Ep 170: Elizabeth Adelman, New President of the American Association of Law Libraries

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last week, on the last day of the annual meeting of the</span> <a href= "https://www.aallnet.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">American Association of Law Libraries</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, the nationwide organization of law librarians and legal information professionals,</span> <a href= "https://library.buffalo.edu/staff/eadelman"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Elizabeth Adelman</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">took office as the association’s new president. A key focus of her term will be on increasing the pipeline of those coming into the profession and working to enhance diversity within both the AALL and the profession at large. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As she comes into office, the AALL has just adopted a</span> <a href= "https://www.aallnet.org/about-us/what-we-do/strategic-plan/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> strategic plan</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">that sets out five goals for 2022-2023. In addition to increasing the pipeline and enhancing diversity, the plan also calls for championing excellence among legal information professionals, providing expanded opportunities for professional growth; and advocating for issues that impact legal information professionals. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In her day job, Adelman is vice dean for legal information services and director of the Charles B. Sears Law Library at the University of Buffalo School of Law. An AALL member for 21 years, Adelman has a law degree from Albany Law School, a master’s degree in library science from the University at Buffalo. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this conversation recorded live at the AALL annual meeting in Denver, Adelman and host Bob Ambrogi talk about her plans for her year in office and her thoughts on the state and future of the profession.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Thank You To Our Sponsors</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode of LawNext is gener