Technical Services Law Librarian Volume 45 No. 1 https://www.aallnet.org/tssis/resources-publications/technical-services-law-librarian/ September 2019 ISSN: 0195-4857 INSIDE: Conference Round-up Jackie Magagnosc From the Officers Cornell Law Library OBS-SIS ..................................... 3 TS-SIS ........................................ 4 Welcome to TSLL’s inaugural “Conference Round-up” column. The goal of this column is to facilitate sharing of conference experiences beyond AALL’s Columns Annual Meeting. Whether at a national conference such as ALA, a regional Conference Round-up ................ 1 conference, or a local workshop, there is a wealth of information being shared that can be reported back to our peer technical services law librarians. If you have the opportunity to attend a local, regional, or national conference or workshop Reports with content of interest to technical services librarians, consider providing a AALL Keynote Address ............. 9 brief write up for TSLL. Data Visualization .................... 25 Deep Dive: Clean It Up! ......... 19 Demystifying Digital Preservation Deep Dive: DIY API ................ 13 NASIG 2019 Do More With Less .................. 15 Courtney McAllister I Know It Used To Be There .... 20 Yale Law Library Innovation Tournament ............ 26 As a newcomer to academic law librarianship, I’ve discovered several knowledge OCLC Update .......................... 19 gaps I need to fill. Digital preservation is one of those areas. In my former role OBS-SIS Hot Topic .................. 23 at a liberal arts college, our work in technical services revolved around meeting Online Security: ...................... 17 immediate needs and responding to current users’ requests. Now that I am a Process Improvement ............... 22 part of a technical services team with a different philosophy, sustainability and Making the Case for Structure . 18 long-term access are much more prominent in my daily life. Thankfully, during Regex Rules! ............................. 9 NASIG’s 2019 Conference, Shannon Keller (Helen Bernstein Librarian for Technology Contracts .............. 10 Periodicals and Journals at New York Public Library) delivered an excellent Things You Need to Know ....... 24 presentation entitled Demystifying Digital Preservation: Recommendations for TS-SIS Marla Schwartz ............. 5 Organizations, Libraries, and Information Professionals. TS-SIS New Member ................. 6 TS-SIS New Member ................. 7 During the session, Keller reported on the Digital Preservation Task Force’s TS-SIS Experienced Member .... 8 recent activities. As the name suggests, this Task Force was organized by NASIG TSLL Annual Report ................ 31 to examine the broad landscape of digital preservation issues, raise awareness about the threat of digital data or information loss, and advocate for partnerships and practices to address pressing questions such as: • Who is responsible for ensuring perpetual access to born-digital and digitized materials? Continued on page 27 A Publication of the Technical Services Special Interest Section and the Online Bibliographic Services Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries Page 1 Technical Services Law Librarian, Vol. 45, No. 1 2019-2020 Officers, Committee Chairs, and Representatives TSLL Staff OBS-SIS: TS-SIS cont. Editor-in-Chief: Jason LeMay Chair: Secretary/Treasurer (2019-2020): Emory University Jessica Pasquale Diana Jaque University of Michigan Univ of Sourthern California Associate Editor: Stacy Fowler Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Members-at-Large: St. Mary’s University Kevin Carey Christina Tarr (2019-2020) Layout & Design: Ohio State University Univ of California, Berkeley Julie R. Stauffer (outgoing) Past Chair: Michael Maben (2019-2021) University of Chicago Jacqueline Magagnosc Indiana University Sabrina A. Davis (incoming) Cornell University Awards Committee: Norton Rose Fulbright Secretary/Treasurer (2019-2021): Virginia Bryant Web Manager: Elizabeth Manriquez George Washington University Marijah Sroczynski University of Wisconsin Bylaws & Handbook Committee: Morrison & Foerster LLP Members-at-Large: Wendy Moore Contributing Authors: Barbara Szalkowski (2018-2020) University of Georgia Acquisitions: South Texas College of Law Membership Committee: David Sanborne Heather Buckwalter (2019-2021) Joan Stringfellow CC:DA: Ryan Tamares Creighton University Texas A&M Classification: Education Committee: Metadata Management Committee: George Prager Jessica Pasquale Jesse Lambertson (2018-2020) Collection Development: University of Michigan University of Chicago Adrienne DeWitt Local Systems Committee: Alexis Zirpoli (2019-2021) Conference Round-up Keiko Okuhara University of Michigan Jackie Magagnosc Description & Entry: University of Hawaii Nominating Committee: Jesse Lambertson Nominating Committee: Larissa Sullivant The Internet: Jackie Magagnosc Indiana University Wilhelmina Randtke Cornell University Professional Development Library Metrics: OCLC Committee (2019-2020): Committee: Rachel Decker Management: Christopher Thomas Julie Stauffer (2018-2020) Beth Farrell University of California, Irvine University of Chicago MARC Remarks: Web Advisory Committee (2018-2020): vacant (2019-2021) Rachel Decker Barbara Ginzburg Resource Management Committee: OCLC: Washburn University Catherine Bye (2018-2020) Christopher Thomas University of Hawaii Preservation: TS-SIS Liz Graham (2019-2021) Heather Kushnerick Chair: Private Law Libraries: University of Maryland Pat Sayre-McCoy Dana Deseck-Piazzon Website Coordinator: Research and Publications: University of Chicago Marijah Sroczynski Mary (Molly) E. Brownfield Vice Chair/Chair-Elect: Morrison & Foerster LLP Serial Issues: Carol Collins Rebecca Engsberg University of Tennessee Serial Titles: Past Chair: Joy Humphrey Subject Headings: Wendy Moore Patrick Lavey University of Georgia TechScans: OBS and TS-SIS Representatives/Liaisons Travis Spence ALA MARC Advisory Committee (MAC) Editorial Board SIS Representatives Rachel Decker, Chapman University OBS-SIS: ALA Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) Sara Campbell (2018-2020) Ryan Tamares, Stanford University Rachel Evans (2019-2021) ALA Subject Analysis Committee (SAC) University of Georgia Cate Kellett, Yale University TS-SIS: Funding Research Opportunities Grant (FROG) Linda Tesar (2018-2020) Chair, Jessie Tam, Thurgood Marshall State Law Library (2019-2021) William and Mary Representative-at-Large: Heather Buckwalter, Creighton Univ (2019-2021) Thomas Ma (2019-2021) OBS-SIS Reps: Lisa Watson (2017-2020), Marjorie Crawford (2019-2021) Harvard University TS-SIS Reps: Elizabeth Outler (2019-2020), vacant (2019-2021) Page 2 Technical Services Law Librarian, Vol. 45, No. 1 From the Chair nline Bibliographic Services OSpecial Interest Section I think most everyone has heard some form of the phrase, “With great power comes great responsibility.” While I definitely do not picture myself as a superhero, I feel the position of Chair of OBS does come with a substantial amount of responsibility—to the SIS members, to the larger AALL community, and to those who will next hold this title. Jennifer Noga and Jackie Magagnosc (respectively outgoing Past Chair and Chair) have done a brilliant job leading this section over the past two years, and I am incredibly grateful for their guidance, leadership, and service. We are very fortunate to have Jackie continuing on the Executive Committee as Past Chair, as I know her assistance and advice will be invaluable. I am humbled and admittedly slightly nervous to take on the role of Chair because I do not want to mistakenly slow or impede this section’s growth. Thank you all for trusting me with this responsibility! I want to take this opportunity to thank Jason LeMay, who just finished his two-year term as a Member-at-Large, and Barbara Szalkowski as she returns for her second year serving as a Member-at-Large. Extra thanks to Barbara also for organizing another successful “dine-around” this year. I look forward to continuing to work with Kevin Carey, transitioning from Treasurer/Secretary to Vice Chair, as well as new Board members Elizabeth Manriquez (incoming Secretary/Treasurer) and Heather Buckwalter (incoming Member-at-Large). The outgoing committee chairs also deserve special recognition for their efforts and accomplishments this past year, just as the incoming (or returning) chairs deserve thanks for volunteering to serve. What makes this section so great are the people who are always willing to share their experiences and knowledge with each other. This is especially true of those who step up to serve in leadership roles, and I sincerely thank you all! At this year’s meeting in D.C., OBS sponsored two very successful programs, on APIs and OpenRefine, and another well- attended Hot Topic on Systems Migration. For the second year in a row, systems migration was a particularly relevant topic. If this is something you want to see again next year, please let us know, and the Education Committee will continue to make it a priority. At this year’s Business Meeting, we discussed some results from the most recent OBS Membership Survey about the name of the section and ideas for rebranding. A brainstorming session of small groups at the meeting came up with some great ideas. We will be polling the larger membership about these new naming possibilities and how they might better reflect the purpose of our section and better align with our mission statement (see the Object