1:30 PM
to 2:45 PM
A5: After Hotel Rwanda and Welcome to Sarajevo: Preserving Trial Evidence and Documentation in a Multi-Media Age
46 Attendees
Location
CCC-Room 601-603
Type Programs, AALL Programs
Coordinator & Speaker: Claire M. Germain; Speakers: Ayodeji Fadugba, Kelly Vinopal, Thomas W. Mills
Target Audience: Librarians interested in human rights and the role of librarians in society; librarians interested in organizing print and electronic archives, including judges' papers
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will identify ways to organize archives of a particular collection in a case study of court records and judges' papers.
2. Participants will be able to apply technology and organizational skills, and thereby, contribute to the rule of law through their professional expertise.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) was established for the prosecution of persons responsible for genocide and other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of Rwanda in 1994. The Tribunal is scheduled to close in 2010, and many questions have arisen as to the best way to preserve materials, which encompass different media, print, videos, CDs, and DVDs. Policy and technological issues abound, as well as special security concerns, such as safety issues for witnesses and judges. Using this case study, the speakers will discuss how law librarians can help organizations retain information for the future and the different technologies that can be used. The lessons learned can be extrapolated to other collections and judges' papers. Among the questions to be explored are the following: What is important to preserve for the future for civil actions and human rights investigations, and for scholars? What are the appropriate questions to be raised when dealing with collections, judges' papers, trial transcripts, briefs, and other trial documents that may be sensitive? What technological solutions currently exist? What does one do when there is no technological solution currently? How can law librarians use their expertise to assist in similar projects both domestically and internationally?
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will identify ways to organize archives of a particular collection in a case study of court records and judges' papers.
2. Participants will be able to apply technology and organizational skills, and thereby, contribute to the rule of law through their professional expertise.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) was established for the prosecution of persons responsible for genocide and other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of Rwanda in 1994. The Tribunal is scheduled to close in 2010, and many questions have arisen as to the best way to preserve materials, which encompass different media, print, videos, CDs, and DVDs. Policy and technological issues abound, as well as special security concerns, such as safety issues for witnesses and judges. Using this case study, the speakers will discuss how law librarians can help organizations retain information for the future and the different technologies that can be used. The lessons learned can be extrapolated to other collections and judges' papers. Among the questions to be explored are the following: What is important to preserve for the future for civil actions and human rights investigations, and for scholars? What are the appropriate questions to be raised when dealing with collections, judges' papers, trial transcripts, briefs, and other trial documents that may be sensitive? What technological solutions currently exist? What does one do when there is no technological solution currently? How can law librarians use their expertise to assist in similar projects both domestically and internationally?
3:00 PM
to 4:00 PM
B5: What's a "Reasonable Royalty Rate"?: The What, Where, Why and How of Patent/Intellectual Property Technology Licensing Research
67 Attendees
Location
CCC-Room 601-603
Type Programs, AALL Programs
Coordinator & Moderator: Lucy Curci-Gonzalez; Speakers: Frank X. Curci, Hope Porter
Target Audience: Information professionals in firms, corporations, and law schools conducting research or supporting courses in the areas of patent licensing/law, IP and technology; individuals doing corporate intelligence, mergers and acquisitions, or corporate due diligence searching
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will become familiar with licensing law and gain insight into the information needs of technology and patent licensing lawyers.
2. Participants will be able to utilize best practices research techniques and the most appropriate print and electronic sources for licensing, technology transfer and royalty rate research.
Researching issues associated with patent/technology licensing agreements, such as royalty rates, can be complicated, time-consuming tasks. License agreements, which grant rights in patents, copyrights, trademarks or other Intellectual Property (IP), typically include provisions for addressing upfront payments, royalty payments (often based on a percentage of the licensee's sales), IP ownership issues, and IP infringement issues. Not all of the information needed to effectively address these issues is easily found or publically available, which creates the need for researchers to use a number of print and electronic sources and different search techniques. A high-tech and biotech industry licensing lawyer, who also teaches licensing law courses, will give a broad overview of patent/technology licensing and describe the types of information licensing attorneys typically request of their law library. An IP law firm librarian will discuss the core collection of print and electronic sources for locating license agreements and royalty rates. Best practices research techniques will also be shared for licensing and royalty rate research and its usefulness for competitive intelligence, mergers and acquisitions, corporate due diligence searching, and IP ownership due diligence research.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will become familiar with licensing law and gain insight into the information needs of technology and patent licensing lawyers.
2. Participants will be able to utilize best practices research techniques and the most appropriate print and electronic sources for licensing, technology transfer and royalty rate research.
Researching issues associated with patent/technology licensing agreements, such as royalty rates, can be complicated, time-consuming tasks. License agreements, which grant rights in patents, copyrights, trademarks or other Intellectual Property (IP), typically include provisions for addressing upfront payments, royalty payments (often based on a percentage of the licensee's sales), IP ownership issues, and IP infringement issues. Not all of the information needed to effectively address these issues is easily found or publically available, which creates the need for researchers to use a number of print and electronic sources and different search techniques. A high-tech and biotech industry licensing lawyer, who also teaches licensing law courses, will give a broad overview of patent/technology licensing and describe the types of information licensing attorneys typically request of their law library. An IP law firm librarian will discuss the core collection of print and electronic sources for locating license agreements and royalty rates. Best practices research techniques will also be shared for licensing and royalty rate research and its usefulness for competitive intelligence, mergers and acquisitions, corporate due diligence searching, and IP ownership due diligence research.
4:15 PM
to 5:15 PM
C5: Catalogers Today: Skill Sets, Expectations and Challenges
87 Attendees
Location
CCC-Room 601-603
Type Programs, AALL Programs
Coordinator & Moderator: Ellen McGrath; Speakers: Sylvia D. Hall-Ellis, Stacey L. Bowers
Target Audience: Library administrators at all levels, catalogers
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be able to list the qualifications required of a cataloging position in today's library environment.
2. Participants will be able to assess and justify the cataloging needs of their library.
Is your library short a cataloger, but at the same time faced with an administrative mandate to hold or cut costs? Or are you a cataloger looking for a position and wondering how to best achieve your goal? This conversation based on research can help you cope from either end of the spectrum. Dr. Sylvia D. Hall-Ellis, representing the library science professor perspective, describes her research into the changing expectations pertaining to cataloging positions. Stacey Bowers reacts to the research in her role as a law library administrator attempting to balance the constraints of the budget with the need to make materials accessible. And just to make it even more interesting, there is the impending implementation of new cataloging rules to deal with, as RDA replaces AACR2.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be able to list the qualifications required of a cataloging position in today's library environment.
2. Participants will be able to assess and justify the cataloging needs of their library.
Is your library short a cataloger, but at the same time faced with an administrative mandate to hold or cut costs? Or are you a cataloger looking for a position and wondering how to best achieve your goal? This conversation based on research can help you cope from either end of the spectrum. Dr. Sylvia D. Hall-Ellis, representing the library science professor perspective, describes her research into the changing expectations pertaining to cataloging positions. Stacey Bowers reacts to the research in her role as a law library administrator attempting to balance the constraints of the budget with the need to make materials accessible. And just to make it even more interesting, there is the impending implementation of new cataloging rules to deal with, as RDA replaces AACR2.
8:45 AM
to 9:45 AM
D5: Starting Off on the Right Track: Avoiding Mistakes Common to New (and Not-So-New) Instructors
131 Attendees
Location
CCC-Room 601-603
Type Programs, AALL Programs
Coordinator & Speaker: Kate Irwin-Smiler; Moderator: Margaret (Meg) Butler; Speakers: Joan Shear, Sara Sampson
Target Audience: Librarians with teaching responsibilities, or anyone who supervises librarians with teaching responsibilities
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be able to identify and implement five non-lecture, pedagogically based techniques to transmit and reinforce knowledge in a classroom setting.
2. Participants will be able to design classroom activities to encourage learning research skills.
"Lecturing about Legal Research is as effective as telling someone how to ride a bike." Many new instructors of legal research and other disciplines fall into the trap of lecturing to communicate their course content, despite research showing that lecture is an inefficient form of instruction. Using volunteers as model students, speakers will engage the audience in these active learning exercises. This program will demonstrate several alternative teaching techniques, which have been used in legal research classes, and analyze their effectiveness.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be able to identify and implement five non-lecture, pedagogically based techniques to transmit and reinforce knowledge in a classroom setting.
2. Participants will be able to design classroom activities to encourage learning research skills.
"Lecturing about Legal Research is as effective as telling someone how to ride a bike." Many new instructors of legal research and other disciplines fall into the trap of lecturing to communicate their course content, despite research showing that lecture is an inefficient form of instruction. Using volunteers as model students, speakers will engage the audience in these active learning exercises. This program will demonstrate several alternative teaching techniques, which have been used in legal research classes, and analyze their effectiveness.
10:00 AM
to 10:30 AM
E5: Bringing Increased Efficiency to Technical Services: Is EOCR for You?
88 Attendees
Location
CCC-Room 601-603
Type Programs, AALL Programs
Coordinator & Speaker: Shyama Agrawal; Speaker: Ann-Marie Breaux
Target Audience: Technical services librarians, collection development librarians
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be able to explain what EOCR (Electronic Order Confirmation Records) is and how it streamlines technical services workflow.
2. Participants will be able to assess the scope and limitations of EOCR and whether it should be implemented in their library.
Have you reviewed your acquisitions workflow recently? Is it as automated and efficient as it could be? How would you like it if you didn't have to do pre-order searching in your catalog, didn't have to download bibliographic records, didn't have to create order records in your online system and didn't have to input invoice data for most of your titles? No, it is not a joke - you can do all this by implementing EOCR (Electronic Order Confirmation Records) and OCLC WorldCat Cataloging Partners. Many vendors offer this service for firm as well as approval book orders. This session will provide examples from one vendor on how they provide EOCR services, and a library's perspective on how they were implemented.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be able to explain what EOCR (Electronic Order Confirmation Records) is and how it streamlines technical services workflow.
2. Participants will be able to assess the scope and limitations of EOCR and whether it should be implemented in their library.
Have you reviewed your acquisitions workflow recently? Is it as automated and efficient as it could be? How would you like it if you didn't have to do pre-order searching in your catalog, didn't have to download bibliographic records, didn't have to create order records in your online system and didn't have to input invoice data for most of your titles? No, it is not a joke - you can do all this by implementing EOCR (Electronic Order Confirmation Records) and OCLC WorldCat Cataloging Partners. Many vendors offer this service for firm as well as approval book orders. This session will provide examples from one vendor on how they provide EOCR services, and a library's perspective on how they were implemented.
10:45 AM
to 11:45 AM
F5: "Ohhhh (Gulp!), You Said 'SEC'? I Thought You Said 'SIC'!": Taking the Anxiety Out of Securities Research and the Mystery Surrounding the Securities & Exchange Commission
122 Attendees
Location
CCC-Room 601-603
Type Programs, AALL Programs
Coordinator, Moderator & Speaker: Deborah L. Rusin; Speakers: Jane O'Connell, Molly McKenna
Target Audience: Any law librarian who has to conduct or train others in corporate securities research, but doesn't know where to start or how to begin
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be able to identify, explain, and locate the most common corporate security filings and understand the role the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plays in all of it.
2. Participants will gain the knowledge to create and perform their own corporate securities training session.
It is becoming more and more common practice for law librarians to be able to conduct business research - specifically corporate/securities research, in addition to traditional legal research - and yet many of us are terrified and intimated by such requests. Many attorneys are finding that their first assignments upon landing a job at a law firm require them to conduct basic corporate/securities research. Yet, often these attorneys are not exposed to corporate securities research while in law school, so they are turning to their librarians for assistance. Many librarians, however, whether they are in a private setting, academic setting or corporate setting, are not familiar with corporate securities research - how to conduct the research themselves nor how to train their students, faculty, or attorneys. The objective of this session is two-fold: 1) to make law librarians more valuable and marketable as research librarians by learning how to conduct basic securities research (identify filing types, the process of a company going public and trading with the SEC), and 2) to demonstrate how to draft and structure a basic securities research to present to students and attorneys (i.e., what would be too ambitious for a "Securities 101" training session, and what would make you look like a securities research rock star!).
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be able to identify, explain, and locate the most common corporate security filings and understand the role the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plays in all of it.
2. Participants will gain the knowledge to create and perform their own corporate securities training session.
It is becoming more and more common practice for law librarians to be able to conduct business research - specifically corporate/securities research, in addition to traditional legal research - and yet many of us are terrified and intimated by such requests. Many attorneys are finding that their first assignments upon landing a job at a law firm require them to conduct basic corporate/securities research. Yet, often these attorneys are not exposed to corporate securities research while in law school, so they are turning to their librarians for assistance. Many librarians, however, whether they are in a private setting, academic setting or corporate setting, are not familiar with corporate securities research - how to conduct the research themselves nor how to train their students, faculty, or attorneys. The objective of this session is two-fold: 1) to make law librarians more valuable and marketable as research librarians by learning how to conduct basic securities research (identify filing types, the process of a company going public and trading with the SEC), and 2) to demonstrate how to draft and structure a basic securities research to present to students and attorneys (i.e., what would be too ambitious for a "Securities 101" training session, and what would make you look like a securities research rock star!).
4:00 PM
to 5:15 PM
G5: MARC and RDA: An Overview
107 Attendees
Location
CCC-Room 601-603
Type Programs, AALL Programs
Coordinator & Moderator: Clara Liao; Speakers: George Prager, Rhonda K. Lawrence
Target Audience: Catalogers, technical services librarians
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be able to identify the changes in the MARC formats, which support compatibility with RDA (Resource Description and Access).
2. Participants will be able to explain how the changes will influence law material cataloging.
This presentation will explain the changes in MARC (MAchine-Readable Cataloging) to support compatibility with the upcoming cataloging standard, RDA (Resource Description and Access), and the likely influence of those changes on law material cataloging. For years, MARC has successfully supported previous cataloging content standards, such as AACR2. The new cataloging standard, RDA, is designed for our digital world, and is intended to provide more user-friendly access to all types of information resources. Accordingly, MARC formats need to change to facilitate data exchange of records using the new standard. What are those changes, and how will the changes affect law libraries? The presentation will focus on these topics and help law catalogers and other technical services librarians prepare for the RDA era.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be able to identify the changes in the MARC formats, which support compatibility with RDA (Resource Description and Access).
2. Participants will be able to explain how the changes will influence law material cataloging.
This presentation will explain the changes in MARC (MAchine-Readable Cataloging) to support compatibility with the upcoming cataloging standard, RDA (Resource Description and Access), and the likely influence of those changes on law material cataloging. For years, MARC has successfully supported previous cataloging content standards, such as AACR2. The new cataloging standard, RDA, is designed for our digital world, and is intended to provide more user-friendly access to all types of information resources. Accordingly, MARC formats need to change to facilitate data exchange of records using the new standard. What are those changes, and how will the changes affect law libraries? The presentation will focus on these topics and help law catalogers and other technical services librarians prepare for the RDA era.
9:00 AM
to 10:30 AM
H5: The Phoenix Factor: Rising from the Ashes of Aggravation to Create Opportunity
80 Attendees
Location
CCC-Room 601-603
Type Programs, AALL Programs
Coordinator, Moderator & Speaker: Rebekah K. Maxwell; Speakers: Charlene Cain, David Lehmann, Tara C. Lombardi, Vicenc Feliu
Target Audience: Library managers, librarians engaged in patron services
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be able to list seven steps in the service-building process.
2. Participants will be prepared to identify sustainable service opportunities that present as workplace aggravation.
Unmet needs in a library frequently present as recurrent aggravation that can drain morale and productivity. However, many of these aggravations can be turned into opportunities for creating new services for the library or niche markets for the librarians who respond to the hassle. We will offer tips on how to recognize sustainable opportunities from freak or fluke events, how to approach production logistics, and how to map out marketing and delivery strategies for services that can be grown from the original hassle or aggravation. Panel members will demonstrate the service-building process by describing how they responded to hassles in their libraries to build solutions and services. David Lehmann will present his strategy for filling a service gap created when a former "expert" took another job. Tara Lombardi will describe how she turned chaos into a service delivery system for her pro se patrons. Vicenç Feliu will present his plan for building a knowledge management system to track reference questions and solutions, and Charlene Cain will describe how she turned a chance opportunity for intellectual freedom training into a statewide outreach program.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be able to list seven steps in the service-building process.
2. Participants will be prepared to identify sustainable service opportunities that present as workplace aggravation.
Unmet needs in a library frequently present as recurrent aggravation that can drain morale and productivity. However, many of these aggravations can be turned into opportunities for creating new services for the library or niche markets for the librarians who respond to the hassle. We will offer tips on how to recognize sustainable opportunities from freak or fluke events, how to approach production logistics, and how to map out marketing and delivery strategies for services that can be grown from the original hassle or aggravation. Panel members will demonstrate the service-building process by describing how they responded to hassles in their libraries to build solutions and services. David Lehmann will present his strategy for filling a service gap created when a former "expert" took another job. Tara Lombardi will describe how she turned chaos into a service delivery system for her pro se patrons. Vicenç Feliu will present his plan for building a knowledge management system to track reference questions and solutions, and Charlene Cain will describe how she turned a chance opportunity for intellectual freedom training into a statewide outreach program.
10:45 AM
to 11:30 AM
I5: Charting New Roles for Technical Services: Faculty Publications and Institutional Repositories
83 Attendees
Location
CCC-Room 601-603
Type Programs, AALL Programs
Coordinator, Moderator & Speaker: Carol Avery Nicholson; Speaker: Karen B. Douglas
Target Audience: Technical services librarians, information technology librarians, administrators
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be prepared to compare features of a faculty publications website and an institutional repository, and assess the advantages of each model.
2. Participants will be able to create new job opportunities for technical services staff.
Institutional repositories are designed to collect, preserve, and disseminate in digital format the intellectual output of an institution. As such, institutional repositories are gaining in recognition as a key factor in emerging digital research and the ability to provide free and unrestricted access to faculty research. A faculty publications website provides similar access, but with different requirements and expectations. Faculty publications websites focus on listing the published works of current faculty, and may not provide open access to all of the publications listed. The model that an institution follows will be guided by its mission and the resources available to support it. As traditional work routines in technical services diminish, this program demonstrates how technical services staff can continue to support the library's evolving mission.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be prepared to compare features of a faculty publications website and an institutional repository, and assess the advantages of each model.
2. Participants will be able to create new job opportunities for technical services staff.
Institutional repositories are designed to collect, preserve, and disseminate in digital format the intellectual output of an institution. As such, institutional repositories are gaining in recognition as a key factor in emerging digital research and the ability to provide free and unrestricted access to faculty research. A faculty publications website provides similar access, but with different requirements and expectations. Faculty publications websites focus on listing the published works of current faculty, and may not provide open access to all of the publications listed. The model that an institution follows will be guided by its mission and the resources available to support it. As traditional work routines in technical services diminish, this program demonstrates how technical services staff can continue to support the library's evolving mission.
2:15 PM
to 3:15 PM
J5: Documenting the Law: Video Instruction and Documentaries in Legal Education
58 Attendees
Location
CCC-Room 601-603
Type Programs, AALL Programs
Coordinator: Laura E. Ray; Speakers: Teresa A. Miller, Terrence McCormack
Target Audience: Librarians involved with educational support or teaching; faculty; teaching professionals
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be able to discuss the practical realities and costs of producing polished video programs in-house.
2. Participants will be able to explain pedagogical benefits of producing instructional and legal education documentaries in-house.
Law librarians and law faculty often search for video programming addressing particular topics and issues. PBS and independent film distributors do provide access to documentaries on such topics as immigration, domestic violence, and prisons. Using such materials, however, requires extensive librarian or faculty preview for gleaning relevant content. What would it take to produce a legal research video or a documentary addressing specific legal principles? This program will review key considerations for producing polished instructional videos and documentaries in-house - including filming in libraries, court rooms, and prisons, as well as personnel and infrastructure costs - and highlight a unique course of documentary filmmaking in law school as a model for legal curricula.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be able to discuss the practical realities and costs of producing polished video programs in-house.
2. Participants will be able to explain pedagogical benefits of producing instructional and legal education documentaries in-house.
Law librarians and law faculty often search for video programming addressing particular topics and issues. PBS and independent film distributors do provide access to documentaries on such topics as immigration, domestic violence, and prisons. Using such materials, however, requires extensive librarian or faculty preview for gleaning relevant content. What would it take to produce a legal research video or a documentary addressing specific legal principles? This program will review key considerations for producing polished instructional videos and documentaries in-house - including filming in libraries, court rooms, and prisons, as well as personnel and infrastructure costs - and highlight a unique course of documentary filmmaking in law school as a model for legal curricula.
3:30 PM
to 4:00 PM
K5: Is Quality Control in Academic Law Library Online Catalogs Declining?
63 Attendees
Location
CCC-Room 601-603
Type Programs, AALL Programs
Coordinator & Speaker: Georgia Briscoe
Target Audience: Librarians concerned with the quality of information in their online library catalogs
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will analyze research conducted in the past year on quality of online catalog information.
2. Participants will discuss if quality is still important in online catalogs.
Georgia Briscoe will report on her research funded by an AALL grant to determine if quality control is decreasing in academic law library catalogs and if it really matters. She will discuss why quality may or may not still be important. Anticipate a lively discussion with participants.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will analyze research conducted in the past year on quality of online catalog information.
2. Participants will discuss if quality is still important in online catalogs.
Georgia Briscoe will report on her research funded by an AALL grant to determine if quality control is decreasing in academic law library catalogs and if it really matters. She will discuss why quality may or may not still be important. Anticipate a lively discussion with participants.
