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45 GLL News 1 (2019)

handle is hein.lbr/alsclnws0045 and id is 1 raw text is: A Newsletter of the Govern ment Law Libraries Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries I View from the Chair Joan Bellistri, GILSIS Chair, Ann Arundel County Public Law Library What's your story? February 5, 2019 was declared Maryland Library Day by both the Maryland House of Delegates and Senate, an event that takes place every February during the legislative session. It is a full day for all Maryland librarians that begins with a breakfast provided by the Law Library Association of Maryland in my library. Librarians visit their legislators with packets of information about Maryland libraries including school, public, academic, and, of course, our favorite, law libraries. We were able to include brochures about our local law libraries and our statewide Conference of Maryland Court Law Library Di- rectors. (The Maryland library community is very connected as evidenced by the make-up of the Maryland Library Association Legislative Panel that in- cludes representatives from all types of libraries.) What impressed me with the public libraries' materials is their ability to mar- ket their stories. This year they embraced ALA's E's of Libraries campaign, choosing Education, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Engagement, and Every- one as their E's, illustrating each with a story. And then on February 6, Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera gave the Maryland State of the Judiciary address to the legislature, which included personal stories illustrating the work of Maryland's Veterans and Drug Courts that were quite compelling. I think that it is important that we share our stories, too. We need stories to make our work real. We are there for judges, law clerks, attorneys, self- rep- resented litigants, and students. We know what we do but we need to illus- trate what we do so that anyone can understand and appreciate the value of a government law library. How can we do this? The GLL-SIS Publicity and Pub- lic Relations Committee is here to help. They will be collecting our stories to inspire us all and, also, allow us to share with the world how government law libraries make a difference. Space will be made on the GLL-SlS website for the collected stories. What might a law library story look like? Mary Jo Lazun, fellow Maryland court law librarian and GLL-SlS Technology Committee chair, has some great sto- ries containing that personal element. The stories demonstrate the impact of

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