LLNE & ABLL Spring 2018: Location: Knowing Where We Are: Home

Registration closes June 1st!

The Spring 2018 joint meeting of the Law Librarians of New England and Association of Boston Law Librarians will be Friday, June 8th, at the Social Law Library.

The theme of the meeting is "Location: Knowing Where We Are." We will be spending the day learning about and discussing how law librarians find and use information about localities.

Registration is $50 for LLNE members, and $40 for ABLL members.

Space is Limited!

Do not forget to check out the Service Project! You do not not even have to attend the meeting to help out!

Edward Elgar Publishing

9:15 - 10:00 Registration / Breakfast

10:00 - 10:15 Introductions / Opening Remarks

10:15 - 11:15 Keynote on Local News

• Mark Leccese, Associate Professor, Journalism Department, Emerson College

11:15- 11:30 Networking Break

11:30 - 12:30 Local Archives 

• Nadia Dixson, Somerville City Archivist, “How Did we Get Here?: Maintaining Records for Long Term Institutional Memory”

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch and Business Meeting

1:30 - 2:00 Local Ordinances

• Brian J. Harkins, Esq., Senior Reference Attorney, Social Law Library

2:00 - 3:00 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

• Bahare Sanaie-Movahed, Geographic Information Systems Specialist, Northeastern University Libraries

3:00 - 3:30 Edgar Award presentation followed by a networking break

3:30 - 4:00 Breakout sessions

4:00 Wrap-up

Note: Schedule is subject to change.