Why have a AALL Consumer Advocacy Caucus? There seems to a lot posted lately in Law Librarian circles about this and I’ve been struggling to figure out this question for quite some time. Today’s LLB post about the petition to create this group provides a succinct summary of the arguments of the advocates. However, these
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We’re not all about BigLaw pricing, and Vendor bashing here at 3 Geeks. Sometimes we like to let our hair down and have a little fun. This week’s Elephant Post was set up to allow you to have a little fun (at Mark Gediman’s and my expense.) I also had
Michael Saint-Onge and I had the pleasure of waking everyone up at the AALL conference last week with our 8:45 AM presentation on technology tools used in law firm libraries. Although not everything we’ve listed has practical use in the law firm library setting, we thought we’d have a little fun with running through a
After my fourth straight day of non-stop AALL conference running around, I’m running on fumes and having a blast talking with my colleagues. I’ve talked about blogging… I’ve talked about law firm management… I’ve talked about my new projects… and I’ve shared my opinion while listening to the opinions of others. As with most of the
Can’t make it to Philly, or decided that the 102 degree heat is too much to attend the AALL conference? You can still get a taste of the conference through the Association’s webcasts. I suggest that everyone that is interested with the vendor relations tune in on Monday for the CRIV & Vendor Colloquium discussion
Hat tip to Steve Lastres for stressing the upcoming change in AALL’s move away from listservs for its Special Interest Sections (SIS), Caucuses and Leadership listservs, to an online eGroup Discussion List starting on August 1st. For those of us in ILTA, the eGroup platform won’t be a big deal, but for those unfamiliar with
Note: I’m joining in on the fun of posting the statement of the Library Consumer Advocacy group that is applying to become an AALL Caucus. Please look over the statement to see if it is something that you would like to support as an AALL member. The statements are duplicated at Out of the Jungle
Although there are a lot of people on the Law-Lib listserv, I also happen to know that many of the people I know at AALL don’t subscribe for one reason or another (you can probably guess a few of those reasons.) However, one thing that did fly by on the list is a request for