In his blog post this morning, Joe Hodnicki fires a fusillade of complaints about AALL operations, and piles on with attacks on executive board members and members of the association’s staff. [This is where I state that I am a recently seated executive board member. It is not within my duties or authority to respond […]
The 23rd annual CALI Conference on Law School Computing returned to its home base at ITT Chicago-Kent School of Law last week. Like law school computing itself, the conference has matured in recent years. There were fewer sessions on doing things that “keep the trains running” and more on pedagogy, open access to law, and the […]
This question was the subject of discussion at a much-anticipated session held during the CALI Conference last week. Professor James Milles of SUNY at Buffalo and I had begun a conversation on this question, which actually began as his assertion that they are doomed in a Facebook post he made during the AALS meeting this […]
I’ve been a life-long fan of Jeopardy! and for the same length of time I’ve harbored a strong desire to be a contestant on the program. For the past few years, my colleagues, Susan Boland and Ron Jones, and I have used a “poor man’s” Jeopardy! built in a PowerPoint slide deck to give an end-of-semester […]
Two years ago I noted the entry into librarianship of my daughter Kimberly and her husband Will, who were receiving their degrees at UNC Chapel Hill. I therefore would be remiss if I do not now congratulate my son, Micah, upon the occasion of his high school graduation. Micah’s mother and I are very proud […]
…after a blogging hiatus of eight months. I apologize, dear reader. (I use the singular of reader in the literal sense.) Much has gone on that has escaped my comment: in public news, the national elections; the Newtown, Connecticut shootings; the inaugural and state of the union addresses; the bombing in Boston last week. I […]
Before voting in the U.S. election in November, members of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) will be casting votes whether to approve proposed amendments (AALLNet login required) to the association’s bylaws. Although there are several proposed changes, the only one seriously claiming attention would change the definition of “active member’ by removing the requirement […]
I am not a journalist, and I make no attempt at pretending to be neutral in the matter of politics. Although I majored in political science at the University of Miami many years ago, I have no special knowledge about politics or elections. I do follow these things more closely than many nonprofessionals. In tune […]
Let me begin by saying I never expect everyone to agree with me on any given post, and I certainly expect that this one would invite controversy if enough people read it. I don’t need either validation or trolls, so I’ve disabled comments. With that out of the way, there are many reasons I know […]
Betsy McKenzie‘s post of yesterday on what she (and judging by some commentary, others) see as the lack of respect shown to its membership by AALL’s leadership is worthy of further discussion as it relates to the thread I opened here a couple weeks ago. Betsy describes the two main points of discussion at last […]