I probably should not put my two-cents worth into this, since I am not a
member of AALL (although I am a member of CALL), and I do not wish to
offend anyone. I am, however, a long-time member of SLA, and what I
heard from those who joined the recently established Legal Division is
similar to the feelings expressed below. The division is now approaching
(if it has not already reached) 600 members, in only a couple of years.
My belief (stress the word _my_ belief, and mine alone) is that many of the
needs and concerns of private firm librarians bear more similarity to
those of business librarians, etc. than to those law librarians in the
academic sector, for whom I have the utmost respect and admiration.
Karen Krupka
Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon
(but speaking for myself)
wildman@class.org
On Fri, 8 Mar 1996 lnemchek@mofo.com wrote:
>
> I agree that it's really deplorable for AALL to offer nothing of specific
> substance relating to NLW celebrations. As a private law firm librarian, I
> often think that my AALL dues are largely wasted, since there's very little
> that I get back from the organization as a whole that relates to my
> professional needs and concerns, other than the benefit of belonging to the
> PLL SIS. AALL spends an awful lot of money on various tasks forces and
> legislative monitoring and networking...but when it comes down to it, it's
> just too big and cumbersome an organization to provide much practical,
> everyday benefit to the professional law librarian. [Hey, it's Friday, I'm
> bored, and I feel like inciting a ruckus. Let's get some spirited
> discussion going, and stop glutting the lines with all those "reference
> help" e-mails!!!]
> Lee Nemchek
> Morrison & Foerster
> lnemchek@mofo.com
>
>
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