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AALLCovMay2013:Layout 1 4/12/13 9:59 AM Page 1 AALLI Spectrum Volume 17 No. 7 May 2013 AALL: Maximizing the Power of the Law Library Community Since 1906 In This Issue 29 Annual Meeting 2013: venturing beyond Seattle 34 Will Google Books Library Project end copyright? 37 Promoting access to justice with your local public library The 13th Annual Architecture Series 11 www.aallnet.org AALLCovMay2013:Layout 1 4/12/13 9:59 AM Page 3 FASTER ALERTS. DEEPER INSIGHTS. FOCUSED ON WHAT MATTERS TO YOU. INTRODUCING WESTLAW NEXT PRACTITIONER INSIGHTS GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT AND EXPERT ANALYSIS, INCLUDING: Life moves fast. It’s important to stay on top of current events and related legal • NEW Westlaw® Daily Briefings developments that have an impact on the decisions you make every day. 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Estes [email protected] discourse on design should our conference rooms to a group of Copy Editor Robert B. Barnett Jr. remind each of us how design mediators who might rent them led me Graphic Designer Kathy Wozbut T choices influence our interactions with to exhibit the law library at the 30th the people who use our law libraries. annual conference of the Association 2012–2013 Law Library Journal and AALL Spectrum Committee Reading and seeing how other for Dispute Resolution of Northern Chair Linda C. Corbelli law librarians transform dingy, California. As an exhibitor, I could also Vice Chair Amanda Runyon inconvenient, or outdated attend the educational programs, so, Members spaces into bright, inviting, of course, I did. The keynote speaker, Judy K. Davis Marguerite I. Most Deborah S. Dennison Alyssa Thurston engaging, enervating Sharon Strand Ellison, author of Shaun Esposito Mark E. Estes (Ex-Officio) Taking the War Out of Our Words, Timothy Gallina Janet Sinder (Ex-Officio) spaces should inspire us Ryan Harrington Deborah L. Rusin (Board Liaison) to dream of the captivated me as she described opportunities and her approach to using “powerful 2012–2013 AALL Executive Board non-defensive communication.” President Jean M. Wenger consequences of Vice President/President-Elect Steven Anderson remodeling our own law Ellison’s remarks resonated with Secretary Deborah L. Rusin Treasurer Susan J. Lewis libraries. Consider the me, perhaps because of the setting— Immediate Past President Darcy Kirk following, for example: the annual conference of alternative Executive Director Kate Hagan • Reducing lineal feet of shelving can dispute resolution professionals, which Members create an open, sun-filled design that emphasized effective communication and Kathleen Brown Gregory R. Lambert Amy Eaton Suzanne Thorpe makes the library more inviting but peacemaking. For whatever reason(s), Lucy Curci-Gonzalez Ronald E. Wheeler Jr. may also potentially eliminate quiet this new theory of communicating that AALL Spectrum (ISSN: 1089–8689) is published monthly except study spaces. could lead to more openness and less January and August with a combined September/October issue by the defensiveness made sense to me. American Association of Law Libraries, 105 W. Adams Street, Suite • A multi-floor library presents 3300, Chicago, IL 60603. Telephone: 312/939-4764, fax: 312/431- different service challenges than That new understanding has me 1097, email: [email protected]. Periodicals postage paid at Chicago, paying greater attention to the words Illinois, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address a single-floor library. changes to AALL Spectrum, 105 W. Adams Street, Suite 3300, • Law firm satellite collections save I use—and to the tone and intonation Chicago, IL 60603. steps for lawyers but may make it I use with those words. This increased Writers wanted — contribute to your Association’s magazine. easier for the lawyers to forget how appreciation of the nuances of effective For guidelines, visit www.aallnet.org/main-menu/publications/ spectrum/policy-spectrum.html or contact Editorial Director Mark E. much time they could save if they communication came from learning new Estes at [email protected]. asked the firm’s librarians for help. principles at an educational program not AALL Spectrum Submissions We should attend to library design directly related to my job. Article ideas for the following issues must be approved by the because we never know when the Looking ahead to the AALL Annual editorial director by the following dates: 2013 Issue Approval Deadline opportunity to plan or contribute Meeting in Seattle, I anticipate learning Vol. 18 No. 3 December August 8 to a remodeling project will present something useful at a program unrelated No. 4 February October 10 No. 5 March November 14 itself. It might result from a new job to my work and from a colleague who works at a different type of library. AALLNET: www.aallnet.org assignment, a law firm merger, a renegotiated lease with tenant I expect many engaging educational Advertising Representative improvement dollars, a natural programs, including an exciting keynote Innovative Media Solutions by David Weinberger about how 320 W. Chestnut Street disaster . or even a random P.O. Box 399 occurrence like the one that happened technology is changing the way Oneida, IL 61467 employees, partners, and customers are Telephone: 309/483-6467 to me recently, when a truck ran into Fax: 309/483-2371 my building. That truck gave me the putting themselves together and how E-mail: [email protected] chance to remodel a tiny conference that is changing the basics of business, AALL Spectrum is a free benefit of membership in the American room at the Hayward branch of the culture, education, politics, and Association of Law Libraries. 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That’s why two years ago I took use or for any other educational purpose, provided that (1) copies are distributed at or below cost, (2) author and AALL Spectrum are advantage of two unused offices in the identified, and (3) proper notice of copyright is affixed to each copy. main library by converting them into For items in which it holds copyright, the American Association of Law Libraries grants permission for copies to be made for classroom conference rooms, increasing our [email protected] use or for any other educational purpose under the same conditions. inventory of rooms by 40 percent. www.aallnet.org/Blogs/spectrum-blog AALL Spectrum I May 2013 1 AALLMay2013:1 4/12/13 12:43 PM Page 2 contents FEATURES 09 Public Relations: Architecture, Logos, 25 A Symbol of the Rule of Law and Brands—Oh My! The Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center What’s a library to do? consolidates the Judicial Department into By Kathy Fletcher a single iconic building By Dan Cordova 11 Spectrum’s 13th Annual Architecture Series Read about two new buildings and four 29 Venturing Beyond Seattle remodels/renovations from two public law libraries, Traveling outside the Annual Meeting’s host city one law firm, and three academic libraries By Anna L. Endter By Mark E. Estes 34 Will Google Books Library Project 12 A Monument Gets a Makeover End Copyright? Tackling the challenges of an urban renovation Millions of magazines hidden in Google Books at the San Diego County Public Law Library Library Project endanger U.S.