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RECENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS

PLL Summit

Once again, Joan is co-chairing the PLL Summit at the Annual Meetingo of the Americam Association of Law Libraries. Please see this page for details.

The Essential Guide to Climate Change: Surviving and Thriving (LLAM)

Joan Axelroth’s lunchtime talk to the LLAM Legal Research Institute offered strategies for surviving by dealing with the threats this climate presents, and techniques for thriving by identifying and taking advantage of hidden opportunities. To see a handout with references cited during the talk, visit this page.

PLL Change as Opportunity Webinar: Staffing the Library for Success (AALL/PLL)

Axelroth reviewed staffing models and how they help us meet the new service expectations of management, users and clients. Then, two practicing librarians described the techniques used by their organizations to respond to today’s staffing challenges. Jeanne Trimbel, Information Services Team Lead at the MITRE Corporation, talked about the team program in place at MITRE and Genie Tyburski, Manager of Research & Information Services at Ballard Spahr, discussed the use of outside companies to expand service capabilities. To see the PowerPoint presentation, please visit this page. (Webinar made possible by a grant from the AALL/BNA Continuing Education Grants Program.)