” although the more adult Waiting for Gertrude. parody in perpetual homage to and sometimes the less cuddly are featured, innovation upon classic Looney Toons. too. Visiting Cute Overload is like having They are, however, only three of the Animated: Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, a constantly evolving virtual pet that the sibling headliners of the cartoon Animaniacs cast of funny animals, the full requires not even virtual tending (unlike Animaniacs. Is it appropriate to categorize complement of which includes the those pesky Tamagotchi!). It may sound them as pets? They themselves seem adventures of long-suffering babysitter treacly to the uninitiated, but I have found unconcerned, singing, “Maybe we are Buttons the dog and songstress Rita the myself absolutely hooked. dogs, cute little dogs with ears … and cat, voiced by Bernadette Peters.
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Media Review: Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, Volume 1 (2005)
(2 DVDs, 154 min. Warner Brothers Home Video) Race Bannon, or Jabberjaw & the Neptunes), while still amusing, just don’t resonate as deeply as those starring by Jennifer Behrens, University at Buffalo such enduring icons. But thankfully, Harvey Birdman does not rely solely on old-school cartoon in-jokes. Modern Long before Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert made pop culture references are woven skillfully throughout headlines for skewering the Bush administration at last (although some have grown dated since the series’ origi- spring’s White House Press Correspondents’ Association nal airing). “The Dabba Don,” in which Fred Flintstone Dinner, his unique comedic voice was pulling double duty stands accused of violating RICO, sends up The Sopranos on the Cartoon Network’s “Adult Swim” lineup. The with a Bedrockian update of its opening credits. Another late-night block of programming features short cartoons episode which is sure to earn knowing chuckles finds for- with an offbeat sensibility (Aqua Teen Hunger Force; Robot mer Superfriend Apache Chief suffering from a “Very Chicken), and has steadily gained a cult following among Personal Injury” after he spills hot coffee in his lap. college students and other nocturnal creatures. Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law exemplifies the “Adult Swim” Bonus features include selected episode commentaries by ethos, raiding the Hanna-Barbera vault to update classic show producers and the Cartoon Network Standards & (and not-so-classic) characters into a would-be legal Practices/Legal division, which are far more enlightening drama. Minor-league superhero Birdman is reinvented as than the average DVD commentary (particularly when minor-league lawyer Harvey Birdman (voiced by Gary the episode involves a lesser-known character). Early Cole, best known as the evil boss from Office Space). The voice auditions reimagine Colbert and sleepy-voiced co- bumbling Birdman counsels characters in legal trouble median Todd Barry as Harvey. Sketches, deleted scenes while simultaneously navigating the minefield of firm life, and a phony movie trailer round out the special features. frequently clashing with his narcissistic boss (Colbert) and the paranoid, raygun-toting prosecutor Reducto (also Certainly, Harvey Birdman’s absurdist humor is not for Colbert). The entire first season and a portion of the sec- everyone. Even for fans, the 12-minute episodes are best ond are now available on this 2-disc DVD set. taken in small doses. But this smartly packaged set would make a fun addition to any library’s media collection, or a Children of the ’70s will delight in seeing their old favor- great gift to recent law school grads. ite characters in the courtroom. Clear highlights of the DVD include the arrests of Shaggy and Scooby-Doo for drug possession, and the storming of Yogi Bear’s cave by federal agents in pursuit of “the Unabooboo”. Episodes featuring B- and C-list characters (such as Jonny Quest’s
RES PLACET: reviews "My vocabulary was impressive for Noted with pleasure... a nine-year-old. Television had a lot to offer a smart, attentive child. People generally scoffed at children like me who spent all their time in Karen L. Spencer, University at Buffalo Law Library, shares the following site: front of the tube. But what these For anyone interested in New York history, the website for the Historical Society of people failed to consider was that the Courts of the State of New York is full of digital collections - including 55 famous the answers on game shows had cases. been fact-checked for accuracy.” http://www.courts.state.ny.us/history/Index.htm Augusten Burroughs, “Julia’s Child,” Possible Side Effects
Nina Cascio, University at Buffalo Law Library, recommends this article on British Library collection development directions: “British Library consults on a major new content strategy,” http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4866
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New Search Plugins at Cornell’s Legal Information Institute Thomas R. Bruce, Director, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School, has announced news about LII: “We've expanded our range of search plugins for Firefox/Mozilla browsers (and other things that use the Apple Sher- lock standard). You can now get plugins to search the entire LII site, the full US Code, the Annotated Constitution of the US, the recent cases of the Circuit Courts, and our WEX legal-encyclopedia project. Less fun than Froogle, I guess, but cool nevertheless.” (from posting to Law-Lib listserv) The new plugins are available at: http://www.law.cornell.edu/mycroft
The Legal Information Institute (LII) is a research and electronic publishing activity of the Cornell Law School, with collections including: the U.S. Code, Supreme Court opinions, and Law About. Visit http://www.law.cornell.edu/ to learn more about the LII and to search and browse the collections.
Court of Appeals Lecture Series Submitted by Frances Murray, Chief Legal Reference Attorney, Court of Appeals, State of New York
There are three lectures in the Court of Appeals Lecture Series. All are open to the public and free of charge (but an RSVP is essential (518-455-7795).
The first lecture, which took place on March 23, 2006, was given by Constitutional scholar and President of SUNY Al- bany, Kermit Hall. President Hall focused on "New York Times v Sullivan" the First Amendment case that was the subject of the Anthony Lewis book, "Make No Law.” President Hall's wonderful lecture is webcast at: http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ctapps/
The second Lecture in the series was held on June 26, 2006, and addressed the topic of "Dreiser's American Tragedy: the Law and the Arts". On this, the 100th anniversary of the murder of Grace Brown, and the prosecution of her killer (People v Gillette), Professor Susan Herman, Brooklyn Law School and Francesca Zambello, internationally recognized director of opera and theater, discussed the relationship of the case-at-law with the artistic works derived from it: Dreiser novel, the movies "A Place in the Sun" and "Match Point”, and the 2005 Metropolitan Opera production of "An American Tragedy". A webcast of this lecture is also available online at: http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ctapps/
The third lecture will take place in September 2006 and will focus on the relationship between Law and Architecture, the Courthouse and the Community.
Updates about the Lecture Series will be posted at the Court of Appeals website at http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ ctapps/ as well as on the ALLUNY events page at http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/events.html
I think these resources at http://www.aallnet.org/ New on the ALLUNY Website chapter/alluny/ have a lot to offer, but they could have by Nancy Babb, University at Buffalo Law Library more — the crucial component is the continuing contri- bution of ALLUNY members. Please add your own This Spring has seen a number of exciting additions to the works to Member Publications, and don’t forget AL- ALLUNY website, including a bibliography of ALLUNY LUNY’s pages for Events and Job Listings. And sugges- member publications, the archives of Membership Direc- tions are always welcome! tories (1962-2004) and the ALLUNY Newsletter (1965- 2004), and an RSS feed for Updates & Announcements. Access to some resources is password-restricted to AL- I’ve found it fun and interesting to experiment with new LUNY members-only. Log on information is updated pe- web technologies, such as ASP pages and RSS (see Elaine riodically—most recently in early June—and publicized via Knecht’s column beginning on page 8 for insights about RSS). the ALLUNYMEM listserv. If you need assistance in ac- The Electronic Archives have been made available thanks cessing, please feel free to contact me at to Steve Weiter and HeinOnline. [email protected]
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ALLUNY Members in the News
Promotions for French at Syracuse University College of Law
Thomas R. French, Director of the Barclay Law Library, has been promoted to Professor of Law, received tenure and named an Associate Dean at Syracuse.
Kudos on these outstanding accomplishments to Tom!
Vivian Returns to New York
Jean-Paul Vivian, who moved from the Appellate Division Law Library in Rochester to the Federal courts in Los Angeles, California, has been on the move again. To ALLUNY’s great good fortune, Jean-Paul has returned to Western New York, and is now Law Librarian at Charles B. Swartwood Supreme Court Library in Elmira.
Welcome back!
Deveau Presents to WNY Paralegal Association
On February 28, 2006, Jay Deveau, Director of Library & Research Services at Goldberg Segalla LLP, gave a presentation to the Litigation Section of the Western New York Paralegal Association entitled, "Computer Assisted Legal Research: Multiple Choices and Are They All Created Equal?" Behrens Accepts Position at Duke submitted by Jim Milles, University at Buffalo Law Library
I am very pleased to announce that Jennifer Behrens, a 2006 graduate of the Law School and our current Reference/ Mercury Graduate Assistant, has accepted a position as Reference Librarian with the rank of Senior Assistant Librarian at Duke University School of Law Library. Jen will be starting at Duke towards the end of August, so we will be able to keep her here for a couple of months more. Please join me in congratulating Jen!
Welcome New Members! Mary Beth Bobish Laurence Seidenberg Jerry Katz Suzanne Smith
Donna Movsovich and Welcome back! to Liz Peoples Carmen Brigandi Jean-Paul Vivian Lauren Schroeder
And the Next Generation of ALLUNY Members...
Elaine Knecht reports the arrival of grandson Aaron Vincent (6 lbs., 19") on June 8th, 2006. All are well. Congratulations, Elaine — and welcome to baby!
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New Staff at the Barclay Law Library, Syracuse University College of Law by Jan Fleckenstein, Associate Director, & Head of Library Information Systems, H. Douglas Barclay Law Li- brary, Syracuse University College of Law
New Faces, New Places
Donna C. Movsovich has joined the Law Library as Catalog Librarian. Donna is a graduate of Montclair State College (B.A., Psychology) and holds her MLS from Syracuse University. Donna is returning to the Barclay Law Library, where she was previously a Cataloging Assistant, after several years as the Assistant Director of the Onondaga Free Library in Syracuse.
Laurence (Larry) Seidenberg has joined the Law Library in a new reference librarian position. Larry graduated in 2005 from the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science. His J.D. is from the University of Toledo College of Law, and he also holds a M.Ed. from The College of New Jersey. Larry comes to SU from Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he was an Academic Reference Librarian at the Metropolitan campus. Before becoming a librarian Larry practiced law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C.
Enid L. Darby has been appointed to the newly-created position of Collection Management Supervisor in the Law Library. In her new role, Enid will be responsible for maintenance of the Law Library's print and microform collections. Enid holds an A.A.S. in Computer Science and is currently completing her Bachelor's degree in Information Studies at SU. At the Barclay Law Library she has worked in accounts payable, serials control, and government documents.
We have appointed Nancy Ward to the position of Library Technician in the Barclay Law Library Technical Services de- partment. Nancy was previously the Office Coordinator at the Law Library. She holds a B.S. in Business & Distributive Education and a M.S.Ed. degree, both from SUNY Oswego, and is currently pursuing her MS/LIS at SU's School of Infor- mation Studies.
Heather Turner is the new Office Coordinator at the Barclay Law Library. Heather is a 2005 graduate of Wells College (B.A. cum laude, History) and will matriculate in the MS/LIS program at the SU School of Information Studies in Septem- ber.
Adelman Joining University at Buffalo Law Library by Jim Milles, Associate Dean & Director of the Law Library, Associate Professor of Law, University at Buffalo Law School, The State University of New York
I am delighted to announce that Elizabeth Adelman will be joining us as Head of Collection Management in July 2006. Beth is currently Head of Public Services and Instructor of Law at Georgia State University College of Law Library, where she has worked since 2001. Her earlier law library work included over two years as Research Librarian and Cataloger at the law firm of King & Spalding in Atlanta. Beth earned her MLS from the University at Buffalo and her JD from Albany Law School, where she was a Sandman Fellow and worked on the Albany Law Review. Beth has published numerous articles in both law and library journals, as well as co-authoring three CALI (Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) exer- cises on Forms of Federal Statutory Publication, Mastering Looseleaf Publications, and Legal Ethics Research .
As Head of Collection Management, Beth will provide leadership in the development, implementation, maintenance and review of collection development policies and practices, including policies on selection, retention, weeding, replacement of missing materials, and evaluation of gifts, will advise me in assessing the collection's strengths and weaknesses in all for- mats, and assist me in allocating funds and managing budget expenditures. Beth will be working closely with law school faculty to ensure that our collections meet the curricular and research needs of the law school.
Please join me in welcoming Beth to UB!
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Meet the Candidates submitted by Laurie A. Hubbard, Chair, Nominations Committee This year’s Nominations Committee would like to introduce you to our candidates for the upcoming 2006 ALLUNY Election. Please take a moment to read our candidates’ biographies and statements in their run for the following vacan- cies: Vice President/President-Elect (Milles), Treasurer (Morrison), Secretary (Lauer), and one vacancy on the Board of Di- rectors (Suttell; Zubrow).
Name: James G. Milles Candidate for the Office of: Vice President/President-Elect
Present Position: Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI): Associate Dean for Legal Information Services, Director of the Member, Board of Directors (1997-2004). Law Library, Associate Professor of Law, University at Buffalo Mid-America Association of Law Libraries: Law School Directory Committee (1986-1989). Date: April 2000-present Missouri liaison, MAALL Newsletter (1986). Local Arrangements Committee, 1986 Annual Meeting. Previous Position: Secretary (1986-1988). Associate Director for Information and Technology, Case Chair, Pro Bono Committee (1991-1993). Western Reserve University Law Library Chair, Internet Committee (1992-1995). Date: October 1997-April 2000 Many program presentations and panels at AALL, MAALL, and Education: other association meetings. B.A., Saint Louis University, 1978; M.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1980; M.L.I.S., The University of Texas at Austin, 1982; Publications: J.D., Saint Louis University, 1990. Books: Survey on Law Library Reorganizing and Restructuring. 7 AALL Professional Activities: Briefs in Law Librarianship Series. Buffalo, NY: Hein, 2003. American Association of Law Libraries: Ad Hoc Committee on Citation Reform (1986-1987). An Internet Handbook for Law Librarians. Law Library Information Social Responsibilities SIS, Strategy Committee (Chair, 1991- Reports (general editor Roy M. Mersky). Dobbs Ferry, NY: 1994) Glanville Publishers, AALL Representative to Consortium for the National Equal 1993. Justice Library, American University, Washington College of Law (1991-1998; board member, 1992-1998). Articles (peer reviewed): Task Force On Internet Access (1993-1994). Collection Economics: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Academic Law Libraries SIS, Strategic Vision Committee the Market, (forthcoming). (1993-1994). Social Responsibilities SIS, Education Committee (1993- Managing After a Disaster: or There and Back Again, forthcoming in 1994); 25 Legal Ref. Svcs. Q. 59-75 (2006). Social Responsibilities SIS, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (1993- 1994); Chair (1994-1995). Leaky Boundaries and the Decline of the Autonomous Law School SIS Council, Chair (1997-1998). Library, 96 Law Library Journal 387-423 (2004). Academic Law Libraries SIS, Bylaws Committee, Chair (1998-1999). Articles (other): Computing Services SIS, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (1995-1996); Out of the Jungle: How to Get Beyond the Digital v. Print Debate— Chair (1996-1997). and Deal with the Fact that Print Won, AALL Spectrum 9, No. 5 Computing Services SIS, Recruitment and Involvement (February 2005), at 10-11, 16. Committee, Chair (1998-2000). Mentoring Committee (2000-2002). Law Librarians as Educators and Role Models: The University at Academic Law Libraries SIS, Statistics Committee (2002- Buffalo JD/MLS Program in Law Librarianship, AALL Spectrum 8, 2003). No. 9 (July 2004), at 20-22. Computing Services SIS, Mentoring Committee (2003-2004). Recruitment to Law Librarianship Committee (July 2004-July Creating an Information Commons, AALL Spectrum 7, No. 8 (May 2006) 2003), at 24-25. Association of American Law Schools: Section on Law Libraries, Executive Board (2003-2005). (Continued on page 24)
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Meet the Candidates (Continued from page 23) Association Newsletter 5-7 (No. 3, 1994); 18 APDU (Assn. of New Career Paths: From Computing Services to Library Director, Public Data Users) Newsletter 8-11 (No. 1, 1994); 3 New AALL Spectrum 7, No. 3 (November 2002), at 14, 20. England Sounding Line 7-9 (No. 5, 1994).
From the Bramble Bush to the Web: How the Internet is Changing the MAALL and the Internet, 3 MAALL Markings 6-9 (No. 1, 1993). Practice of Law, 43 St. Louis Bar Journal 4-8 (No. 4, 1997). Rules, Facts, and Hidden Narratives, 16 Legal Studies Forum 63-79 (No. 1, 1992). A Guide to Finding Your Way Around the Internet, 12 Leaders's Legal Tech Newsletter 8 (No. 3, 1994). Teaching Word Processing and Outlining at St. Louis University Law Library, Readers Services Law Librarian 10, no. 2 (December Where to Start for New Internet Users, 2 Housing Scope (U. Mass.- 1988): 4-7. -Amherst) 7 (No. 1, 1994); reprinted in 13 Atlanta Law Libraries
Name: Matt Morrison Candidate for the Office of: Treasurer
Present Position: 2005); Member, Placement Committee, American Association of Reference Librarian and Lecturer in Law, Cornell University Law Law Libraries, 2003-2005, Committee Co-Webmaster, Library contributed to Committee Directory of Legal and Librarian Date: August 2003 - present Recruiters; Treasurer, Lexington Association of Law Libraries, 2001-2003; various presentations. Previous Position: Reference and Electronic Services Librarian University of Publications: Kentucky Law Library Date: April 2000 - July 2003 Revised "Bibliography of General and State-specific Legal Research Guides” published in Kentucky Legal Research Manual, 2d ed.
Lexington, KY : Office of Continuing Legal Education, 2002. Education:
B.S., Virginia Tech; J.D., Mercer University School of Law; Currents in the Stream: The Evolving Legal Status of Gay and Lesbian M.S.L.S., University of Kentucky Persons in Kentucky, 89 KY LJ. 1159 (Summer 2001).
Professional Activities: "Bibliography of General and State-specific Legal Research Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Law Library Journal and AALL Guides" published in Kentucky Legal Research Manual, Spectrum, 2005-2008; Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Gale Lexington, KY: Office of Continuing Legal Education, 2000. Encyclopedia of Everyday Law, (Gale Group, 1st and 2nd eds., 2002,
Name: Judy A. Lauer Candidate for the Office of: Secretary
Present Position: B.A. (English), Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, 1972 NYS Supreme Court Library, Binghamton Date: 1982 - present Professional Activities: AALL, 1978 - present Previous Position: served on various committees including Duplicate Exchange, Hancock & Estabrook, Syracuse Education (now Program), CRIV, Indexing Legal Periodicals, Date: 1978 -1982 and the Fair Business Practices Guide Task Force on Implementation Education: ALLUNY, 1978 - present MLS, Syracuse University School of Information Studies, served at various times as Board Member, Secretary, Syracuse, NY, 1975 (Continued on page 25)
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(Continued from page 24) Board of Trustees, 1996 - 2000, 2001 - 2005 Treasurer, Vice-President, and President NYSUCLLA, 1984 - present Publication Contributions: served as Newsletter Editor as well as Treasurer, Vice- 1993 - 1999, 6/2001 - Present President, and President Compiler of the column "Miscellaneous Citings" for the ALA, 1987 - present ALLUNY Newsletter SLA, 1988 - present 1994 - 2006 SCRLC (South Central Regional Library Council), 1982 - Compiler of the column "Incites" for the Pro Se Newsletter present
Name: Laura Suttell Candidate for the Office of: Board of Directors
Present Position: Member, Local Arrangements Committee, ALLUNY Annual Reference Librarian, Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo NY Meeting 2005 Date: 2001-current Chair, ALLUNY Grants Committee, 2002-current Member, AALL Publications Committee, 2002-2003 Former Positions: Publications: Librarian, other private law firms in Buffalo; reference librarian at the Charles B. Sears Law Library, State University of NY at Book reviewer, Business Information Alert, 2006 Buffalo. Statement: Education: I would like to serve ALLUNY as a member of the Board of B.S., St. Bonaventure Univ.; M.L.S., SUNY at Buffalo Directors since I have received many educational, professional and social benefits from this organization since I joined in 2001. Professional Activities: If elected to the board, I look forward to the possibility of Member, Vendor Committee, AALL Northeast Regional serving and representing my fellow members. I would be Conference, to be held in 2007 Local Arrangements honored to have your vote. Coordinator, Buffalo-Area Chapter, Special Libraries Association, 2006
Name: Marcia Zubrow Candidate for the Office of: Board of Directors
Present Position: Education: Head of Information Services, University at Buffalo Law Library B.A. Boston University; M.L.S. California State University at San Date: 1979 to present Jose
Former Position(s): Professional Activities: Cataloger and Reference Librarian, University at Buffalo Law ALLUNY – Board of Directors; AALL – several committees Library Date: 1977-1979 Publications: Cataloger, University at Santa Clara Law Library Editor and Compiler, Pimsleur’s Checklists of Basic American Legal Date: 1973-1977 Publications (Continued on page 26)
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(Continued from page 25) third role is working to improve library services for the patrons Statement: ALLUNY, as one of the older regional law library that we serve. ALLUNY’s third role utilizes the other two roles associations, serves several very important roles for its to provide improved library services. ALLUNY members are members. The first role is education. At the Annual Meeting and extremely talented, resourceful, and generous librarians who are Spring Institute, programs are presented that are primarily always willing to share their expertise. The Association creates focused on New York State and/or timely topics that are an atmosphere for the members to learn from each other and extremely educational for the membership. The second role is establish informal networks that allow for easy exchange of networking. The Annual Meeting and Spring Institute provide an ideas. Exchanging ideas helps to lead to improved library opportunity for the members to interact with each other and services. If I am elected to the Board of Directors, I would work establish informal networking relationships. The ALLUNY to build on these three long established roles to help ALLUNY Newsletter and Website also help to educate the membership continue to educate, foster networking, and improve library and establish and strengthen networking relationships. The services.
A Call for People of Spirit... Submitted by Alice Askew
According to a National Public Radio news story I heard this morning, Americans gave an unprecedented sum of money to charities last year, primarily for the relief of Hurricane Katrina and Pakistani earthquake victims. In a crisis, we are a nation quick to stand up for the helpless, checkbook in hand, and we should be proud of that.
Within ALLUNY, however, we have come to admire particularly those people who do not wait for crisis to give unstintingly of themselves. That is why two years ago we established the Katie M. Deveau Spirit Award, named for the warmhearted lady who volunteered so much of her time and talent to our organization, even though she was not herself a member. That is why the first winner of the award, presented at last fall’s annual meeting, was Shannon M. Hein who, both personally and under the auspices of William S. Hein & Co., Inc., has been so supportive of ALLUNY in all our endeavors.
That is why, as well, I invite you to consider whom you would nominate to receive the Katie M. Deveau Spirit Award this year.
Eligible candidates include: ! A member of ALLUNY in good standing who volunteers in ANY community service organization. ! ANY individual or group (not necessarily an ALLUNY member) who has made voluntary contributions benefitting ALLUNY directly.
You must be a member of ALLUNY in good standing to make a nomination and you must submit the nomination by August 15, 2006 for the nominee to be considered this year.
Please forward forms and accompanying narratives to:
Laura Suttell, Nominations Chair Nomination form available on p. 27 of c/o Phillips Lytle LLP this issue and on the web at 3400 HSBC Center http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/ Buffalo, NY 14203 forms/spirit_award.pdf
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"100 Years in 100 Days" from e-mail announcement to ALLUNY-L listserv, posted by Steve Weiter on behalf of AALL
"100 Years in 100 Days" . . . Did you know that 27 members attended AALL's second annual meeting at the Battery Park Hotel in Asheville, N.C., in 1907? That AALL ended its fourth year of existence, in 1910, with a balance on hand of $321.96? Or that the first woman to serve as AALL president was Rosamond Parma in 1930-31?
If not, plan to visit AALLNET frequently over the next three months to learn more about the fascinating history of AALL during its first century. To whet your appetite for the Centennial festivities at the Annual Meeting in St. Louis, July 8-12, AALLNET will count- down AALL's 100 years, from 1906 to 2005, one year at a time for 100 days. Beginning on Thursday, March 30, the spotlight will naturally first be turned toward 1906, the year of AALL's founding. Thereafter, a new year will be covered each day, culminating with 2005 on July 7.
Enjoying "100 Years in 100 Days" couldn't be easier. Clicking on the year listed beneath the Centennial logo on the AALLNET homepage will take you to facts about that year prepared by Frank G. Houdek. It will also provide a link to an archive of previously covered years ("One Hundred Years of AALL History") on the Centennial Website http://www.aallnet.org/committee/cenceleb/index.asp maintained by the AALL Centennial Celebration Committee.
So don't delay . . . learn about AALL history with "100 Years in 100 Days."
CONALL/Mentoring Program AALL Diversity Symposium in St. submitted on behalf of CONALL by Julia Jaet Louis The Academic Law Libraries Special Interest Section (ALL-SIS) submitted by Robert H. Hu, Chair, AALL Committee on is once again pleased to present the Conference of Newer Diversity Academic Law Librarians (CONALL) to help introduce newer AALL Committee on Diversity Presents Diversity Symposium academic law librarians to the world of law school librarian- — Pioneering Minority Law Librarians: Echoes of the ship: Past, Directions for the Future, Saturday, July 8, 2006, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m., Renaissance Grand Hotel, St. Louis, Tuesday, July 11, 5:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Washington University (Reception to follow). School of Law. Bus leaves 4:00 pm from Renaissance Grand Hotel, St. Charles Street Entrance. Sponsored by LexisNexis. The 2006 AALL symposium on diversity celebrates pioneers, either in person or in spirit, in law librarianship. Through The event is conveniently scheduled right before the ALL-SIS presentations and discussions by select prominent minority Reception and Awards Ceremony, allowing newer members a law librarians, the symposium will honor the successes and chance to become acquainted before attending the large gath- contributions made by minority leaders in law librarianship ering. Both events will be held at the Washington University while exploring the issues and challenges of increasing and School of Law. maintaining diversity in the profession.
Always an effective "ice-breaker", CONALL continues to pro- The 2006 Symposium will be moderated by Frank Wu, Dean vide the newest members of ALL-SIS and their mentors a and Professor of Law of Wayne State University Law chance to begin the exciting process of forming new profes- School. Leaders and pioneers of the law library community sional relationships. Registration is not required for this event, will speak on the following topics: Serving as President of the but attendance is limited to newer academic law librarians and AALL: an African-American Female's Experience (Carol their mentors. Attendees should meet at the Renaissance Nicholson); Leadership Development for Minority Law Li- Grand Hotel, St. Charles Street Entrance at 3:45 pm. The bus brarians: an African—American Male's Experience (Cornell for CONALL participants will leave at 4:00 pm. Winston); How Did I Become Director of an Academic Law Library: a Chinese Immigrant's Story (Frank Liu); Climbing (Please note: CONALL is not the same as CONELL, which is the Management Ladder in Law Libraries: a Chinese- the preconference held before the Annual Meeting for all new American Female's Story (Michelle Wu); Diversity in Law AALL members.) Librarianship: Issues and Challenges from an Asian-Pacific American Male's Experience (Vicente Carces); and Diversity in Law Librarianship: Issues and Challenges from a Latino/ Native American Female's Experience (Victoria Santana).
99th AALL Annual Meeting & Conference, Contact Robert Hu, Chair of Diversity Committee, by email: July 8 - 12, 2006, St. Louis, MO [email protected], or phone: 210-431-2056.
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Gateway Arch/Jefferson National Expansion Memorial submitted by Dorie Bertram, Chair, St. Louis Local Advisory Committee Publicity Subcommittee While AALL celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2006, St. Louis’s famed Eliel Saarinen as well as his 38-year-old son Eero. The winner in the Gateway Arch (aka The Arch) celebrates its 41st anniversary. The 630 competition was architect Eero Saarinen whose idea of a giant stainless foot tall monument had its beginnings in 1933 when lawyer Luther Elm steel arch in the shape of an inverted catenary curve is a complex engi- Smith came up with the idea for a memorial in St. Louis as a way to neering feat. He constructed his first model of the arch out of pipe beautify the city’s run-down waterfront – the first glimpse many visitors cleaners. In 1963, construction began on The Arch and was completed got of St. Louis. The memorial would mark Jefferson’s role in the na- in 1965. Unfortunately, Eero Saarinen died in 1961. tion’s westward expansion and the 19th century migration of hundreds of thousands of people to the West, at a time when St. Louis was the The Gateway Arch, one of the newest monuments in the National Park last major city before the frontier. Smith began raising $225,000 for a system—and its tallest—is 75 feet taller than the Washington Monu- national design competition and even went back to one large donor, ment and more than twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty. There are a who pointed out that he had already contributed! Museum, two movie theatres and exhibits underneath the Arch, and also a 40-passenger tram system in each leg which delivers visitors to While work was done to secure and clear 90 acres, the idea for a me- the top for stunning views of the city. The Arch and the nearby Old morial was not revitalized until two years after World War II. In 1947- Courthouse make up the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. 48 the design competition had 172 submissions – including ones from 10 + 1 Great Places to Visit burgers, jerk chicken, trout almondine, educational attraction, visitors can see vegetarian specials, soups and salads. Crea- thousands of butterflies in free flight and in St. Louis tive window displays). My husband’s favor- actually witness the mystery of metamor- By Susan Tulis, Assoc Dean for Information Ser- ite place to visit is Vintage Vinyl – phosis. www.butterflyhouse.org vices, Southern Illinois University Carbondale “America's largest collection of new/used 7. The Arch (St. Louis Riverfront) - The CDs, LPs, DVDs”. Rolling Stone called it Gateway Arch Riverfront, highlighted by St. Louis is such a vibrant and interesting city "one of America's 10 Best Record Stores". the majestic Gateway Arch, attracts more that although my husband and I live 100 miles www.ucityloop.com than four million guests each year. At 630 away, we frequently get into the car and drive 4. Shopping – St. Louis Galleria (Brentwood ft., our nation's tallest man-made monu- those miles just to spend the day there. So Blvd. & Clayton Rd.) - Featuring 165 stores ment has plenty of exciting activities. Take based on many fun-filled day trips to St. Louis, – more than 35 are exclusive in St. Louis – the tram ride to the top, see a documen- here is a list of ten great places to visit when including Z Gallerie, MAC, Arden B and tary film, experience a giant screen movie, you come to St. Louis in July for the centennial Kenneth Cole New York. Also offers visit the Lewis & Clark exhibit in the mu- meeting of AALL! many dining options. seum and go shopping. http:// www.saintlouisgalleria.com. Plaza Fronte- www.nps.gov/jeff/ and 1. Missouri Botanical Garden (4344 Shaw nac (Lindbergh Blvd. & Clayton Rd.) - Pre- www.gatewayarch.com. Blvd.) - Founded in 1859, the country's mier fashion center. Elegant surroundings. 8. Culture – Jazz at the Bistro (3536 Wash- oldest botanical park features 79 acres of St. Louis' only Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth ington Ave.) - Listed by Downbeat in 2004 gorgeous display gardens and historic Avenue and the largest Talbot's stores; as one of the "100 Great Jazz Clubs", a structures, including the Climatron® rain Tiffany & Co., J. Crew, Williams-Sonoma, not-for-profit listening room located forest conservatory, authentic Japanese and The Pottery Barn. Fine and casual across from the Fox Theatre in the heart garden, center for home gardening, and dining, Plaza Frontenac Cinema and Stone- of the Grand Center arts and entertain- founder Henry Shaw's Victorian country water Spa. www.plazafrontenac.com. ment district. www.jatb.org. Fabulous Fox home. www.mobot.org 5. The Hill (From downtown St. Louis, take Theatre (527 N. Grand Blvd.) - Opened in 2. Forest Park (Bounded by I-64, Kingshigh- I-64/40 west to Kingshighway south and 1929, today presents live entertainment way, Lindell & Skinker) - One of the larg- turn west on Shaw) – Settled in the early with superstars, Broadway shows, family est urban parks in the United States; at 1900s by Italian immigrants, residents still shows and concerts. Tours are available. 1,371 acres, it is approximately 500 acres carry on their traditions in this lively www.fabulousfox.com Tivoli Theatre larger than Central Park in New York neighborhood just minutes from down- (6350 Delmar in The Loop) - Magnificently City. In 1904, the Louisiana Purchase Ex- town. Even the neighborhood’s fireplugs restored to its 1924 splendor. Elegant position, the greatest of the World’s Fairs, are painted green, white, and red in tribute display cases are filled with movie memo- drew more than 19 million visitors from to the tri-color of Italy. Baseball personali- rabilia, golden-age movie posters and around the world to Forest Park. Today it ties Yogi Berra, Joe Garagiola, and Jack more. Three screens feature the best new contains the Art Museum, Science Center, Buck grew up on The Hill’s Elizabeth Ave- independent films plus a classic cinema Zoo, Jewel Box greenhouse, History Mu- nue, which now bears the name “Hall of series. http://www.landmarktheatres.com/ seum, The Muny theatre, 7.5-mile biking, Fame Place” in their honor. One of the Market/St.Louis/TivoliTheatre.htm jogging and skating path, skating rink, and top “Little Italy” neighborhoods in the 9. International Bowling Museum and lakes. stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/parks/ country with exquisite Northern Italian Hall of Fame, Home of the St. Louis forestpark/ cuisine. While you’re visiting the Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum (Across 3. Delmar/U City – includes the St. Louis neighborhood’s restaurants, make sure to from Busch Stadium) - Two great sports Walk of Fame (110 stars and informative visit specialty stores that sell everything museums in one place for one price. Five plaques honoring famous St. Louisans set Italian or learn how to play a game of thousand years of bowling history, more in the sidewalks of The Loop) and Blue- bocce—Italian lawn bowling. than a century of St. Louis baseball and berry Hill restaurant (a St. Louis landmark www.shopthehill.com four free frames of bowling. filled with pop culture memorabilia, photo 6. Butterfly House (Faust Park, 15193 (Continued on page 30) booth, and live music. Famous for ham- Olive Blvd., Chesterfield) – A cultural and
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(Continued from page 29) www.bowlingmuseum.com 10. Trader Joe’s (48 Brentwood Promenade Court) – Yes, those of you who know and love Trader Joe’s won’t miss a beat when you visit St. Louis with its 3 locations. www.traderjoes.com 11. Ted Drewes Frozen Custard (Old Rte. 66, 6726 Chippewa) - A St. Louis tradition on Old Route 66 since 1929. Known for specialty “concrete” shakes, so thick you can turn them upside down. www.teddrewes.com
Top 12 Things to Do with Kids in St. biggest mysteries of all time is detailed at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site just minutes from downtown St. Louis Louis. Here the remnants of a prehistoric group of people submitted by Dorie Bertram, Chair, St. Louis Local Advisory Committee Public- living and working in the complex community known as the ity Subcommittee Land of the Sun can be viewed as the story of the Indian civili- zation which vanished after 1300 AD is told. And think of the St. Louis offers so much for kids that the Top 10 list of things to do with energy the kids can burn off climbing 100-foot tall Monks them on a vacation here has just become the Top 12. Everywhere you Mound, the largest prehistoric earthen structure in the New look, there’s plenty to enthrall, entrance and excite kids—and much of it World. is free. To help families get the most out of their visit, here’s a list of 8. Dig it! Learn all about dinosaurs at “Dig Dinosaurs,” a hands- favorite things to do with kids in St. Louis: on exhibit at the Saint Louis Science Center that lets kids 1. Ride to the top of the Gateway Arch. It’s hard to tell what’s excavate fossil models, reconstruct a dinosaur skeleton and more exciting—the ride in a barrel-shaped capsule starting 50 learn how paleontologists unearth the past. You’ll also want feet underground and traveling up a leg of the Arch to 630 feet to check out NASCAR: The IMAX Experience. This giant-screen above St. Louis, or the spectacular panoramic view of both film puts you in the driver’s seat with some of the industry’s sides of the country’s longest river. Here’s a tip the kids will biggest drivers. Die-hard NASCAR fans and amateurs alike love: If you stand in the middle of the top of the Arch and will experience the thrills of one of America’s fastest growing look straight down through the window, you can see both legs sports. Go behind the scenes to build a car from the ground of the Arch below you. up. Then, hit the tracks with Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., 2. Bring plenty of dimes and feed the fish. Kids will find much to Tony Stewart, and many more. It’s a film full of thrills and enjoy at the Missouri Botanical Garden. They’ll love me- spills that will leave you breathless and make your daily com- andering through a tropical rainforest in the Climatron where mute seem like a bicycle ride. bananas grow, talking to an orchid, walking under a waterfall 9. Make their hair stand on end. More than 70 unique, hands-on and finding their way through a maze built just for them in the exhibits, including an electrostatically-charged ball that gives children’s garden. But the perennial favorite for children of visitors a hair-raising experience, make the Magic House the any age is feeding the exotic fish in the Japanese Garden’s pond fourth most visited children’s museum in the country. Even – you will see dozens of brightly-colored fish pushing against the youngest visitors will have an exciting time at “For Baby each other at the water’s surface as they vie—mouths gaping and Me,” an exhibit designed especially for children under 2. open above the water—for fish food thrown by visitors. 10. Ride a carousel, chase a butterfly. Faust County Park is 3. “Ride” the turtles in Turtle Park. Young children love the home to two of a kid’s favorite St. Louis attractions—the But- baby turtles and their mamas in Turtle Park, a sliver of Forest terfly House and an 80-year-old carousel. The Butterfly Park across I-64 from the Zoo’s south entrance. The “turtles” House, a glass flight enclosure visitors can walk through and are sculpted from concrete and represent species native to observe dozens of species of butterflies in flight, is one of only Missouri. 10 such attractions in the country. Be prepared for a butterfly 4. Visit the City Museum, a one-of-a-kind experience not to be or two to land on you during your visit. The carousel, a long- missed. Don’t let the name “museum” fool you. This is no time St. Louis favorite, survived a fire that destroyed the St. dark, dusty hall filled with mind-numbing exhibits. Better de- Louis Highlands amusement park many years ago. scribed as a combination hands-on art gallery and adventure 11. Take on “The Boss”. Six Flags St. Louis, with more than playground, both kids and adults delight in the activities and 100 rides, shows and attractions, is always exciting but the exhibits that draw them into the action at the former shoe word “excitement” takes on a whole new meaning with the factory. park’s 5,000-foot wooden roller coaster, “The Boss”. Zoom- 5. Feed a lorikeet. You’ll find enough to see and do at the world ing at 65 miles per hour, “The Boss” plummets 150 feet before famous St. Louis Zoo to fill more than a day, but save time going through a 565-degree helix near the end of the to drop by the Children’s Zoo for an encounter with the lori- ride. This is not one for the faint of heart. keets, colorful, little parrots from Australia. Pick up a tiny cup 12. Catch a wave. No, it’s not the ocean but it’s something bet- of nectar available at their outdoor aviary and you’ll have a ter—a salt-free way to enjoy the surf. Whether it’s Raging lorikeet eating out of your hand—literally—in no time at all. Rivers, a water park with eight ways to enjoy the water along 6. Absorb the rivers. Whether it’s playing Tom Sawyer trying to the Great River Road on the Illinois side of the river; Aq- skip pebbles across the water, watching barges float by or uaport, a four-acre aquatic center in suburban Maryland riding an authentic paddlewheeler, the rivers have special ap- Heights or Hurricane Harbor, Six Flags - St. Louis’ tropical peal to kids. Plan time to wander along the cobblestones, look paradise with an 80-foot volcano as a backdrop, there’s a wa- at the boats on the Mississippi Riverfront downtown or ter attraction in St. Louis for every family. ride a paddlewheel riverboat. Then, for a different river feel, journey to nearby historic St. Charles, site of Missouri’s first With these exciting things to do with kids and lots more awaiting you, state capitol, to watch the barges roll down the Missouri the hardest thing about planning a visit to St. Louis is trying to fit in River at Riverfront Park. everything you want to do. 7. Tackle a mystery. Every kid loves a mystery, and one of the
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DID YOU KNOW? ST. LOUIS TRIVIA submitted by Dorie Bertram, Chair, St. Louis Local Advisory Committee Publicity Subcommittee St. Louis' McDonnell Douglas Corporation, now Boeing, designed and built the space capsule that carried the first astronauts into space in the 1960's when the company was known as McDonnell Aircraft. Offbeat St. Louis submitted by Dorie Bertram, Chair, St. Louis Local Advisory Committee The Eads Bridge, completed in 1874 over the Mississippi River, was the Publicity Subcommittee first arched steel truss bridge in the world. When it was first proposed, it was scoffed at as impossible to build. With museums dedicated to bowling, dogs and recycled materials, St. Louis just may be the offbeat attraction capital of America. You The St. Louis Zoo, considered one of the finest and largest in the world, can decide for yourself during your next AALL conference. is home to over 6,000 animals on 83 acres in Forest Park. The St. Louis
Zoo was a pioneer in the use of open enclosures, placing animals in Bowling and baseball together? Yes, but only in St. Louis. Two of natural environments without bars. The zoo is again on the cutting edge the country’s most popular participatory sports share space at the of technology with the "The Living World" education center. "The Living International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame, home of the St. World" is the first center to use live animals and high technology to- Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum. Galleries that recall St. gether to teach about the diversity of life. Admission to the Zoo is free. Louis’ proud baseball traditions and the history and heroes of The 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis popularized a number of new foods: professional bowling can be found in same building. Don’t miss The hot dog... the hamburger... the ice cream cone... and iced tea. In Ten Pin Alley area where you can trace the evolution of bowling 1904, the first Olympiad to be held in the U.S. was held in St. Louis at from the time of cave men to today’s computerized lanes and the Washington University's Francis Field. bowling pin-shaped car.
The Climatron at the Missouri Botanical Garden houses a recreated rain See the world’s only completely recycled museum when you visit forest filled with plants. The Climatron, built in 1960, was the world's the art-filled playground of City Museum—an intriguing mix of first climate-controlled geodesic dome designed as a greenhouse. The history, architecture and whimsy. Don’t let the name fool you. Climatron now uses new E-feron glass to help it use solar energy more This defiantly no-tech, hands-on warehouse of adventure, located efficiently. The Garden also is the site of the largest Japanese Garden in in a former shoe manufacturing facility in downtown St. Louis’ North America. Washington Avenue loft district, has nothing to do with city his- tory. An outdoor playground called MonstroCity, a walk-through The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis (New Cathedral) features what is whale, indoor performances by everydaycircus, the world’s largest considered to be the finest and largest collection of mosaics in the pair of underpants and a pint-size railroad are just some of the world, with one hundred million pieces of stone and glass making up the offbeat museum’s treasures. The World Aquarium has set up art works that line its interior. shop inside City Museum with a please-touch attitude toward its The first cathedral west of the Mississippi River was built on the St. tanks of baby sharks, stingrays, turtles and other assorted water- Louis riverfront. The Old Cathedral still stands there today. loving creatures.
Many of the historic transportation pieces housed at the National Mu- One man’s passion for collecting just about everything related to seum of Transport in St. Louis were experimental vehicles in their time, popular culture has created Blueberry Hill in The Loop neighbor- and several are the only examples remaining in existence. hood. In addition to its reputation for food and music, the restau- rant is known as home to the world’s best jukebox and eclectic St. Louis is home of the nation's second oldest symphony, which has collections that range from Chuck Berry’s guitar to Howdy been touted by experts as one of the best in the country. The St. Louis Doody items and vintage lunchboxes. Outside, along Delmar Symphony celebrates its 127th season in 2006. Boulevard, a changing window display at Blueberry Hill often in- Eighteen Nobel laureates have done research at Washington University cludes performance art, and Loop merchants sell a variety of in St. Louis, including five who received the Nobel Prize for research goods and services that will delight seekers of the offbeat. they conducted there. Get your kicks on Route 66 by visiting St. Louis’ Museum of Noted St. Louis surgeon Dr. Evarts Graham performed the first lung Transportation. It’s home to more than 300 moving vehicles in- cancer operation in St. Louis in 1933. cluding locomotives, streetcars, aircraft and automobiles. The passenger car collection includes the 1964 Bobby Darin “Dream The first United States kindergarten was started in 1873 by Susan Blow Car” and a 1901 St. Louis car—a four-seat, single or two-cylinder in St. Louis. engine vehicle with tiller steering. Another display features a por- tion of the Coral Court Motel—St. Louis’ infamous Route 66 In 1818, St. Louis University was the first university founded west of the rendezvous spot that offered drive-in units. Mississippi River.
In 1856, St. Louis was the site of the first major horse show in the The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog may sound off- United States. beat, but in reality its exhibits are dedicated to the history of the dog in art. You’ll have plenty of fun learning all about man’s best The Old Courthouse in St. Louis features the first cast iron dome ever friend through the Dog Museum’s permanent collection and spe- built. The historic building was the scene of Dred Scott's 1847 historic cial exhibits. Good attractions also come in small packages. The freedom trial, which focused national attention on the slavery issue. Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis is where you’ll find every- thing from cute dollhouses to an entire recreated western town The first successful parachute jump from an airplane took place at St. on display. Louis' Jefferson Barracks in 1912.
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JUNE BOARD MEETING 10 a.m., MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2006 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
Call to order
Approval of minutes: January 9, 2006 board meeting
Amendments to agenda
Committee reports: Treasurer Constitution & By-Laws Grants Membership Newsletter Nominations Public Relations Archives Web Site Government Relations
Old Business: 2006 Spring Institute at SU Law 2006 (52d) annual meeting in Corning 2007 Northeast Regional meeting in Toronto
New Business: 2006 AALL centennial celebration in St. Louis Participation in celebration Katie M. Deveau Spirit Award for 2006 Updates of Membership Directory
Adjournment
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ALLUNY Board Meeting Minutes
ALLUNY BOARD MEETING Syracuse University Law School Library Monday, 12 June 2006
Present: President Alice Askew, Vice-President Charles Finger, Treasurer Jean Callihan, Secretary Judy Lauer, Past President Laurie Hubbard, Board Members Sally Legendre, Joan Hoolihan, Cindy Kesler, Newsletter Editor Nancy Babb.
The meeting was called to order at 10:19 a.m.
Motions to dispense with the reading of and to approve the minutes of 09 January 06 were approved.
Committee Reports:
Treasurer: Callihan distributed the Treasurer’s report (see p. 40) which indicated a total balance of $10,107.24. Disbursements since the January 2006 Board Meeting included a $500 grant award. The 2006 Spring Institute finished in the black by $96.19. The Board approved the report (Finger, Kesler).
Constitution and Bylaws: No Report.
Grants: Laura Suttell submitted a report (see p. 41) indicating an award of $500 to Lauren E. Schroeder, a student in the joint JD/MLS program at SUNY Buffalo, to attend the 2006 AALL Annual Meeting in St. Louis. Marcia Zubrow, Head of In- formation Services at the Sears Law Library, SUNY Buffalo, received a miscellaneous grant of $200 to attend the Joint Study Institute in Oxford, England during August 10-13, 2006.
Membership: Lynn Fullshire submitted a report (see p. 41) showing an increase in membership of three members.
Newsletter: Babb’s report (see p. 42) announced that the archives of the ALLUNY Newsletter from 1965 through 2004 are now available at HeinOnLine. Membership Directories from 1962 through 2004 are also available. They can be accessed through the Members Only portion of the ALLUNY website.
In addition, per previous discussion and Board approval, a photo release statement has been added to the revised AL- LUNY membership form. As a consequence of researching and creating it, Babb has been invited to address the issue of photo releases at the Council of Newsletter Editors workshop at the AALL Annual Meeting in St. Louis.
Nominations: Hubbard reported that a “call for nominations” was sent to the ALLUNY-L listserv on February 6, 2006; it was also published in the Spring (March 2006) issue of the ALLUNY Newsletter. Ballots and candidate biographies will be dis- tributed to members on or about July 3 with a return date of August 4. (See report p. 42 and biographies on p. 23-26)
The Board discussed the option of doing the election online. AALL provides an online election service; the cost how- ever seems prohibitive ($250 set-up charge per election plus $.20 per vote service charge). Hubbard will investigate alternatives such as Zoomerang (free) or Survey Monkey ($20).
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ALLUNY Board Meeting Minutes (Continued from page 38) Public Relations: Old Business: Legendre provided print outs of several loon-related items ranging from magnets to trivets. Finger presented 2006 Spring Institute: a sample of a canned, stuffed loon and reported that he Finger announced that the 2006 Institute had a record had been in touch with a company that will provide small turn out as well as positive comments regarding the pro- quantities to us at a substantial discount from retail gram. prices. The Board approved (Finger, Kesler) spending $300 to purchase approximately 60 canned loons for 2006 Annual Meeting: speaker gifts, sale to members, and raffles. Finger reported that he is working on confirming speak- ers for the educational programs. Friday night will have Archives: members attending a reception at the Rockwell Museum Weiter reiterated Babb’s announcement that the materi- of Western Art. The general business meeting will take als digitized to date by Hein (past ALLUNY Directories place at 4:00 on Saturday and will be followed by dinner and Newsletters) are now available at the Members Only at the hotel. The outgoing and incoming board meetings portion of the ALLUNY website. The committee will try will take place on Friday and Sunday mornings, respec- to meet prior to the Annual Meeting in September. tively. Various educational program topics were dis- cussed. Website: Babb provided a written report (see p. 43) detailing the 2007 Northeast Regional Meeting: development and contents of the website. A bibliogra- Weiter informed the Board that he attended a planning phy of ALLUNY member publications has been created meeting in Toronto in late May with Jeannine Lee and Jay as has an RSS feed for ALLUNY Updates and Announce- Deveau. The joint ALLUNY-LLAGNY-NJLLA reception ments. The Members Only password changed the first at AALL will be a pre-conference celebration. week in June. The online Membership Directory will be updated on a quarterly basis. New Business:
Discussion arose as to determining the “official” version of the Member Directory as well as the Constitution and Katie M. Deveau Spirit Award: Bylaws. The Board approved designating the online ver- No nominations have been received to date. Askew will sions of both the Membership Directory and the Consti- send members an announcement soliciting nominations. tution and Bylaws as the official versions (Callihan, Hooli- An announcement will also go in the June/July Newslet- han) and making paper copies available to Life Members ter (see p. 26-27). Nominations should be received by who do not provide an email address (Legendre, Hub- August 15. bard). Miscellaneous: Babb suggested the possibility of posting pictures of Finger announced that he has registered ALLUNY as a Members on the web site. It was agreed that any pic- nonprofit organization with both Staples and Office Max. tures should be kept in the Members Only section. Authorized users are limited to the President, Vice- President, and Treasurer. Government Relations: No report provided. The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 (Kesler, Hoolihan).
Submitted by Judy A. Lauer, Pr. Law Librarian, Binghamton
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Treasurer’s Report submitted by Jean Callihan ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES OF UPSTATE NEW YORK TREASURER’S REPORT PRESENTED AT THE JUNE 12, 2006 BOARD MEETING
Checking Account
Balance Jan 9, 2006: $8,951.99
CURRENT BALANCE: $10,107.24
Receipts: Jan. 9, 2006 to June 12, 2006 2006 DUES 2,240.00 Spring Institute Registrations 1,452.75 Petty Cash 5.75
TOTAL $3,698.50
Disbursements: Jan. 9, 2006 to June 12, 2006
Board Expenses 359.12 Grants 500.00 NE 2007 119.57 Spring Institute 1,356.56 Stamps 7.80
TOTAL $2,543.25
SPRING INSTITUTE
Registration $1,452.75
Expenses 1,356.56 (Food and office supplies)
Difference: $96.19
BOARD ACTIONS
Since the last issue of the Newsletter, the Board has: approved making the online directory and Constitution and Bylaws the official versions approved the following new resources: • ALLUNY Electronic Archives; • ALLUNY Member Publications bibliography; • ALLUNY Updates & Announcements RSS feed approved ongoing plans for: • ALLUNY Annual Meeting 2006 • Northeast Regional Meeting 2007
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ALLUNY Annual Membership Report Submitted by Lynn C. Fullshire, Membership Chair June 8, 2006
2006 MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS: Don’t miss out — keep your ALLUNY membership cur- Membership by Category: rent Active 105 85% see back cover for membership form Associate 1 1% Life 13 11% Questions about ALLUNY Student 3 2% membership? Contact the Unemployed 1 1% Membership Chair:
TOTAL: 123* 100% Lynn C. Fullshire Principal Law Librarian AALL Members: 84 68% Supreme Court Law Library, Suffolk 220 Center Drive Membership by Type of Library or Service: Riverhead, NY11901 Academic 43 35% (631) 852-2418 (voice) Court 28 23% (631) 852-1782 (fax) Private 27 22% [email protected] Other 7 6% Student 3 2% Please note: dues are Life/Retired/ payable to the ALLUNY Treasurer — Unemployed 15 12% see form for contact details
TOTAL: 123 100%
*INCREASE OF 3 MEMBERS FROM 2005
**There is one “Newsletter Only” Subscription for 2006.
Grants Committee Report Submitted by Laura Suttell, Committee Chair
There were five applicants for this year's grant to attend the AALL Annual Meeting in St. Louis next month. Lauren E. Schroeder, a student in the joint JD/MLS degree program at the State University of New York at Buffalo, received $500. Four applicants indicated they were recent ALLUNY members, having joined within the past three years or less.
Marcia Zubrow, Head of Information Services at Charles B. Sears Law Library, State University of New York at Buf- falo, received the Miscellaneous Grant to attend the Joint Study Institute, August 10-13, in Oxford, England. She has been given $200 towards attending "Righting the World: Freedoms and Obligations in a Regulated Society."
Each year, ALLUNY supports its members by awarding a number of grants for travel and other professional activities. Grant applications are available online at: http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/grants.html Forms may also be requested from any Officer, Board member or member of the Grants & Scholarships Committee. Specific inquiries may be directed to Laura Suttell, Chair, Grants Committee.
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Nominations Committee Report Submitted by Laurie Hubbard, Committee Chair amended 6/29/2006 June 5, 2006
The 2006 Nominations Committee consists of Jean-Paul Vivian, Stephen Weiter, and Laurie Hubbard, Chair.
A call for nominations was sent to the ALLUNY listserv on February 6, 2006, and was published in the Spring (March 2006) issue of the ALLUNY Newsletter (volume 31, issue 1). Candidates were sought for the following vacancies:
Vice President/President-Elect Treasurer Secretary Board of Directors (one vacancy)
Declared candidates as of June 29, 2006 are as follows:
Vice President/President-Elect: ...... Jim Milles (academic) Treasurer:...... Matthew Morrison (academic) Secretary:...... Judy Lauer (court) Board of Directors:...... Laura Suttell (firm) Marcia Zubrow (academic)
Biographies and statements have been received from all candidates as of June 5, 2006. The slate and biographies will be submitted to the Newsletter Editor for inclusion in the summer issue of the ALLUNY Newsletter. Ballots and candi- date biographies will be distributed to active members on or about July 3rd. The deadline for submission of ballots will be Friday, August 4th, and if an online election format is not approved by the Board for this year’s election, the ballots will be returned to the Charles B. Swartwood Law Li- brary in Elmira. At a date yet to be determined, the nominations committee will then See validate and count ballots. The nominations chair will then announce the results to the “Meet the Candidates,” ALLUNY Board, notify the candidates of the election outcome, and publicize the re- p. 23-26, for the updated sults on the listserv and in the next issue of the newsletter. roster of candidates and candidate bios.
ALLUNY Newsletter Report to Board 6/12/2006 Submitted by Nancy Babb, Newsletter editor At present, current issues of the Newsletter are being added to the ALLUNY Newsletter Index at http:// Recent developments involving the ALLUNY Newsletter www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/news/findnews.asp to cover include: the gap between the Archives and current issues.
ALLUNY Electronic Archives Calls for Submissions Thanks to the diligent work of Steve Weiter and the gen- Current calls for submission to the Newsletter are now erosity of HeinOnline, archives of the ALLUNY Newslet- being posted at http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/ ter from 1965 through 2004 are now available. The Elec- newslett.html#calls as well as distributed through the AL- tronic Archives are accessible to ALLUNY members only, LUNY-L listserv. through the password-protected site http:// www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/protected/archives.html Photo Releases Membership directories from 1962 through 2004 are also A photo release statement has been added to the revised included in the Archives. (Continued on page 43)
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ALLUNY Newsletter Report to Board 6/12/2006 (Continued from page 42) ALLUNY membership form. The statement reads:
Permission to use photographic images: Photographs of ALLUNY members may be used in various ALLUNY communications, including the ALLUNY Newsletter and website. Group photographs taken at ALLUNY events may be used without identifying individual members. For individual photographs, please indicate your permission for use: _____ ALLUNY has my permission to use and identify photographs of me. _____ ALLUNY does not have permission to use and identify photographs of me. _____ ALLUNY must contact me before using any identified photographs of me in ALLUNY communications.
This statement is designed as a courtesy for ALLUNY members, so that they may be alert to the use of photography at ALLUNY events, etc. I intend to pursue appropriate permissions for photos used in the Newsletter, in addition to this statement. I will also be presenting on the topic of photo releases at the Council of Newsletter Editors Workshop to be held at the AALL Annual Meeting this July, focusing on current policies and practices of AALL and its constituent groups and the legal issues surrounding the use of photographs in print and online publications. I will then share all relevant info with the ALLUNY Board and membership.
ALLUNY Website Report to Board 6/12/2006
Submitted by Nancy Babb, webmaster • Password change for ALLUNY members-only re- sources Recent developments involving the ALLUNY Website As discussed at the last Board meeting and an- include: nounced in the last Newsletter, the log on for access- ing ALLUNY members-only resources has been up- • Bibliography of ALLUNY Member Publications dated. The update was communicated via the AL- At the suggestion of the AALL Publishing Initiatives LUNYMEM listserv and also generally announced via Caucus (PIC), a bibliography of ALLUNY member pub- the ALLUNY-L listserv and the ALLUNY Updates & lications has been created at http://www.aallnet.org/ Announcement page. The transition was smooth. chapter/alluny/memberpub.asp • Update of online directory listings The bibliography is designed to promote and publicize The online membership directory listings at http:// the works of ALLUNY members, and all are encour- www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/protected/ aged to add to the bibliography. directory.asp To contribute, members should e-mail name and cita- have been updated to reflect revisions of the last tions -- with links to online copy if desired -- to quarter. Thank you to Membership Chair Lynn Full- [email protected] The full text of articles may be shire for providing the updated database. We have made available via the ALLUNY website, with accessi- determined that the online directory listings will be bility set for all or ALLUNY members only at the au- updated on a quarterly basis, with date of update thor’s discretion. noted on the website. • ALLUNY Electronic Archives (see Newsletter report) • RSS feed for ALLUNY Updates & Announcements Future developments for discussion: A new page for ALLUNY Updates & Announcements • Online Membership Directory: determining appropri- has been added to the ALLUNY website at: ate format and timely update for directory informa- http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/rss/rss- tion beyond the member listings alluny.xml • Inclusion of member photographs online: This page may be viewed via web browser or sub- o In directory listings (private) of any member, scribed to as RSS feed. per member submission/request Members may submit announcements for inclusion via o In directory listings (private) or other web the form at: http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/rss/ page (public) of Board members and commit- updateform.html tee chairs
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2006 Membership Application
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