Sunday’s CS-SIS Programs & Events, AALL Annual Meeting

Welcome to Day Two of the AALL Annual Meeting in Denver, CO.

Today’s Computing Services Special Interest Section events include:

CS-SIS Program: Cool Tools Café, 12:00pm – 1:15pm at CCC-Four Seasons Ballroom 1 – Details & Handouts / Evaluation

Emerging technologies are touching all aspects of the law library. Join us for a smorgasbord of tools and gadgets that will help you create, organize and deliver information, increase productivity, and connect with users. Bring your lunch and wander from table to table as tech-savvy law librarians demonstrate some hot new technologies.The Cool Tools Cafe is truly a team effort.

More than 20 CS members have volunteered their time to participate as coordinators, presenters and greeters. Thanks to everyone!This program may be live streamed if conditions are appropriate.

A6: “I Read the News Today, Oh Boy!”: 21st Century Lessons for Law Libraries from the Recording and Newspaper Industries, 1:30pm – 2:45pm at CCC-Room 605-607

Adapting to a digital world, law librarians face many pressures: online resources that are sometimes less usable than their print counterparts, escalating costs from a dwindling number of content providers, and patrons who expect all information to be online. Not surprisingly, other information markets, such the recording and newspaper industries, face similar problems.Both industries saw their content become available on the internet, and they continue to struggle with outside players seizing control of their markets, while facing economic backlash for not effectively meeting consumer expectations. What lessons should legal information professionals learn from these industries?

A panel of law librarians and recording and newspaper industry experts will discuss these transitions, analyzing mistakes that have been made, and identifying opportunities for law librarians. Steve Knopper from Rolling Stone Magazine is one of the panelists.

CS-SIS Program Planning Meeting, 5:30pm – 6:30pm at CCC-Room 208Have an idea for the 2011 Annual Meeting?

Come to the program planning meeting to suggest and get feedback on your suggestion. All CS members are welcome!

Reminder: For those of you that didn’t make it to Denver, we’ll be live streaming many of our CS programs again this year. They will appear as they are created at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cs-sis-programs-denver-2010 .