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 …
Rain or Shine, You’ll Be Fine: AALL Portland Tips for First-Timers Read more »
Do you have a law student or law librarian in your life graduating this Spring? I don’t know about you, but when I graduated from both law school and library school, the last thing I wanted as a gift was …
As law librarians, regardless of where we work, we are in a service profession. And because of that, I highly recommend the book, Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect, by Will Guidara. Will’s background …
I’m always on the lookout for the latest and greatest “cool tool,” and if it helps with productivity and focus or reduce clutter, even better. I’ve been eyeing the following gadgets to help me stay on task and maybe even …
Set Yourself Up for Success in the New Year: 5 New (to Me) Tech Tools Read more »
It’s that time of year again, when we recommend tech, book, and library-related gifts to our LIT-SIS colleagues. So without further ado, here’s our list, ranked in order by price, cheapest to most expensive, in case you’re looking for an …
Guest post by Brandi Ledferd, Manager, Technical Services, Library & Research Services, K&L Gates A heartfelt thank you goes to LIT-SIS for awarding me the Annual Meeting Grant for Experienced Librarians, which facilitated my attendance at the AALL Annual Meeting …
AALL Chicago Review from LIT-SIS Grant Award Winner, Brandi Ledferd Read more »
The LIT-SIS Board and Grants & Awards Committee is thrilled to announce the recipients of this year’s grants and awards. 2024 LIT-SIS AALL Leadership Academy Grant Christopher Collins, Research & Emerging Technologies Librarian, Western New England University School of Law …
Congrats to the 2024 LIT-SIS Grant & Award Winners Read more »
Guest post by Christopher Collins, Research & Emerging Technologies Librarian, Western New England University School of Law I’ve recently returned from the AALL Leadership Academy in Chicago. I’d like to share some of my impressions and why you might consider …
Guest post by Aimee Self Pittman, Reference and Legal Research Librarian at LSU Law Library. Why should you attend the ABA TechShow? Because it gives you invaluable insight into the business of law and the state of technology in law …
ABA TechShow Takeaways from Grant Winner Aimee Self Pittman Read more »
Guest post by Justin Tung, Reference Librarian at Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas School of Law Recently, Adam Bent, a fellow Law Librarian and former classmate of mine, published an article in Pace Law Review entitled “Large Language Models: …
