To: AALL Members / law-lib readers
Fr: Jim Heller, 1998-99 AALL President
Re: AALLNET and Membership Profiles
Thank you to those who provided input on the AALLNET membership section.
AALL Headquarters will remove the member ID and racial designation sections
from AALLNET. This should be accomplished within 24 hours. Please allow
me to give you a little history of the membership database.
The new information about individual members was collected over a two-year
period when AALL members renewed their membership. Over 2500 members
submitted a voluntary "AALL Member Profile" to AALL Headquarters. The
member profile form indicated that the information would be added to the
membership database, and made available. The form also noted that "if
there are any questions you'd rather not answer, we respect your
privacy... " I apologize if this information wasn't as clear as it might
have been.
The new electronic member profile section, which will be updated annually,
is intended to replace the print Biographical Directory which was last
published in 1992. Members will receive copies of their member profile
along with their dues renewal notice each year, and they may voluntarily
provide new or updated information. Members who do not wish to provide or
share any such information do not need to complete the AALL Member Profile
form. Those who do not want to complete certain portions of the Member
Profile form can leave those sections blank.
As for the future, you should know that VP/President Elect Margie Axtmann
and I recently appointed an AALLNET Task Force that will look into a number
of issues involving AALLNET. The task force is comprised of the incoming
1999-2000 chairs of the three "type-of-library" SIS's: Tory Trotta (chair)
(ALL-SIS); Shirley David (SCC-SIS), and Kathie Sullivan (PLL-SIS).
The task force will advise the AALL Executive Board and AALL Executive
Director on the current policy governing AALLNET, and on the future
development and growth of AALLNET. The Task Force will make policy
recommendations to the Board, in particular regarding the contents of a
members-only section. It also will advise the Board on the potential roles
and responsibilities of a permanent AALLNET Advisory Committee. The Task
Force will also help develop a three-year plan for AALLNET and identify
sections of AALLNET that are of high value to members. It will, of
course, consult with AALL members and others as appropriate for making its
recommendations.
Again, I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused and do thank you
for your comments.
-- Jim Heller William and Mary School of Law Ph: 757/221-3252 - Fax: 757/221-3051 Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 Inet: jshell@facstaff.wm.edu<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Margaret Maes Axtmann Assistant Director for Collections and Technical Services University of Minnesota Law Library http://www.law.umn.edu/library/home.html Voice: 612-625-4301 Fax: 612-625-3478 Mailto:m-axtm@tc.umn.edu <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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