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American Association of Law Libraries
LISP NEWSLETTER
A Publication of the Legal Information Services to the
Public Special Interest Section of the American
Association of Law Libraries
Volume 2000, Number 1
February, 2000
In this issue:
From the Chair
Minneapolis 2001 - Programs Needed
. Philadelphia 2000 - Programs Accepted
. Philadelphia 2000 - Program of Interest
* SCALL's Approach to Legal Research Workshops
* SWALL's Non-Librarian Program
. Legal Research for the Non-Law Librarian
* Spectrum Profile Coming
. Book Review
. Book Review
. Membership Brochure
. LISP Officers & Committees
FROM THE CHAIR
by Angus Nesbit
Greetings, LISP members, and welcome to another newsletter! As the calendar
flipped over to 2000, it became time to set our sights on the Annual Meeting in
Philadelphia, and you'll see several related announcements about that in this
issue. Before we forget entirely about 1999, however, there's one SIS event
from that year that I'd like to share with you in this message.
In October, the chairs of each SIS got together for a 2 day, leadership
development retreat in Chicago. This inaugural retreat was the brainchild of
current AALL President Margie Axtmann, who hopes to make these a regular
thing. Among the specific objectives of the retreat was developing an agreed
upon vision for the SIS's, including a Statement of Impact and Statement of
Purpose. In the Statement of Impact, SIS's were characterized as organizations
wherein [E]nergized and committed members benefit from creating and
participating in a strong, multi-faceted, vibrant community that is the core of their
professional lives. The agreed on purpose of SIS's centered on the idea of the
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