Friday July 9 ▼

 

1:00 PM
to 5:30 PM

PLL-SIS Summit: Change as Opportunity (sponsored by LexisNexis)
57 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 102
Type  Programs, SIS Programs, Workshops
  This workshop marks the completion of the first year of a two-year effort by PLL to identify significant changes taking place in the legal world, to understand how these changes provide opportunities for assuming leadership roles, and to develop concrete plans for becoming leaders within our organizations. Management consultants, attorney-managers and practicing librarians will share their perspectives on change: what's happening and what we should be doing about it. During break-out sessions, participants will examine the results of webinars held over the past year to investigate best practices in the areas of core competencies, staffing, technology, space and nomenclature. Participants will also learn advocacy skills: how to craft persuasive arguments, how to draft effective memos, how to use metrics to make a business case. Participants will leave with the information and skills necessary to begin leading their own charge for change.

Separate registration fee: $195 - register by June 8.
For more information about this PLL-SIS-produced program, click here.
 

Saturday July 10 ▼

 

8:30 AM
to 5:30 PM

PLL-SIS Summit: Change as Opportunity (sponsored by LexisNexis)
60 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 102
Type  Programs, SIS Programs, Workshops
  This workshop marks the completion of the first year of a two-year effort by PLL to identify significant changes taking place in the legal world, to understand how these changes provide opportunities for assuming leadership roles, and to develop concrete plans for becoming leaders within our organizations. Management consultants, attorney-managers and practicing librarians will share their perspectives on change: what's happening and what we should be doing about it. During break-out sessions, participants will examine the results of webinars held over the past year to investigate best practices in the areas of core competencies, staffing, technology, space and nomenclature. Participants will also learn advocacy skills: how to craft persuasive arguments, how to draft effective memos, how to use metrics to make a business case. Participants will leave with the information and skills necessary to begin leading their own charge for change.

Separate registration fee: $195 - register by June 8.
For more information about this PLL-SIS-produced program, click here.

9:00 AM
to 5:00 PM

CS-SIS Program: Lawberry Camp
32 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 601
Type  Programs, SIS Programs, Workshops
  Lawberry Camp is a full-day workshop operated in an unconference format. The programming for the unconference will be determined by the participants - there will be some discussion and planning before the Annual Meeting, but the final program will be determined on the day of the workshop. Programming will take the form of roundtable discussions and brief "lightning talks." There will also be more enjoyable activities such as a "BattleDecks" PowerPoint karaoke competition at the end of the day. Participants will be able to learn about a wide variety of topics from librarians of all experience levels and work environments. They will also be able to share best practices and projects that they are working on in their institutions. For details and registration information for this CS-SIS-produced workshop, click here.
 

Sunday July 11 ▼

 

12:00 PM
to 1:15 PM

CS-SIS Program: Cool Tools Cafe
140 Attendees
Location CCC-Four Seasons Ballroom 1
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  Emerging technologies are touching all aspects of the law library. Join us for a smorgasbord of tools and gadgets that will help you create, organize and deliver information, increase productivity, and connect with users. Bring your lunch and wander from table to table as tech-savvy law librarians demonstrate some hot new technologies.

For more information about this CS-SIS-produced program, click here.

12:00 PM
to 1:15 PM

LHRB-SIS Program: "Digging" Colorado Legal History: Alfred Packer - The Man, The Myths, The Cannibal
38 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 107
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  International exhumation expert Professor James E. Starrs of The George Washington University Law School will discuss the case of Colorado cannibal Alfred (Alferd) Packer, a member of a February, 1874, gold prospecting party who returned in the spring, well-fed and without his five companions. After denying wrongdoing, Packer admitted to cannibalizing two members of the party. Professor Starrs led a team of experts in the exhumation of the Packer party members, and will discuss his analysis of the scientific data gleaned from the victims' bones. This data undermined Packer's trial testimony, confirming that Packer cannibalized all five of his companions.

12:00 PM
to 1:15 PM

M/AV-SIS Luncheon Program: Changing Channels: How New FCC Regulations for Wireless Microphones and Broadband Affect (Almost) Everyone
13 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 610-612
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  Recent FCC regulatory decisions involving wireless broadband devices and wireless microphones will increase equipment costs for and potentially interfere with the operation of wireless microphones. Presenters will discuss existing regulations, technology, and the impact of FCC spectrum management on law school use of microphones and broadband devices. A former Chief of the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology will moderate the panel. Complimentary lunch is provided, but registration is required by June 8.

For more information about this M/AV-SIS-produced program, click here or contact Ryan Overdorf.

12:00 PM
to 1:15 PM

TS-SIS Hot Topic Program: New Faces of Resource-Sharing - SkyRiver and USS, Just to Name Two!
93 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 109
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  The creative team from Innovative Interfaces has introduced a new bibliographic utility, www.theskyriver.com, to compete with OCLC and, once again, offer libraries a choice for cooperative cataloging. The New England Law Library Consortium (NELLCO) has developed the Universal Search Solution (USS) - a master index of material, including participating library OPACs, web-based free and subscription-based material, local electronic content and other e-content that its participating libraries wish to make discoverable to researchers. The USS can also be used as an acquisition and copy cataloging tool. It's not your mama's bibliographic landscape anymore!

For more information about this TS-SIS-produced program, click here.

1:30 PM
to 2:45 PM

TS-SIS Program: What's in a Name: CORE and I-2, New Standards to Improve Efficiency in the Electronic Resources Environment
46 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 109
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  The current marketplace has numerous products from many vendors to address different aspects of electronic resources. Interoperability between them is essential to gain maximum benefits. CORE (Cost of Resource Exchange) describes a message structure which facilitates the transfer of cost data from Integrated Library Systems to Electronic Resource Management Systems. Identifying institutions with multiple departments, campuses and their hierarchical relationship can be very difficult. I-2 (Institutional Identifier) a proposed NISO standard, under development, is a unique identifier assigned to an institution. I-2 aims to be global, interoperable and unique and will show the hierarchical relationship of an institution with all its subsidiaries. Working group members of these two standards will discuss the need for these standards, their goals, objectives, data elements used and implementation issues.

For more information about this TS-SIS-produced program, click here.

3:00 PM
to 4:00 PM

LISP-SIS Program: A Web 2.0 Collaboration: Mapping a Path for Pro Bono Partnerships
59 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 107
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  This program will show how new technologies can strengthen pro bono partnerships and will feature wikis that law librarians created for pro bono attorneys. In Hennepin County (MN), private firm librarians used Wikispaces to create a resource that provides legal information as well as access to Westlaw. A similar initiative by the Anne Arundel (MD) County Law Librarian will also be discussed. The program will offer useful tips on Wikis as well as recommendations about content.

For more information about this LISP-SIS-produced program, click here.
 

Monday July 12 ▼

 

8:45 AM
to 9:45 AM

ALL-SIS Program: ReMapping Faculty Services Support: New Models for Cooperation and Collaboration
90 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 109
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  Panelists will explore different models of providing faculty services and the pros and cons of each model. Panelists will discuss strategies to find the right balance between providing faculty research support, teaching, and other library duties with constrained budgets, a smaller staff, and the push to be more proactive in legal education.

For more information about this ALL-SIS-produced program, click here.

10:45 AM
to 11:45 AM

FCIL-SIS Program: Roman Interest Law Group presents 'F.H. Blume's Annotated Justinian Code: A Western Classic'
37 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 606
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  Why did Wyoming State Court Justice Fred Blume work in his spare time to produce an annotated English translation of the Code of Justinian? Why did other common law lawyers and jurists, including Roscoe Pound and Oliver Wendell Holmes, write on Roman law? Why did Justice Stevens cite Roman law in a 2005 opinion? What other Roman law influences lurk in American law? Timothy Kearley, Director of the Law Library & Professor of Law, University of Wyoming College of Law, will introduce the Code of Justinian and share the story of Justice Blume's work and the creation of the Annotated Justinian Code website. Lucia Diamond, librarian for The Robbins Collection at the University of California, Berkeley, will highlight other Roman law influences in the U.S.

For more information about this FCIL-SIS-produced program, click here.

10:45 AM
to 11:45 AM

PLL-SIS Program: The Solo Librarian - Emergency Planning
40 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 610
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  Explore several scenarios: What will happen if your or your staff aren't there? What contingency plans can you make to insure a smooth transition and a continuation of services? (F slot)

For more information about this PLL-SIS-produced program, click here.

10:45 AM
to 11:45 AM

RIPS-SIS Program: C8 Topical Forum: To Serve Man? Patron Services to the Disadvantaged During and after the Downturn
30 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 109
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  This town hall meeting will focus on the challenges of providing quality legal information services to populations with limited access to resources. The panel-led discussion will address how these difficult economic times have affected budgets and resources available for low income, minority and incarcerated patrons; whether law librarians have a responsibility to maintain services for these groups; and, if so, how libraries can work to overcome these challenges.

10:45 AM
to 11:45 AM

TS-SIS Program: The Ever-Evolving World of Vendor-Supplied MARC Records
86 Attendees
Location Hyatt-Capitol Ballroom 4
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  As law libraries increasingly rely on online resources, there is a growing need for MARC bibliographic records to represent these resources in the local online catalog. Many law libraries now have access to large digital collections such as Making of Modern Law, LLMC-Digital and HeinOnline, not to mention Lexis and Westlaw, with titles too numerous to be cataloged locally. As a result, law libraries must rely on records supplied by vendors for access to these titles in their local catalogs. Members of the TS-SIS Task Group on Vendor-Supplied Bibliographic Records will discuss the new standards for provider-neutral e-monograph records. The ongoing work of evaluating MARC record sets and working with vendors and others to improve the quality of these record sets also will be explained.

For more information about this TS-SIS-produced program, click here.

12:00 PM
to 1:15 PM

CS-SIS Program: Roundtable Discussion in Preserving Born-Digital Ephemera
40 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 608
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  This roundtable will continue the discussion of issues raised during session F-4: Beyond Wayback: Preserving Born-Digital Ephemera. Immediately following the session, panelists and attendees are invited to attend this group discussion of digital preservation issues. Please join hosts Jason Eiseman and Richard Leiter in what promises to be an important and engaging roundtable, discussing technologies, challenges and opportunities for digital preservation. For more information about this CS-SIS-produced program, click here.

4:00 PM
to 5:15 PM

CS-SIS Program: Database Ownership: Myth or Reality?
76 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 107
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  For some databases, vendors advertise the option to purchase data outright so libraries "own" the content if the vendor goes out of business or the library cancels its subscription; this option is expensive but promises perpetual access to the data. Join the Barco Law Library staff as they explain the hidden costs of "owning" a database and the difficulties of storage and access when a subscription was cancelled and the vendor provided content as promised.

For more information about this CS-SIS-produced program, click here.

4:00 PM
to 5:15 PM

PLL-SIS Program: Competitive Intelligence - Understanding and Mining Financial Documents for Actionable Data
130 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 610
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  Financial documents are a gold mine of information for competitive intelligence and much of it is in public records. Learn how to locate and identify CI gems from annual statements, analysts' reports and prospectuses. Plus discover how these tools are used by lawyers and marketing departments to gain business for their firms. (G slot)

For more information about this PLL-SIS-produced program, click here.
 

Tuesday July 13 ▼

 

9:00 AM
to 10:30 AM

PLL-SIS Program: Law Firm Technical Services Challenges and Opportunities
37 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 610
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  This program is designed to help law firm tech services departments identify the challenges (budgetary, personnel and workflow) facing them in these turbulent economic times and to explore practical solutions to solving these problems. (H slot)

For more information about this PLL-SIS-produced program, click here.

11:45 AM
to 12:45 PM

FCIL-SIS Program: Indigenous Peoples Interest Group and the Native Peoples Law Caucus present 'The Rights of Indigenous People'
38 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 610
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  This program is an introduction to The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples which was created to address the unique situation of indigenous peoples around the world. While drafting was begun in 1983, the Declaration was not passed until September 13, 2007. Affecting the over 370 million indigenous peoples around the world, it is a complex document, little known outside the world of indigenous studies. 143 countries voted in favor of the Declaration with only 4 negative votes (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States). As reflected in the new Library of Congress law classification "KI," for works dealing with indigenous peoples in the western hemisphere, it is a detailed area of law. This program will provide both domestic and international law researchers with an opportunity to learn more about issues concerning indigenous land rights, the environment, climate change, obligations of states, as well as resources on the drafting history and subsequent developments.

For more information about this FCIL-SIS-produced program, click here.

2:15 PM
to 3:15 PM

GD-SIS Program: Reaching Our Peak: Resolving Issues for Law Libraries in the Federal Depository Library Program
35 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 109
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  This program will explore three challenges faced by law libraries participating in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP): providing public access to depository materials within a larger law collection, making collection decisions appropriate to the larger collection, and managing technical services workflow to ensure the library is getting the most benefit for least cost. Speakers will compare policies and practices from a variety of law libraries and institutional missions, and recommend solutions to common problems.

For more information about this GD-SIS-produced program, click here.

2:15 PM
to 3:15 PM

OBS-SIS Program: Hot Topic
31 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 210-212
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  OBS-SIS VIP Janet Swan Hill will discuss current issues in library trends that affect technical services librarians. Specific topics will be developed based on Prof. Hill's expertise in technical services librarianship and issues of current interest that develop through the year.

For more information about this OBS-SIS-produced program, click here.

2:15 PM
to 3:15 PM

PLL-SIS Program: 60 Minute Recap of the Change as Opportunity Summit
59 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 610
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  The PLL-SIS Summit has been designed to uncover the latest thinking, best practices and newest trends in law firm libraries. Find out what these are at a recap of the day-and-a-half Summit held just before the Denver annual meeting. Among the topics are law firm economics, successful staffing, best uses of real and cyber library space, collection right-sizing and how to become a change agent in your firm.

For more information about this PLL-SIS-produced program, click here.

2:15 PM
to 3:15 PM

TS-SIS Program: How Are We To Accomplish That Much More with That Much Less?
91 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 107
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  Speakers: Ajaye Bloomstone, Nancy Charles, Miriam Childs, Leslie K. Wakeford
  Pursuant to the cuts that libraries have been asked to sustain while striving to maintain optimum service, we have reorganized, revamped, and realigned processes, tasks, procedures, and, just as importantly, our daily outlook. The draconian moves employed to deal with economic uncertainties take a toll on our collections and the psychological well-being of library staff in professional and support positions. This program, through active discussion by librarians and a mental health professional, seeks to give guidance in dealing with these issues. Part 1 will deal with change management - how libraries have managed their changing environments due to shrinking budgets and the march from print to electronic. Part 2 will address the human responses to these changes with a presentation by a mental health professional.

For more information about this TS-SIS-produced program, click here.

3:30 PM
to 4:00 PM

GD-SIS Program: FDLP Law Libraries in the 21st Century
45 Attendees
Location CCC-Room 109
Type  Programs, SIS Programs
  As more and more government information is available online, it's time for some creative thinking among our community about how Law Libraries can contribute to efforts to digitize historical documents in partnership with the Government Printing Office, or assume a role in harvesting, and possible preservation of born digital content. Panelists will explore new opportunities to build collaborative partnerships and ask the audience for their feedback and suggestions.

For more information about this GD-SIS-produced program, click here.