Ballots will be sent in the May mailing. Ballots are due by Monday, June 12, 2006 and should be returned to:

Thomas Baker
ILUG Chair
Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Columbia Law School
435 W. 116th St.
New York, NY 10027

Election results will be announced at the annual ILUG business meeting in St. Louis on Saturday, July 8, 2006.

Candidates -- Vice Chair (2006-2007)/Chair Elect (2007-2008):
Sarah J. Boling OR Melanie Cornell

Candidate for Vice Chair/Chair Elect:
Sarah J. Boling

Statement:

I have worked in technical services and systems positions at academic law libraries for 16 years. I have been a member of the IUG since my first Innopac installation in 1994, and have attended eleven of the thirteen past annual conferences. When I first implemented an Innopac system, it was a text-based database product using Wyse-50 terminals. As the product developed to its present state, I have implemented in their turn a Web OPAC, the AirPAC, Media Management, Metafind, WebBridge, the XML Harvester, and an ever-growing collection of system customizations. The ILUG has always been an essential source of support to me and my colleagues. I would welcome the opportunity to be of service in its continued valuable work.

Curriculum Vitae:

CURRENT POSITION: Systems Services Librarian, Suffolk University Law Library, Boston, Mass. (responsible for shared university-wide turnkey system)

POSITIONS HELD:

• Serials Assistant, New England School of Law Library
• Cataloging Specialist, New England School of Law Library
• Cataloging and Preservation Librarian, New England School of Law Library

EDUCATION:

• BA, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
• MLIS, Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Boston, Mass.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES:

• American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), 1990-
• Innovative Users Group, 1994-
• Innovative Law Users Group, 1994-
• Law Librarians of New England, 1990-

PUBLICATIONS:

• "Finding a red needle in a haystack: the New England School of Law color index," LLNE News 24, no. 4 (2004/2005)
• "Visual indexing in a multimedia world," LLNE News 21, no. 2 (2001)
• "Innovations in cataloging," Bulletin (Special Libraries Association, San Francisco Bay Region) (May/June 2000)

Candidate for Vice Chair/Chair Elect:
Melanie Cornell

Statement:

In my current position in a private academic law school setting, I am primarily responsible to enable smooth workflows among all staff utilizing our Millennium modules, consistent with current and changing cataloging practices, our bibliographic utility (OCLC), outsourcing options, authority control, and using Web Access Management to provide remote access to selected online resources. I am a member of our library's Collection Management, Automation, and Public Services teams. I am also a member of our library's "One Box Team," created to make recommendations regarding viable alternatives to federated search products. I enjoyed being a member of IUG's Program Committee for IUG 2004. Our library has been a member of ILUG since 1999. I would welcome the opportunity to serve my law library Innovative colleagues as Vice Chair/Chair Elect of ILUG.

Curriculum Vitae:

CURRENT POSITION: Automation Librarian, Franklin Pierce Law Center Library, 2001-Present

POSITIONS HELD:

• Head of Technical Services, Franklin Pierce Law Center Library, 1990-2001
• Cataloger, Franklin Pierce Law Center Library, 1988-1990

EDUCATION:

• MLS, Simmons' Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1990
• BS, Franklin Pierce College, 1987
• AS, Colby-Sawyer College, 1983

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES:

• American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), 1988-
  • Member, OBS-SIS's Local Systems Committee, 1995-1996; 2005-
  • Member, OBS-SIS's OCLC committee, 1995-96
  • Member, Indexing Periodical Literature Advisory committee, 1994-1995
• Innovative Users Group (IUG), 1999-
  • Presenter, "Turnkey or Not Turnkey: That is the Question," 2005 Annual Meeting
  • Member, Program Committee, 2004 Annual Meeting
• New England Innovative Law Users Group (NEILUG), 1999-
  • Panelist, presentation concerning outsourcing and integrating cataloging and acquisitions processing, 2003
• Law Librarians of New England (LLNE), 1988-
  • Scholarship Award, to aid attendance at AALL annual meeting, 2005
  • Member, LLNE Membership Committee, 1994-1995
• New England Law Librarian Consortium (NELLCO), 1988-
  • Member, Franklin Pierce Law Center Library's One Box Team, also serving NELLCO's interests in discovering and implementing a viable alternative to federated search engines, 2005-
  • Member, Staff Development/Human Resources Committee, 1997
• Association of New Hampshire Law Librarians (ANHLL), 1988-
  • President, 2005-
  • Member, Nominating Committee, 1995 and 2005
  • Treasurer, 1993-1997
• Capital Area Network Advisory Committee (CAPNET), New Hampshire, 1988-1992
  • Chair, 1991-1992
  • Secretary, 1990-1991