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/ Volume 31, Issue 2 Page 2 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.