Following up on my earlier post about generating Bluebook citations, there’s a new variation on the Bluebook citation style available in the Zotero Style Repository. If you search “Bluebook”, you’ll find a new style available called “Bluebook Law Review (with …
Reframing the Path Forward: How Law Librarians Can Lead in Legal Innovation and Technology
Final Thoughts on the 2025–2027 Strategic Plan Before the LIT-SIS Roundtable By Michael Robak, Chair, LIT-SIS Strategic Planning Committee (Committee Members: Patricia Barbone, Will Monroe, Susan Azyndar, Teresa Myers, and Victor Chavez) Setting the Mission: A Call to Reimagine Professional …
LIT-SIS Strategic Plan 2025–2027 : Innovate. Educate. Elevate. The 2025-207 Goals
By Michael Robak, Chair, LIT-SIS Strategic Planning Committee (Committee Members: Patricia Barbone, Will Monroe, Susan Azyndar, Teresa Myers, and Victor Chavez) AALL LIT-SIS Strategic Plan (2025–2027) GOAL 1: Ensure Operational Excellence and Organizational Continuity Objectives Build durable, adaptable systems that …
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LIT-SIS Summer Reading
Looking for some good books to read this summer? LIT-SIS has your back! And you don’t have to buy them – check the Library Extension to see if your local library has copies in print, ebook, or audio. Non-Fiction I’ve …
LIT-SIS Strategic Plan 2025–2027 Mission Statement: Innovating with Purpose. Leading with Expertise
By Michael Robak, Chair, LIT-SIS Strategic Planning Committee (Committee Members: Patricia Barbone, Will Monroe, Susan Azyndar, Teresa Myers, and Victor Chavez) As part of the LIT-SIS strategic planning process for 2025–2027, the following draft Mission Statements have been developed to …
Rain or Shine, You’ll Be Fine: AALL Portland Tips for First-Timers
As I’ve been preparing to attend the 2025 AALL Annual Meeting in Portland in a few weeks, I’ve been thinking about my first annual meeting, 17 years ago in the same city. I had just graduated from library school, I …
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LIT-SIS 2025-2027 Strategic Plan – “What’s Past is Prologue”
By Michael Robak, Chair, LIT-SIS Strategic Planning Committee (Committee Members: Patricia Barbone, Will Monroe, Susan Azyndar, Teresa Myers, and Victor Chavez) The first prompt to our AI Co-Pilots about the combined 2001 – 2024 CS/LIT – SIS Strategic plans asked …
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Igniting Innovation: How AI and Member Wisdom Can Shape the LIT-SIS 2025–2027 Strategic Vision
By Michael Robak, Chair, LIT-SIS Strategic Planning Committee (Committee Members: Patricia Barbone, Will Monroe, Susan Azyndar, Teresa Myers, and Victor Chavez) The LIT-SIS Strategic Planning Committee is kicking off the journey to our 2025–2027 Strategic Plan with a fresh and …
Behind the Scenes at the Citation Generator
If you’ve ever used a tool to generate citations, there’s a good chance that tool used Citation Style Language. CSL is an open source, XML-based language designed to describe citation styles. Many citation managers and citation generator tools rely on …
In Memoriam: Matthew Braun, May 10, 1977 – May 28, 2025
While I think many may have heard by now that LIT-SIS Executive Board member, Matthew Braun, passed away on May 28, I just want to add a short tribute to Matthew, a truly gifted Law Librarian and a gentle and …
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