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From The President: A Heart-Felt Thank You, Joyce Manna Janto Jun 2011

From The President: A Heart-Felt Thank You, Joyce Manna Janto

Law Faculty Publications

In her final From the President column, Ms. Janto reviews her terms and thanks those who assisted her.


From The President: Beginnings And Endings, Joyce Manna Janto May 2011

From The President: Beginnings And Endings, Joyce Manna Janto

Law Faculty Publications

In her "From the President" column, Ms. Janto discusses the upcoming AALL Annual Meeting.


From The President: In Anticipation Of Inspiration, Joyce Manna Janto Mar 2011

From The President: In Anticipation Of Inspiration, Joyce Manna Janto

Law Faculty Publications

In her From the President column, Ms. Janto highlights upcoming AALL events.


From The President: Professionalism & Community, Joyce Manna Janto Feb 2011

From The President: Professionalism & Community, Joyce Manna Janto

Law Faculty Publications

In her "From the President" column, Ms. Janto highlights upcoming AALL events.


From The President: Volunteering: A Two-Way Street, Joyce Manna Janto Sep 2010

From The President: Volunteering: A Two-Way Street, Joyce Manna Janto

Law Faculty Publications

In her "From the President" column, Ms. Janto discusses the value of volunteerism for both the beneficiary and the volunteer.


Re-Hashing The Hash Tag - Crowd Competition And Community Standards At The #Aall2009 Conference, Roger V. Skalbeck Jan 2009

Re-Hashing The Hash Tag - Crowd Competition And Community Standards At The #Aall2009 Conference, Roger V. Skalbeck

Law Faculty Publications

This article notes that conferences and events "rely on the hashtag system more than almost any other entity." This year's AALL conference was no exception. Now that the conference is over, this is a great chance to look at conference‑related Twitter activity, searching for possible meaning or moral lessons. If you attended the conference but didn't follow Twitter, here's an insight into what you may have missed, and what you might look forward to trying at the next conference you attend.


Virginia Law: It’S Online, But Should You Use It?, Timothy L. Coggins Jan 2008

Virginia Law: It’S Online, But Should You Use It?, Timothy L. Coggins

Law Faculty Publications

A judge asks you to present her with a copy of the Virginia Code section you are referencing in court, or she asks you to provide a copy of the Supreme Court of Virginia opinion you cited. You used Virginia state government websites to find both the code section and the court opinion. This is easy, right? You give her the copy of what you found online. But could there be a problem? Is the court opinion that you retrieved from the court website considered an official version of the court opinion? Has the Virginia Code section that you provided …


From The Treasurer: Aall Funds Initiatives, Joyce Manna Janto May 2007

From The Treasurer: Aall Funds Initiatives, Joyce Manna Janto

Law Faculty Publications

Report of AALL financial status at the end of FY 2005-2006.


From The Treasurer: Another Positive Year For Aall., Joyce Manna Janto May 2006

From The Treasurer: Another Positive Year For Aall., Joyce Manna Janto

Law Faculty Publications

This article reports on the fiscal health of the American Association of Law Libraries in 2006, including statements of assets and activities.


From The Treasurer: Aall Current Reserve Fund Restored, Joyce Manna Janto May 2005

From The Treasurer: Aall Current Reserve Fund Restored, Joyce Manna Janto

Law Faculty Publications

This article reports on the fiscal health of the American Association of Law Libraries in 2005, including a comparative statement of revenues and expenses.


Easing The Path For Newer Colleagues: Conference For New Law Librarians Helps Beginners Learn Aall's Ropes, Joyce Manna Janto May 2004

Easing The Path For Newer Colleagues: Conference For New Law Librarians Helps Beginners Learn Aall's Ropes, Joyce Manna Janto

Law Faculty Publications

The author provides advice for prospective attendees of the Conference of Newer Law Librarians (CONELL).


Crossroads: Strategic Partnerships And Collaborative Programming, Timothy L. Coggins Jan 1999

Crossroads: Strategic Partnerships And Collaborative Programming, Timothy L. Coggins

Law Faculty Publications

A number of the educational offerings at the 1999 Annual Meeting will support the Association's interest in partnering through active participation in programs by groups associated with AALL. The Annual Meeting program planners, at the direction of President Heller, identified specific groups and associations that should be represented at the 1999 Annual Meeting. President Heller directed the planners to propose programs for the Annual Meeting featuring representatives from both AALL and our legal information partners that would appeal to members from both groups and would focus on the issues that affect all of us. The conference theme, "At the Crossroads: …


The Aall And Its Government Relations Program: Part I And Ii, Timothy L. Coggins Jan 1996

The Aall And Its Government Relations Program: Part I And Ii, Timothy L. Coggins

Law Faculty Publications

The Government Relations Policy [hereinafter Policy] of the AALL outlines the objectives of its government relations program. The Policy emphasizes that a primary goal of this Association's program is to ensure timely and equitable access to government and legal information. This Policy represents the views of an association with more than 5,000 members who provide law library services to government officials, the bench, the bar, legal scholars and the public in nearly 1,900 libraries. AALL, its members and its users are affected by a broad span of public policy concerns "ranging from the development of the National Information Infrastructure and …


Refining The Government Relations Program: The Final Report Of The Task Force On Aall's Government Relations Activities, Timothy L. Coggins Jan 1995

Refining The Government Relations Program: The Final Report Of The Task Force On Aall's Government Relations Activities, Timothy L. Coggins

Law Faculty Publications

During the summer of 1993, Kay Todd, President Elect of the American Association of Law Libraries, named a special task force to review the Association's government relations activities, presenting it with a goal of achieving a better coordination of such activities. The charges to the Task Force on AALL's Government Relations Activities and the processes that the Task Force utilized in fulfilling these charges are outlined in the final and interim reports of the Task Force, which follow this introduction. The Interim Report of the Task Force was submitted to the AALL Executive Board prior to its April 1994 meeting …