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Articles Posted in News from Organizations
American Libraries Direct – March 12, 2008
News from ALA and the world of libraries:
New York librarian becomes embedded journalist in Iraq
“Twice in the past two years, librarian Shelby Monroe persuaded the 101st Airborne Division to let her be an embedded war correspondent and blogger. In those articles and accompanying photographs, she tries to capture the ordinary lives of American soldiers and Iraqis. To go to Iraq, she quit three part-time jobs-in the Chappaqua (N.Y.) Library, the Field Library in Peekskill (where she worked as adult services reference librarian), and in the Village Bookstore in Pleasantville….”
Emerging Library Leaders for the 21st Century
The Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science at River Forest, Illinois (near Chicago) has been conducting a series of innovative workshops on this topic, including the following:
March 17, 2008: 4-6pm
“Get a Voice: Why Writing, Blogging and Speaking Out Are Crucial to Advancing Your LIS Career”
Routledge Library Newsletter
From:
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Welcome to the second issue of the Routledge Library Newsletter!
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer Resigns
NEW YORK (AP) – Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced Wednesday that he is resigning, completing a spectacular fall from power for a politician whose once-promising career imploded amid allegations that he paid thousands of dollars for high-end prostitutes.
“I look at my time as governor with a sense of what might have been,” Spitzer said, with his expressionless wife Silda standing at his side. “There is much more to be done, and I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people’s work.”
Spitzer says his resignation is effective Monday. He will be replaced by Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who will become New York’s first black governor.
William S. Hein & co., Inc. & the American Association of Law Libraries Are Looking for Proposal Ideas for the AALL Publication Series
William S. Hein & Co., Inc. & the American Association of Law Libraries are Looking for Proposal Ideas for the AALL Publications Series
Do you have an idea for a new publication? The AALL Publications Committee, together with William S. Hein & Co., Inc. welcomes proposals relating to law librarianship for additions to the AALL Publications Series. Publications within the series vary widely in their subject matter, covering traditional technical services, information technology, advances in technology with respect to library functions, and subject-specific manuals, bibliographies, and research guides. To review titles currently available within the series, visit AALL’s web site at http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_series.asp. Instructions on how to submit a proposal can be found at http://www.aallnet.org/committee/publications/proposal.htm.
Tenth Anniversary of the Bernard E. Witkin Memorial Symposium
Susanne Pierce Dyer, Reference/Devilopment Librarian, Bernard E. Witkin Alemeda County Law Library in Oakland, California has sent the following information and announcement regarding the tenth anniversary of the Bernard E. Witkin Memorial Symposium:
“How quickly a decade flies by! As we look back to the first Witkin lecture in May of 1998, it is hard to believe that our tenth anniversary event is coming soon. Now called the Bernard E. Witkin Memorial Symposium, it is co-sponsored the Bernard E. Witkin Alameda County Law Library and the Witkin Legal Institute.”
“This year’s topic is “Taking your Practice to New Heights with Effective Management Techniques and Cutting Edge Technologies.” We are very grateful for the assistance of members of the State Bar of California Section on Law Practice Management and Technology for their assistance in organizing the program and recruiting speakers.”
Wisconsin State Law Library Newsletter March 2008
The March issue of WSLL @ Your Service has been published at http://wsll.state.wi.us/newsletter/0803.html In this issue:
* What’s New: New Volunteer @ WSLL; Economic Stimulus Checks – A Heads Up * This Just In… : New & Updated library materials * Click To It! Legal Research @ Your Fingertips: finding law journal articles using the WSLL Catalog * The Story of a Great Classic: finding legal classics using HeinOnline * Tech Tip in Brief: “I Guess I Should Have Known That” – A Variety of Quick Tech Tips * Odds & Endings: St. Patrick’s Day 2008; Other March Notables
Internet Society (ISOC) Participates in the Open Consultations of the Internet Governance Forum
The following was contributed by Bill Graham*
The Internet Society played a significant role in the second meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Rio de Janeiro in December, 2007. ISOC hosted an Open Forum on ISOC’s work and worked with partners to organize or participate in nine other sessions, including the Opening and Closing Panels of the IGF itself.
Planning has now begun for the 2008 IGF, which will be held in Hyderabad, India from 3-6 December. ISOC Board of Trustees members, ISOC staff members, and a large number of ISOC members participated in the IGF Open Consultations held in Geneva on 26 February 2008. The meeting was convened in the United Nations headquarters and was attended by