In this video, Caitlin Hunter talks about the features of the Cool Tool she demoed at the 2022 AALL Annual Meeting. Caitlin is a reference librarian at UCLA School of Law’s Darling Law Library. Questions about this Cool Tool? Contact …
Written by Jean Willis, member of the LIT-SIS Awards & Grants Committee, 2021-22 We are very pleased to announce the recipient of the 2022 Kenneth J. Hirsh Distinguished Service Award, Kincaid (KC) Brown, Director of the University of Michigan Law …
2022 Cool Tools Café Roundup by Chi Song Chi Song is the Web Services Librarian at the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library in Annapolis, Maryland, and one of the recipients of the LIT-SIS grants to attend the AALL Annual Meeting in …
We are very excited to be able to meet in person once again at the AALL Annual Conference in Denver, and we have planned a new social event that will allow us to explore the flavors of Denver together! We …
The LIT-SIS Grants and Awards Committee is happy to announce that they are reopening and expanding the ABA TECHSHOW grant application window. One in-person grant for $950 and two virtual grants for $250 will be awarded to attend the 2022 ABA TECHSHOW. The application deadline …
ABA TECHSHOW Travel Grant Award Applications Due 2/21 Read more »
As a newly merged SIS, we are starting from scratch with our committees this year and need both committee chairs and committee members for all of our LIT-SIS committees (although if you’ve served as a committee chair in the past …
Are you searching for a cool tool to fill a need? Heard about one but want to learn more? Already found one you think other people should know about? Let the LIT-SIS Education Committee know by filling out this short …
As someone with hearing loss, closed captioning is an important topic to me, not only for myself but also to remind others about its importance. Zoom recently released its Live Transcription feature for Pro, Business, Education, and Enterprise accounts and …
LIT-SIS is proud to announce our upcoming panel on Advocacy & Accommodation in the Digital Environment, and we welcome all AALL members to attend. Join Kenton Brice, Mari Cheney, and Rena Seidler for a conversation with Amanda Watson as they …
Panel on Advocacy & Accommodation in the Digital Environment Rescheduled for 3/19 Read more »
In legal research, we’ve all gone down rabbit holes: we start researching contracts and end up in wills; we start in landlord/tenant issues and end up in torts. It happens to the best of us, even those of us trained …
Teaching Students to Avoid Legal Research Clickbait Read more »
