The MAALL Annual Meeting will be held Thursday, November 7, 2024 through Saturday, November 9, 2024 in Lincoln, Nebraska's Historic Haymarket District. Saturday morning's events will be hosted at the UNL College of Law, Schmid Law Library.
Hotel information, including booking instructions and the reservation link, is now available. The last day for reservations is Monday, October 28th.
This year's Book to Action title will be Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education, by Stephanie Land, follow up to Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive; the local charity will be Head Start of Lincoln, run through the Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties.
One of the traditions at the University of Nebraska College of Law is an annual Haiku Contest during National Library Week and National Poetry Month. To help you experience one of our traditions and get you excited for the upcoming meeting, the Local Arrangements Committee is hosting a haiku contest!
To participate, send your submission to Sandy Placzek (splaczek2@unl.edu) before noon on Thursday, November 7th. Submissions will be posted on the Haiku LibGuide, along with examples and further information. Voting will by via Google Form from 1 PM on Thursday, November 7th through 11 AM on Friday, November 8th. The entry with the most votes will be announced at Friday's lunch with the winner receiving a fabulous swag bag of Lincoln and Nebraska-related treats!
The mobile friendly Annual Meeting Schedule and Program Descriptions are now available. A printable schedule and printable program descriptions are also available in PDF format.
This year’s theme is Back to Basics, and the Education Committee is soliciting proposals that focus on (but not limited to) the following topics:
These are only a few examples; the Education Committee welcomes any and all proposals that are of interest to you and for which you are passionate about regarding law librarianship!
The Education Committee will be accepting proposals through the proposal form until Friday, May 31 extended until Monday, July 1st. If you have any questions please reach out to anyone on the Education Committee.
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