Detailed Program Information

Plenary 1

Legislation Repeal: Cleaning Out the Attic - Statutes Repeal Bill, S-202 - List of Statutes not in Force
The Honourable Tommy Banks, O.C., A.O.E., LL.D., Senator
sponsored by Irwin Law Book

There's a lot of old law hanging around that has not been brought into force, but could be. How long should Government have this option?

• Speaker Information
  • Following a fifty-year international career as a musician, Tommy Banks was summoned to the Senate of Canada to represent the senatorial division of Edmonton, Alberta on April 7, 2000. He is a member of the Liberal Parliamentary Caucus. In the 36th Parliament, he was a member of the Standing Committee on National Finance, and of the Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment, and Natural Resources. In the 37th Parliament, he served on the Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, the Standing Committee on National Security and Defence, the Subcommittee on Veterans’ Affairs, and was elected as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources. He was also elected Chairman of the Alberta Liberal Parliamentary Caucus. Following dissolution of the 37th Parliament Senator Banks was named to a Committee of Parliamentarians given the task of advising the Government on the setting up of parliamentary oversight of security intelligence matters. In the 38th Parliament, he was elected Vice-Chair of the Northern and Western Regional Liberal Parliamentary Caucus. He has served on an ad hoc basis on several additional committees of the Senate. Senator Banks has devised and introduced legislation having to do with the repeal of statutes not yet having been brought into force, and with the carriage of grain by rail. He has additionally been the sponsor of several Government Bills in the Senate, including those dealing with species at risk, and with the establishment of the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.

Plenary 2

8Rs Canadian Library Human Resource Study.
Allison Sivak, Research Associate, University of Alberta.

The 8Rs Canadian Library Human Resource Study is a national research project that is examining important facets of library human resources from both organizational and individual perspectives over a period of two years.

The study draws its name from the eight core issues that the literature suggests are integral to human resource management in libraries: recruitment, retention, remuneration, reaccreditation, repatriation, rejuvenation, retirement and restructuring. The research team is currently gathering data through a series of surveys and focus groups from a number of different sources: library administrations, individual librarians and library technicians at all stages of their careers, library educators and MLIS students. This will allow the study to present a comprehensive view of the current and predicted needs of library institutions and library workers. http://www.ls.ualberta.ca/8rs/home.html

• Speaker Information
  • Allison Sivak received her MLIS in 2003, and is currently working for the University of Alberta Libraries. She has extensive experience in administration in the heritage sector and possesses an undergraduate degree in Writing.

Plenary 3

Indian Residential Schools Restitution Program
Jon Faulds, Q.C., Field Law
Shaunna Mireau, Library Manager, Field Law
sponsored by Juriliber Limited

The Indian Residential School system has been described as a national crime and led to one of the largest sets of legal claims in Canadian history. Jon Faulds is a lawyer who represents survivors of the residential school system. He will discuss the claims reached last year. In doing so he will pay particular attention to the documentary record that was available to lawyers involved in the claims and the role of archival records in the litigation.

• Speaker Information
  • P. Jonathan Faulds has practiced law in Edmonton since 1980. He joined the firm Field LLP in 1988 and became a partner in 1991. Jon maintains a general litigation practice and has appeared before all levels of Alberta court as well as the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada. His practice currently focuses on constitutional, aboriginal and injury matters. Jon has represented government in constitutional references before both the Alberta Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada and appeared on behalf of aboriginal groups before the Federal Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal. Most recently, he represented hundreds of people who were wrongfully sterilized by the Alberta Government's Eugenics Program. He is also experienced in defamation, insurance, estate and criminal matters. Jon is a frequent speaker at professional seminars on legal practice issues and has been a guest speaker at both local and national conferences on aboriginal law issues. Prior to practicing law, Jon was a news reporter with the Edmonton Journal and Calgary Herald and for two years served as a radio commentator on legal issues for CBC Radio.
    
  • Shaunna Mireau is manager of the Field LLP library in Edmonton. She graduated from the Grant MacEwan College Library Technician program in 1992. Private law libraries continue to be the focus of her career with special interest in being a legal research partner to the lawyers she works with and facilitating excellent student research output. Shaunna is a chronic volunteer and has enjoyed committee involvement with the CALL Conference 2006, as well as various activities with the Alberta Association of Library Technicians, the Edmonton Law Libraries Association and Canadian Bar Association, Alberta Branch - Research Lawyers Subsection. In her spare time, Shaunna builds non-traditional, energy efficient homes and plays music with her talented daughters.

Monday Luncheon

The History, Social Structure and Life Cycle of Bison.
Wes Olson, Park Warden for Elk Island National Park
Host: Canada Law Book

Wes Olson has recently published a book entitled, Portraits of the Bison: An Illustrated Guide to Bison Society. Wes will give a visual presentation on the history, social structure and life cycle of bison. He is also a wildlife illustrator and his presentation will be filled with his own beautiful artwork as well as stunning photographs provided by his wife, Johane Janelle. Copies of his book will be available for sale and authographs.

• Speaker Information
  • Wes Olson is the Park Warden at Elk Island National Park responsible for the management of the parks plains and wood bison populations. For the past 25 years he has dedicated his work and recreational time to developing an understanding of bison society. Bison are one of the longest living mammals in North American, and this has given them time to evolve into a complex society of individuals. Each comes with its unique personality and behaviour and Wes's presentation will provide you with a glimpse into the ecology of this fascinating species. Wes and his wife Johane also operate a ranch east of Edmonton where they raise plains bison and Warmblood horses.

Session 1

Librarian’s Emerging Technology Survival Guide.
Kenton Good and Geoff Harder, University of Alberta, Edmonton
sponsored by The Alberta Society Libraries

Kenton and Geoff will discuss the tools and trends influencing your digital life and that of your clients. Join us for a fast-paced multimedia tour of emerging technologies which is sure to be entertaining and informative. Topics include social software, Web 2.0, Google Scholar and other new Google services, Firefox and Greasemonkey, instant messaging and Wikipedia. Hold on!!

• Speaker Information
  • Geoffrey Harder is Reference Services Coordinator at the Science and Technology Library and Manager of the Knowledge Common (KC), a large information commons, at the University of Alberta Libraries. Geoff is author of The Blog Driver's Waltz (blogdriverswaltz.com) and is a frequent presenter and writer on social software and emerging tech. topics as they relate to a library’s services and collections.
    
  • Kenton Good is the Web Development Librarian for the University of Alberta Libraries where he manages the Library web presence and development efforts. He has been developing websites for the past ten years including time as a Web developer with Academic Technologies for Learning, University of Alberta. From 2000-2004, Kenton taught the Digital Librarianship course for the School of Library and Information Studies.

Session 2

Copyright and Document Delivery.
Carol Smale, Director, Resource Sharing and Rights Management, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa.
Paul Whitney, City Librarian, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver.
Hosts: Access Services and Resource Sharing SIG and the Education Committee.

Ms. Smale and Mr. Whitney will present an overview of the copyright laws and their application to document delivery of both print and electronic sources. We can learn how the Library and Archives of Canada manages to comply with copyright restrictions while providing unrestricted access to its collection. What are the processes and procedures employed to ensure compliance without restricting access?

• Speaker Information
  • Paul Whitney is the City Librarian at Vancouver Public Library. He has been involved in various professional activities throughout his career, including serving as President of the Canadian Library Association and the British Columbia Library Association. Presently, he is Chairperson of the National Library of Canada Council on Access to Information for Print-Disabled Canadians, and a Member of the Canadian Heritage Public Lending Right Commission and the PLR Executive. He also chairs the Canadian Library Association Copyright Committee, the Canadian Urban Library Council Copyright Committee and the Copyright Forum, which addresses digital copyright issues with the Federal Government on behalf of 15 national education, library, archive and museum associations. He is an “Expert Resource Person” to the International Federation of Library Associations Copyright and Other Legal Matters Committee. Paul, as a Sessional Lecturer, taught graduate courses on publishing and collection management at University of British Columbia’s School of Library, Archival and Information Studies from 1983-2002, and is an adjunct faculty member with Simon Fraser University’s Master in Publishing Program. In 2002, Paul received the Canadian Library Association’s Outstanding Service to Librarianship Award, and the British Columbia Library Association President’s Award for contributions to the Association. In 2001, he received the University of British Columbia’s School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Alumni Service and Leadership Award.
    
  • Carol Smale is Director of the newly created Resource Sharing and Rights Management Division at Library and Archives Canada. In this capacity, she is responsible for interlibrary loans and location services, the Canadian Book Exchange Centre, and the management of copyright, donor and institutional rights for materials in LAC’s collection.
    Carol started her library career as a library technician, cataloguing materials for the schools of the Board of Education for the Borough of York in Toronto, Ontario. In 1982, after obtaining an M.L.S., she began work as a bibliographic searcher in what was then known as the Location Division of the National Library of Canada and is now Resource-Sharing Services at Library and Archives Canada. She has held increasingly responsible positions at the National Library and Library and Archives Canada, mostly in the area of resource sharing, leading to her current position.
    Carol received an M.L.S. from the University of Western Ontario in 1982. Previous to this, she had obtained a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Waterloo (1972), and a Diploma in Library Techniques from Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology (1975). In 1997, she received the CASLIS Award for Special Librarianship in Canada.

Session 3

Public International Law.
Denis LeMay, Université Laval, Bibliothèque de droit .

International Law (IL) is the ultimate horizon of our times; there is hardly a topic, a reference question or a course that doesn't take it into account, even slightly, even tangentially.

Law librarians facing the odd questions of the "Monterry Consensus", the "Draft Protocol on endangered species" or "Where is the last report of the UN on the law of the sea" or, even worse, being shown that frightening, undecipherable footnote of the type E/CN.4/Sub.2/2005/38/Add.1 ("I didn’t find that in the catalog") ...need no longer hide under their desks. They should and are able to answer these quite easily.

Don't be afraid anymore! This workshop-like presentation will show the links between IL, reference questions and UN Docs. You will be able to assess the exact state of development of any question by following the «golden thread» (a secret to be revealed at the session). No prior knowledge of either IL or of the United Nations documentation is required to attend.

• Speaker Information
  • Lawyer, member of the Bar of Québec. Degrees in law (LL.M.) Library and Information Sciences (MLS) and Philosophy (B.Ph.).
    Currently: Senior Reference Librarian, Law Library, Laval University.
    Author : Les références essentielles en droit québécois, La recherche documentaire en droit, Méthodologie du travail juridique, and Le Code civil du Québec en tableaux synoptiques, all published by Wilson & Lafleur and updated on the Web.
    Editor of the Web site of the Law Library and of two documentary bulletins BIDDUL (= News bulletin on documentation in Law at Laval University) and AJOUR (= Current legal news organized in reference units).
    President 1991/1993 of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL/ACBD).
    Recipient 2003 of the Denis Marshall Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship of CALL/ACBD.

Session 4

Combating Methamphetamine Use in Alberta - Clandestine Labs.
Detective Guy Pilon, Edmonton Police Service.

Detective Pilon will provide us with information about Methamphetamine and clandestine labs in Alberta. Methamphetamine is considered one of the most addictive of all illegal drugs. In many cases, the detrimental effects of its use have been permanent, and include serious physical and psychological conditions. And, unlike cocaine and heroin, which require cultivation in foreign countries and importation, methamphetamine can be made in a relatively simple laboratory setting with little expertise. This is a unique opportunity to see, upclose what the drug is, what it does and learn how it is made. If information is power, then the more we know about this terrible drug, the more able we are to prepare our children, our
neighbours and ourselves against its negative impact.

• Speaker Information
  • Guy Pilon is a detective with the Edmonton Police Service. In his 25 years of service Guy has worked with the following organizations: Patrol Services, Surveillance Unit, Spousal Violence, Vice, Gang Unit, and Drug Unit.
    
    

Session 5

Planning and Moving into a New Library.
Robert Leigh, Manager of Public Services, Alberta Law Society Libraries.
Wendy Hearder-Moan, Roving Librarian, LibraryCo.
Host: Courthouse and Law Society Libraries SIG.

This session will outline some best practices and useful techniques to follow in planning and moving into a new library space.

• Speaker Information
  • Robert Leigh was born in the industrial north of England and educated at the University of Wales in Swansea. After graduate studies in English at McMaster University, he taught English and English as a second language in Hamilton, Robert then took a year out in Europe where he decided to become a librarian and a Canadian.He obtained his M.L.S. from the University of Western Ontario but almost all of his library positions have been in BC and Alberta. Robert moved through university and public libraries before finally becoming a law librarian in 1983. He has been with Alberta Law Society Libraries since then and is now the Manager of Public Services. He has been involved to a greater or lesser extent in two library moves and the planning for four libraries, most recently the new Calgary courthouse library which is due to open in 2007.
    
  • Wendy Hearder-Moan has over 25 years’ experience as a law librarian working within the Ontario County and District Courthouse Libraries. Her career began at the Middlesex Law Association in 1977 and she was in charge of the library at the Hamilton Law Association for 21 years. Since 2002 she has been LibraryCo’s Roving Law Librarian. Her professional experienced is buttressed by a Master of Library Sciences degree from the University of Western Ontario (1977) and an M.A. (French) from McMaster University.
    Wendy worked with various committees of the Hamilton Law Association in lobbying for the new Hamilton Courthouse and she was closely involved in the design of the courthouse library in 1998/1999. Since joining LibraryCo, she has overseen the move of the Kent Law Association library and has helped organize the library collections after moves and renovations in various associations, most notably Lambton, Grey, Leeds & Grenville, Norfolk, Haldimand, and Prescott & Russell.

Session 6

The Potential of XML for Legal Information. - Handout
Terry Butler, MA, Director Research Computing, University of Alberta.
Host: Database Design SIG.

Describing the systems for structured information which have been developed for the TAPoR Project (Text Analysis Portal Research, University of Alberta), Mr. Butler will explore how XML and database technologies can be used to enrich and improve access to legal information.

• Speaker Information
  • Terry Butler is the Director of Research Computing for the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta. Executive Manager Butler works collaboratively with University of Alberta researchers to develop and maximize their use of appropriate computing facilities, and to cultivate Arts and Humanities research projects that use computing approaches and methodologies.

Session 7

LibraryCo’s advoCHAT: Operating a Virtual Reference Service for Courthouse Libraries.
Suzan A. Hebditch, CEO LibraryCo.
Marcus Roesner, Project Manager, Virtual Reference Service, LibraryCo.

Chat reference is the newest and fastest growing category of service in libraries, ever! What is it? How does it work? How long does it take to set up? What is involved? Can I do this in my library?
This session will discuss the new virtual reference service provided to Ontario lawyers through the LibraryCo libraries. We will take you on an action packed journey, from the birth of the idea through the proposal to implementation, past the unveiling to the first few months of this one-of-a-kind service.

• Speaker Information
  • No stranger to CALL, Suzan Hebditch has for years been actively involved in the Canadian Association of Law Libraries. She has worked on the Editorial Board of Canadian Law Libraries (now Canadian Law Library Review), moderated and presented sessions at CALL, co-chaired the Courthouse and Law Society Libraries SIG, served on the Executive Board for ten years and was President from 1997-1999. In May 2002, she co-chaired Canadian Focus: Global View, the first CALL/ACBD sponsored Joint Study Institute at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia. In May, 2003 she was honoured with the Denis Marshall Award of Excellence in Law Librarianship. Suzan has a Master of Library Science Degree from the University of Alberta. She was recruited from the Canada Department of Justice in Alberta to be the first Executive Director of LibraryCo starting in February 2001.
    
  • Marcus Roesner obtained his Master of Library and Information Studies from the University of Alberta in 1994, kicking off an innovative career in libraries. In 1995 he became one of the first Internet Librarians, working for the Edmonton Public Library. He has also participated in a pioneering job exchange program with the University of Alberta, taught for five years in the MacEwan Library Technician program and was project leader of The Alberta Library’s Ask a Question Service, which brought together all public libraries and many colleges in the province to participate in a collaborative reference service. Marcus joined LibraryCo as Project Manager of the virtual reference service, now named advoCHAT.

Session 8

Doing the Cross-Disciplinary Conga – Panel.
Host: Academic Law Libraries SIG.

Anne Crocker, Law Librarian, Gerard V. La Forest Law Library, University of New Brunswick.
Annette Demers, Reference Librarian, Paul Martin Law Library, University of Windsor.
Judith Garber, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta.
Bonnie Preece, Manager, Academic Relations- Online, Carswell.
Beatrice Tice, Chief Librarian, Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

This session will present various perspectives on the growing trend of cross-disciplinary courses which bring non-law students and faculty into the law library. Using a panel format, the session will explore the impact on collections and personnel and the challenges inherent in serving a wider demographic. The panel will include representation from library administrators, public service professionals, vendors and interdisciplinary researchers.

• Speaker Information
  • Anne Crocker is the Head Law Librarian of the Gerard V. LaForest Law Library of the University of New Brunswick, a position she has held since 1976. She holds a BLS from the University of Toronto (1970) and an Advanced Certificate in Library Management from the Univeristy of California at Berkeley (1987). She was the President of CALL/ACBD from 1995-97, and has been active in the Association since entering the profession.
    
  • Annette Demers is the Reference Librarian at the Paul Martin Law Library at the University of Windsor. Previously, Annette worked as a Reference Librarian for International, Foreign and Comparative Law at the Harvard Law School Library. At that time she was involved with the American Association of Law Libraries, serving as the Editor of the Foreign, Comparative and International Law Special Interest Section Newsletter. Annette is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, and received her L.L.B. from the University of Windsor. She received her Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario, and her B.A. (Law) from Carleton University. Annette was an attendee of the Hague Academy of International Law in the summer of 1995. Annette also worked as a volunteer with the Coalition for an International Criminal Court, creating a proposal for the creation of their new library.
    
  • Bonnie Preece has a diverse background in law librarianship and legal publishing. With over 25 years experience in the legal information field she is currently the Carswell - Manager Academic Relations - Online Services with specific responsibility for the Carswell Law School WestlaweCARSWELL program. Previously, she was:
    - Carswell Manager, Client Training and Technical Support
    - Head, Technical Services, York University Law Library
    - New Product Development and Sales Manager, CCH Canadian Ltd.
    - Law Librarian, Akerman Senterfitt and Edison, Orlando Florida
    - Law Librarian, Blake Cassels and Graydon, Toronto
    - Law Librarian, Attorney General of Ontario
    Bonnie has been actively involved with CALL and was a founding member of TALL.
    
  • Judy Garber is Associate Professor of Political Science and Executive Director of the Centre for Constitutional Studies at the University of Alberta. She teaches courses in US Politics and law and politics; her research is in the area of urban politics, and she has published articles on the influence of constitutional law on local land use regulation in American cities. Recently, she has been looking at the litigation strategies of the Religious Right in the United States.
    
  • Beatrice A. Tice is Chief Law Librarian at the Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Prior to joining the Bora Laskin Law Library in August 2004, Beatrice served as Foreign and Comparative Law Librarian and Adjunct Instructor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. Before turning to law librarianship, Beatrice practiced for over eight years as a commercial litigator with several major law firms in southern California.
    Beatrice holds a B.A. magna cum laude in modern European languages from Pomona College; an M.A. in linguistics from Yale University; a J.D. with distinction from Stanford Law School; and an M.L.I.S. with a Special Certificate in Law Librarianship from the University of Washington. A specialist in foreign, comparative and international legal information, Beatrice has published several works in this area, including a recent article in Law Library Journal on collecting and preserving worldwide official gazettes. Beatrice’ teaching and research interests include comparative study of the publication and use of legal information, global access to legal information, and legal research and writing.
    

Session 9

CALL/ACBD Grant Recipients.
Project title: Thesaurus of Canadian Civil Justice System Terminology: Sources, Data Collection, and Technology.
Michael Lines, 2005 Grant Recipient.
Host: Committee to Promote Research.

Civil justice system terminology differs across jurisdictions in Canada, making access to information about civil justice, and effective research on and reform of Canadian civil justice systems problematic. Building on research that demonstrates the significant size of the literature on this topic and the underdeveloped subject and classification vocabulary, this project identifies and describes three of the essential components required to build the Thesaurus. The presentation will include a preliminary draft of the Thesaurus.

• Speaker Information
  • Michael Lines is the Law Librarian and Information Coordinator at the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice, and develops the Civil Justice Clearinghouse, an online resource of over 20,000 hard-to-find materials on civil justice system reform. He is President of the Edmonton Law Libraries Association, and is active in a number of ways with CALL: as Chair of the Database Design SIG, as webmaster of CALL 2006, and as the organizer of the CALL 2006 Blog. He has published on the lack of empirical research in law (42 Alberta Law Review 887), and on technology topics. Because of his work, Michael has a strong interest in the grey literature of the legal world, and in emerging publishing technologies and models.

Session 10

The Impact of Electronic Discovery on the Management of Business Information in Canada.
Dr. Martin Felsky, Ph.D., J.D., CEO, Commonwealth Legal Inc.
Host: Electronic Information SIG.

It has been said that American corporations will spend more money on electronic discovery than on class action litigation. If that is true, the impact could be huge for Canadians as well. Is your organization prepared for electronic discovery or will you be contributing to one of our horror stories? Dr. Felsky will provide an overview of the law and practice of electronic discovery in Canada, with special emphasis on the practical steps required of businesses to be litigation ready. If you are responsible for records management in government or private sector, you will benefit from this session.

• Speaker Information
  • Martin Felsky is a lawyer and CEO of Commonwealth Legal, Canada’s largest litigation document management service company with six offices across the country and a roster of clients that includes virtually all the large Canadian Law Firms, several litigation boutiques and Fortune 100 corporations, the Federal Deptartment of Justice as well as provincial governments in Ontario and Alberta. Dr. Felsky has consulted extensively on the subject of large document cases for over fifteen years. He was a member of the Electronic Discovery Subcommittee of the Task Force on the Discovery Process in Ontario and for more than a dozen years has been a member of the Canadian Judicial Council Judges Technology Advisory Committee. Dr. Felsky is a frequent speaker and writer on the subject of electronic discovery.

Session 11

Games Students Play
Laurel Murdoch, Heenan Blaikie LLP
Marla Sterritt , Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
Phyllis Thornton, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Host: Private Law Libraries SIG.

There has been a good deal of controversy around the idea of using games, humour and fun as part of training students to do legal research. The controversy itself may be a symptom of the generation gap we are trying to bridge. Three experienced law firm librarians will tell us of their experiences with student training, including the “games” they use to reach Generation Y.

• Speaker Information
  • Phyllis Thornton is the Manager of the Calgary Library of McCarthy Tétrault LLP. After obtaining her Diploma of Applied Arts in Library Arts (with Honours) from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in 1974 she worked in various academic and special libraries before settling into her first law library in 1981. Phyllis has been involved with student training since the early 1990s and has been at McCarthy Tétrault LLP since 1997. She has been actively involved in various positions with the Calgary Law Library Group and has chaired the CALL Private Law Libraries SIG and the new KM SIG. She also sits on the SAIT Library Information Technology Program Advisory Committee. In 2005 Phyllis earned her law degree from the University of London.
  
  
  • Laurel Murdoch is currently the Library Manager of the Toronto office of Heenan Blaikie LLP. She gave her first legal research seminar in 1978 to a group of students that included John Tory, now Leader of the Opposition in Ontario. Heavily involved in politics even then, he made a sincere effort to appear as if he were listening (as he checked a stack of messages) -- a talent that no doubt comes in handy during some of the more tedious debates in the legislature. Twenty-eight years later, Laurel is still struggling to find ways to engage the attention of articling students

Session 12

Cool Things

Legal Research Course Via Email
Robert Leigh, Manager of Public Services, Alberta Law Society Libraries
How do you train a large group of staff in 9 libraries across a province? Easy -- by email! Robert Leigh will discuss the process involved in creating and implementing his legal research course that is delivered via email to Alberta Law Society Libraries staff across Alberta.

• Speaker Information
  • Robert Leigh was born in the industrial north of England and educated at the University of Wales in Swansea. After graduate studies in English at McMaster University, he taught English and English as a second language in Hamilton, Robert then took a year out in Europe where he decided to become a librarian and a Canadian.He obtained his M.L.S. from the University of Western Ontario but almost all of his library positions have been in BC and Alberta. Robert moved through university and public libraries before finally becoming a law librarian in 1983. He has been with Alberta Law Society Libraries since then and is now the Manager of Public Services. He has been involved to a greater or lesser extent in two library moves and the planning for four libraries, most recently the new Calgary courthouse library which is due to open in 2007.

Setting Up a 'Writing for Publication' Group
Nancy McCormack, Reference Librarian, Queen's University

Nancy McCormack will speak about her experience in setting up a "writing for publication" group, the result of which was the establishing of COLAJ: Canadian Online Library and Archives Journal. She will discuss the trials and tribulations of working on a new online journal, the state of the journal today, and the editors' hopes for it's future. She will discuss how you can get something published in this new publication.

• Speaker Information
  • Nancy McCormack is the Head, Law Library, at Queen's University. In addition to her library degree, she holds a J.D. from the University of Toronto and an LL.M. from Osgoode Hall Law School. She has worked as a librarian at the University of Toronto, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin (Toronto), Sims Clement Eastman (Kitchener) and Cohen Highley Vogel and Dawson (London).

Control - Alt - Delete: Alternative Librarianship in Public Legal Education
Kirsten Wurmann, Librarian, Legal Studies Program, University of Alberta

Being a public legal education web librarian is a "cool thing", so says Kirsten Wurmann. She is fully involved in the process from the development of proposals, to the design and creation of their web resources, and from the management of their virtual collections, to the management and use of content management systems! The Legal Studies Program believes access to information about the laws and legal processes should be the right of everyone in a free society – a good fit for a librarian!

• Speaker Information
  • Kirsten graduated from the Library and Information Studies program at the University of Alberta in 2003. Her current position on the Legal Studies team encompasses the duties of an academic librarian; with responsibilities for the Access to Justice Network (ACJNet). Kirsten also provides to the research, planning and management activities that support a variety of Legal Studies programs and projects. Prior to completing her graduate studies, Kirsten was owner/operator of a backpackers' hostel in Golden, B.C. and executive director of the Golden Chamber of Commerce.

Using A Reference Database for Statistics and Library KM
Colleen Mahoney, Legislation/Reference Librarian, Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt (Toronto)

Colleen will talk about the different ways her library uses their Reference Database. The Library Manager uses it to generate statistics so she can track trends, discover who is using the library's reference services and what resources are being used to generate answers, etc. The Reference Librarians use the database as a time saving devise. Complex or difficult reference questions will often come up time and again. The database can be searched to see how they were answered in the past, what resources were used, contact numbers etc.

• Speaker Information
  • Colleen Mahoney has been the Legislative Librarian at Oster, Hoskin and Harcourt for the past two years. She is responsible for the maintenance of Osler's legislation databases, the preparation and publication of Osler's Legislative Update and monitoring legislation for Osler's clients and lawyers. She also provides reference and research services to the library's patrons.

Thesaurus of Canadian Civil Justice System Terminology
Michael Lines, Law Librarian and Information Coordinator, Canadian Forum on Civil Justice

Civil justice system terminology differs across jurisdictions in Canada, making access to information about civil justice, and effective research on and reform of Canadian civil justice systems problematic. The Thesaurus will be a solution to this problem.

• Speaker Information
  • Michael Lines is the Law Librarian and Information Coordinator at the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice, and develops the Civil Justice Clearinghouse, an online resource of over 20,000 hard-to-find materials on civil justice system reform. He is President of the Edmonton Law Libraries Association, and is active in a number of ways with CALL: as Chair of the Database Design SIG, as webmaster of CALL 2006, and as the organizer of the CALL 2006 Blog. He has published on the lack of empirical research in law (42 Alberta Law Review 887), and on technology topics. Because of his work, Michael has a strong interest in the grey literature of the legal world, and in emerging publishing technologies and models.

SharePoint Team Services
Eve Poirier, Law Librarian, Department of Justice Canada, Prairie Region, Alberta
SharePoint Team Services is a single out-of-the-box Microsoft application. SharePoint provides a web-based environment for easy and efficient communication between/among individuals, groups and teams regardless of physical location. SharePoint enables online interactive document sharing and has an array of collaborative features. Library staff are learning to engage SharePoint and benefit from reduced email, document sharing, work-product collaboration and streamlined communication between colleagues located across the country and across the street. Eve Poirier will demonstrate how SharePoint works and how Library Services staff are using SharePoint to enhance collaboration and information sharing across the Region and across the Country.

• Speaker Information
  • Eve Poirier is the Regional Librarian for the Prairie Region of the Dept. of Justice Canada. The Prairie Region constitutes libraries in Edmonton (sub-office Calgary), Saskatoon and Winnipeg. Eve is a member of the Departmental Libraries Management Group which are currently using SharePoint as a communication and collaborative tool.