PIC Is Looking for a Few Good Authors

Ever thought about writing an article for a legal publication? Or are you already a published author? Either way, come join the Publishing Initiatives Caucus at the AALL Annual Meeting for some inspiration and camaraderie at 7 AM on Monday, July 16 in the Hilton Grand Salon 4.

PIC believes that writing articles for legal journals and publications helps law librarians build a higher profile among the legal community, both as individual authors and as a profession. We want to help inspire and motivate law librarians to write articles for legal publications that are read by the people who employ us or work with us as attorneys, legal administrators, law professors, judges, marketing directors and others.

And after the meeting, head over to the Convention Center for the PIC sponsored program, A Win-Win Partnership: Legal Editors and Law Librarians on Monday July 16 at 8:45 in EMCC-Room 217/218. This roundtable question-and-answer program will feature pairs of editors and law librarians who have collaborated with each other to publish articles written by law librarians in state bar journals, local and national bar association publications, and law firm management publications.

Hear firsthand from editors about the details of their publishing decisions, what they expect from aspiring authors and the constraints under which editors may work. Also hear from librarians who have worked with the editors to build and sustain successful campaigns that reach audiences outside traditional librarians’ circles, such as the judiciary, practitioners, administrators, law professors and deans.

Can't make it? Then stop by our table in the Exhibit Hall or check out our website. Here you can find information on how to subscribe to our email discussion forum, as well as, notification of recently published articles via RSS or email. The PIC website also includes articles on how to get published and contact information for dozens of legal publishers.

Come and be part of the campaign to increase our visibility as a profession - and your own as an information professional. You owe it to yourself.