Explore the changing publishing industry with Rock Toews, owner of Back Creek Books in Annapolis, MD (http://www.backcreekbooks.com/) and Valerie Piechocki, Chief of Materials Management at the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System.  Learn how eBooks have impacted booksellers, public libraries and publishers.   As law librarians, what are our options and how can we balance print and eBook formats to better serve our patrons?

 Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

49 West Coffee House
49 West Street
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Please RSVP to tebaroudi@co.pg.md.us by Thursday, March 14.

Join Us in D.C. for the First-Ever AALL Local Chapter Lobby Day

The first-ever chapter lobby day in Washington, D.C. will be held on Thursday, April 18 from 8:30 am to 5pm. The day will bring together members from local area chapters and the Government Relations Office staff for a morning training and afternoon meetings on the Hill.

Date: Thursday April 18, 2013
Time: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm EDT
Who: Members of LLAM, LLSDC, SEAALL, and VALL
Location: Lutheran Church of the Reformation 212 East Capitol Street  Washington, DC 20003

Join AALL’s Government Relations Office staff and chapter members for a full-day Lobby Day event on Capitol Hill! LLAM members are invited to attend a morning training session where you’ll learn best practices for successful meetings with your members of Congress. In the afternoon, you will attend pre-scheduled meetings with your members of Congress or/staff staff to advocate for AALL’s policy positions.

Constituent meetings with members of Congress are one of the most effective tools for advocacy. These lobby visits solidify relationships between your chapters, AALL, our members, and legislators, while providing elected officials with the critical information they need to make informed decisions. In turn, lobby day meetings serve to reaffirm AALL’s reputation as the authority on information policy issues and empower law librarians as advocates for themselves and the profession. This training is free to all chapter and AALL member participants. Don’t miss out on this chance to make a difference!

Annual Maryland Library Legislative Day scheduled for February 13, 2013. Please note the LLAM Lunch and Learn – new this year. Spend the whole day in Annapolis or just part. Your participation will be appreciated. Information for Virtual Maryland Library Legislative Day will be posted on Legislative Panel  blog on February 13th: http://mdliblegislative.wordpress.com/

Schedule

8:00 a.m. Breakfast (provided by LLAM) and Legislative Briefing
in the Anne Arundel County Public Law Library, Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, Rm 303

9:15 a.m. Library Day Proclamation in the House followed by the same in the Senate followed by visits to county delegations

12:00 – 1:30 LLAM’s Lunch and Learn

LLAM’s Lunch and Learn session with Catherine McGuire, Outreach Librarian at the Maryland State Law Library and Pamela Craig, Instruction/Reference Librarian at the Library of Congress. They will provide a refresher course on Maryland Legislative History and an orientation on the new features and search techniques for Congress.gov, the successor to THOMAS.

5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Reception to honor the Governor, LT. Governor and Maryland Legislators in the Senate Office Building, President’s Conference Room

Directions and Parking

Directions to the Courthouse and parking information: http://circuitcourt.org/directions-topmenu-51

(Parking in the Knighton and Park Place garages is recommended even thought the daily parking rate has increased to $10. There is a free Circulator Trolley that will bring you right to the Courthouse.)