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AALL Continuing Professional Education Programs

Web 2.0 and Library 2.0

Audio recording and slides of the keynote presentation at the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries Spring Conference: Law Library 2.0: The User-Centric Revolution. AALL Members Only

Date: May 16, 2008

Leadership Skills: Developing the Library Leaders of Tomorrow

Audio recording and handout material from the 2007 Northeast Regional Law Libraries Meeting. AALL Members Only

Date: October 18, 2007

NE2007-D3: Enterprise Current Awareness: Managing News and Knowledge

Audio recording from the 2007 Northeast Regional Law Libraries Meeting. AALL Members Only

Date: October 18, 2007

Managing Across the Generations: Recruitment, Retention & Retirement Strategies for the Librarian Profession

Audio recording and handout material provide a brief review of the professional needs of the various generations of law librarians and the formal and informal opportunities for education, as well as new initiatives started at library schools. AALL Members Only

Date: October 10, 2007

AALL Spectrum Articles

The Yirka Question and Yirka’s Answer

What should law libraries stop doing in order to address higher priority initiatives?

by Carl A. Yirka

AALL Spectrum, July 2008, vol. 12, no. 9

Rocking the Boat

A framework for evaluating library services

by Tammy Pettinato

AALL Spectrum, March 2008, vol. 12, no. 5

A Mission to Transition

How to help your staff make the switch from print to online resources

by Sheila Corman

AALL Spectrum, May 2006, vol. 10, no. 7

Law Library Journal Articles

Maintaining Your Competitive Edge

At a time when users believe that answers to every question hide only a keystroke

away, law libraries must compete as never before for customer loyalty, and library

staff must be able to demonstrate their value at a moment’s notice. To have a welltrained

staff and maintain its competitive edge, each library must understand the key

factors needed to create an effective in-house staff training program.

by Jean M. Holcomb

Law Library Journal, Winter 2009, vol. 101, no. 1

More Resources

Examples of what law libraries are doing to cope with the current economic situation

Answers from the April 2009 AALL Economic Outlook Survey of Law Library Directors