On November 26 (12:00 to1:30pm), I will be co-presenting a webinar about my experiences dealing with legal publishers: Everything you wanted to know about dealing with legal publishers…but were afraid to ask!
DESCRIPTION:
Join us for an interactive session about relations with vendors in today’s increasingly complex collection development world. Experienced private and law society collection managers from across the country will answer your questions and discuss their tips and tricks when working with legal publishers.
SPEAKERS:
Melanie Hodges Neufeld is the Director of Legal Resources at the Law Society of Saskatchewan. In addition to being responsible for the administration of the traditional library, Melanie is responsible for developing and recommending a strategic plan for the management of legal information within the Law Society and the province. Melanie is a lawyer with a background in administrative law and policy development. She also recently completed a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of Saskatchewan in the area of restorative justice.
Josette McEachern is the Library Manager at Field Law. She has over 23 years of law library experience with a focus on acquisitions and has participated in various vendor relations committees. Josette has a Library Technician diploma from MacEwan University.
David Whelan has led information teams at the Law Society of Upper Canada, American Bar Association, SMU School of Law, and Cincinnati Law Library Association. He has a J.D. and Masters of Library Science and seeks out challenges where practice technology and legal information access intersect. David speaks and writes frequently on topics relating to law, information, and technology and has two books out: Finding and Managing Legal Information on the Internet and Practice Law in the Cloud. Twitter: @davidpwhelan Blog: www.ofaolain.com
REGISTRATION FEES:
CALL/ACBD Member: $40 + $5.20 HST = $45.20/webinar
Non-member: $60 + $7.80 HST = $67.80/webinar