The purpose of this post is to provide notice, as required by Article XVI of the Bylaws of the Association of Boston Law Librarians (ABLL), as to proposed changes to be voted on by the membership at its upcoming Business Meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, May18th, from 12:00-2:00 p.m. at the Hampshire House, 84 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. It is proposed that the ABLL Bylaws be amended as follows: Amend Article III, Section 1(a) by adding … Read more
Access to Government Information* Friday, April 8, 2016 Northeastern University School of Law We will be spending the day discussing the role of law libraries and the government in providing access to this information, and why it is so critically important. Registration is $50 for LLNE members, and $40 for ABLL members**. Space is Limited! Register today at http://lawlibraryguides.neu.edu/LLNE2016. *Special thanks to Helen Vlachos, VP/President-Elect, for all her hard work in collaborating with … Read more
January 26th, 2016 Following is a message sent via email from the Mass. Appeals Court: Please note the following update: In response to requests for extensions of time, the Trial Court Committee on Public Access to Court Records has extended the comment period for all comments to May 4, 2016. All comments received will be made available for the public on the committee’s web page. See http://www.mass.gov/courts/case-legal-res/rules-of-court/rule-changes-invitations-comment/proposed-trial-court-rule-xiv-access-to-court-records.html The Committee appreciates your continuing interest in … Read more
What: The End of Summer Party (f/k/a The Fall Event, f/f/k/a The Welcome Back Party) When: Monday, September 21, 2015 – 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Where: Downtown Harvard Club of Boston, One Federal Street What Else: You will need to show a photo ID when you check in with the security desk in the lobby of this building. Why Not: Join your friends and colleagues to launch ABLL’s 50th Anniversary Year! This celebration features an … Read more
The ABLL Board is busy planning our Golden Year with educational and social events! We are excited to announce reduced membership dues for this membership year. Individuals, vendors and shared memberships are now $110. Students, retired and unemployed memberships are now $40. The 2015-16 membership form is now available. We are again offering payment via PayPal (using the email address andrea.rasmussen@ropesgray.com). Please return your form (no matter your form of payment) and your check to: Kara Mack, … Read more
Posted by AALL CRIV Bloog (3/21/14): Possible Elimination of FR and CFR indexes March 21, 2014 by Liz Reppe Leave a Comment This is a reposting from the AALL Advocacy listserv, for those who did not see it yesterday. *** Hi Advocates— Last week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee reported out the Federal Register Modernization Act (HR 4195). The bill, introduced the night before the mark up, changes the requirement to print the … Read more
As you may or may not know, Georgia Ypsilantis was recovering from a serious injury over the spring when she received a floral arrangement from all of us at ABLL. She wanted to extend her sincere thanks to everyone and figured the best way to do that was to send her thoughts along to me in a note and I would relay them to you. I’m sure she would love to do it in person, … Read more
Please join us for the ABLL Spring Educational Meeting on March 29th from Noon to 2:00 p.m. at Suffolk University Law School for a program entitled The Present Day Evolution of Law Librarianship. Please see the invitation for details. RSVP to Carolyn Trask by March 27th.
Please plan to join your ABLL colleagues and friends at the February ABLL Luncheon to be held on February 29, 2012 from Noon to 2:00. Our speaker will be Goodwin Procter LLP’s Litigation Knowledge Manager David Hobbie. David is a proponent of using web technologies to enhance information sharing and discovery inside and outside the legal enterprise. He will speak to us about the future of enterprise information discovery; offering insight into what tools and approaches leading information management … Read more
The ABLL Advocate will be phased out of existence after the Summer/Fall 2011 issue is distributed and will be replaced by the QuickPress publishing area of the ABLL website. Stay tuned for more information