Hirsh Award
The CS-SIS is pleased to announce Debbie Ginsberg is this year’s winner of the CS-SIS Kenneth J. Hirsh Award. This award honors a CS-SIS member who has made outstanding contributions to the SIS, to AALL, and who is well regarded …
The CS-SIS is pleased to announce Debbie Ginsberg is this year’s winner of the CS-SIS Kenneth J. Hirsh Award. This award honors a CS-SIS member who has made outstanding contributions to the SIS, to AALL, and who is well regarded …
In case you missed it: the ACRL Tech Blog has just posted a fantastic guide by Margaret Heller about using OpenRefine (formerly GoogleRefine) to spruce up messy data for re-use. If you've ever found yourself wishing that Excel could just …
Congratulations to our newly elected CS-SIS board members: Caroline Young (Rutgers University), Vice-chair/Chair Elect Ellen Qualey (University of Minnesota), Secretary/Treasurer Elizabeth Farrell (Florida State University), Member-at-large Thanks to our entire slate of candidates; we're grateful for your willingness to share …
Cool Tools Cafe will be at the AALL Annual Meeting again this year. This program will feature informal demos of tools, apps and gadgets that will help librarians create, organize and deliver information, increase productivity, and connect with users. There …
This year we will have a speaker at our annual breakfast and business meeting, sponsored by Bloomberg Law/Bloomberg BNA, LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters and Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. Lada Gorlenko, a Research and Strategy Lead at Artefact, a leading User Experience …
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Good morning, CS-SIS, Next week you will have an opportunity to vote for three CS-SIS officers: Vice-Chairperson/Chairperson Elect, Secretary/Treasurer, and Member-at-Large. Elections will run from April 9-23, 2013. You'll receive an email from AALL with the information you need to …
This summer, law school accounts will move from dual-system availability so that by Fall all law school users will need to make the switch to using Lexis Advance only. The vast majority of content should be available in Lexis Advance …
Law students are busy. How do we get their attention? One way is with infographics. Information graphics, or infographics, provide a way to visually communicate complex qualitative information or quantitative data quickly. Information communicated through infographics can capture attention, relay a message quickly, and …
Looking for financial assistance to attend the AALL Annual Conference in Seattle? Consider applying for a Computer Services – Special Interest Section award! AALL CS-SIS Grant for Students and New Librarians: The purpose of the AALL CS-SIS Grants Program for …
With increased reliance on information storage in “the cloud” and the United States' aging communications infrastructure, cybersecurity issues are on the rise. On Tuesday, President Obama signed an executive order that is a first step toward addressing cybersecurity concerns. The …