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2008 LISP Newsl. 1 (2008)

handle is hein.lbr/lisp2008 and id is 1 raw text is: Welcome to the Spring/Summer 2008 Newsletter of AALL's Legal Information Services to the Public Special Interest Section! This Newsletter highlights several undertakings of our section, including the election of LISP-SIS officers for the 2008-09 year, this year's recipients of the Kathy Garner Grants, this year's VIP at the Annual Meeting, volunteer opportunities to work on the state-specific Public Library Toolkits project, the Joint LISP/SCCLL Committee on Pro Bono Partnerships, and LISP's activities at the Annual Meeting. Also, LISP is proposing amending its bylaws. These proposed amendments will be voted on at the LISP business meeting in Portland. The proposed amendments are set forth below, at pages 6-10, for the membership's consideration. Election of LISP-SIS Officers During April 16-22, an election was held to select new officers of LISP for the July 2008 to July 2009 year. Terrye Conroy, Reference/Public Services Librarian at the Coleman Karesh Law Library of the University of South Carolina School of Law, was elected Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect. Terrye will serve in this position during 2008-09, and then will serve as Chair during 2009-10. LISP-SIS's current Secretary/Treasurer, John Cannan, of the Montgomery County Circuit Court Law Library in Rockville, Maryland, was elected to serve a second term as Secretary/Treasurer during 2008-09. As officers of LISP, Terrye and John will also serve on the LISP Executive Committee, together with the LISP's 2008-09 Chair, Betty Agin, and Luis Acosta, who will be the Immediate Past Chair. The LISP Executive Committee thanks the Nominations Committee, Stacy Etheridge (who served as chair), Mon Yin Lung, and Emily Carr, and for their diligent efforts in finding members willing to seek office! 2008 Kathy Garner Grants Awarded Kathy Garner was a beloved librarian at the Southern Illinois School of Law Library for 14 years, an active member of AALL, and a past chair of LISP. After her death in 2005, in honor of her memory, LISP established a travel grant to help members receive financial assistance to attend the AALL Annual Meeting.

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