Richard Leiter, host of “The Law Librarian” on BlogTalkRadio, recently announced that the radio show has changed its name to “Law Librarian Conversations” and will be hosted by CALI from now on. The show will continue to provide stimulating conversation and discussion of key issues facing law librarians and the world of legal bibliography.
This Friday, March 5, the inaugural episode of “Law Librarian Conversations” will be broadcast on CALI’s classcaster at http://lawlibcon.classcaster.net.  As always, listeners have  the opportunity to listen live and participate in the discussion in the live chat room; past episodes will be available on iTunes.  Guests include Margie Maes who will be sharing developments in the world of preservation.  You can register online and automatically add a reminder to your calendar by clicking here.

The O’Reilly Gov 2.0 technologies group is offering a free 2 hour conference on March 11 that may be of interest to some CS-SIS members.  The conference is called “Gov 2.0 International: Global Innovation Meeting Local Challenges – The O’Reilly Gov 2.0 Online Conference”. According to the conference blurb, “Gov 2.0 is a worldwide revolution—from the United States to Australia and everywhere in between. Members of government are interacting with citizens via social media and open data efforts are spreading from city to city. At this Gov 2.0 Online Conference, you’ll hear about open government efforts in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Israel. The speakers will share stories and lessons learned, and answer your questions. Learn about some of the Gov 2.0 best practices that have helped effect important change in other countries, and discuss effective ways to use specific tools and processes in other settings.”

The free 2 hour online conference will be held on Thursday March 11 at 9 am Pacific time, 11 Central, 12 Eastern. Information and registration links are at http://en.oreilly.com/gov2-international.

Registration is now open for Lawberry Camp Midwinter, taking place January 16, 2010 at Harvard Law School Library.  Visit the new and improved Lawberry Camp website to register and for details: http://lawberrycamp.com/

Lawberry Camp Midwinter will be an all day affair.  The day will be divided up into round table discussions andlightning talks and end with the always fun and exciting Battle Decks competition (a sort of karaoke powerpoint presentation improv).

As always, the subjects of these programs will be up to the attendees, so after you register, be sure to suggest a topic you that would like to discuss or give a quick talk about.  If you’re feeling really adventurous, you can also sign up to compete in Battle Decks.

Anurag Acharya, Chief Engineer of Google Scholar,  will be the guest on this week’s edition of BlogTalkRadio’s “The Law Librarian.”  The discussion will focus on  Google Scholar’s new Legal Opinions and Journals product.
Co-hosts Richard Leiter, Marcia Dority Baker, Greg Lambert, and Roger Skallbeck will discuss the development of Google SLOJ and Google’s plans for their future foray into legal research. They welcome in advance any questions or suggestions for topics to talk about with Mr Acharya.
The show will air this Friday, December 4, at 3:00 PM Eastern Time.  Listen live at http://blogtalkradio.com/thelawlibrarian, where you can listen, call in with questions or comments and join the discussion in the chat room.

Gov 2.0: a free 3-hour online conference that will show off some of the brightest examples of Web 2.0 technologies creating greater collaboration, transparency and efficiencies in government will be held on Thursday, Dec. 10 from 12 – 3:30 Eastern time.  The event is sponsored by O’Reilly Media and will feature the five Gov 2.0 award winners from their recent Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington DC:

• Peter Koht (City of Santa Cruz) – City of Santa Cruz Budget Crisis: A Blueprint Using Social Media
• Merrick Schaefer (UNICEF) – txts 4 africa
• Melissa Jordan (Bay Area Rapid Transit) – Transit 2.0 at Bart.gov
• Jeff Nigbur (State of Utah, Department of Public Safety) – Utah Department of Public Safety Media Portal
• Rita King (Dancing Ink Productions) – Digital Diplomacy: Understanding Islam Through Virtual Worlds

You can register for the free conference at the O’Reilly Gov 2.0  website.

AALL is sponsoring a webinar on Thursday, Nov. 19 from noon- 1 pm Eastern time titled “Global Legal Research: Routes to Success“.  It features Jean M. Wenger of the Cook County (IL) Law Library and our own Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Foreign and International Law Librarian at the U. of Chicago.  These two global research experts will discuss how to approach global research, sensible starting points, legal systems and terminology, resource strategies, collections and more.

Today is the last day to register here.   The cost is $45 for AALL members, $60 for non-members, $200 for a site registration.

This Friday, Nov. 13, at 3 pm Eastern time, CALI will host a free webinar for law school faculty about using CALI lessons in your course, including how you can integrate CALI lessons with TWEN. The presenters will be Prof. Debra Cohen, Visiting Associate Professor & Interim Director of Academic Support at the University of Baltimore School of Law; and Prof. Sally Wise, Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law.

Register for the webinar on the CALI website.

This Friday, Sept. 18, at 3 pm CALI is hosting a webinar featuring guest presenter (and Cool Kid CS-SISzen) Sarah Glassmeyer on how to use alternatives like wikis and blogs for course management.  Sarah is Reference and Access Services Librarian at the University of Kentucky Law School. You can register for the webinar by logging in to CALI here.

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

• Cool Tools: The Workshop (full day workshop), 8:30 am, Georgetown Law
• CONELL Marketplace, 10:30 am, WCC 146A: come see our CS SIS table!
• Lawberry Camp, An “Unconference” 3 hours, 3:00 pm, WCC 156
• Alphabet Soup Reception, 90 minutes, 7:00 pm, Ren. Ballroom West

Sunday, July 26, 2009

• Reception for Web 2.0 Challengers (discussion with snacks for the 2008/9 Web 2.0 Challenge), 75 minutes, 12:00 pm, Ren. Congressional Hall A
• A-1, Making Your ILS Web 2.0 Happy,* 75 minutes, 1:30 pm, WCC 145
• A-2, Beyond Copyright?: How Licensing Agreements and Digital Rights Management Pose Challenges to Fair Use and the Provision of Electronic or Media Services,* 75 minutes, 1:30 pm, WCC 152
• C-1, Network Neutrality: The Debate Over the Internet Superhighway, 60 minutes, 4:15 pm, WCC 145
• CS HOT TOPIC: Connie Crosby on ‘Why Librarians Should Care About Emerging Technologies,” 60 minutes, 5:30 pm, WCC 144.

Monday, July 27, 2009

• D-1, I Want My Web 2.0: Lessons from the Web 2.0 Challenge Everyone Can Use (or “Get your MySpace for nothing and your RSS for free.”), 60 minutes, 8:45 am, WCC 145
• Roundtable Discussion: Mashing Up the White House, 60 minutes, 10:45 am, Rens. Room 2
• CS Open Program Planning Meeting 2010 (brown bag – everyone welcome!), 75 minutes, 12:00 pm, WCC 158
• G-4, WYDSIWYG: What You Don’t See Is What You Don’t Get, 75 minutes, 4:00 pm, WCC 150
• Bloggers Get Together, 5:30 pm, Old Dominion Brew House, 1219 9th St, NW
• Karaoke with Ken (a CS SIS institution!!) 9:15 pm, Café Japone, 2032 P St NW

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

• CS Breakfast Business Meeting and Awards, 1 hr. 45 minutes, 7:00 am, Rens. Rm 3 (tickets req’d)
• H-2, Web 2.0 Driving Innovation in the Law Firm Library, 90 minutes, 9:00 am, WCC 146
• K-1, Vlogging for Law Libraries, 30 minutes, 3:30 pm, WCC 145

*  We know there is a conflict with these two programs and will try to make both available on the CS web site.

A PDF handout of CS-SIS events is also available.  Or see ScheduAALL for an interactive list of CS-SIS Activities.

Here’s something that might be of interest to CSSISies CSSISizens (thanks, Ken): the first ever “Handheld Librarian Online Conference: An online conference about Mobile Library Services” will be held on Thursday, July 30 from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern time.  Discussion will center around how libraries can provide services on  mobile devices that are increasingly used for a wide variety of purposes including communication, internet access, text messaging, and entertainment.  The program, sponsored by Alliance Library System, LearningTimes and Infoquest, will include a variety of ways to collaborate, network and learn from a  group of experts in the field. The schedule is here and includes a panel session called Everything We Know About Implementing a Kindle Loan Program, moderated by Rene Erlandson, Director of Virtual Services @ the University of Nebraska Omaha.  The cost is $49 for one person, $89 for a group of 2 or more people logged in from one computer.