MAALL 2015: Full Schedule

8:00am CDT

Registration for Annual Meeting

Thursday October 22, 2015 8:00am - 8:30am CDT
Vendor Hallway Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

8:00am CDT

MALLCO Plenary Roundtable: Meet the New Executive Director

This program will cover:
• Changes within MALLCO
• NELLCO supporting vendor discounts
• EBL transfer
• Forthcoming projects

Thursday October 22, 2015 8:00am - 8:30am CDT
Ballroom A Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Roundtable

8:45am CDT

MALLCO Interest Group Roundtables 1: Institutional Repositories

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Monica Westin from BePress will speak about Selected Works, Statistics, and Google Analytics

Moderators

Corrine Jacox

Thursday October 22, 2015 8:45am - 9:45am CDT
Ballroom B Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Roundtable

8:45am CDT

MALLCO Interest Group Roundtables 1: Resource Sharing

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This session will cover:
• Trends and other items of note over the past year in ILL
• What’s in a name? From ILL to Resource Sharing
• Balancing traditional service with new duties and increased delivery expectations
• Preview of MAALL program discussion of Worldshare ILL migration experiences, updates, and access of delivery methods.

Moderators

Jeff Woodmansee

University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law

Jeff is Assistant Professor of Law Librarianship at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law, where he oversees interlibrary loan and resource sharing services, teaches legal research courses, and pursues scholarship regarding free speech, public information access... Read More →

Thursday October 22, 2015 8:45am - 9:45am CDT
Ballroom A Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Roundtable

10:00am CDT

MALLCO Interest Group Roundtables 2: Acquisition and Collection Development

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• Ebooks: We’ve jumped into the pool, do we have a life preserver?
• Budget: Honey, I’ve shrunk the budget! Now what?
• Reliable Access: Buffalo haw been snowed under, what redundancies are in place?
• Collection Development Policy: Have you reviewed your collection development policy within the last 1-2 years? What changes have you made to your policy regarding ABA Standard 606?
• Space: The final frontier. Is anyone doing something futuristic with their space?

Moderators

Heather Buckwalter

Thursday October 22, 2015 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
Ballroom A Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Roundtable

10:00am CDT

MALLCO Interest Group Roundtables 2: Reference and Faculty Services

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• Support of Law Faculty: What is working best in your library with your support of law faculty? What changes are in the works?
• Reference Services: What is working best in your library with reference services?
What changes are in the works?
• Legal Research Instruction: What is working best in your library with your legal research instruction? What changes are in the works?

Moderators

Cindy Shearrer

Thursday October 22, 2015 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
Ballroom B Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Roundtable

10:00am CDT

MALLCO Interest Group Roundtables 2: Web and Technology

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• Faculty and Student Support: What services are you providing to faculty and students?
Training sessions? What types of technology do you lend to students or faculty?
• New Technologies: Is there any new technology or software being implemented by your institution? Any new or interesting legal apps you use?

Moderators

Barbara Ginzburg

Head of Access Services, Washburn University School of Law

Thursday October 22, 2015 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
Board Room Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Roundtable

11:15am CDT

Book to Action: MAALL Make A Difference

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The MAALL Book to Action program is an opportunity for all of MAALL to read a common book, discuss it, and do a related service project. MAALL members will be reading Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson. MAALL members are invited to discuss this book at the Annual Meeting, and they are encouraged to bring a book for donation to the Missouri Department of Corrections for use in their prison libraries. Together, MAALL can make a difference.

Moderators

Cindy Bassett

Law Library Director, University of Missouri Law School Library

Lynn Hartke

Lynn Hartke joined the Saint Louis University Law in 2000 as the Reference/Educational Services Librarian. She teaches Advanced Legal Research and a seminar in Animal Law. Lynn is a member of the ABA’s Animal Law Committee of the Tort, Trial, and Insurance Practice Section. She... Read More →

Stefanie Pearlman

Heather Simmons

Nolan Wright

Nolan Wright serves as a Reference Librarian at the Southern Illinois University Law Library, teaches legal research in the Lawyering Skills Program, and supervises law student volunteers in the SIU Self-Help Legal Center. Additionally, he serves as the faculty advisor for Equal Justice... Read More →

Thursday October 22, 2015 11:15am - 12:00pm CDT
Ballroom B Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Lecture

11:15am CDT

Speed Networking

We all know the power of our professional networks, but it is sometimes a challenge to build those networks intentionally. This speed-networking session will provide the structure needed to meet a lot of people in a short time, share relevant information, and overcome shyness or nerves. This session is also set up to bring people together whose paths might never cross otherwise. Facilitators will get the ball rolling, and participants will spend the rest of the session in short, one-on-one conversations with other participants.
*Remember to bring you business cards.

Moderators

Resa Kerns

Associate Law Librarian for Emerging Technologies, University of Missouri

Resa Kerns is the Associate Law Librarian for Web and Educational Technologies at the Univ. of Missouri-Columbia. She has taught first year Legal Research, and Advanced Legal Research. She works with other faculty members to integrate a variety of technology tools into their classrooms... Read More →

LeAnn Noland

Senior Library Associate, Saint Louis University Law Library

LeAnn Noland is a Senior Library Associate for Saint Louis University’s Immel Law Library. She manages the interlibrary loan and consortial lending.Prior to working at Saint Louis University, she worked in both academic and public libraries. LeAnn is currently taking classes toward... Read More →

Thursday October 22, 2015 11:15am - 12:00pm CDT
Ballroom A Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Speed Networking

12:15pm CDT

Lunch

Thursday October 22, 2015 12:15pm - 1:15pm CDT
TBA

Lunch

1:30pm CDT

Professional Reading without the Reading! The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

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This session offers professional reading… without the reading! Participants will hear a concise presentation of ideas from the bestselling business book, The ONE Thing, by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. The book addresses the power of managing your attention and focus – one of the hottest topics in productivity literature today. Throughout the session, participants will get a chance to engage the material with the presenter, and with each other. In less than an hour, participants will explore numerous key ideas relevant to practicing their profession successfully, and will consider how they might integrate those ideas into their daily work.

Speakers

Resa Kerns

Associate Law Librarian for Emerging Technologies, University of Missouri

Thursday October 22, 2015 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Ballroom B Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Lecture Panel Roundtable

1:30pm CDT

MALLCO: E-Book Project

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Librarians and staff from participating MALLCO Libraries, as well as those interested in joining EBL are invited to attend this discussion. Participants will share their impressions of the project and eBook use by faculty and students. The changes made to billing and accounts will be discussed. There will be time for participants to discuss marketing the program, use, success, failures, and the future of MALLCO’s eBook project.

Thursday October 22, 2015 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Ballroom A Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Panel

2:30pm CDT

Afternoon Break Sponsored by LexisNexis

Thursday October 22, 2015 2:30pm - 3:00pm CDT
Vendor Hallway Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Break

3:00pm CDT

The Future is in the Funding: Legislative Advocacy for Law Librarians

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The law library that does not rely on outside funding is rare. In Kansas, a portion of court docket fees provides the majority of operational funding for county law libraries. What do law librarians do when they learn of legislation that threatens their revenue stream? They get involved in the political process and learn quickly how to write opposition statements, find supporters, and advocate. Their libraries’ future depends on funding.

Speakers

Kerry Altenbernd

Kerry Altenbernd was born in Lawrence, Kansas, and grew up on the family farm east of town in the Kaw Bottoms. He graduated from the University of Kansas with two bachelor degrees and received his MLS form Emporia State University. His interest in local history has led him to... Read More →

Susan G. Fowler

Susan Fowler has served as the Lyon County Law Librarian since April 2003. She holds a master's in library science and a post-master's certificate in legal information management from Emporia State University, and is a certified e-discovery specialist. When she's not engaged in political... Read More →

Thursday October 22, 2015 3:00pm - 3:45pm CDT
Ballroom B Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Lecture

3:00pm CDT

‘The Next Big Thing’ is Here: Empirical Legal Research Support Services

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Empirical legal research is a significant and growing portion of legal scholarship with potential to influence legislation, policy, and the judiciary. Law libraries of all types may find that supporting empirical research – from identifying data sets to helping analyze data to archiving results – is a requested service from some patrons. In this presentation, we share results of a nationwide survey conducted on the extent and nature of empirical research services provided by academic law libraries. As the requests for these services increase it will also be imperative that court, firm, and other types of law librarians understand basic support mechanisms.

Speakers

Allison Reeve

Allison Reeve is a Research Librarian at Littler Mendelson, PC in Kansas City, MO where she provides reference and research assistance for employment and labor related matters. Previously, she served as Assistant Librarian at University of Kansas School of Law where she developed... Read More →

Travis Weller

Travis Weller is a Research Development Specialist at the Institute for Policy & Social Research at the University of Kansas. In that role, he works with social scientists as they develop research projects and apply for external funding. He earned his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin... Read More →

Thursday October 22, 2015 3:00pm - 3:45pm CDT
Ballroom A Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Lecture

4:00pm CDT

Updates from OCLC

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A guest-speaker from OCLC will provide MAALL attendees with a broad discussion of some of the new features in OCLC’s WorldShare Interlibrary Loan software, focusing primarily on its use by those librarians and staff members who are responsible for filling ILL requests as part of their law library’s access and circulation service departments. The program will transition to a formal question and answer and discussion session by “piggy-backing” on elements of the presentation and describing personal experiences with related ILL sharing and software matters.

Speakers

Jeff Woodmansee

University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law

Thursday October 22, 2015 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Ballroom B Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Lecture

4:00pm CDT

Everything’s Up to Date- Preparing Practice Ready Law Students

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Through our program, we will begin a dialogue that will create lasting working collaborative relationships between firm, academic and government librarians. We understand the importance of our roles during this changing time for law schools. We want to encourage the embrace of change and focus on our opportunities to grow and demonstrate our value of legal research and preparing practice ready law students who will flourish in their careers. We will do this by stimulating discussion that is focused on bridging this gap, promoting the use of new technology and utilizing AALL research principals to guide the way.

Speakers

Lindsey Carpino

Lindsey Carpino is currently a Reference Librarian at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago, Illinois. She also teaches in an ABA Approved Paralegal Program. Lindsey has previously worked as a Reference Associate in the Law Libraries of Loyola University Chicago School of Law while attaining... Read More →

Annie Mentkowski

Annie Mentkowski joined the NIU law library faculty in 2013. Her position includes management responsibilities for the reference desk and serving as a liaison to student affairs. Annie also develops outreach sessions for law students and faculty and provides legal reference assistance... Read More →

Thursday October 22, 2015 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Ballroom A Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Roundtable

5:15pm CDT

MAALL Executive Board Meeting

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Thursday October 22, 2015 5:15pm - 6:15pm CDT
Board Room Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Meeting

6:30pm CDT

Welcome Reception – Simpson House

Thursday October 22, 2015 6:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
Simpson House 4509 Walnut St, Kansas City, MO 64111

Reception

8:30pm CDT

Hospitality Suite

Thursday October 22, 2015 8:30pm - 11:30pm CDT
Holiday Inn Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Hospitality Suite

7:00am CDT

Registration for Annual Meeting & Exhibit Area

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Friday October 23, 2015 7:00am - 3:00pm CDT
Vendor Hallway Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Registration

7:30am CDT

Breakfast and AALL Speaker: AALL Board Member – Ken Hirsh

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With extensive experience in reference and information technology, Professor Kenneth J. Hirsh, Director, Law Library and Information Technology and Professor of Practice has a reputation as an innovator, using his legal education, practice background, and technical expertise to bring new technologies to students and faculty. At the College of Law he is responsible for leading the development of a strong, service-oriented library and technology team. He has developed the school's Technology in the Law Practice course, and co-teaches that course as well as Advanced Legal Research.

A prominent leader in two of the foremost organizations in his field, the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and the Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI), Hirsh has been honored by both organizations for his outstanding service and contribution. In fact, the AALL has named its distinguished service award in the area of computing services for him. A former president of the AALL’s Southeastern Chapter, and a current member of AALL's Executive Board, he served on the CALI Board of Directors for twelve years. He is also a member of MAALL and serves on the MALLCO Executive Board.

Ken Hirsh is a graduate of the University of Miami and received his JD from the University of Florida. After practicing law in Florida for nearly ten years, he returned to school to obtain his MS in Library and Information Studies from Florida State University. He then joined the Law Library at Duke University School of Law, serving in numerous positions: Reference Librarian, Manager of Computing Services, and Director of Computing Services. He also has served as a Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke, teaching courses in legal research and technology.

Speakers

Ken Hirsh

Director of the Law Library and I.T., University of Cincinnati

Friday October 23, 2015 7:30am - 8:45am CDT
Ballroom A,B,C Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Breakfast Keynote Live Streaming

Live Stream Link mediasite.law.umkc.edu/Mediasite/Play/5cf533a0e94541d7b92df110b851b0e41d

7:30am CDT

MAALL Business Meeting

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Friday October 23, 2015 7:30am - 8:45am CDT
Ballroom A, B, C Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Meeting

9:00am CDT

Go Beyond and Stay Ahead with Bloomberg Law

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Learn more about the resources on Bloomberg Law, so you can provide your students with the confidence they need to succeed in the classroom and their careers, and your professors with the comprehensive content to conduct research and design effective course syllabi. During this session, we will explore Bloomberg Law’s extensive options to stay “up to date,” not only in Kansas City, but on your own campus. Learn how you can stay ahead of developments and fully understand the trends in the legal market with practice area focused analysis from Bloomberg BNA Law Reports and global news access.

Speakers

Stefanie Bladsell

Bloomberg Law

Pam Morgan

Bloomberg Law

800.542.1113

Friday October 23, 2015 9:00am - 9:30am CDT
Board Room Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Demonstration

9:15am CDT

Broadened Horizons: How Trans-Institutional Librarian Exchange Visits Aid Professional Growth

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Most people will agree that exposure to different experiences helps you grow, and by extension it seems logical to conclude that exposure to different kinds of law libraries can help law librarians develop professionally. But how can someone newer to the profession or someone who has been in the same job for years get that experience without switching jobs? This program will explain the concept of trans-institutional exchanges, discussing their benefits to the participating individuals and institutions. We will talk about different models of trans-institutional exchanges, how to identify opportunities for these exchanges, and how to get buy-in from the different parties involved. General concepts and frameworks will be discussed as well as the personal experiences that inspired the presentation (which is to say, we've done it, it was great, and we think it might be great for other people too!)

Speakers

Andrea Alexander

Andrea Alexander is a research services librarian, serving as a library liaison to Vanderbilt’s law faculty, and teaches legal research to first-year law students. Prior to becoming a librarian, Andrea practiced as a litigator specializing in workplace exposures and toxic torts... Read More →

Michelle Hook Dewey

Michelle Hook Dewey is a reference librarian and assistant professor of library science at the University of Illinois. Prior to coming to Illinois, Michelle was a reference assistant and teaching fellow at S.I.U. Michelle is passionate about the use of technology in teaching and research... Read More →

Friday October 23, 2015 9:15am - 10:00am CDT
Ballroom A Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Lecture

9:15am CDT

Planning Customized Services for Small-Firm and Solo Attorneys: Results from an Observational Study

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An observational study was conducted in 2005 to ascertain the unique legal information needs of small-firm and solo attorneys in a predominantly rural region for a newly re-established county law library. A subsequent study in 2014 updated previous findings for the law library trustees' informed decision making in an area of increased need and decreased financial resources.

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Susan G. Fowler

Friday October 23, 2015 9:15am - 10:00am CDT
Ballroom B Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Lecture

9:45am CDT

What’s New at HeinOnline

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Steve will provide an update on some of the exciting things we have been working on at HeinOnline.

Speakers

HeinOnline

William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

HeinOnline is a premier online research platform that provides more than 207 million pages of multidisciplinary periodicals, essential government documents, international resources, case law, and much more. Composed of fully searchable image-based PDFs and available at an affordable... Read More →

Friday October 23, 2015 9:45am - 10:00am CDT
Board Room Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Demonstration

10:15am CDT

Morning Break Sponsored by Westlaw

Friday October 23, 2015 10:15am - 10:45am CDT
Vendor Hallway Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Break

10:15am CDT

Gale's Making of Modern Law Collections

Discover Gale’s Making of Modern Law Collections and see why the digital primary source archive collections are essential in supporting your legal research studies. Additionally, take a peek into Gale’s new Crime, Punishment, & Popular Culture 1790-1920 archive collection!

Speakers

Kristopher Wheeler

Strategic Accounts Executive, Gale

Friday October 23, 2015 10:15am - 10:45am CDT
Board Room Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Demonstration

10:45am CDT

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Under New ABA Standards 302, 314, and 315

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New ABA Standards 302, 314, and 315 require law schools to establish learning outcomes for measuring competency in several areas including legal research. Although learning outcomes have been used for years in higher education, they are not widely used in law schools. The first part of this program will introduce participants to the new standards and learning outcomes generally. Then, panelists will share their own experiences with developing learning outcomes and assessment plans at both the institution level and for legal research instruction specifically. The role of the AALL Principles and Standards for Legal Research Competency will also be discussed.

Speakers

Erika Cohn

Director, Vincent C. Immel Law Library at St. Louis University

Erika Cohn joined SLU LAW in 2012 and is currently serving as the Interim Director. Erika teaches Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, International Intellectual Property Law, Intellectual Property Law Research, and Advanced Legal Research. She also lectures on copyright issues and... Read More →

Annie Mentkowski

Nolan Wright

Friday October 23, 2015 10:45am - 11:45am CDT
Ballroom B Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Lecture

10:45am CDT

Bridging the gap between librarians and technologists

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Many librarian positions have emerged in the recent years where technology plays a big part in the job description. While the titles might differ, the duties remain the same and demonstrate a growing need of an advanced technological skill-set to lead the libraries in the digital world of knowledge.
However, having a digital librarian with the desired new skills might not be enough as most libraries still rely on a broader information technology service and follow their requirements and rules. The panel will discuss common challenges that law libraries are facing when it comes to implementing new digital initiatives and how they manage their relationship with the main IT service.

Moderators

Ayyoub Ajmi

Digital Communications and Learning Initiatives Librarian, The University of Missouri-Kansas City

Ayyoub Ajmi is a digital communications and learning initiatives librarian at the UMKC School of Law. He is building and managing an integral digital communications platform, which provides access to the law school's library and its digital resources, supports law faculty members... Read More →

Speakers

Eric Brust

Circuit Librarian at US Courts Library - 8th Circuit in St. Louis

Eric Brust is the director of libraries that serve the federal courts within the Eighth Circuit. Prior to joining the Judiciary, Eric served as the Executive Director of the Jackson County Law Library in Kansas City, Missouri. Since 2013, Eric has served as Chair of the Government... Read More →

Resa Kerns

Associate Law Librarian for Emerging Technologies, University of Missouri

David Lindahl

Director of Strategic Initiatives & Planning at Miller Nichols Library - UMKC

David Lindahl is the Director of Strategic Initiatives and Planning for the University Libraries at UMKC. He is responsible for strategic planning as well as the Libraries’ web presence and information technology management. He has presented at the Library of Congress and the National... Read More →

Michael Robak

Associate Law Library Director, UMKC School of Law

Michael Robak received his J.D. from Robert H. McKinney School of Law and a Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois. Michael began his career as a deputy prosecutor in Indianapolis and subsequently held a number of administrative positions including... Read More →

Blake Wilson

Head of Instructional and Research Services at KU Law Library

Blake Wilson received his J.D. and M.I.S.L.T. in 2004 from the University of Missouri in Columbia. He is currently a tenured Faculty Librarian at the University of Kansas School of Law’s Wheat Law Library where he serves as Head of Instructional and Research Services. Among other... Read More →

Friday October 23, 2015 10:45am - 11:45am CDT
Ballroom A Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Panel

12:00pm CDT

Luncheon & Keynote Speaker: Managing Director for KC Digital Drive Aaron Deacon

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Aaron Deacon is managing director for KC Digital Drive, a bi-state initiative to drive innovation and collaboration within Kansas City and capitalize on next generation infrastructure. KC Digital Drive covers a broad range of issues including education, health care, the arts, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and digital inclusion.
He has been an instrumental leader in helping Kansas City prepare to be the first major U.S. metro area with gigabit connectivity in the home. Among many initiatives related to Google Fiber’s Kansas City project, he helped to create the Building the Gigabit City community brainstorming session. He led the Give Us a Gig initiative to educate Kansas City communities about the possibilities of gigabit speed and help neighborhoods express demand for service. And he is cofounder of the Gigabit City Summit, a series of telepresence roundtables designed to facilitate conversation among city leaders around the world about shaping city infrastructure around next generation networks.

His professional background is in research and strategic planning and he owns Curiolab, which manages the discovery, creation and application of insights and information needed for strategic decision-making. He serves as president of the Social Media Club of Kansas City. He has a master’s in social science from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Dallas.

Speakers

Aaron Deacon

Friday October 23, 2015 12:00pm - 1:15pm CDT
Ballroom A, B, C Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Keynote Lunch Live Streaming

Live Stream Link mediasite.law.umkc.edu/Mediasite/Play/5b662d483b07449c87c7f5043bf1e8af1d

1:30pm CDT

How Does it Really Work; or is it Possible to Serve two Masters? Making the Case for the Dual Reporting Structure in Academic Law Libraries

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Many law libraries are thinking about or have been centralized into the university library system. What is driving this change? Is it about economics? How does it work from the inside out? How do you create buy-in? What is the impact on the staff and director when a library goes through "the change?" All of these questions and others will be discussed during this program. As others look toward having this happen or not happen at their institutions, some fears can be avoided by looking at the pros and cons of this trend. We will look at the report created by an AALS Committee on Libraries and Technology formed to examine the benefits and risks to law schools when library management is transferred from the law school to a university library system.

Speakers

Joyce McCray Pearson

Joyce McCray Pearson is the Director of the Law Library, Senior Lecturer in Law and Associate University Librarian at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law Library. Pearson has written numerous chapters and articles on the subjects of diversity; historical and current perspectives... Read More →

Friday October 23, 2015 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Ballroom A Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Lecture

1:30pm CDT

Social Networking Overhaul: Keeping Your Networking Efforts Up to Date

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Many librarians use social networking platforms for professional networking purposes, either for ourselves or on behalf of our employers. As platforms evolve and change, our approaches to it should change also. Part I of this session will provide tools for effectively communicating and engaging with others on Facebook and Twitter and would be helpful for anyone interested in marketing with social media tools. Part II will move to round tables where the attendees will have a chance to work with their own social media efforts, asking questions of the presenters and other media managers and providing their own advice and experience in turn.

Speakers

Cindy Bassett

Law Library Director, University of Missouri Law School Library

Friday October 23, 2015 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Ballroom B Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Roundtable

2:30pm CDT

Afternoon Break

Friday October 23, 2015 2:30pm - 3:00pm CDT
Vendor Hallway Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Break

3:00pm CDT

The Catalog is Dead, Long Live the Catalog

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The last ten years have seen progressive changes in library catalogs and cataloging: RDA, FRBR and FRAD, Bibframe, Linked Data, Folksonomy, Faceted Search, Discovery Layers. Many of these changes are only slowly being implemented and some have already come and gone. Do these changes truly make for improved services to our users? What changes are necessary, and once identified, how can smaller law libraries with limited budgets and shrinking tech services staff, keep up? This session will review the current state of catalogs and cataloging with the goal of offering practical implementation strategies for law libraries in the heartland.

Speakers

Chad Pollock

Chad Pollock is the Electronic Services Librarian at Young Law Library at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Friday October 23, 2015 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Ballroom A Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Lecture

3:00pm CDT

Leading and Directing Law Libraries

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This panel discussion will provide audience members with insight into what is involved in being a library director. The directors on the panel will discuss necessary skills for directorship, what they wish they had known before becoming directors and what they have learned while being a director. This program will be especially valuable for anyone who is interested in becoming a director in the future, but anyone who wants develop a better understanding of library administration will benefit from attending.

Moderators

Jennifer Prilliman

Interim Director, Oklahoma City University School of Law

Jennifer Prilliman is the Interim Director and Law Library Professor at the Oklahoma City University School of Law Library. She is an active member in the Oklahoma Bar Association, serving as the Co-Chair of the statewide Law Day committee. She is also a member of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg... Read More →

Speakers

John Edwards

– John Edwards is the Associate Dean for Information Resources and Technology, Law Library Director, and Professor of Law at Drake University School of Law. He is a past president of MAALL and MALLCO and currently serves as the Mayor Pro-Tem on the Clive City Council, having... Read More →

Heidi Frostestad Kuehl

Director of the Law Library, NIU College of Law

Heidi Frostestad Kuehl joined the NIU College of Law in 2014 as an associate professor of Law and director of the David C. Shapiro Memorial Law Library. Professor Kuehl’s primary research and teaching interests are in foreign, comparative, and international law, international business... Read More →

Joyce McCray Pearson

Friday October 23, 2015 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Ballroom B Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Panel

4:15pm CDT

MALLCO Board Meeting

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Friday October 23, 2015 4:15pm - 5:45pm CDT
Ballroom B Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Meeting

4:30pm CDT

MAALL Committee Chair Meeting

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Friday October 23, 2015 4:30pm - 6:00pm CDT
Ballroom A Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Meeting

6:30pm CDT

Dine Around

Check the Conference Map for locations and hosts:
http://maall.wildapricot.org/Conference-MAP

Friday October 23, 2015 6:30pm - 9:30pm CDT
TBA

Dine Around

8:30pm CDT

Hospitality Suite

Friday October 23, 2015 8:30pm - 11:30pm CDT
Holiday Inn Holiday Inn, 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

Hospitality Suite

8:00am CDT

MAALL Continental Breakfast

Saturday October 24, 2015 8:00am - 8:45am CDT
Student Lounge UMKC School of Law, 5100 Rockhill Rd. Kansas City, MO 64110

Breakfast

9:00am CDT

Cool Tools Café

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Presenters will show off their favorite newest and coolest tool. Tools will range from classroom education technologies, productivity tools, and anything else we think you will love to see. Audience members are also encouraged to come prepared to share their new favorite toy or tool!

Speakers

Jennifer Prilliman

Interim Director, Oklahoma City University School of Law

Saturday October 24, 2015 9:00am - 9:45am CDT
Stoup Courtroom UMKC School of Law, 5100 Rockhill Rd. Kansas City, MO 64110

Lecture

9:00am CDT

If you build it, they will come: Library-hosted research & vendor fairs

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The Vincent Immel Law Library at SLU recently hosted its first research and vendor fair, inviting representatives from database vendors and other research services to a one-day event. Hear from us about how it was organized, marketed, and received. Learn tips and tricks for setting up your own vendor fair. This fast-paced presentation will be both informative and hands-on. Come ready to listen, share, and create your own plan for a vendor fair.

Speakers

Lynn Hartke

Saturday October 24, 2015 9:00am - 9:45am CDT
Tech Room UMKC School of Law, 5100 Rockhill Rd. Kansas City, MO 64110

Lecture Breakout

10:00am CDT

Shepard For a Day: A Novel Class Exercise For Teaching Citators

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A novel class exercise focused on citators was piloted in the Advanced Legal Research course at nine law schools including Vanderbilt, Nebraska, Columbia, Stanford, and Cardozo. The assignment tasked students with walking in Frank Shepard's shoes for a day. The exercise enabled students to experience directly the challenges and compromises inherent in condensing nuanced case relationships into citator entries. The session will discuss the pilot project, including the logistics of implementing the assignment and the (largely positive) faculty feedback.

Speakers

Pablo Arredondo

Pablo Arredondo is a fellow at the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and Vice President of Legal Research at Casetext. Pablo is a graduate of Stanford Law School and the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining Casetext, Pablo worked as a patent litigator in New... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2015 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
Stoup Courtroom UMKC School of Law, 5100 Rockhill Rd. Kansas City, MO 64110

Lecture

10:00am CDT

Staying Up to Date In Times of Change: Aligning the Modern Law Library With Larger Institutional Goals

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A considerable amount of recent literature discusses the importance of continually assessing academic law library workflows and consciously aligning library objectives with larger institutional goals. Effective strategic planning can foster meaningful self-evaluation that helps libraries to remain relevant, demonstrate professional expertise and value, and effectively advocate as valued stakeholders. This panel session will include discussion of our experiences with strategic planning at the University of Kansas, along with more general topics such as the importance of promoting collaboration, morale, and maximizing the strengths of each library staff member.

Speakers

Pamela Crawford

Pam Crawford is the Head of Public Services at Wheat Law Library. She oversees the government documents department, interlibrary loan/document delivery services, Public Service Desk scheduling and outreach. She is the webmaster of the Wheat Law Library website and a contributing webmaster... Read More →

Chris Steadham

Christopher Steadham has extensive legal research experience and was named Associate Director of the Wheat Law Library in 2011. Steadham teaches the Kansas Supreme Court Research Clinic, Advanced Legal Research and Topics in Advanced Legal Research. He has published extensively on... Read More →

Blake Wilson

Head of Instructional and Research Services at KU Law Library

Saturday October 24, 2015 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
Tech Room UMKC School of Law, 5100 Rockhill Rd. Kansas City, MO 64110

Panel

11:15am CDT

Yes, You Can Check It Out: Circulating the Latest, Up-to-Date Equipment and Mobile Devices Without Losing Them (Or Your Mind!)

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Mobile devices are increasingly becoming a preferred method for our patrons to access information and perform legal research. Many libraries are purchasing mobile devices, e-readers, and other equipment and are facing questions on how these devices can be best utilized. This presentation will focus on the experiences of the University of South Dakota Law Library in acquiring and circulating mobile devices and equipment. Topics to be covered will include: deciding what devices and equipment to purchase, creating catalog records for discoverability, drafting a circulation policy, choosing and managing installed applications, ensuring data privacy on shared devices, and marketing and training.

Speakers

Sarah Kammer

Sarah Kammer, J.D., M.A. is the Head of Public, Faculty & Student Services at the University of South Dakota Law Library. Ms. Kammer has held this position since July 2014. In addition to her interest in technology in law libraries, Sarah enjoys travel, hiking, and all things... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2015 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
Stoup Courtroom UMKC School of Law, 5100 Rockhill Rd. Kansas City, MO 64110

Lecture

11:15am CDT

Everyone Has A Story to Tell: Finding the Right Outlet is the Trick

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The three panelists, who represent three different types of writing for publication: blogs, audio and video media, and traditional media will share their experience and expertise about writing. Each speaker will speak for 10 minutes. Then participants will have fifteen minutes to explore their own publishing potential. The remainder of the time will be used for a group discussion.

Moderators

Ted Potter

Ted has written for several types of publications, including chapter newsletters, bar journals, AALL publications, and even as an author/editor of a book! He’s interested in helping librarians participate in our profession by finding ways to communicate their ideas.

Speakers

Marcia Dority Baker

Marcia Dority Baker is the Access Services Librarian at Schmid Law Library. She is responsible for a variety of library services including social media presence, website and outreach. Marcia enjoys speaking and writing about technology, libraries and the areas in-between.

Darla Jackson

Darla Jackson’s research and scholarship is focused on international human rights, military law, comparative law, international commercial arbitration, empirical research, and the impact of technology on legal research and the information seeking behavior of legal professionals... Read More →

Tove Klovning

Tove Klovning teaches legal research methodology I and II and oversees foreign, comparative, and international law library services at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri. She is also the law school’s and Washington University’s federal and state government... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2015 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
Tech Room UMKC School of Law, 5100 Rockhill Rd. Kansas City, MO 64110

Panel Roundtable

12:15pm CDT

To-go lunch

Saturday October 24, 2015 12:15pm - 1:00pm CDT
Student Lounge UMKC School of Law, 5100 Rockhill Rd. Kansas City, MO 64110

Lunch