04 Aug 2015
On July 18-22, the Schmid Law Library librarians attended the 2015 American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) annual meeting in Philadelphia. The librarians who attended, Richard Leiter, Sandy Placzek, Marcia Dority Baker and Stefanie Pearlman hold positions on several national committees and special interest sections.
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Library Director, Richard Leiter, demonstrated the beta version of a new Hein Online database being developed by the Wm S Hein & Co, the publisher of the 7th edition of his reference book, National Survey of State Laws. The book and database will be released in September 2015.
Photo via @HeinOnline
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Sandy Placzek, Associate Director and Professor of Law Library, participated in a program on e-books with a New York law firm librarian. Sandy’s remarks focused on the integration of e-books and digital content in academic law libraries. The program, “Strategic Integration of E-books and Digital Content in Law Libraries” was standing room only.
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Stefanie Pearlman, Professor of Law Library and Reference Librarian finished her term as President of the Animal Law Caucus, and is the incoming Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect of the Social Responsibilities-Special Interest Section.
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Photo via @JenWondracek
Marcia Dority Baker, Associate Professor of Law Library and Access Services Librarian, attended the AALL Hackathon: Connecting Legal Information. She was part of the winning team with a finished project; P.Law.G or the Public Law Timeline of the Popular Names Table. The goal of the team’s project was t0 visualize the Popular Names Table by showing the “weight” of a public law by the amount of legislation it has. Marcia also presented at the Cool Tools Café Dive Deep program on using Google Forms.
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Photo via @deshrager
Law Librarian Conversations, a popular radio show/podcast hosted by Richard Leiter, Marcia Dority Baker and Roger Skalbeck (University of Richmond School of Law), produced three live podcasts during the conference. The shows were scheduled at the end of the program day and were intended as daily wrap-ups for the conference. Guests on the show included the presidents of major publishing companies, the Superintendent of Documents at the Government Printing Office (GPO), as well as several past AALL presidents and sitting board members. Episodes can be heard on iTunes or the Blog Talk Radio site.
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Photo via Rich Leiter
Schmid Law Library hosted the first get-together for Nebraska Law alumni. Four former students including: Josh Pluta (Texas Tech Law School), Candle Wester (University of South Carolina Law), Melissa Beehner Pinch (K & L Gates, Seattle) and Michael McCarthy (University of Michigan Law School) attended the gatherine. Casey Duncan (new director at University of Wyoming Law School) and Stacy Etheredge (University of West Virginia Law School) were among the other Nebraska Law alumni in attendance.