New wiki for LIS vendor communication among librarians

LISVendor.info | SarahGlassmeyer(dot)com

Welcome to the LISVendor wiki. This wiki was created to fill a simple need - the need for a place for librarians to communicate and otherwise share information about our interactions and business dealings with library vendors: complaints and compliments about customer service, problems with products, pricing information, etc.

http://lisvendor.info/index.php?title=Main_Page

“Law School Lite” Teaching Undergrads and Having Fun. « RIPS Law Librarian Blog

“Law School Lite” Teaching Undergrads and Having Fun. « RIPS Law Librarian Blog

Here's a blog post from an ALLUNY member that you may find interesting.

Social media: A guide for researchers | Research Information Network

Social media: A guide for researchers | Research Information Network

ocial Media: A Guide for Researchers

March 1, 2011 12:51

The International Center for Guidance Studies at the University of Derby has produced a social media guide to help researchers understand the range of social media tools. The 48-page guide has links to a variety of resources including academic and research blogs and collaboration tools. Also included are case studies profiling ten researchers and their use of social media.

http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/communicating-and-disseminating-research/social-media-guide-researchers

ALLUNY Newsletter, Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 2011

The Spring 2011 issue of the ALLUNY newsletter is now available: http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/2011-01spring.pdf

Updated web page: http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/newslett.asp

Table of Contents: http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/news/toc361.html

Thanks to everyone once again for all of your hard work on this issue. Think Spring, and enjoy!

Blogging from the AALL Vendor Colloquium

http://www.geeklawblog.com/2011/02/aall-vendor-colloquium-im-there-taking.html

Dewey B Strategic: "Vendor Sourcing" : Thinking the unthinkable as a strategic alternative to outsourcing

BigLaw firm library director Jean O'Grady lanuched Dewey B Strategic last week and if her first post is any indication of what's to follow, her blog's feed will be worth subscribing to. See "Vendor Sourcing" : Thinking the unthinkable as a strategic alternative to outsourcing.



http://www.geeklawblog.com/2011/02/dewey-b-strategic-blog-comes-out.html



http://deweybstrategic.blogspot.com/2011/02/vendor-sourcing-as-strategic.html

A Day in the Life of the Law Library Community Photo Contest: February 2011

Once again, it's time to get your entries prepared for the AALL A Day in the Life of the Law Library Community Photo Contest. The contest is open to any member in good standing with AALL, and entries must be submitted by 28 February 2011. Winners will be featured on AALLNET and announced at the AALL annual meeting in Philadelphia. For full contest rules and guidelines, click here. You might just see your library featured in an upcoming issue of AALL Spectrum!