2014 DALL Spring Institute

The 2014 Spring Institute will be held on Friday, April 25th. This year’s location is UNT Dallas College of Law. We have an exciting program which includes an AALL Chapter visit from Katie Brown. We will kick off the day at 11:00 a.m. with a tour of the new UNT Dallas College of Law, a welcome address from the Dean The Honorable W. Royal Furgeson, Jr.,  and lunch, followed by an exciting program.

Speakers

Karen Dibbles, Public Services Librarian, Dallas County Law Library and Ginger Fearey, Reference Librarian Underwood Law Library, SMU Dedman School of Law.

Blythe McCoy, Library Relations Manager, Thomson Reuters.

Greg Lambert, Director of Library and Research Services, Jackson Walker, and Donna Bostic, Library Manager, Strasburger & Price.

Keynote Speaker: Katie Brown, Associate Dean for Library Services, Charlotte School of Law.

Topics

The Big Tent:  How Academic and Court Libraries Serve the Legal Community.

Marketing Research Services in the New Normal.

Solo Provider: Weighing the Pros and Cons.

What are Law Students Learning in Law School Today? The Future of Law Schools.

Time: 11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Cost: $25.00

Payment Options

1.       Mail checks to the Treasurer: Dallas Association of Law Librarians, P.O. 130875,   Dallas, TX 75313

2.       Online via DALL’s PayPal account.

3.       Cash, Check, and Credit Card accepted at the door.

Place
UNT Dallas College of Law
Law Library - 6th Floor
1901 Main Street
Dallas, TX 75201

Please RSVP via DALL Survey Monkey.

Lunch and beverages will be served.

For additional information, please contact Charlotte Thomas at cthomas@munsch.com.

DALL Spring Institute

On Friday, April 12, 2013 DALL is having our annual Spring Institute at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library (Dallas Public Library) in Downtown Dallas from 12:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Lunch will be served.

Cost for attendance: $25.00

Please mail your payment to:

Dallas Association of Law Librarians
Attn: Treasurer
P.O. Box 130875
Dallas, TX 75313

Speakers are:

    Denise Chochrek, Senior Research Analyst for Frito Lay/Pepsico
    Katie Hut, Manager of Library Relations,  Practising Law Institute
    Emily Rushing, Competitive Intelligence Manager and Firiel Hubbell, CI Specialist, Haynes and Boone
    Keynote Speaker: Philip Rosenthal, Co-Founder and President of Fastcase

Topics include:
 

• Knowledge Management in a Legal Setting
• Libraries Transitioning to Ebooks and a demonstration of DiscoverPLUS
• CI on a Budget: Starting and Sustaining a CI Program with Free/Low-Cost Tools
• Reinventing Law from Inside the Law Library: How Librarians Can Promote Competition and Innovation in Legal Publishing

Location:

Dallas Public Library
Harmon Room
5th Floor
1515 Young Street
Dallas, TX 75201

Parking is $1.50 in the Library garage and please bring your ticket to the event to have it Validated.

Get driving directions via Google Maps.

Please register through the DALL Survey Monkey.

For additional information, please contact Candace Cathey at cmcathey1@sbcglobal.net.

See you April 12th!

The New Librarian: A Joint Publication

AALL and ILTA has just published their joint digital white paper on "The New Librarian." Two of our DALL members are featured authors on the following articles:

• Never Standing Still: True Stories of the Changing Role of Law Librarians--Emily Cunningham Rushing
• Selling a Solution to their Problems: Training Today's Lawyers--Barbara Fullerton

Other topics include:

• SharePoint
• Improving Library and Research Services
• Embedded Librarian
• Knowledge Management
• Apps
• E-Books

The publication is free to view and download at: http://www.iltanet.org/default.aspx.

This is real law: the impact of technology on law librarians

More posts re: AALL membership definitions

These three posts come from the Out of the Jungle Blog.

• Regulatory Capture and Professional Associations
• Selling your association for a mess of pottage
• AALL changing definition of Active Members!

and this one from Three Geeks and a Law Blog

• AALL Membership Proposal -- Let's Have a Conversation

What is CI? Part 2

Here is Part 2 of the presentation by Jennifer Alexander & Margaret Hennessy. It's titled, Compiling A Company Profile.

What is CI? Part 1

Here's a presentation by Jennifer Alexander & Margaret Hennessy at the PLI-LLAGNY Research Briefing. It's called An Introduction to Competitive Intelligence in the Law Firm Environment.

Greg Castanias, Jones Day Library Partner, will speak @ the PLL Summit

For those who are planning to attend the AALL Annual Conference in Boston this year.

If you missed the riveting speech Greg Castanias, Jones Day Library partner, gave at the PLL Summit in Philadephia, you are in luck. Back by popular demand, Greg Castanias and two other Library Partners, will discuss the value proposition librarians bring to the table and how they see our roles evolving at firms.

This is a great opportunity for Boston and northeast law librarians to invite their Library partners, CEOs, COOs, CIOs, CMOs, and any other "C" levels to hear directly from Library partners at prominent firms talk about how the Library and Law Librarian expertise is being used to provide cutting edge practice support and helping to drive the bottom line through competitive intelligence, KM and other initiatives that drive the business of law.

Register NOW to attend the PLL Summit that will take place on July 21, 2012 at the Marriott in Boston. At $145 for an all day education event, this is a bargain buster event!!!

To register online, please have your credit card ready. We accept American Express, MasterCard, or VISA. You will also have the option to select pay by Purchase Order or Check online. Registration credentials will not be mailed.

Join AALL in Boston!