MAALL MARKINGSTHE NEWSLETTER OF THE MID-AMERICA ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES

VOLUME 12, NUMBER 1 MARCH 2002

PRESIDENTIAL

ADDRESSTranne Pearce, U.S. Courts Library - 8th

Circuit

The Special of the Day is DuckSoup!

We have scheduled a room and receivedmenus form the Peabody Orlando Hotel forour AALL July business lunch . Please readNeedra’s related column on food and costs on the last page. We need to decide what toeat and how much to spend.

An Archives Committee has beenestablished. Cindy Shearer has agreed tochair the committee. We hope to establishstandards for paper archives with theUniversity of Illinois archivist. Electronicarchives will also be discussed by thecommittee. We have material and files inseveral different locations that need to besaved. If you are aware of any relevantdocuments, please let the committee know.

The 2002 committees are set out on the nextpage. I was able to place volunteers on theirpreferred committee. Call me if you havequestions. The 2002 local arrangements andprogram committees are still gettingformalized with CALL (ChicagoAssociation of Law Libraries). Don’t forget

to mark November 7 – 9, 2002, on yourcalendars for our joint meeting with CALLat the University of Illinois. Contact JanisJohnston in Illinois if you have any ideas forthe annual meeting. Barbara Fullerton hasthe MAALL contingent ready to go on theprogram committee. Watch the web pagefor meeting news.

The web page has moved. It’s new addressis www.aallnet.org/chapter/maall. . SeeBarbara Ginsburg’s internet committeereport on developments. Minutes from theSt. Louis business meeting will be posted onthe web page for your approval. Sendanything you think might be interesting toBarbara at KU for the web page.

Finally, we need to think about a duesincrease. Ten dollars is just not enough togrow as an organization. The annual AALLlunch cost is high enough now that wecannot afford much except tea. In fact, sincethe Peabody is known for it’s flock of ducks,we may be having duck soup in Orlando!

-Tom Yacovella,

“Water Ballet”

MAALL EXECUTIVE BOARD

President Vice-Pres./Pres.Elect Past President Tranne Pearce Barbara Fullerton Mary Ann Nelson (816) 512-5790 (515) 270-4345 (319) 335-9016Tranne_Pearce@ca8.uscourts.gov fullerbarb@philbred.com mary-nelson@uiowa.edu

Secretary Treasurer Dorie Bertram Needra Jackson (314) 935-6484 (573) 882-9675bertram@wulaw.wustl.edu jacksonn@missouri.edu

MAALL Committees / 2002Listed Below are the current assignments for MAALL committees

Bylaws Mem bership VIP Selection Placement

Gary Vander M eer, Chair Peggy M cDerm ott, Chair Frank H oudek, C hair Mike M cReynold s, Chair

Pam Tull Pam Tull

Pro Bono

Directory Resource Sharing Judith Clark e, Chair Newsletter

Dorie B ertram, Cha ir Steve Lambson, editor

Lorraine Lorne Nominations

Gary Vander Meer Internet Karen Wallace, Chair

Barbara Ginzburg, Chair James Duggan Member News Editor

Program Sue Kelleher Susan Boland Resa Kerns

Barb Fullerton, John Lissa Lord

Klaus, Co-Chairs Liz Glankler Library School Liaison State Liaisons

Paul Callister, UIU, Barb Fullerton Chris Tighe, Chair

Liaison Kathryn Fitzhugh - AR

Sharon Kern Local Arrangem ents Priscilla Stultz - IL

Mike McReynolds Janis John ston, Chair Grants Julie Thomas - IA

Sue Kelleher Paul He aly Sue Lerd al, Chair Pam Tull - KS

Glen-Peter Ahlers, Sr. Jane Williams Susan Boland Jan Medved - MO

Therese A. Clark Paul Callister Angela Lange - NE

Kevin B utterfield Archives Suzanne Morrison - ND

AALL PR Liaison Talisa Webber Cindy She arrer, Chair Joel Wegemer - OK

Suzanne Morriso n, Chair Anne Fessenden

Janis Johnston News from other

Joan Stevens Chapters

Kevin B utterfield Mike McReynolds

MA ALL M arkings is published quarterly in March, June, September and December

in electronic format by the Mid-America Association of Law Libraries

Editor: Steve Lambson

Those wishing to submit items should contact the editors for policy and format information.

Steve Lambson

(573) 882-6464

lambsons@missouri.edu

MEMBERSHIP NEWS

Membership NewsCompiled by Resa Kerns, Membership News

Editor - Univ. of Missouri-Columbia School of Law

Library

Arkansas

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Nancy L. Strohmeyer has joined theUniversity of Arkansas, Fayetteville as thenew Head of Public Services, replacingDavid Gay. She was at Loyola UniversityNew Orleans for over sixteen years beforecoming to Arkansas in February. Nancy wasa student member of MAALL long agowhen she was in law school at SouthernIllinois University, and she is extremelyhappy to return. Hopefully, MAALLmembers who know her will feel the sameway.

Illinois

Southern Illinois University School of LawLibrary

Southern Illinois University School of LawLibrary Faculty Assistant Professor Adria P.Olmi is the author of "Estate-PlanningInternet Resources for Illinois Lawyers." 90Illinois Bar Journal 49, 46, 48 (2002). Sheis also author of “Internet Resources forIllinois Personal Injury Lawyers”, 90 IllinoisBar Journal 151-153 (2002).

Iowa

Drake University

Karen Wallace, Circulation/ReferenceLibrarian, has co-authored the book, "TheResponsive Public Library: How to Developand Market a Winning Collection,"published by Libraries Unlimited in Januaryof 2002. Although primarily intended forpublic librarians, the book includes materialthat might be of interest to librarians of alltypes. For example, there are discussions ofrelationship marketing, planning, customerservice issues, signage, promotion, the costsof library use, educating staff aboutmarketing, and getting organizationalsupport for marketing efforts.

Pioneer Hi-Bred International

Barbara Fullerton, Electronic ResourcesLibrarian at Pioneer Hi-Bred International,along with Brian Neale, Oppenheimer’sCalifornia IT Manager, and SusanSkyzinski, LexisNexis Librarian, will bepresenting the Gadgets program at the TexasLibrary Association on April 24, 2002 inDallas, Texas. Barbara, along with BrianNeale, Brian Roberts of LexisNexis, andRoger Skalbeck of George MasonUniversity, will also be speaking at theAALL annual meeting in July in twoprograms: “And You Thought Gadgets WereOnly for the Kitchen: Part II” and“Emergency Computer Tips”.

Kansas

Johnson County Law Library

John Pickett, Johnson County Law LibraryDirector, reports that this year the library isestablishing an automated catalog,circulation system and web OPAC usingEOSI GLAS software.

University of Kansas Law Library

Lynne Fothergill has joined The KU LawLibrary as Reference/Information ServicesLibrarian. Her hours are primarily eveningsand weekends. Lynne was a referencelibrarian in Jackson, Wyoming, beforecoming to the KU Law Library. WelcomeLynne!!!

Missouri

Welcome to Jan Medved, our newestMembership News State Liaison

Jackson County Law Library

Ruth Fraley, former Assistant Deputy ChiefAdministrator of the New York StateUnified Court System and Consultant inLegal Information and Record Management,facilitated a one day session with JCLL’sboard of directors and library staff todevelop a strategic plan for JCLL on January26, 2002.

The workshop began with an environmentalscan of world and local events impactingJCLL’s future role to the 16th Circuit Courtof Jackson County, MO and librarymembers. It concluded over a late lunchwhere board members and staff articulatedtheir visions for the Library’s future.

Linda Roser, Reference Librarian,presented a CLE program for the KansasCity Metropolitan Bar Association on March

07, 2002. QuickNet: Statutes, Regulations& Ordinances was offered in the computertraining classroom at the KCMBA andoffered participants tips and tricks for usingthe Internet to locate primary law. Theprogram is approved for CLE credit inMissouri and Kansas.

Roser will present a CLE class to the judgesand clerks of the 16th Circuit Court ofJackson County, MO in late March. Shewill demonstrate the electronic researchresources available to court users and offersuggestions and strategies regarding theappropriate resource for specific researchquestions.

Debbie Steele, Technical Services Librarian,is enrolled in “Legal Bibliography andReference” an online course via the Internetoffered through the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP

Evalyn Bollinger, former MAALL member,is working as a part-time contract employeefor SHB’s office located in Houston, Texas.

Bollinger worked at the Jackson CountyLaw Library, the law library at the law firmof Gage & Tucker, now Lathrop & Gage,and the Leon E. Bloch Law Library at theUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City. Bollinger volunteered on the 1999 MAALLLocal Arrangements Committee beforemoving to Houston in 2000.

Janet McKinney, Computer ServicesLibrarian at SHB, published an article onLLRX.com on February 01, 2002 entitled“Shaking Up Shook: A Case Study inImplementing Lawport Portal” athttp://www.llrx.com/features/lawport.htm. It reviews a commercial intranet product andpresents a case study of its implementationat Shook, Hardy & Bacon.

University of Missouri-Columbia School ofLaw Library

Randy Diamond, MU School of Law,Trish Cervenka, Saint Louis UniversitySchool of Law, and Jeff Sewell, Shook,Hardy & Bacon LLP, are teaching Legal Bibliography and Reference for the MUSchool of Information Science & LearningTechnologies in winter semester 2002. Thecourse is offered through MU Direct usingBlackboard course software and ERES (theElectronic Reserve System at MU). A totalof twenty-seven students are enrolled insections in Columbia, Kansas City and St.Louis. The class includes both MLSstudents and practicing librarians who aretaking the course for continuing education. Students have access to Lexis and Westlaw. The course meets in four Saturday face-to-face sessions and online for weeklyassignments and discussion forums.

University of Missouri-Kansas City -- Leon E. Bloch Law Library

Lissa Lord, Director of ElectronicCommunications, reports that the law schoolsearch committee is nearing completion ofthe search for a library director. PatriciaHarris O’Connor vacated the position toaccept a full-time faculty appointment.

The staff’s congratulations and welcomewill accompany a brief biography of the newdirector in the next issue of MAALLMarkings.

The UMKC Law Library staff worked withfaculty to produce an online index of facultyscholarly writings and activities. Lordstates that “it is truly impressive to see thenumber and quality of articles, books,presentations and professional opportunitiesin which our law faculty engages.” Thisresource is an excellent tool for librarians touse when ordering new research materials

for faculty. Also, liaison librarians can trackpast research initiatives of faculty and pluginto new sources of information forcontinuing research. The index site islocated athttp://www1.law.umkc.edu/faculty/facultyw

ritings/

INTERNET

COMMITTEE DOIN’S

The MAALL web site is now located athttp://www.aallnet.org/chapter/maall/.On the website you will find news and

announcements from various committeesand members, organization information, theMAALL Markings, and current informationabout the upcoming meetings. Some itemswe will be posting soon are: Meetingminutes from the 2001 annual meeting, anupdated membership directory, andinformation about the 2002 annual meetingat the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champain. Of course the web site cannot becomplete without input from MAALLmembers. Please contact me withsuggestions or corrections atginzburg@ku.edu.

Foellinger Auditorium

MAALL /CALLFALL, Y’ALL

Fall in central Illinois is a beautiful time ofyear and a great time for us to host theMAALL / CALL joint meeting! We are

getting ready to welcome you with gracioushospitality, good food, and fun activities. TheUniversity of Illinois has many attractionsfrom the third largest academic library in thenation to the world class Kranneret Center forthe Performing Arts where the ChicagoSymphony comes to record . Our meeting willbe held primarily at the Urbana Holiday Inn,our largest and newest conference hotel, and atthe college of law.

Champaign-Urbana is an easy drive from St.Louis and Chicago. We're located right at thejunction of three interstate highways (I 57, I72, I 74). The University's modern WillardAirports is served by American andNorthwest airlines with frequent connectionsto St. Louis, Chicago and Detroit. It is nothard to get here so we hope you will come!The program committee is hard at workputting together great educational sessionswith top speakers on timely topics. And yourlocal arrangements crew plans to provide youwith a livelyintroduction to agreat campusand community.

AND BY THE WAY....

The Program Committee is still looking forvolunteers to help plan the program for theMAALL / CALL annual meeting inNovember. The meeting will take placeThursday, November 7th through Saturday,November 9th at the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign. Please contact BarbaraFullerton (contact information below) if you would like to volunteer. Thanks!!

Barbara Fullerton Electronic Resources Librarian Pioneer Hi-Bred 7300 NW 62nd Avenue PO Box 1004 Johnston, IA 50131 Phone : 515-270-4345 FAX : 515-253-2184 e-mail: barbara.fullerton@pioneer.com

NEWS FROM OTHER

CHAPTERS

Compiled by Mike McReynolds

Shook, Hardy & Bacon Law Library

Law Libraries

and the Aftermath of Sept. 11

Several chapter newsletters published sinceSept. 11, 2001 included articles written in

response to the tragedy.

Hazelton, Penny A., “Grief in theWorkplace,” Law Library Lights, vol. 45, no.2, Winter 2001, pgs. 1,3-6. ProfessorHazelton discusses at length the grievingprocess, especially as it relates to coping withthe loss of friends and co-workers.

Murphy, Jim., “Responding to TerrorismVictims: Oklahoma City and Beyond / Officefor Victims of Crime, Office of JusticePrograms, U.S. Dept. Of Justice-Washington,D.C. (2000),” LLAGNY Law Lines, vol. 25,no. 2, Dec. 2001, pgs. 13-14.

Gabriel, Raquel, “Anti Terrorism Web SiteResources,” LLAGNY Law Lines, vol. 25,no. 2, Dec. 2001, pgs. 6-9. The authorprepared a bibliography of various officialand unofficial Web sites dealing withterrorism.

Alexander, Jessica R., “The President andCongress – Aftermath of September 11,”Houston Area Law Librarians Newsletter,vol. 19, no. 1, Jan./Feb. 2002, pgs. 10-11.

This article provides a list of officialdocuments and Web sites promulgated as aresult of the attacks. The article is alsoavailable on South Texas College of Law’sWeb site at:http://www.stcl.edu/library/FN13-6September11.html

Selby, Barbie, “Access 2001: InformationLockdown? A report from the VirginiaCoalition of Open Government’s 2001meeting,” VALL Newsletter, vol.17, no. 3,Winter 2001, pgs. 3-6. The author reports ona meeting concerned with continued access topublic information in the light of newsecurity concerns.

International Law

Szymczak, Victoria J., “Nifty NAFTA Sites,”LLAGNY Law Lines, vol. 25, no. 2, Dec.2001, pgs. 15-16. This article was the resultof research done by the author to prepare fora course on the North American Free TradeAgreement. In it she discusses several Websites that explain NAFTA and its rules andprocedures.

The Chicago Association of Law Librarieshosted a session on International LawSources. Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Foreignand International Law Librarian at theUniversity of Chicago law library was thepresenter. Her power point presentationentitled, “Flexing Your International LegalResearch Muscle,” can be found on her Website: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou

Gold, Rhonda, “World News on theWorldwide Web,” SFALL Newsletter, vol.25, no. 2, Winter 2002, pgs 3-4. A librarianwho specializes in International Law at NovaSoutheastern University wrote this articlewhich includes the Web site to a number ofWeb sites for international news.

Jack, Bill, “The Internet Column: PublicInternational Law Research,” vol. 28, no. 3,Nov./Dec. 2001, pgs. 12-13. In this articlethe author discusses several public Web sitesthat provide information on the EuropeanUnion and other international law topics.

Access for the Hearing and SpeechImpaired

“Maryland State Law Library HeightensAccess to Its Services for the Deaf, Hearingand Speech Disabled,” LLAM News, vol. 20.no. 1-2, Sept./Dec. 2001, p. 5. The ChiefJustice of the Maryland state courts has beena proponent of providing access to the statecourts for the disabled. Part of this effort hasresulted in better access to legal informationby the hearing and speeched impaired. Thestate law library now has special equipmentfor outside callers and for people in thelibrary that allows them to communicatemore effectively with the library staff.

Information in Electronic Format

Lawless, Helen, “The Incredible ShrinkingLaw Library?” LLAGNY Law Lines, vol. 25,no. 2, Dec. 2001. This author points out thevarious challenges in moving from print toelectronic only sources. These challengesinclude having staff, patrons, supportpersonnel (like information technology staff)involved in the decision making, in thetraining and sharing of information.

The Virtual Law Library was the title of aspecial section of the Chicago Area LawLibraries newsletter last year. The specialsection was a compilation of articles byvarious information professionals. Theseincluded: “A Feasible Virtual Law Library:Scenario,” by Teri Ross Embrey; “VirtualLaw Librarian: Adding Value in a DigitalWorld,” by David Whelan; “WorkingSmarter: How to Develop a Digital ReferenceDesk,” by Joan Ogden; “The Virtual LawLibrary in the Illinois Trial Court Setting,” byDavid Bender; “‘Virtual’ Library May NotEqual Complete Library,” by MichaelBushbaum; “Going Electronic with CurrentAwareness Resources,” by Rober Winger;“Everything You Wanted to Ask the LegalInformation Providers ...,” by ChristinaWagner; “Internet Librarian 2000,” byMichael Reddy; “The Virtual DepositoryLibrary,” by Pegeen G. Bassett; and“Professional Reading,” a bibliography byJean M. Wenger. CALL Bulletin, Spring2001, pgs. 16-28.

For copies of any of the above articles, please contact the compilerat: mmcreynolds@falconflight.com

DUCK SOUP II?

The menus from the Peabody Hotelin Orlando are summarized below. The cost is higher this year, so we

thought the members might like tocomment on the selections and possiblyhelp us decide. Each of the choices cancontain vegetarian selections. How doyou feel about a box lunch–or would yourather have a buffet? MAALL hashelped with the cost in the past, but thisyear even with help our cost will behigher. Let us know what you think!

The annual conference menu choicesvary in selection and pricing. I haveonly listed those menus which haveprices under $40.00. I have included abrief description of the categories fromwhich we can choose. If anyone needsfurther information, please let me know. All prices at the Peabody Hotel include a20% service charge and 6% tax. Priceswill not be final until a contract issigned.

Hot Luncheon Entrees

$28.00 - $38.50 per person

Chilled Luncheon Entrees

$26.75 - $35.00 per person

$75.00 service charge for guarantees less than 15

Both the hot and chilled luncheonentrees include: a choice of soup orsalad, peabody rolls/butter, dessert,regular and decaf coffee and herbal tea.

Luncheon Buffets

Heart Healthy Garden Salad Buffet

$31.75 per person - minimum100 guests

Includes homemade soup, fruit,cucumber/dill salad,mushroom/artichoke salad,potato/onion salad, chicken/pecan/apple salad, tahoulehsalad, orzo/shrimp salad,ham/asparagus salad, gardengreens w/croutons, bacon bits,cheese, cucumbers, carrots,chick peas and olives, sweetassortment, breads/rolls,regular/decaf coffee and tea

Deli Buffet

$34.00 per person - minimumof 15 guests

Includes field greens/dressing,fruit/berries, potato/onionsalad, pasta salad,cucumber,tomato, feta cheesesalad, deli meats(salami, ham,turkey, beef, swiss and cheddarcheese), deli breads, brownies,chocolate chip, oatmeal andchocolate nut cookies,regular/decaf coffee and tea.

REMINDER: MAALL Dues for 2002 need topaid by April 15 for individual to be includedin 2002 MAALL Directory. The renewalform can be found on the MAALL websitehttp://www.aallnet.org/chapter/maall/.