The Kenneth J. Hirsh Distinguished Service Award honors a CS-SIS member who has made outstanding contributions to the SIS, to AALL, and who is well regarded for their service to the profession. The inaugural award recipient was Ken Hirsh, in…

Caroline Young, chair of the Computing Services Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries, graciously invited me to be the breakfast speaker at the section’s business meeting during the 2015 annual meeting and conference of the American…

The comment period recently closed on the U.S. Access Board’s 508 Refresh proposal that updates Section 508.  Though Section 508 and the 508 Refresh technically apply only to federal agencies, the Justice Department has for many years applied Section 508…

We're excited that the Cool Tools Café will be at the AALL Annual Meeting again this year! We're looking for suggestions on which technologies to present and volunteers to do a 5-10 min demo of each. If you have ideas…

We recently had a discussion with students interested in law librarianship which included course recommendations for library school. In today’s environment technology skills are an important component of your knowledge base, and in some positions are just as essential as…

On behalf of the CS-SIS Grants & Awards Committee, I am very pleased to announce our 2015 Annual Meeting grant recipients. Barbara Ginzburg has been awarded the grant for Experienced Librarians. Barbara is Electronic Services Librarian at Washburn University School…

On behalf of CS-SIS I am happy to announce that Meg Kribble is the 2015 recipient of the CS-SIS Kenneth J. Hirsh Distinguished Service Award.  The Kenneth J. Hirsh Distinguished Service Award honors a CS-SIS member who has made outstanding…

This month, I would like to reflect on the impact of rapid change and the logic behind strategic technology planning in the adoption of emerging technologies. In 1998, Martin Ringle and Daniel Updegrove asked the question “Is strategic planning for…

Kenneth J. Hirsh Distinguished Service Award The Kenneth J. Hirsh Distinguished Service Award honors a CS-SIS member who has made outstanding contributions to the SIS, to AALL, and who is well regarded for their service to the profession. The inaugural…

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