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2001 ALLUNY Newsletter 1 (2001)

handle is hein.alluny/all2001 and id is 1 raw text is: ALLUNY Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York - Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries Vol. 26 No. 1 January/March 2001 Message from the President When I wrote the last message, it was Fall. Now it's almost spring and time to come out of hibernation. Although there's much back stage ALLUNY activity in the winter, events heat up in the spring beginning with the Spring Institute. This year the Spring Institute will be held on May 18th at the Syracuse University Barclay Law Library. The morning will focus on copyright issues; the afternoon will be a discussion of library building design and new methods of reference services as they relate to the building design. Please mark your calendar now and plan to attend this continuing legal education event. Brave ALLUNY Board members came to Syracuse in January for a meeting. The minutes are included in this Newsletter. One of the topics discussed was results of the survey on the annual meeting. The survey was sent to all 2000 ALLUNY members. 155 surveys were mailed; 39 responses were received. Thanks to everyone who returned a survey. Although the results were not earth shattering, ALLUNY members were given the opportunity to express their concerns and voice comments about the annual conference and spring institute. Most respondents considered programs the most significant factor in deciding whether to attend the annual conference. After programs, the significant factors were their schedule and the location of the conference. There was no consensus on redesigning the conference schedule. The majority believed that there is just enough free time built in the schedule and that we should continue to meet every year (as opposed to every other year). Most respondents felt ALLUNY should continue to offer the AALL videoconference at the Spring Institute. Unfortunately, AALL is not offering the videoconference this year. Although the survey did not reach consensus on the reason for low attendance at the last few ALLUNY conferences, the comments people wrote illustrated the diversity of the ALLUNY membership in terms of geography, age of membership, type of libraries, job responsibilities, staffing, participation in other organizations, etc. This diversity is one of the challenges in planning ALLUNY events. There are still some Committee Chair positions open. We are looking for person to chair the Public Relations Committee. It is the responsibility of the Public Relations Chair to devise the means of publicizing the field of law librarianship and specifically the work of ALLUNY on both the state and national level. We also need a Vendors Chair and Corporate Sponsors Chair for the next annual meeting in Geneva on October 19-21. If anyone is interested in any of these positions, please let me know. This is Ellen's last Newsletter. On behalf of the ALLUNY membership, thank you, Ellen, for all your work and dedication. Judy Weiner has agreed to be the next Newsletter editor. I hope to see everyone at the Spring Institute in Syracuse on May 18th. Colleen Stella ALLUNY President Syracuse Supreme Court Library 401 Montgomery Street Syracuse, New York 13202 (315) 671-1140 (voice) (315) 671-1160 (fax) cstellagcourts.state.ny.us

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