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Greetings!
The AALL Annual Meeting and PLL Summit are coming up soon. Early Bird Registration ends June 15, so make your arrangements soon. |
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PLL Luncheon and Business Meeting
Remember that you must purchase a ticket for the PLL Business luncheon that will be held on Sunday, July 22, 2011 at noon. Deadline June 29th!!!!
Our guest speaker will be Jim Pancero . For over 30 years Jim Pancero has been helping experienced business-to-business sales organizations increase their competitive advantage and profitability. The proven ideas Jim will share with us today have strengthened the selling and sales leadership skills of professionals like yourself from over 600 companies in 80 different industries. Jim has promised us this will be the most advanced sales and sales leadership training you have ever experienced no matter what your seniority, background ,or prior training experiences.
The cost for the luncheon is $10 per person thanks to the generosity of LexisNexis who is sponsoring the luncheon. Tickets must be ordered through the AALL Annual Meeting registration system.
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The 2012 AALL Annual Meeting is chock full of programs and activities of interest to PLL members. In addition to AMPC programming, PLL is sponsoring four additional programs. There are also meetings and social events for every PLL member. |
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PLL Summit Luncheon Speaker Announced
The Summit Luncheon speaker will be Congressman Billy Long, a freshman legislator from Missouri. Congressman Long recently wowed the crowd at the Washington Press Club Foundation dinner. He will speak on How a Bill Becomes Law - In Real Life! Watch for details later.
We would like to extend a special thanks to Thomson Reuters for sponsoring the PLL Summit Luncheon and speaker. |
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Jean O'Grady and Joan Axelroth on Law Library Conversations with Richard Leiter
On May 25th, Richard Leiter hosted a special show featuring co-chairs of this year's Summit, Jean O'Grady and Joan Axelroth. Richard and his panel quizzed Joan and Jean about the law firm library of 2020. Topics ranged from the PLL Summit to living in an environment of continuous change. How do private law librarians stay relevant? It was a fascinating discussion covering the transparency (or lack there of) of online pricing, e-books and a multitude of topics. Listen to the recording if you missed it live. |
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PLL Grant Winners
The Grants Committee, consisting of Chair Elizabeth Stack, Frances Schach, and Linda-Jean Schneider, found it difficult to make the decision for the grant awards among all of the qualified and interested applicants. They awarded as many grants as they could within the financial constraints, and tried to both recognize prior contribution to PLL and to encourage newer members. With all of the excitement of the upcoming Summit in Boston, there were many eager applicants, and the Committee is pleased to announce the following winners of the Summit Registration Grant for 2012:
- Matthew Elisha, Manager of Library & Research Services, Bryan Cave, Denver CO
- Abigail Falls, Research Librarian, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC
- Louise Jensen, Law Librarian, Drummond Woodsum, Portland, ME
- Diane Kaboolian, Director of Library Services, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY
- Kim Martin, Reference Librarian, Goodwin Procter, Boston, MA
- Mary Ann Wacker, Reference Librarian, Bracewell Giulani, Houston, TX
Following is the list of PLL Grants for Travel to AALL :
- Shari Berkowitz Duff, Research Services Librarian, Reed Smith in Philadelphia, PA
- Matthew Elisha, Manager of Library & Research Services, Bryan Cave in Denver, CO
- Cameron Gowan , Library Services Manager, Jones Day, Washington, DC
- Janice Henderson, Law Librarian Consultant/Trainer, Brooklyn, NY
- Deborah Maglione, Senior Research Librarian, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP, Palo Alto, CA
- Kristen Perez, Reference Supervisor, Highes Hubbard and Reed LLPm New York, NY
- Abigail Ross, Library Manager, Keller & Heckman LLP, Washington, DC
The Travel Grant winners will be in attendance at the PLL Annual Luncheon and Business Meeting on Sunday, July 22, in Boston. All recipients have been encouraged to write articles, reports, or possibly contribute to blogs about their experiences at the PLL Summit and AALL Annual Meeting. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL! |
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Member Recognition
Congratulations are due to Jean O'Grady whose Dewey B Strategic blog post was picked up by FORBES!!! Jean is Library Director at DLA Piper and member of PLL and AALL who is the blogger behind Dewey B Strategic,. She was just honored by having FORBES quote her blog post on May 8.
PLL Chair Steve Lastres was recently honored in Berlin as the recipient for the John Jacob Astor Award in Library and Information Science for 2012, in recognition of his articles and contribution to the field of "transatlantic knowledge transfer ". The award ceremony was followed by a workshop for German librarians, curators, information specialists and archivists, which Steve conducted as the JJAA award recipient. "The Checkpoint Charlie Foundation seeks, through this prize and the associated workshop, to achieve a strong multiplying effect in which German information specialists are able to learn from the considerable methodological and technological advances of their American colleagues in the field, while narrowing the transatlantic divide." |
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Welcome New Members
Michele Adkins, Documentis Information Retrieval Services, Minneapolis
Sarah Baugh, Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles
Rachel M. Lupinacci, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York
Ciara Meeks, Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., Charlotte, North Carolina
Melanie Nielsen, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC, Detroit
Tricia D. Ross, Gunderson Dettmer, Redwood City, California
Jeffrey Stephen Sabol, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
John Spilsbury, K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh
Jenny Sun, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York
Emily Taylor, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Cincinnati
Christine Townsend, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston
Kallie Hokanson Wass, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennet, P.A., Minneapolis
Betty Wright, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Atlanta |
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