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
From the AALL E-Newsletter – June 2012 Guide to Fair Business Practices for Legal Publishers The Task Force on the Guide to Fair Business Practices for Legal Publishers Revisions seeks member and vendor comments on its first draft of the next edition of the guide. A redline version of the guide can be found on the task force page on AALLNET or in the Vendor Relations Community on AALLNET (login required). The task force invites … Read more
Congratulations to our newly elected ABLL board members: President Elect / V.P. – Nuchine Nobari (Edwards Wildman Palmer) V.P. and Chair, Technology – Jennifer Woodward (Mintz Levin) V.P. and Chair, Education – Stephanie Godley Murphy (Ropes & Gray) V.P. and Chair, Membership – Stephanie Chapman (Bingham McCutchen) Chris Laut (Liberty Mutual) will be entering his term as President, and Katie McGuire (Robinson & Cole) as Immediate Past President. Thank you to the retiring board members … 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
Please join us at ABLL’s Fall Educational Meeting Monday, October 17th, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Anthem Kitchen & Bar @ 101 South Market Building, Faneiul Hall Speaker: Avi Steinber, author of Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian RSVP with ENTREE SELECTION by Tuesday, October 11th to: Carolyn Trask Event Details
ABLL Welcome Back Party Stoddard’s Friday Club 48 Temple Place Wednesday, September 21, 2011 5 pm – 8 pm rsvp to: John Pedini You will have an opportunity to have your picture taken for your ABLL website profile, if you so choose. Event Invitation and Details This event is free for members. Nonmembers are welcome, please bring a $35 check payable to ABLL.
Business Meeting Schedule: 6:00-6:30 PM Speeches by: Outgoing President- Bridget Lonergan Incoming President- Katherine McGuire Election of new ABLL Board Members The rest of the evening will be for mingling and enjoying appetizers and cocktails with friends & colleagues! Date & Time: Wednesday, May 18th 5-8 PM Location: Four Green Fields BNY Mellon Center Lobby/ One Boston Place Location Details: Second Floor Function Room RSVP by Friday, May 13th to: Stephanie Gardner 617.951.8106 stephanie.gardner@bingham.com
I have some exciting news from the technology committee: 1) The ABLL website has a new members-only section: ABLL Resumes. Viewing and posting is only available to members who are logged into the website. Instructions for posting resumes can be found on the web page. 2) ABLL now has a group on LinkedIn! Please go to this link to send a request to join the group: ABLL LinkedIn Group. -Jen Meger