The Secretary of the Association has recently mailed to all members a letter announcing the list of candidates proposed by the Nominations Committee for election to the new Board for 2010-13, inviting any further nominations from the membership, and explaining the next steps in the process. See the pdf copy of the letter and list of candidates.
The Nominations Committee was composed of Holger Knudsen (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg) as Chair, Silke Sahl (Columbia University Law School Library, New York), and Kerem Kahvecioglu (Bilgi University Library, Istanbul). The Nominations Committee did a great job within the strict timetable which they were given, consulting widely, and giving serious thought to the whole process. The Association thanks them for all their work.
The purpose of the Legal Resources List is to provide IALL members around the world with an opportunity to display the breadth of publishing activity in the profession internationally. The listed materials are citations, with links to abstracts and full text documents wherever available.
All the IALL members who have written/edited material relevant to law librarianship and who would be willing to share these resources via the IALL website are invited to contribut to the list.
I would like to pass on information to fellow members of IALL about a conference of major importance which will take place next year. It is not an IALL event but IALL is delighted to give its support as a sponsor.
The inaugural China-United States Conference on Legal Information and Law Libraries is scheduled for 27-30 May 2009 in Beijing. The conference website is at http://law.wustl.edu/chinaconference/.
A delegation of Conference Steering Committee and Advisory Board members has recently concluded its site planning visit to Beijing. After this visit, the planners are even more excited about the venues and accommodation and the programs, activities and special events planned for the Conference. Delegation members report that the Chinese legal community continues its commitment to and generous support to ensure that this landmark conference will be an unqualified success for all participants. Official co-sponsors include the State Commission on Legal Education of the Ministry of Education, PRC, the Chinese Education Association of International Exchange (CEAIE), the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), and the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL). Chinese attendees are expected to number 200 or more, representing the legal information sectors of government agencies and related organizations, Ministry of Justice-affiliated law school administrators, directors of university or law school libraries, and predominantly web-based legal information providers.
Why should you attend this conference? Former AALL President Barbara Bintliff shares her perspective on what she expects to gain from her participation at the Conference:
Jules Winterton, President of IALL, welcomes the opportunity for IALL members:
This historic event is envisioned as the first of a series of conferences or institutes that will continue to foster and facilitate the sharing of professional knowledge, cooperation, and collaboration launched in Beijing in 2009.
On-site conference registration begins in Beijing on Wednesday 27 May, with tour options to the National Library or area law libraries. A day-long Workshop on Professional Organizations will be held the next day with the formal conference program following on May 29 and 30. Two day-long pre-conference tours will be available on May 25 and 26 (to the Forbidden City and the Great Wall); a longer post-conference tour may also be available.
Check the conference website for conference developments and updates. Final program, registration, and hotel reservation information will be available in early November. The early bird conference registration and housing reservation deadline is 15 December 2008. Thereafter, it is likely that the registration fee will increase by at least thirty percent and that availability of housing at the Beijing Friendship Hotel would not be guaranteed.
Jules Winterton, President, International Association of Law Libraries
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