Showing posts with label Seminar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seminar. Show all posts

Thursday, January 23, 2014

PLI Seminar: Thinking About Changing from 2 to 1 Legal Database (Free Audio-only) January 29th

January 29th, 1-2 PM (EST).

Free audio/webcast seminar by PLI discussing topics:
  • How many legal databases we should provide?
  • Steps selecting one vendor.
  • Reviewing usage content to maximize your vendor contract.
  • What issues you will face after deciding with one vendor?
If this is your first time participating in a webinar, you will need to reister with PLI to sign up for the program. Also, the webcast will be archived at a later date and made available to view/listen for up to one year.

Please register at this link below:

http://www.pli.edu/Content/Seminar/Thinking_About_Changing_from_Two_to_One_Legal/_/N-4kZ1z12ctq?ID=212713

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Upcoming seminars

DALL Members Barbara Fullerton, Kevin Miles, and Jennifer Stephens were all asked to present at the Find it Free and Fast on the Net: Strategies for Paralegals Conducting Legal Research seminar, hosted by the Institute for Paralegal Education. See link for complete details and pricing.

Thursday, September 08, 2011

Registration is now open for the 2011 Joint MAALL/SWALL meeting

Registration is now open for Finding the Law in the Land of AHHS, the 2011 MAALL/SWALL joint meeting in Lawrence, Kansas, November 3-5th. Join your colleagues from 13 states and enjoy some Kansas hospitality, an exciting program, and a large Exhibit hall. Registration forms are available on the conference website, where you will also find the Preliminary Program.

We’ll be adding more content in the coming weeks, including information about the Friday evening Dine Around and the Friday afternoon tours. To receive the Early Registration rates, please make sure your registration is postmarked September 30th, or earlier. Full Registration rates will be expected for registrations postmarked October 1st, or later.

We must provide the hotel with the number expected for meals by 5 p.m. Friday October 28th. If you are mailing your registration in mid to late October, please also email Katherine Greene, kgreene@ku.edu, so that we can include you in the meal count. The meeting will be at The Oread Hotel, in Lawrence. Our room rate is $119/night (except for Sat. 11/5, which is $159/night). Our block of rooms will be released October 3rd, so please reserve your room no later than October 2nd. To reserve your room, please telephone the hotel at 877-263-6347 and reserve within the MAALL/SWALL Conference Block #459200.

Lawrence is less than an hour away from the Kansas City airport. The Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau provides detailed travel information including all airlines serving Kansas City, and ground transportation options to Lawrence.

Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Forum on "Library Space"

Rice University in Houston will be holding a Forum on "Library Space: The Final Frontier — Evolving the Way We Use Physical and Virtual Spaces" on Thursday, July 14th from 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM.

http://resource.library.tmc.edu/forum/program.php

There will be a mixed group of library types represented and each will discuss their efforts to improve the way they are using their library space (both physical and virtual.)

There's no charge to attend.

Register: http://resource.library.tmc.edu/forum/ScholarRegistration.cfm

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Mobile Apps/Gadgets Presentation

Last Friday at the SLA-TX Chapter Annual Meeting I had the pleasure of working with Greg Lambert (King & Spalding) and Scott Riggins (Social Mobility of Houston) in an exciting presentation on Mobile Apps/Gadgets for the Librarian/Information Specialist. Greg's entry, and our slides, can be found here.

Greg and Scott were wonderful co-presentators!

Monday, October 18, 2010

Free Webinar on New Medline Plus Database

Title: The New Medline Plus: An In-Depth Look

Format: Webinar

Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Start Time: 2:00 pm, Central Time

This webinar will last approximately one hour. There is no charge for this webinar. Pre-registration is not required.

For more information and to participate in the October 27 webinar, go here.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Online Session: Utilizing RSS Feeds

FOR DALL MEMBERS

Title: Keeping Current--Utilizing RSS Feeds
Place: Online Seminar
Length: 20 Minutes
Instructors: Jennifer Stephens & Barbara Fullerton
Date: Wednesday, Aug. 18th
Time: 10 a.m. CST

During this session, attendees will learn:

1. What is a RSS Feed
2. Why is it important to use them
3. How to locate RSS Feeds
4. How to use Readers like Bloglines and Google Reader
5. How to add a feed like Lex Scripta
6. How to view a feed
7. How to organize feeds
8. FAQs

If you would like to attend this event, please RSVP by Monday, Aug. 16th to Barbara Fullerton at Barbara.fullerton@morningstar.com or 214-800-4576 and the webinar instructions will be provided to you.

Jennifer Stephens, DALL Blogmaster

Barbara Fullerton, DALL Placement

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

DALL Spring Institute

Mark your calendars!

DALL Spring Institute
Friday, March 26th
1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Dallas Public Library

More information at a later date!

Interested in Seeing a WestlawNext Demo...

The WestlawNext team is hosting free preview breakfasts for the new legal research system.
There have been six of the previews so far, since the official launch of WestlawNext on Feb. 1, and each one has brought out some big crowds of lawyers, librarians and other legal professionals.

Coming soon to our area!

Dallas: March 5th

Houston: March 3rd

Registration: register here

From: Legal Content Blog at http://tinyurl.com/ybucx4r

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Republication of CI presentation

If you didn't see this message on one of the listservs, the Law Firm Competitive Intelligence Blog has posted one of the slide shows from "Nuts and Bolts of Competitive Intelligence:
CI in the Small Firm Environment", held at AALL on Sunday.

The presentation may be found here: http://www.ciblawg.com/2009/07/ci-in-small-firm-environment.html.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Handheld Librarian Online Conference

When: July 30, 2009
More Info: http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/
Price: $49/person

"More people than ever are using mobile devices for a wide variety of purposes including communication, internet access, text messaging, and entertainment. It is important that libraries provide services on these devices as use increases.

The first ever Handheld Librarian Online on July 30, 2009 is the place to learn about these and other topics related to using wireless and handheld devices in your library. The program -- sponsored by Alliance Library System, LearningTimes and Infoquest -- will include a variety of ways to collaborate, network and learn from a great group of experts in the field. In addition to live interactive webcasts, we will have a collection of available resources, discussions boards, and access to the recording of all live events for one year after the conference."

[via Peter Scott's Library Blog]

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

SLA Program on Feb. 26th

Title: "Economics/Financial Crisis 101"
Date: Thursday, Feb. 26th
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Jackson Walker at Bank of America Plaza, 901 Main Street, 57th floor in Conference Room 57C
Downtown Dallas

Speakers: Louis Strubeck, Jr., Attorney at Fulbright
Specializes: Restructuring companies
For more info:
http://www.fulbright.com/lstrubeck

And a surprise guest!

Cost: no charge
Open to all members and non-members

A light dinner will be served.

Please RSVP to me via email or phone by Tuesday, Feb. 24th.

Parking is available at nearby lots. Dart train stop is the West End.

Barbara Fullerton
SLA Program Co-Chair
bfullerton@10kwizard.com

Friday, January 09, 2009

WIKI Presentation on Jan. 15th

You are invited to attend a WIKI presentation hosted by DALL. Laura Justiss and Kevin Miles will be the presenters for this seminar.

CCH/Wolters Kluwer, courtesy of Chris Egeland, will provide the lunches.

The time will be from 11:30 to 12:30, on January 15, 2009, in Conference Room 28 Main at Fulbright.

The presentation will answer these questions:
1. What is a WIKI?
2. Why a WIKI?
3. How do you create and maintain a WIKI?

Please respond to Kevin Miles at kmiles@fulbright.com if you are interested in attending.