Oct. 2015 - Did You Know These 3 Things?

Oct.

2015

ISSUE

No. 8

DID YOU KNOW. . .

#1 . . . NELLCO and MALLCO are offering a FREE 8-part technology webinar series?

That's right! As a result of our expanded collaboration efforts, members of NELLCO or MALLCO can attend any or all of the 8 webinars for FREE! Non-members can attend for a small fee.

Beth Ziesenis, author of Upgrade to Free, Release Your Inner Nerd, and Nerd Know-How, will present the series. The webinars will be structured around the 8 chapters of her

BETH ZIESENIS

is a technology expert who speaks to 60-plus groups a year about the best free and bargain apps and online resources that will help you Release Your Inner Nerd to become more organized, efficient and awesome at work and home.

latest book.

Webinar 1: Organize - Tuesday, December 1

Webinar 2: Collaborate - Thursday, December 17

Webinar 3: Share - Tuesday, January 12

Webinar 4: Design - Monday, January 25

Webinar 5: Create - Tuesday, February 2

Webinar 6: Travel - Friday, February 19

Webinar 7: Outsource - Tuesday, March 1

Webinar 8: Google - Tuesday, March 22

Each live session will run from 2:00-3:30 pm eastern in an effort to accommodate as many time zones as possible. We will also record the sessions and make them available to members afterward.

You can REGISTER NOW for any or all of these sessions. And did I mention, it's FREE to all NELLCO or MALLCO members!

P.S. - Since we're among Beth's best friends, we get the best deals. Order the book from her Amazon author create page and use the discount code QDBPYY5D at checkout to get $9.00 off the list price. What? That's almost 50% off! Thanks, Beth!

#2 . . . NELLCO is interested in e-books, DDA and PDA?

No, not personal digital assistants or public displays of affection, Patron Driven Acquisition!

NELLCO has begin a conversation with YBP (now owned by Proquest if you're keeping track) about a consortium PDA/DDA law e-book collection. This type of collaboration has been done by other consortia, including the Boston Library Consortium and the CTW Library Consortium in CT.

We want to know what you think! Please complete this survey to help us gather data about the current level of interest and activity in this area. It's just 4 quick questions and all responses are welcome.

#3. . . NELLCO was an exhibitor at the recent Chinese & American Forum in Legal Information and Law Libraries (CAFLL)?

The 4th bi-annual CAFLL meeting, co-sponsored by WESTPAC and hosted by the University

of Hawaii School of Law Library, was held in Honolulu, HI from Oct. 8-10. Law Library director Victoria Szymczak and her stellar staff welcomed a group of about 100 law librarians from across the U.S., Canada and China.

The CAFLL and WESTPAC leadership did an excellent job with the conference program content. The theme was Challenges, Competencies, Opportunities, and I was honored to be invited to

speak about NELLCO's PALMPrint Project for Fri. morning's session entitled Challenges of the E-legal Information Age: Collection Development and Resource Sharing in Law Libraries. I was joined on the panel by Associate Dean and ASU Law Library Director Tory Trotta, and Director of the Law Library at Peking University School of Law, Zhihong Chen.

Mahalo again to all of those involved in making this CAFLL conference a great success!

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