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LLNENews Newsletter of the Law Librarians of New England Volume 26 , Number 2, 2006-07 Thinking About New Orleans? From Brando and Leigh to Abbott and Costello: Get Ready for the AALL 2007 Annual Meeting and Conference with Some of the Best (and Worst) Movies About New Orleans by Brian Huddleston, New Orleans Association of Law Libraries With the AALL 2007 Annual Meeting and Conference both violent and subtle: refinement versus earthi- still several months away, you may be both eager to ness, class distinctions versus social equity, and come visit New Orleans and curious about what the a longing for the past versus an acceptance of the city is like these days. The members of NOALL - the present. We never see Blanche and Stella’s fam- New Orleans Association of Law Libraries - on the ily home, Belle Reve, but the contrast between it Local Arrangements Committee are working hard to and the movie’s main setting in the Kowalski’s make this Annual Meeting a great one. Though the cramped, run-down New Orleans apartment encas- city has changed and is slowly recovering from Hur- es the entire story in a constricting confrontation. ricane Katrina, everything that is fun and unique about When Blanche voices another dichotomy - “I don’t visiting here is ready for all our fellow law librarians. want realism, I want magic” - we both sympathize In the meantime, to cure your itch for all things New with and pity her and thus realize the contrasts in Orleans, the members of NOALL have compiled this ourselves. list of their favorite (and, in some cases, least favorite) movies about New Orleans. Besides “Streetcar”, two other movie versions of Tennesse Williams’ plays are worth a mention. In We might as well start at the top with one of the best “Suddenly Last Summer” (959), New Orleans and most well known movies set in New Orleans. high society is richly evoked by Katherine Hep- “A Streetcar Named Desire” (95), starring Marlon burn’s aging matron holding court in her elaborate Brando and Vivien Leigh, is perhaps the most success- garden and pronouncing “daquiri” as “da-kir- ful screen translation of any Tennessee Williams play. `REI”. We suspect Hepburn to be as mad as she “Streetcar” is a story of contrasts and confrontations accuses her niece, played by Elizabeth Taylor, of Continued on page 7. LLNE News, Volume 26, Number 2 , 2006-07 Forward Membership News items to the Editor or to the following: Connecticut Hartford/Northern Connecticut Susan Severo University of Connecticut School of Law Library TABLE OF CONTENTS 39 Elizabeth St. Hartford, CT 0605-223 (860) 570-5063; fax: (860) 570-504 [email protected] Feature Articles Yale/New Haven Thinking About New Orleans Michelle Sullivan Yale Law Library 27 Wall St. 11 Libraries Without Borders New Haven, CT 06520 (203) 432-6443; fax: (203) 432-9692 [email protected] 4 Massachusetts History Maine Lynn Randall 5 LLNE Business Minutes – April 2, 2006 Law & Legislative Reference Library State House Station Augusta, ME 04333 8 LLNE Meeting Minutes - July 11, 2006 (207)287-600; fax:(207)287-2467 [email protected] In Every Issue Massachusetts 3 Editor’s Note Eastern Karin Thurman Commonwealth of Massachusetts 4 President’s Message Office of Attorney General Library 20th Floor, One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 0208-698 5 High Tech Hints (67) 727-2200 x209; fax: (67) 727-5768 [email protected] 6 Dear Miss. Nomer Western Bonnie L. Koneski-White [email protected] 2 LLNE News Items Trial Court Law Libraries 3 What Are You Reading? Carol Michaud c/o Plymouth Law Library County Commissioners’ Building 11 S. Russell St. 8 Agents for the Books Plymouth, MA 02360 (67) 747-4796; fax: (508) 746-9788 20 Directory of Officers and Chairs New Hampshire Kathy Fletcher New Hampshire Law Library The LLNE News is available at: http://www.aallnet. Supreme Court Building One Noble Drive org/chapter/llne/LLNENews/index.htm or keep up to date Concord, NH 0330 on all LLNE news at the LLNE Blog, http://llne.blogspot. (603) 27-3777 [email protected] Rhode Island The Law Librarians of New England (LLNE) is a chapter of the American Karen Quinn Association of Law Libraries. LLNE News, the chapter newsletter, is published Rhode Island State Law Library quarterly on the LLNE webpage at http://www.aallnet.org/chapters/llne. LLNE Frank Licht Judicial Complex, 250 Benefit St. does not assume any responsibility for the statements advanced by the contributors Providence, RI 02903 (40) 277-3275; fax: (40) 277-3865 to LLNE News nor do the views expressed necessarily represent the views of LLNE or its members. Any questions concerning LLNE News including requests for reprints should be directed to: Vermont Christine Ryan Vermont Law School Susan M. Farago Julien and Virginia Cornell Library Business Manager, LLNE News 9 Chelsea St., P.O. Box 60 Social Law Library South Royalton, VT 05068 Boston, MA 0208 (802) 763-8303 x2448; fax: (802) 763-759 (67) 523-008, Ext. 304 [email protected] fax (67) 523-2458 [email protected] 2 LLNE News, Volume 26, Number 2 , 2006-07 LLNENews Newsletter of the Law Librarians of New England EDITOR’S NOTE It is my pleasure to announce a new editor for the as an introduction to the new Executive Board and LLNE News. I have followed in a proud LLNE Committee Members. Look for the LLNE’s Elec- newsletter tradition to man my post until I could tion Gazetteer coming soon! - Kyle cajole one of the younger staff into taking it up. Kyle Courtney, Electronic Services Librarian at Northeast- This issue of the newsletter continues our regular ern University Law Library has agreed to take up the columns like High Tech Hints, Miss. Nomer, and reins and shepherd (ha!) the newsletter into a new era. What are You Reading? We also have a guest Outgoing co-editor Susan Vaughn will continuing as correspondent, Brian Huddleston, from the New LLNE Blog editor. Fond farewells, Sharon Orleans Association of Law Librarians (NOALL). He is writing a two part series on the music and Thanks Sharon. As part of the new era we are con- movies of New Orleans to get everyone excited for tinuing to move more content to the blog and are the atmosphere and culture of this year’s AALL an- publishing two issues of the LLNE News per year, fol- nual meeting. Enjoy! lowing the LLNE meetings. That way we can keep you up-to-date on LLNE business on timelier basis. For this first cycle of the two issue format, we will have one smaller “Election Gazetteer,” which will serve EDITORIAL BOARD FEATURE WRITERS Dear Miss. Nomer Editors-in-Chief Layout Editor Kyle K. Courtney Susan Vaughn An Exteemed Colleague Reference Librarian Reference Librarian Northeastern University School of Law Moakley Law Library High Tech Hints Library Suffolk University Law School Kyle K. Courtney 400 Huntington Avenue 20 Tremont Street Northeastern University School of Law Library Boston, MA 02115 Boston, MA 0208 [email protected] (67) 373-3480 (67) 573-899 [email protected] [email protected] What Are You Reading? Hilary T. Frye Sharon Persons Business Manager Connecticut State Library Head of Reader Services Susan M. Farago [email protected] Northeastern University School of Law Head of Administration Library and Human Resources Agents For The Books 400 Huntington Avenue Social Law Library Warren Yee Boston, MA 02115 Boston, MA 0208 Northeastern University School of Law Library (67) 373-3883 (67) 523-008, Ext. 304 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] LLNE News, Volume 26, Number 2 , 2006-07 3 Please note that the AALL Annual Meeting in New Orleans in July 2007 will be shortened by one day, ending on Tuesday instead of Wednesday. With that President’s in mind, we have requested that our annual joint LLNE/SNELLA Luncheon be scheduled on Mon- Message day, July 6, 2007, 11:45 a.m. - p.m. (the Execu- tive Board meeting would be held that morning, 7 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.) As we go to press, I have not had Winter 2006-07 confirmation from AALL on these requests. Also, I have some verbal and email commitments from Dear LLNE Members, some sponsors to help us defray joint luncheon costs. More news on this when it develops (ie, when In my twenty-plus years in Law Librarianship I we have the money in hand!) never cease to be amazed at how much effort our colleagues put into getting our meetings together. In closing, our Spring 2007 LLNE meeting will be The Fall 06 meeting sponsored by Boston College held at The Social Law Library in Boston on Friday, Law Library was no exception. If you didn’t make April 20, 2007. Save the date and watch the LLNE it out there, it was held in the beautiful setting of web site for topic and registration information. We BC’s Connors Family Conference & Retreat Center have requested a chapter visit from an AALL Execu- in bucolic Dover, Massachusetts. The meeting was tive Board member for the Spring meeting and are a class act from start to finish, with its timely theme waiting to hear on that as well. For further planning of “Instruction and Training: Reaching out with New purposes, note that in the Fall (Wed. October 7 - Technology,” great food, great hospitality, and more. Sat. Oct. 20, 2007) LLNE will be participating along Hats off to all at the BC Law Library, where they are with nine other chapters in the “NE 2007: Libraries so ably led by my dear friend of many years, Filippa Without Borders II” meeting to be held in Toronto.