DALL Needs You Now!

Over the past 30 plus years in law firm library management or legal administration, I have seen the benefits of active professional association membership reflected positively in my employees and in my own work. We all learn to be better librarians with each job we take but service in professional associations can make us even better. Your active involvement in DALL will provide an opportunity to hone and practice your leadership skills, teambuilding, communication and presentation skills. Your involvement on the Technology Committee for example can increase your knowledge of web site design or in new technologies. As part of the Professional Development Committee you have the opportunity to expand your organizational skills or your public speaking experience. No matter how you get involved, you will increase your knowledge base, meet fellow librarians with diverse backgrounds and demonstrate to others that you are committed to our profession. Some of us need our professional association to provide us with an opportunity to gain experience in some of these areas because our jobs don't always do so.

We have reached that point in our Association's year when we need to have lined up DALL members to run for election and committee chair/membership for the upcoming year. We have had several key positions remain unfilled during this current year. We have an immediate need to fill the Nominating Committee Chair and Nominating Committee member positions. These are key positions as we look to this committee to put forth a slate of officers to serve in 2011-2012 including First Vice President, Second Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. After a quick scan of the website I see that Nominations, Archives and Union List committees are without chairs at this time but all of our committees need your involvement. Association activities attendance has been up this year but the number of members making these activities a reality has gone down.

Please share your talents and time with us. Get involved in the Nominating Committee, run for office, serve on a committee, help us continue the work of our Association. 

Dave Matthewson
VP/President-Elect

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This is the last call for volunteers!

This is the last call for volunteers! The deadline is June 8, next Friday.
The Annual Meeting needs volunteers to help everything run smoothly, so please consider donating your time if you can. You may access the volunteer form on the AALL website at http://www.aallnet.org/events/07_volunteers.asp or on the Local Advisory Committee website at http://www.lb5.uscourts.gov/AALL/volunteerform.html. All forms must be sent by email, fax, or U.S. Mail to:

Miriam Childs,Volunteer Chair
Law Library of Louisiana
Louisiana Supreme Court
400 Royal St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: 504-310-2403
Fax: 504-310-2419
email: mchilds@lasc.org

Thank you to those who have volunteered!

DALL's Spring Seminar

Our Spring Seminar on Saturday, March 17th was a smashing and green success!!

If you missed the session, you missed some great speakers and good food!

Cheryl Nyberg provided the audience with some great tips on how to search for state-by-state laws and Ana Sifuentes-Martinez gave a wonderful presentation on Texas legislative research and What's New at the Texas Legislative Reference Library.

Their sessions will be accessed via podcasting in the next few weeks. If you would like to see their presentations, they can be accessed at the following places:

DALL's website
http://www.dallnet.org

University of Washington
http://lib.law.washington.edu/_cheryl/07dall.ppt

Compiling Texas Legislative History
http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legis/intent/LegIntentBrochure.pdf

Welcome to http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/
http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/library/webFlyer.pdf

I would like to thank our sponsors for this event:
AALL
DALL
Dallas Pulic Library
LexisNexis

I would also like to thank all the volunteers that helped make this session possible!!
Sarah Boeglin
Suzanne Fleming
Johanna Johnson
Sue Johnson
Rhonda Keaton
Anne Leather
Susan Miller
Kimberly Ross-Winston

Volunteering in New Orleans

I just signed up to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity during AALL's Annual Meeting in New Orleans. I would like to encourage other DALL members who will be attending AALL this year to consider going to AALL a day earlier (Friday, July 13th) to spend a day helping others.

There are three different areas you can volunteer: Habitat for Humanity, Second Harvest Food Bank, and Louisiana State Museum. I understand the volunteer slots for the museum are full but they need help in the other areas.

AALL is providing bus service from the hotels to the volunteer areas and lunch.

For more information see http://www.aallnet.org/events/communityproject.asp