Photos from our second meeting

Thank you to everyone who attended our second GOALL meeting at the FAMU Law Library on Thursday, June 14th. We had a great time and a great lunch. I wanted to offer special thanks to our gracious hosts at the FAMU Law Library, especially Tony Miller and Karen Gingold, who organized the meeting, Robin Holmes for taking photos, and Dean LeRoy Pernell for allowing everything to take place at FAMU.

Thanks should also go to Tony, Jessica Riggins of the Tampa Bay Library Consortium, and Reba Curtiss of the Sanford-Brown Institute for their informative presentations, Matthew Amon of Thomson Reuters for providing generous gift bags, and Heather Caro of LexisNexis for sponsoring our meeting with a delicious catered luncheon.

Be on the lookout for an invitation to an evening social function before the end of the summer.  So far, people are suggesting a trivia night (since it's less embarrassing for most people than karaoke).  A team of law librarians will be a force to be reckoned with, so stay tuned!

The Greater Orlando Association of Law Libraries!

Left to right: Catherine Cole, Virginia Proctor, Phyllis Allen,
Elizabeth Franks, Cheryll Pringle, Heather Caro, Louis Rosen,
Reba Curtiss, Linda Barrett, Rich Gause, Nancy Dulniak,
Karen Gingold, Lorelle Anderson, Pat Brown, Linda Sobey,
Sharron Cunningham, Tony Miller, Donna Wiesinger,
Achara Stone, Phill Johnson, Jessica Riggins,
Catherine Steffens, Elester Cawthorn, Matthew Amon

 

Former FAMU Law Library Director Phebe Poydras
with Elizabeth Franks of LexisNexis

Donna Wiesinger (l) and Pat Brown (r) of Barry
with Lorelle Anderson of FAMU (center)

Phill Johnson, Barry's Law Library Director,
with guest speaker Reba Curtiss of the Sanford-Brown Institute

Heather Caro of LexisNexis, Karen Gingold of FAMU,
and Matthew Amon of Thomson Reuters

Louis Rosen of Barry, guest speaker
Jessica Riggins of the TBLC, and Tony Miller of FAMU

Cheryll Pringle of Foley and Lardner (third from left)
with Catherine Cole, Nancy Dulniak, and Linday Sobey of FAMU

Sharron Cunningham of Barry with Phyllis Allen of FAMU

Linda Barrette, Interim FAMU Law Library Director,
with Matthew Amon

Achara Stone of FAMU with Jessica Riggins

FAMU College of Law Dean LeRoy Pernell calls the meeting to order...

...And everyone stops chatting and LISTENS.

The first GOALL meeting was a success!

Thanks to everybody who attended our first Greater Orlando Association of Law Libraries meeting at Barry University School of Law on Friday, February 10th, 2012. Here is a group photo from our meeting:


(Click to expand! Photo credit: Alan Hancock.)

Left to right: Donna Wiesinger, Terry Rogers, Reba Curtiss, Susan Skyzinski, Pat Brown, Rich Gause, Catherine Steffens, Achara Stone, Louis Rosen, Nancy Dulniak, Anthony Miller, Lorelle Anderson, Bonnie Abrams, Teri Lamb, Phyllis Allen, Linda Fowlie, Cathy Cole, Betty Vickers, Ann Pascoe, Nora Everlove, Elizabeth Jepson, Dean Leticia Diaz, Matthew Amon, Phill Johnson. Not pictured: Phebe Poydras.

Thank you to Matthew Amon and Elizabeth Jepson of Thomson Reuters for sponsoring GOALL with a wonderful catered lunch and Westlaw goodies, and thank you so much to all the law librarians who took time out of their busy Fridays to meet at Barry for the first of many GOALL events.

I am honored by your faith in me, and I will do everything I can to make this group prosper and grow, but most importantly, to make it worth your valuable time. I could not have done this without my colleagues at the Barry University School of Law Library, especially my fellow reference librarians Pat Brown and Ann Pascoe, our Director, Phill Johnson, and the Dean of our law school, Leticia Diaz. But none of this would be happening without all of YOU. So start brainstorming about what you want for future GOALL activities, meetings, and social functions, and we'll be in touch.

Welcome to GOALL!

The Greater Orlando Association of Law Libraries (GOALL) is an informal group of law librarians situated in Central Florida, comprising Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Brevard, and Volusia Counties, although everybody is welcome. Founded in 2012 at Barry University School of Law in Orlando, GOALL exists to create networking opportunities, foster cooperation, and build a sense of community among law librarians in the area.