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Greetings!
Welcome to the inaugural issue of the PLL E-Newsletter. This new monthly publication will supplement PLL Perspectives to bring you strategic news about PLL and the profession. |
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- Trendy Gadgets and Applications
- Libraries and Knowledge management: A Way Forward
- Case Study: The Library at the Center of KM Strategy.
You can find more information here.
The IP group is also planning a webinar in December. Look for more details in future e-newsletters. |
PLL Supports the Consumer Advocacy Caucus Petition
70.8% of the PLL members who completed the poll, were in favor of PLL-SIS officially supporting the petition which will be forwarded to the AALL Board of Directors.
Background on the Consumer Advocacy Caucus Petition:
We are of a group of over 50 AALL members who need your support in a crisis affecting all types of law libraries. Our libraries cannot indefinitely sustain the escalating costs of unfair and anticompetitive business practices by some sellers of legal information. AALL has unique promise to champion the interests of legal information consumers. We have matched its promise with an opportunity. In April, we registered to become an AALL Caucus on Consumer Advocacy. AALL members have achieved earlier successes at consumer advocacy. Based on their examples, we proposed several consumer advocacy initiatives as our goals. AALL's leadership initially raised concerns about our goals. We were told that our Caucus would violate antitrust law and make policies on AALL's behalf. To answer these objections, we changed our statement of purpose. Former AALL President Joyce Janto AALL President Darcy Kirk subsequently approved our revised statement for an Executive Board vote. recently rejected it and offered a substitute that compromises our effectiveness. We need your support as we petition the Board to reverse Darcy's decision and approve our revised statement of purpose. We ask that you endorse the following petition to the Executive Board. We will instruct the Executive Board to keep signatory names strictly confidential.
For more information: http://bit.ly/oTKUlF%0A |
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Gitelle Seer, Dewey LeBoeuf Library Director is retiring at the end of the year after 40 years in the profession.
As a colleague who entered the New York library community when Gitelle was already a legend, I want to acknowledge the debt I owe to Gitelle. Gitelle exemplifies the best of our profession. When I was a new private firm librarian -- I had only 1 year of experience as a librarian when I got my first Director's position -- I needed a lot of advice. Gitelle was always generous in providing guidance whether it was about research, technology, career, office politics, staff issues - you name it. She ran one of the most admired libraries in NYC. She has also thrived through one of the most challenging of career events - the dreaded "merger of equals."
I am happy for Gitelle, but I am sad for myself. She is one of those people from whom I have always taken comfort - knowing she was only a phone call away if I needed advice.
Jean O'Grady
Library Director
DLA Piper
Susan Siebers has retired from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP after a distinguished 32 year career. As Library and Information Services Director she saw the firm grow from a few lawyers to over 600 lawyers during her tenure. Susan served as President of the Chicago Association of Law Librarians (CALL) and as Secretary of AALL. She also both chaired and served on numerous committees of both AALL and CALL throughout the years; she currently still serves on the CALL Corporate Memory Committee. |
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PLL Members Selected as AALL Leadership Academy Fellows
Sadys Espitia, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Stephanie Gardner, Bingham McCutchen LLP
Christy MacKinnon, Bennett Jones LLP
Kristen Rook, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Candace Slaminski, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
PLL Members Step Up to Become Mentors for AALL Leadership Academy Mentees
Judi Bikel, Akin Gump
Debbie Cinque, Weil Gotshal
Cameron Gowan, Jones Day
Steve Lastres, Debevoise & Plimpton
Sarah Mauldin, Smith Gambrell & Russell
Holly Riccio, O'Melvany & Myers
Susan Yancey, Vinson & Elkins
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PLL-SIS Supporting Community Service Project in Boston 2012
PLL would like to team up with The Social Responsibilities Special Interest Section to undertake a service project in 2012 when we are at conference in Boston.
To that end, PLL is looking for volunteers to set up a PLL Community Service Task Force to work with the SR-SIS to identify and coordinate a service project our members can participate in next July 2012.
Please contact Steve Lastres if you are interested in joining the task force. |
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