*Announcing the 2007 Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York Spring
Institute*
Flocking Together: Social Networking Technologies for Law Libraries and
Lawyers
Friday, May 4, 2007, 10:00 am—4:00pm
Syracuse University College of Law
- Invitation <http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/si2007/invite.pdf>
- Registration form<http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/si2007/regform.pdf>
- Agenda <http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/si2007/agenda.pdf>
- Directions<http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/si2007/directions.pdf>
Who Should Attend?
ALLUNY members, non-member librarians, library students, law students,
lawyers, and anyone interested in new social networking technologies—their
applications, issues, benefits, and pitfalls.
April may not be the cruelest month in Western New York, but it's still
pretty cold. But that means May is almost here, and around here a
librarian's thoughts turn to the ALLUNY Spring Institute.
Last year's program focused on some of the dangers of cyberspace, in
particular identity theft and privacy. While those issues have certainly
not disappeared, the past twelve months have seen an explosion of new tools
and technologies intended to help people connect, share information, and
build networks of friends and colleagues all built around collaboration and
interaction. From blogs to Twitter, from networking spaces like MySpace and
Facebook to workgroup tools like Google Docs and Zoho, people are flocking
online to share their interests and enhance their work in ways never
possible before. This year's Spring Institute focuses on these new social
networking technologies and how they can be of benefit to us.
Once again, the staff of the H. Douglas Barclay Law Library at Syracuse
University College of Law has been gracious enough to host our program. The
Spring Institute will take place Friday, May 4, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Lunch is included in the registration fee. Discount parking is available
for a small additional fee: see the registration form at
http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/si2007/ for details.
We have some excellent speakers lined up, but first you'll have to listen to
me. We all have a lot to learn—and a lot to gain—from working with some of
these new tools. I look forward to seeing you in a few weeks in Syracuse.
Program:
9:30 – 10:00 am Registration
10:00 – 11:00 am James Milles, Director, University at Buffalo Law
Library, with a definition and overview of "social networking technologies,"
from the now-familiar (blogs, podcasts, wikis, MySpace, Facebook, Frappr,
Flickr) to the more cutting-edge (Yahoo! Groups, Google Groups, Google Docs,
Zoho, Bubbl.us, Twitter, Ning, iStalkr, Tumblr, and probably a half dozen
others that haven't been released yet).
11:00 – 11:15 am BREAK
11:15 – 12:15 pm Elaine Knecht, Director of Information Resources,
Hiscock Barclay, LLP, on how some of these technologies can and are being
used in libraries and by librarians.
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch (included in registration)
1:45 – 2:45 pm Nicole S. Black, Rochester lawyer, blogger and
videoblogger at Sui Generis, on what social technologies can and can't do
for lawyers.
2:45 – 3:00 pm BREAK
3:00 – 4:00 pm Meg Kribble, Reference/Instructional Services Librarian,
Nova Southeastern University, appearing virtually, will give us a guided
tour of the library world in Second Life.
Questions/comments to Jim Milles, jgmilles@buffalo.edu
**
-- James G. Milles Professor of Law Associate Dean for Legal Information Services Director of the Law Library University at Buffalo Law School 208 O'Brian Hall Buffalo, NY 14260 (716) 645-2089 jgmilles@buffalo.edu http://jamesmilles.com
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