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Kurt R. Mattson has opened Union Legal Research based in Phoenix. The company provides legal research, writing, and marketing services to attorneys, law firms, and other organizations nationwide. Mattson is the former Director of Library Services and Continuing Education at Lionel Sawyer & Collins in Las Vegas. Prior to this, he served in research and editorial positions with BNA, Thomson Reuters, and AS Pratt. Mattson is currently an author for Lexis: he writes the BSA/AML Update, Mortgage Procedure Guide to Federal and State Compliance, and Fair Debt Collection Practices. His website is www.unionlegalresearch.com.
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FROM THE CHAIR
by Cheryl L. Niemeier, Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, Indianapolis, IN
It's official - we are now the Private Law Librarians & Information Professionals - Special Interest Section (PLLIP-SIS) of AALL! Our future is bright!
John Chambers stated in a recent Linkedin Influencer post The Marathon Sprint to Go Digital: Are You Ready?, "By 2020, 75 percent of businesses will be a digital business or will be preparing to become one. Companies that don't digitize and harness the power of the Internet of Everything (IoE) will miss out on its $19 trillion opportunity and be left behind."
That's indeed a bold statement! And if it comes to fruition it's a mere 5 years away. Now more than ever we must reinvent ourselves and prepare to both bring about and embrace the opportunities of current and guaranteed future disruptions. Information professionals can and should be on the leading edge of taking our organizations into the digital future. If we do so our futures are bright!
It turns out this is actually my last chair column. Rather than list the accomplishments of my term as I had intended to do, let's have a bit of fun and turn to the lyrics of The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades, by Timbuk3, changed up a bit to reflect the view of our future, toast the redesigned PLLIP website and celebrate our new official SIS name!
I studied library science
I loved my classes
I had crazy teachers, they wore dark glasses
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing all right, getting good upgrades
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades
I've got a job awaiting my future situation
Several thou a year -- buys a lot of cheer
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing all right, getting good upgrades
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades
Well I'm heavenly blessed and worldly wise
I'm a high-tech techie with x-ray eyes
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing all right, getting good upgrades
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades
I studied library science
I loved my classes
I had crazy teachers, they wore dark glasses
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing all right, getting good upgrades
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades
I gotta wear shades, I gotta wear shades
Here's to a bright future for our profession and our special interest section!!
Thank-you for the opportunity to serve you and PLL (now PLLIP) as Chair!
Best,
Cheryl
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2015 PLL Award Winners
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Distinguished Librarian - Ellen Callinan
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Innovative Professional of the Year - Denise Pagh and Marcia Burris
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Best Blogger/Writer of the Year - Susan Catterall
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Hall of Fame - Susan Yancey, Jane Holland, Jill Sidford
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Advocate of the Year - Jean O'Grady
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Emerging Leader - Alicia M. Pappas
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Service to PLL - Jennifer Berman
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Rookie of the Year - Jourdan Corbitt
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Vendor/Outside Champion - Monica Bay, formerly with ALM
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2015 PLL Grant Recipients
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PLL Travel Grant for AALL Management Institute - Jessica Fields
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PLL Summit Registration Grant - Michelle Tolley
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AALL Annual Meeting Registration Grant - Michelle Tolley
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AALL Annual Meeting Travel Grant - Cynthia Ziegler and Denise Pagh
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SLA Member AALL Annual Meeting Registration Grant - Liz Whittington
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SLA Member PLL Summit Registration Grant - Carolyn Hersch
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Around the Blogospere
Back in 2013 a blog post titled Rumors of the library's demise have been greatly exaggerated detailed the results of a Pew study on library use and found that library use was still strong. More recently in pondering the now seemingly often asked question Do We Need Libraries? blog post lays bare the seismic changes technology has wrought on many products and services. An A-Z cornucopia of obsolete products and services from address books to wristwatches and physical banks to traditional taxis litter the landscape. But what of libraries? Will they go the way of other products and services in the continued digital revolution taking place. Bottom line analysis is change is required to stay relevant, but the elusive answer is in asking the right questions that will yield the kind of change needed to keep libraries alive. Of special importance is framing the answers from the customer's perspective rather than the institutions.
In Libraries could outlast the internet, head of British Library says to stop asking if libraries will still exist in the digital age and boldly posits that if we get it right "real-life libraries could out last the internet." And The Internet can't replace libraries: Why they matter more than ever in the age of Google unequivocally states that the internet cannot replace the library because it is the "truest democratic space."
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Meet Mica Maddry
Enjoy the next in a series of interviews helping you to better know your PLL colleagues. Mary Ann Wacker provides an introduction to Mica Maddry. |
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Welcome New Members
Phil Brown, Strategic Advisor, Intelligize; Centreville, Virginia
Irene Chang, Research Librarian, Paul Hastings LLP; Los Angeles, California
Priscilla Day, Research & Training Librarian, Paul Hastings LLP; San Francisco, California
Stephanie DeClue, Director of Knowledge Management, Sedgwick LLP; Kansas City, Missouri
Rumbi Kambasha, Library Assistant, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton; Washington, D.C.
Mary Kelly, Research & Library Services Executive Director, Bloomberg BNA; Arlington, Virginia
Kayla Kotila, Reference Librarian, K&L Gates; Washington, D.C.
Lillie Murphy, Norton Rose Fulbright; Washington, D.C.
Simone Srinivasan, Reference Librarian, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; Chicago, Illinois
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