Tuesday, August 31, 2010

More Annual Meeting News

For your ALLUNY Annual Meeting pleasure, you can now enjoy:
  1. Revised registration form at http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/am2010/registration.pdf (now with PDF form fields enabled for data entry/saving/printing)
  2. New Housing Guide http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/am2010/housing.pdf (containing more detailed info about guest houses and meeting spaces at the Rensselaerville Meeting Center, including floor plans and beds per room)
Is there anything you're seeking and can't find?  Let me know and we'll track it down.

This year's meeting is being held from October 1 - October 3 at the Rensselaerville Meeting Center in Rensselaerville, NY.  The deadline for registration is September 15.  ALLUNY is scheduling all the rooms this year and singles are being assigned as available, so don't delay your request!  Although the shared rooms are also *very* lovely.  Visit http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/am2010/ for invitation, registration, and other treats.

We have many wonderful speakers and activities planned as we "Survey the Environmental Landscape" -- join us, won't you?
--Nancy

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Job posting for Principal Law Librarian

The New York State Unified Court System has posted an announcement for a Principal Law Librarian, JG: 28; location: Supreme Court - Civil Term, New York City.  The application deadline is September 8, 2010.

Qualifications include:
  • One year of permanent, competitive class service in the Senior Law Librarian title or three (3) years of permanent, competitive class service in the Law Librarian title; or
  • Master`s degree from an accredited school of library science and five (5) years of work experience in a law library or a library specializing in the social sciences, e.g., political science, economics, business, criminal justice, sociology, one (1) year of which must be in an administrative position; or 
  • Law Degree from an accredited law school and five (5) years of work experience in a law library or library specializing in social sciences; e.g. political science, economics, business, criminal justice, sociology, one (1) year of which must be in an administrative position; or 
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience.
For more information and application procedures, view Announcement No. 23003, Amended http://www.nycourts.gov/careers/1jd/23003.pdf

Other employment opportunities with the NYSUCS can be found at http://www.nycourts.gov/careers/opportunities.shtml

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Join Us at ALLUNY's 56th Annual Meeting, Oct. 1-3, 2010

Please join us at ALLUNY's 56th Annual Meeting, to be held from October 1 - October 3, 2010, at the Rensselaerville Meeting Center in Rensselaerville, NY.  At this year's meeting, we'll be "Surveying the Environmental Landscape," exploring the vast terrains of environmental and animal law, in New York State and beyond, for professional and personal development.  In addition to overviews of law and research essentials, we'll examine some hot legal topics and investigate issues in librarianship.

More information about the Annual Meeting is available online at http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/am2010/

The Transformed Law Librarian

Man, this blog is good:

http://www.geeklawblog.com/2010/07/transformed-law-librarian.html

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Part-Time Law Library Clerk position (Sullivan County Courthouse)

The New York State Unified Court System has announced an opening for a part-time (80%) Law Library Clerk, Sullivan County Courthouse, Third Judicial District, Monticello, NY, JG 14.

Qualifications are: High school diploma or the equivalent and two (2) years of clerical experience in a library.

For more information, view the announcement at http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/jobs/libclerk0810.pdf
or http://www.nycourts.gov/careers/statewide/3005.pdf

POSTING DATE: July 28, 2010
APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED OR RECEIVED BY: August 18, 2010