Opening Luncheon, Learning to Leapfrog: One Library's Journey to Excellence Louise Schaper, Executive Director of the Fayetteville Public Library
Coverage of Topic N/A 5 4 3 2 1 Speaker N/A 5 4 3 2 1 Handouts N/A 5 4 3 2 1
Program A1: ABA Questionaire: New and Improved or.. Speakers: Richard Leiter, Randy Diamond
Program A2: Cool Tech Tips for Managing Information Speaker: Barbara Fullerton
Program B1: Using GOBI's Consortial and Peer Reporting tools for Stronger Collection Speaker: Ashley Fast Bailey
Program B2: Working Together to Make a Difference Speaker: Sonya Dodson
Program B3: Budgeting in a Recession; Or, Getting Blood from Turnips Speaker: Rich Leiter
Program C1: Licensing Electronic Information: An Effort Towards Best Practices Speakers: Paul Callister, Phill Johnson
Program C2: Head for the Mountains Boot Camp for 1L's Speakers: Cindy Shearrer, Cindy Bassett
Program C3: Making Time for the Challenge Speaker: Blythe McCoy
Program D1: Legal Research Skills for 1st Year Law Clerks and Associates Speakers: Brian Vandiver, Honorable Sarah J. Heffley
Program D2: Web 2.0 Tools, Tips and Tales Speaker: Glen McBeth
Program D3: HeinOnline: Today & Tomorrow Speaker: Dick Spinelli
Program E1: Wiley A. Branton and the Tradition of African American Lawyers in Arkansas speaker: Judith Kilpatrick
Program E2: NAFTA: Will Security Trump Trade? Mexico's Role and the United States Concern Regarding National Security and Economic Viability of a Trade Agreement Speaker: Rhonda Keaton
Program E3: OCLC v. Swartz: An Examination of a New Challenging Cooperative Cataloging Project Called "Open Library" Which Has No Subscrption Fee Speaker: Brian Striman
Program F1: Life and Justice in Frontier Arkansas Speaker: Lynn Foster
Program F2: Life on a Stick: Traveling Light with Portable Applications Speaker: Susan Boland
Program F3: Digitizing Federal Law and Federal Legislative History: The Farm Bill Project Speaker: Sally Kelley
Program G1: ABA Tech Show and How It Can Educate Your Law Students About...Technology Speakers: John Christensen, Glen McBeth, Katherine Greene, Tammy Steinle
Program G2: National Agricultural Law Center at the University of Arkansas School of Law Speaker: Harrison Pittman
Program H1:I'm not a Packrat...I'm Preserving Library History Speaker: Pam Tull
Program H2: Cancelled
As for the VALUE of attending this year's Annual Meeting; considering the costs to attend and time away from work, relative to what you got from the meeting, please rank your overall satisfaction.
Little or No Value Good Value Above Average Was of High Value, one of the best MAALL meetings
Hotel N/A 5 4 3 2 1 Food N/A 5 4 3 2 1 Hospitality Room N/A 5 4 3 2 1 Local Arrangements N/A 5 4 3 2 1
The following questions relate to programming at MAALL annual meetings in general. Please take a few moments to answer them to help future Education Committees plan meetings that will best suit your needs and those of your fellow members. 1. Typically at an annual meeting, there are about 13 individual programs offered. This amount of programs is: a. not enough b. too much c. just right
2. As for the FORMAT of programs, please rank the following group in order of benefit or appeal to you (1 = most beneficial, 7 = least beneficial): a. game show b. other c. panel d. round-table discussion e. skit/role-play f. doesn't matter as long as it's good g. other
3. As for the APPROACH of programs, please select the one that is more beneficial or appealing to you: a. theoretical b. practical/how we did it c. mixture
4. As for the TOPICS of programs, please rank the following group in order of benefit or appeal to you (1 = most beneficial, 4 = least beneficial): a. legal topics b. library topics c. non-law library topics (management, technology, etc.) d. mixture
5. Please indicate your interest in library tours as part of the program (select one): a. They should be part of the program b. They should be offered but not as part of the program c. No opinion 6. Should MAALL offer pre-conference workshops? a. Yes b. No c. Depends on cost and schedules 7. If there were one or more pre-conference workshops, they should be for (select one): a. members b. non-members c. open to both members and non-members
8. Do you have any suggestions for pre-conference workshop subjects?
9. Assuming the topic would be interesting and beneficial, do you like the idea of a half-day or full-day workshop as part of the annual meeting program? a. Yes b. No
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