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Thursday, July 11, 2013
2:00PM
Saturday, July 13, 2013
8:00AM
PLL-SIS Summit IV: SOS: Shaping Our Success
The PLL Summit, now in its fourth year, continues as a vehicle for examining the impact and opportunities presented by change. Last... Read more
W2: Classroom Makeover: Renovate Your Class with Technology That Promotes Hands-On Learning
Traditional methods of teaching legal research utilize in-class lectures and demonstrations followed by out-of-class assignments. In... Read more
CONELL: Check-In and Continental Breakfast
The Conference of Newer Law Librarians (CONELL) is held every year at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting and C... Read more
8:30AM
W1: RDA Cataloging Cooperative
This workshop is geared toward intermediate catalogers who have knowledge of, and some experience with, cataloging in RDA. Participa... Read more
W4: Advocate Your Value: Practical Marketing for Busy Librarians
Libraries are increasingly facing the need to advocate for themselves, and part of that advocacy involves marketing. Many don't have... Read more
Legislative Advocacy Training 2013: Advocacy in Practice
AALL voices the needs and interests of law librarians at the national, state and international levels on vital policy issues like co... Read more
CONELL: Welcome/Program (sponsored by Thomson Reuters)
The Conference of Newer Law Librarians (CONELL) is held every year at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting and C... Read more
11:00AM
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7:00PM
9:30PM
Sunday, July 14, 2013
7:00AM
SCCLL-SIS Breakfast, Business Meeting and Silent Auction (sponsored by Thomson Reuters)
Ticketed event: $25.00; advance registration required by June 17.
ALL-SIS Breakfast and Business Meeting (sponsored by Bloomberg Law/Bloomberg BNA)
There is no charge for this ticketed event, but advance registration by June 17 is required.
8:00AM
8:30AM
Opening General Session/Keynote Speaker (sponsored by Bloomberg Law/Bloomberg BNA, LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters, and Wolters Kluwer Law and Business)
This session will be webcast from Seattle on
10:00AM
Understanding Search Algorithms - How Lexis Advance Works
Gain a better understanding of the technology behind Lexis Advance. What are the differences and benefits of the new search algorith... Read more
10:30AM
Retool to Deliver More Value with Bloomberg Law
Discover how Bloomberg Law can help you deliver more value to your organization. Our integration of legal and business intelligence ... Read more
11:15AM
A1: Making Sense of the Numbers: Understanding Vendor Statistics
Online usage statistics can be deceptively straightforward. Before relying on them to make decisions, you must fully understand what... Read more
A2: "Build It and They Will Come": Creating an E-Reader Device Display in Your Library
Regardless of which e-book resources your law library uses, every institution can benefit from having an e-reader device bar. In the... Read more
A3: Igniting Faculty Services in Your Library
Changes in law school dynamics have inspired academic law libraries to develop new approaches to faculty services. Using the Ignite ... Read more
A4: Social Media and Your Library: Strategies to Lead the Way
Social media is ubiquitous in our society, and, as a result, a new culture of sharing and transparency exists. The concept of open l... Read more
A5: Intellectual Property Basics: Resources to Support an IP Practice
This session will highlight online resources (from free websites to paid databases), must-have secondary sources, and cutting-edge a... Read more
A6: Lifting the Veil: How to Effectively Research Foreign Customary Laws
While customary law is not widely known or studied in the United States, it remains an important source of law in various foreign ju... Read more
A7: It's All About the Money: Rethinking the Way We Teach Cost-Effective Legal Research
This session is designed to help legal research instructors teach cost-effective research in a more informed way, so as to prepare l... Read more
A8: Responsive Web Design: Designing One Website That Looks Great on Every Device
2013 is the "The Year of Responsive Web Design," ... Read more
12:30PM
LHRB-SIS Morris L. Cohen Essay Presentation and Luncheon
There is no charge for this ticketed event, but advance registration by June 17 is required.
PLL-SIS Annual Business Meeting and Luncheon (sponsored by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business)
Ticketed event: $10.00; advance registration required by June 17.
PLI Discover PLUS Luncheon
Join us for a Lunch & Learn featuring the 2013 AALL New Product of the Year, Discover PLUS, PLI’s eBook library, and your source... Read more
LexisNexis/ Knowledge Mosaic
Knowledge Mosaic resources deliver real-time securities and SEC information, as well as industry news, research, guidance and curren... Read more
Animal Law Caucus Meeting (open to all)
Speaker Matthew Dominguez of the Humane Society of the United States will address progress in the legislative issues faci... Read more
1:00PM
Stake Your Claim with the LexisNexis® IP Portfolio
Learn how your organization can succeed at every step in developing, retaining and protecting intellectual property assets with the ... Read more
2:00PM
B1: Deep Dive - The Ins, Outs, and Abouts of SharePoint
(Please note: This deep dive session is scheduled for 3.25 hours and runs across both the 'B' and 'C' time slots.)
... Read more
B2: FCIL Librarianship Core Competencies
As legal research becomes increasingly globalized, an emphasis on foreign, comparative, and international law (FCIL) librarianship c... Read more
B3: Cool Tools Cafe
Is there an emerging or existing technology that would solve a problem for your library or make an existing process more efficient? ... Read more
B4: AALL Public Policy Update
The annual public policy update connects AALL members with the Government Relations Office (GRO) staff, fellow advocates, and AALL's... Read more
B5: Innovations in Serving People Without Lawyers
Many law libraries make it their goal to serve all patrons equally, but what about patrons who have no legal background? Further, ho... Read more
B6: Linked Data: The New Bibliographic Framework in the Post-MARC World
The Library of Congress' Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative will transform existing metadata (the MARC format) into a sus... Read more
B7: Surrounded by Geniuses: Knowledge Management Learning from Other Industries
This session reviews knowledge management (KM) concepts and activities by focusing on a review of case studies from other industries... Read more
B8: State Constitutions: Current, Historical, and How They Change
Using the U.S. Constitution as an example, it is easy to think of constitutions as being stable and unchanging. State constitutions,... Read more
4:00PM
C6: Hot Topic: What’s My (Bottom) Line? Managing Law Firms Through the Great Recession
In this timely conversation, Jim Lehmann, managing partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, will describe how he is guidin... Read more
C1: Fishbowl Fun! A Closer Look at Four Key Licensing Provisions
This program is geared toward librarians with experience in negotiating license agreements. It is not for the faint of heart, as the... Read more
C2: It's 3 a.m. - Show Me! A Toolkit for Screencasting Legal Research Instruction
"Business hours" can reach around the clock in firms spanning multiple time zones, or in university settings where student researche... Read more
C3: Releasing Your Inner Writer
Of all the tools in a professional's toolkit, writing may be the most crucial-and elusive. Everyone is called on to write, whether i... Read more
C4: Diversity Symposium: Affirmative Action, Banned Books, and Mexican American Studies: The Current State of Diversity and Education in America (sponsored by LexisNexis)
The Diversity Symposium will provide a brief overview of how affirmative action and multi-cultural studies affect diversity in the p... Read more
C5: Law for the Non-JD Librarian
While many technical services librarians, in addition to others on the library staff roster, have one or more advanced academic degr... Read more
4:45PM
Library Tour: Gallagher Law Library - University of Washington School of Law
This tour has reached capacity.
Transportation: Participants will walk 5 minutes each way with an escort t... Read more
5:30PM
6:30PM
ALL-SIS Reception and Awards (sponsored by LexisNexis)
There is no charge for this ticketed event, but advance registration by June 17 is required.
Monday, July 15, 2013
7:00AM
ALL-SIS Middle Managers Breakfast (sponsored by Thomson Reuters)
Ticketed event: $30.00; advance registration required by June 17.
ALL-SIS Directors Breakfast (directors only)
Ticketed event: $42.00; advance registration required by June 17.
CS-SIS Breakfast and Business Meeting (sponsored by Bloomberg Law/Bloomberg BNA, LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters and Wolters Kluwer Law & Business)
Ticketed event: $20.00; advance registration r... Read more
7:15AM
RIPS-SIS Breakfast and Business Meeting
There is no charge for this ticketed event, but advance registration by June 17 is required.
7:30AM
8:00AM
9:00AM
Breaking News and Expert Analysis for the Legal Professional
The law changes every day. The tools you use need to change with it. Wolters Kluwer Daily Reporting Suite provides same-day coverag... Read more
Meet the Candidates for the AALL Executive Board
9:30AM
Power Searching: Bloomberg Law Docket and Transactional Tools
Experienced former law school librarian, Valerie Carullo, shows you how to harness the power of Bloomberg Law dockets and transactio... Read more
10:00AM
R1: Recharge: Why Change Stalls and What You Can Do About It
Managing large-scale change is like operating a complex machine, with multiple control levers and dials to watch. Hit the right leve... Read more
R2: Recharge: Own the Room: Presentations That Captivate and Win Over Any Audience
At some point, we are all called upon to make a presentation. If you’re investing time and energy in a message you need to communica... Read more
R3: Recharge: The Look of Leadership Today: What It Is—and What it Isn't
Today’s workplace can be challenging. The world is smaller, impacts are more profound, decisions (or lack thereof) have more serious... Read more
R4: Recharge: Increasing Your Influence
Where there is no formal authority, clients, customers, and co-workers are more likely to follow and be influenced by those with who... Read more
R5: Recharge: De-stress Your Life by Finding Balance in a Hectic World
Stressors are everywhere, but how you deal with them determines their effect on your bodyand mind. In this interactive workshop, pa... Read more
LexisNexis® Digital Library: Expansion and Enhancements
LexisNexis® and OverDrive® have joined forces to provide an eLending solution for law libraries. With professional functionality and... Read more
10:15AM
Library Tour: The Seattle Public Library
Transportation: Participants will walk 0.4 miles each way with an escort.
Designed by Rem Koolhaas, the Central Library... Read more
10:30AM
New JustCite and Justis Developments: Saving You Time
The Justis full-text library and JustCite citator have undergone radical changes that are saving users time. From new case ident... Read more
11:00AM
Navigating the Transactional Landscape
Learn how you can navigate the ever-changing transactional landscape with Lexis Practice Advisor. All-new practical guidance, model ... Read more
11:45AM
Heinonline: Index to Foreign & Legal Periodicals - Demonstration/ Product Update
Marci Hoffman (Associate Director and International & Foreign Law Librarian at Berkeley Law Library, University of California) w... Read more
Annual Meeting Program Committee 2014 Open Forum
The 2014 Annual Meeting Program Committee invites you to the AMPC Open Forum to learn about the program proposal and selection processes.
CS-SIS Pop-up Meeting
At the CS-SIS pop up meeting, you can drop your next big idea (or the one that tanked) into a hat. If we pull it out, we’ll talk ab... Read more
12:15PM
Investor-State LawGuide (ISLG) Demonstration
Join us for a demonstration of our online research database for investment treaty law. - by Investor-State LawGuide (ISLG)
1:00PM
Library Tour: Microsoft Corporate Library & Archives
This tour has reached capacity.
Transportation: Requires motor coach transportation (transportation fee ap... Read more
D1: Deep Dive - Get Hired: How to Convey Your Value
(Please note: This deep dive session is scheduled for 2.75 hours and runs across both the 'D' and 'E' time slots.)
... Read more
D2: Copyright and Digital Images: "If It's on the Web, I Can Use It, Right?"
As demonstrated by the results of the AALL member survey, many librarians have questions or would like greater knowledge regarding c... Read more
D3: Practical Methods to Correct Workplace Behavior
American workers spend about 33 percent of their waking hours at the workplace, and it's no secret that a positive, cohesive work en... Read more
D4: American Indian Law: Access and Collections
American Indian Law materials can be difficult to locate and use. Significant barriers to access remain, even as more online resourc... Read more
D5: State-Based Advocacy: Tales from the Trenches and Tips for Success in Your State
State legislatures across the country consider decisions that drastically impact law libraries every day. Several states recently co... Read more
D6: Law Libraries and Advocacy: Using Special Collections to Tell the Story of the Japanese American Internment
This program will discuss the legal history of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, a topic of broad interest t... Read more
D7: Deep Dive: WHO and ICRC: They Stand for Free Public Health and Humanitarian Law
(Please note: This deep dive session is scheduled for 2.75 hours and runs across both the 'D' and 'E' time slots.)
... Read more
1:15PM
Library Tour: Seattle University Law Library, Lemieux Library & McGoldrick Learning Commons
Transportation: Requires motor coach transportation (transportation fee applies).
Built in 1999, Sullivan Hall is home to... Read more
Library Tour: Public Law Library of King County
This tour has reached capacity.
Transportation: Participants will walk 0.8 miles each way with an escort o... Read more
2:30PM
E6: Hot Topic: Finding the Veronica Mars Within: Using Social Media for Investigative Purposes in Legal Practice
The recent Steubenville rape trial and Boston Marathon bombing investigation demonstrated that social media is increasingly accepted... Read more
E1: Off the Page and Beyond the Book: New Models for Buying and Selling Legal Information
Long ago, legal information moved off the page and beyond the book. However, both information vendors and their customers remain mir... Read more
E2: It's 2013: Do You Know Where Your iPad Is?
In 2012, nearly 90 percent of attorneys used smart phones for their work; 33 percent used iPads or other tablets. Mobile devices wer... Read more
E3: Motivating Staff: What Works and What Doesn't
This fast-paced, interactive workshop is packed with useful tips on how to effectively motivate your staff in today's ever-changing ... Read more
E4: What to Expect When You Are Going to Be Inspected: The ABA Accreditation and Site Visit Process
Like death and taxes, the American Bar Association (ABA) accreditation process is an inevitable part of the life of almost every law... Read more
E5: Distinguished Lectureship Address by Michael Chiorazzi: Training the Next Generation of Law Librarians—The Past as Prologue
Professor Chiorazzi will address the current state of law librarianship education and the importance of the triumvirate of formal ac... Read more
4:00PM
AALL General Business Meeting and Members Open Forum
The AALL General Business Meeting will be held at 4:00 p.m., and will be followed immediately by the Members Open Forum, which will ... Read more
5:30PM
5:45PM
6:00PM
7:00PM
7:15PM
Thomson Reuters and AALL Member Appreciation Event
Are you ready to rock 'n' roll in Seattle? Then join us at the Experience Music P... Read more
8:00PM
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
7:00AM
7:15AM
7:30AM
Coffee Talks
To keep the conversation flowing in Seattle, informal “Coffee Talk” discussions will be held on Tuesday morning. Attendees can brain... Read more
8:30AM
Library Tour: U.S. Courts Library
This tour has reached capacity.
Transportation: Participants will walk 0.3 miles with an escort.
F8: Hot Topic: Rethinking the Cloud: Legal Aspects of Cloud Solutions
While cloud computing is revolutionary in the legal context, it does have a potential impact on legal risk. Once the data is on the ... Read more
F1: Deep Dive - "Don't Assume the Peanut Butter Is in the Pantry!": Demystifying Project Management
(Please note: This deep dive session is scheduled for 3.25 hours and runs across both the 'F and 'G' time slots.)
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F2: The Good Stuff: Using High-End Educational Technologies to Teach Legal Research
Ready to get smart with SMART Boards? Ready to take your iPad to the next level? Looking for ways to tweak your TWEN or another cour... Read more
F3: Rethinking the Value of Your Time and Attention: Practices and Technology Tools to Protect Your Most Valuable Resources
Some days (most days?), you are pulled in 10 different directions. Bosses, colleagues, email, and social media all battle for your t... Read more
F4: Business and Competitive Intelligence: Rethinking Tools, Methodologies, and Relationships
As competition for legal business grows, the need for fast and germane business and competitive intelligence is more important than ... Read more
F5: Mass Digitization in the Law Library: Obstacles and Opportunities
Copyright law is one of the greatest obstacles to mass digitization; the Google Books and HathiTrust cases vividly illustrate the pr... Read more
F6: When Cookie Cutter Services Won’t Cut It: Brainstorming Services for Public Patrons
Public patrons have differing abilities, ranging from being barely literate to being a sophisticated user of the legal system. To m... Read more
F7: Respect for Marriage: Equal Protection for Same-Sex Couples in Washington State and Before the U.S. Supreme Court
The trend toward same-sex marriage recognition has been surrounded by controversy ever since the marriage equality movement's infant... Read more
9:00AM
10:00AM
Library Tour: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and Perkins Coie LLP Libraries
Transportation: Participants will walk 0.4 miles each way with an escort.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is a full-service la... Read more
10:15AM
G1: Equitable, Accessible, and Affordable - Equity Principles Inspire Workable Technology Solutions
Inclusion, accessibility, usability, privacy, openness, and sharing best practices are some of the technological values that make up... Read more
G2: Meeting the Needs of Students and Their Future Employers: Discussions on Legal Research Instruction and Student Services Inspired by Practitioner Feedback
About 150 librarians and 600 practitioners answered a recent Task Force survey, reporting on practitioners' access to and use of res... Read more
G3: State Open Records Laws and Libraries: Can We Value Openness and Privacy at the Same Time?
This program will discuss balancing the competing librarian values of encouraging open access to information and patron privacy by h... Read more
G4: Big Data, Big Opportunities: Rethinking Value and Usability
What is "big data" and what does it mean for your organization? Whether it is managing email or eDiscovery, gathering and analyzing ... Read more
G5: PAC-Rim Legal Values: A Primer on Top Legal Resources from Non-English Speaking Jurisdictions
Hear leading professionals discuss the top legal resources from their respective countries of expertise. Among the resources highli... Read more
G6: Implement/Access an E-Book Collection in a Law Library
Apple has sold more than 40 million iPads, and Amazon now sells more Kindle titles than print books. E-books have reached the tippin... Read more
G7: Public Law Libraries in the 21st Century: An Opportunity to Rethink, Reinvigorate, and Redesign
Public law libraries face many difficulties in fulfilling their unique mission. The session will focus on some of the successful eff... Read more
12:00PM
Association Luncheon (sponsored by LexisNexis)
The Association Luncheon is a conference favorite, and your chance to celebrate with your colleagues following three days of stimula... Read more
1:30PM
Heinonline: Index to Foreign & Legal Periodicals - Demonstration/ Product Update
Mari Hoffman (Associate Director and International & Foreign Law Librarian at Berkeley Law Library, University of California) wi... Read more
Exhibit Hall Dessert Break
Poster session creators will be on han... Read more
2:30PM
H1: Deep Dive - Success in the Classroom: Measuring Student and Teacher Performance
(Please note: This deep dive session is scheduled for 2.25 hours and runs across both the 'H' and 'I' time slots.)
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H2: Please Turn Your Electronic Device On: Exploring Congress.gov
Congress.gov launched in September 2012 as a public beta with the goal... Read more
H3: Anatomy of a Civil Lawsuit: Documents From Start to Finish in Dockets
Legal researchers often need to search through state and federal dockets to perform due diligence searches or to find information to... Read more
H4: Emerging Technologies and Teaching for the 21st Century Librarian
Librarians in all law libraries need to educate and train their users, whether it is on performing cost-effective legal research as ... Read more
H5: KM, CRM, DMS, EDD: What Does It All Mean, and Why Should I Care?
This session is designed to demystify the common acronyms used by law firm personnel and to introduce the range of law office techno... Read more
H6: Wine and the Law: An Overview of Wine and Winemaking from Ancient Babylon to the Modern Washington State Wine Industry
Produced by humans since the late Stone Age, perhaps no beverage has affected the development of human civilization more than wine. ... Read more
H7: iCame, iSaw, iConquered: Our Year with the iPad
With iPads being used by more information seekers every day, librarians need to have a working knowledge of how iPads function in th... Read more
H8: Rethink Disruption
Disruption is usually unwelcome. It represents conflict, chaos, and potential danger. But disruption can be a positive – and sometim... Read more
3:45PM
I1: "Is It My Job, or Am I Burnt Out?": Finding Career Contentment
Do you find yourself not liking your job as much as you used to? Is there really a problem with your job, or are you just no longer ... Read more
I2: Beyond Digitization: Designing and Marketing a Collaborative Online Experience Using the Tokyo War Crimes Trial Papers
Using the Tokyo War Crimes Trial Digital Exhibit, presenters will walk participants through the process of building an interactive o... Read more
I3: Joe Janes Discusses the Library of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Joseph Janes, writer of American Library's "Another Story" column, curator of the podcast series "Documents that Changed th... Read more
I4: Who Do You Call When You Need to Search the Enterprise?
Librarians search an ever-increasing number of sophisticated research platforms on a constant quest for the right piece of informati... Read more
I5: Top Trends Reshaping the Legal Industry: How Can Law Librarians Make an Impact?
This session will review top trends reshaping the legal industry, which includes e-discovery, alternative fee arrangements (AFAs), l... Read more
I6: Manage Your Role in the Institutional Project and Communicate Your Library's Value to the Institution: Seven Principles for Success
When a library lends its expertise to an institutional project, effective management of its role often presents a greater challenge ... Read more
