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24 FCIL Newsl. 1 (2009-2010)

handle is hein.lbr/aafcnlt0024 and id is 1 raw text is: jeopatiW and JaticneauLSpeciae Jntt Sectu Submitted by Jeanne Re- hberg (Secretary- Treasurer Heidi Kuehl could not attend the Annual Meeting.) Volume 24, Issue 1 October 2009 The meeting was called to order by FCIL-SIS Chair Dennis Sears. The first item was approval of the Minutes of the 2008 FCIL Business Meeting, as published in the October 2008 FCIL Newslet- ter. It was moved, and sec- onded, to approve the min- utes, and the vote to ap- prove was unanimous Secretary-Treasurer's Re- port: Marylin Raisch, Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, reported for Heidi Kuehl, based upon Heidi's July 2009 report. The FCIL-SIS budget had a cur- rent balance of $22,532.35 as of the latest report on March 31, 2009. This bal- ance included a donation of $1,250 from the William S. Hein & Co. for the FCIL re- ception at the 2009 AALL Annual Meeting. Informa- tion about fundraising for the Schaffer Grant for For- eign Law Librarians is pro- vided below. 2009 Election Results: Chair Dennis Sears announced that Jeanne Rehberg was elected Vice Chair/Chair- Elect. and omite More detailed reports from interest groups and commit- tees appear elsewhere in this newsletter, including reports from interest groups and committees that were listed in the agenda, but not scheduled to meet until after this business meeting. African Law Interest Group: Victor Essien. Atten- dees noted an increasing interest in the law of African countries, especially for human rights work, student clinics and faculty research. Victor introduced Hanibal Goitom, Comparative Law Specialist at the Library of Congress, who reported on recent improvements in GLIN. Asian Law Interest Group: Marylin Raisch and Joan Policastri for Sergio Stone. Laney Zhang, Chinese Law Specialist at the Library Congress, was the featured speaker, thanks to ar- rangements made by Marylin Raisch with the Library of Congress. Ms. Zhang described her meth- ods for tracking legal de- velopments in China, Tai- wan, Hong Kong and Macau, which she posts to the Global Legal Monitor and her Twitter page. She also discussed the relative merits of bilingual legal databases for China. Other news included a new law review at Tsinghua Univer- sity School of Law and the new China-U.S. Forum on Legal Information and Law Libraries. Electronic Issues Interest Group: Marylin Raisch. Attendees described Web 2.0 applications in their libraries, including Twitter Continued on page 3 AALS Annual Meeting, January 6-10, 2010 in New Orleans, LA. ALA Midwinter Meeting, January 15- 19, 2010 in Boston, MA. ASIL Annual Meeting, International Law in a Time of Change, March 24-27, 2010 in Washington, DC. AALL Annual Meeting, Summit 2010: Mapping our Future, July 10-13, 2010 in Denver CO. From the Chair Education Committee Report FCIL Schaffer Grant Presentation s Foreign Law Selectors Asian Law Interest Group Oakley Memorial Symposium New Member Profile 6 8 10 11

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