Carall Past Conferences

0.     

May 3-4, 1984 

TRINIDAD 

Inaugural Meeting       

·         Setting up of the Association 

·         Background 

·         Constitution  

·         Elections 

1.       

June 26-27, 1985

TRINIDAD

First Annual General Meeting                          

SEMINARS:

·         Aspects of family law

·         Public law-Private law-International law – Distinctions and clarifications

·         What a librarian should know about computers

·         West Indian legal material – availability-problems of the  researcher

2.       

July 22-24, 1986

ST. VINCENT

Second Annual General Meeting   

SEMINARS:

·         West Indian legal writing and publishing

·         Microforms in law libraries

·         Constitutional law

3.       

July 27-31, 1987

JAMAICA

Third Annual General Meeting  

Theme:  Towards a Rationalisation of the Commonwealth Caribbean  Legal Literature

·         Rationalising the legal literature of the Caribbean: approaches and techniques

·         The law librarian as catalyst in the commonwealth Caribbean legal system

·         The dilemma of the legal writer/researcher in the Commonwealth Caribbean

4.       

July 25-29, 1988

GUYANA

Fourth Annual General Meeting       

Theme: Standards for collection development in a  Caribbean law  library

·         Building standards for law libraries

·         Standards for law libraries in academic institutions

·         Standards for court libraries

5.       

July 24-28, 1989

TRINIDAD

Fifth Annual General Meeting       

Theme: Weathering the storm: disaster preparedness for law libraries

·         Guarding against disaster: The importance of planning

·         Planning for the protection of records                     

·         Standards for buildings

·         Disaster experiences and the human element: case studies – hurricane, fire, flood

·         Salvage and recovery: planning and procedures

6.       

April 15-20, 1990

BARBADOS

Sixth Annual General Meeting

CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES/INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES (CARALL/IALL)

Joint conference on legal information in the Caribbean: sources and access

PAPERS/PANELS:

·         An overview of Caribbean history

·         An overview of Caribbean legal systems

·         Caribbean legal bibliography 1: Reports and digests

·         Bibliography 2: Statutes, subsidiary legislation and  indexes

·         Law reform and the Caribbean law institute

·         Doing business in the Caribbean: the constitutional  and political  environment of Caribbean states

·         Doing business 2: Business and corporate law in the Caribbean

·         Doing business 3: Tax law and offshore banking in the Caribbean

·         Doing business 4: Maritime law and the law of the sea  

·         Fee-based library services in law libraries: a means for  dissemination of legal information

·         Bibliography 3: A review of secondary legal literature

·         Law library resources in the Caribbean (including reports on  libraries in Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago)

·         Sources of Caribbean legal information outside the Caribbean region:

-        holdings in the United Kingdom

-        holdings in the united states

·         An introduction to non-common law Caribbean jurisdictions - of French, Dutch and Spanish influence

·         Acquiring commonwealth legal publications        

7.       

July 15-17, 1991

BARBADOS

Seventh Annual General Meeting      

THEME: Court and Bar Law Library Development in the Commonwealth Caribbean           

PAPERS/PANEL:

·         The system being introduced in the CJIP (Caribbean Justice Improvement Project) primary beneficiary countries   

·         Court and bar libraries, and CJIP (assistance

·         The CJIP (assistance programme to law libraries: an evaluation

·         How to write the law: a legislative drafting perspective

·         Computerisation of the Norman Manley law school library

·         Automation projects on-going in academic and bar law libraries, with special reference to services to the general legal community

·         An overview of commonwealth Caribbean law libraries and  suggested policy guidelines for their future development

8.       

1992

No Meeting held

[Eighth Annual] General Meeting 

9.       

May 24-26, 1993

BARBADOS

[Ninth Annual] General Meeting                

THEME: Statute law revision, including updating and publication, in the Commonwealth Caribbean 

PAPERS/PANEL:

·         Revising statutes: the quest                    

·         Statute law revision – updating and publication – the U.K. experience

·         Statute law revision – updating and publication – the U.S. experience

·         Statute law revision – updating and publication, with special reference to Belize and Dominica

·         Statute law revision – updating and publication – the Canadian experience                        

·         Problems and solutions for small jurisdictions

10.   

1994

No Meeting held

[Tenth Annual] General Meeting   

11.   

April 20, 1995

TRINIDAD

[Eleventh Annual] General Meeting     

EXTRAORDINARY MEETING

12.   

July 11-12, 1996

CARALL XI

TRINIDAD

[Twelfth Annual] General Meeting

SEMINARS:      

Information technology and the delivery of legal information  services

13.   

July 16-19, 1997

CARALL XII

ST. VINCENT

[Thirteenth Annual] General Meeting 

THEME: Treaties: International agreements – the impact on legal information systems in Commonwealth Caribbean jurisdictions

SEMINARS: 

·         Treaties: international agreements – an overview

·         Exposing secrets: a call for transparency in the treaty making process

·         The case for creating a repository of treaties of CARICOM  (Caribbean Community) member states [at the Institute of International Relations, UWI (University  of the west Indies)]

·         The status of treaties and international agreements in the  Commonwealth Caribbean: projections for the future     

14.   

July  27-31, 1998

CARALL XIII

BARBADOS

[Fourteenth Annual] General Meeting

THEME: The Caribbean law librarian and the challenge  of transition to computer-based technologies: 'Libraries without walls’

SEMINARS: 

·         The impact of the computer-based technologies on Caribbean legal information systems and services

·         Electronic publishing: the dynamics of electronic information production on Caribbean legal information systems and services

·         Workshop: WINISIS

15.   

July 26-30, 1999

CARALL XIV

ST. LUCIA

[Fifteenth Annual] General Meeting       

THEME: Knowledge management: harnessing unlimited choices 

SEMINARS:

·         Knowledge management

·         Y2K

·         Website development

WORKSHOPS: 

·         Strategic planning

·         Website development    

·         WINISIS

16.   

July 24-29, 2000

CARALL XV

ANTIGUA

[Sixteenth Annual] General Meeting       

THEME: The changing face of the legal profession – New perspectives for  Caribbean law librarians 

SEMINARS: 

·         Globalisation of the legal profession

·         Delivering quality service

·         Resource sharing: creative opportunities for regional resource  sharing

·         Law reporting                                                                    

WORKSHOPS:

·         Data standardisation – MARC

·         WINISIS

SHOWCASES:

·         GLOBAL LEGAL INFORMATION NETWORK (GLIN)

·         MINISIS

17.   

May 3-5, 2001

CARALL XVI

GRENADA

[Seventeenth Annual] General Meeting  

THEME: Web publishing and online catalogue options for small law libraries                                             

SESSIONS: 

·         Evaluation of software packages

·         Demonstration of software packages

-        Alexandria

-        InMagic

-        Eloquent Web

-        Librarian

·         The use of Microsoft office in a small library

·         Information systems management issues

·         Re-education of law librarians

·         Evaluation of software packages and general discussion

18.   

July 11-13, 2002

CARALL XVII

DOMINICA

[Eighteenth Annual] General Meeting  

THEME: Key issues in Commonwealth Caribbean law librarianship

SESSIONS:

·         Fee based library services

·         Demonstration of WESTLAW pro

·         Exploring classification schemes for law books

·         Training for law librarians:

-        The role of the law librarian in law reporting

·         Management issues 

-        Use of electronic resources

-        Copyright issues     

19.   

July 10-12, 2003

CARALL XVIII 

ST. KITTS

[Nineteenth Annual] General Meeting 

THEME: Preparing for the future                   

SESSIONS:

·         The Caribbean Court of Justice: implications for regional libraries

·         Policy development   

·         Collection development

·         Budgeting

·         Space planning

·         Managing library projects

·         Reports – Committees and libraries

·         Evaluations

·         Resolutions    

20.   

July 5-7, 2004

CARALL XIX

 

THE BAHAMAS

[Twentieth Annual] General Meeting     

THEME:  Building and protecting our legal collections

SEMINARS:  

·         Development of CARICOM law

·         Surinamese legal system

·         Development of Commercial law in the Caribbean

·         Libraries and Disasters – the Caribbean perspective

WORKSHOPS:

·         Classification (MOYS classification scheme for law books. 1st, 2nd eds.) (MOYS classification and thesaurus for legal materials. 3rd, 4th eds.) 

·         Disaster preparedness for libraries

 

BUSINESS MEETINGS:

·         Appointment of Resolutions Committee Members 

·         Reports – Committees and Libraries

21.   

July 3 – 8, 2005    
CARALL XX

BARBADOS

[Twenty first Annual] General Meeting           

THEME: Celebrating The Past; Embracing The Future

SESSIONS:

·         Evolution of law librarianship in the Caribbean

·         Panel discussion: coming of age…which way forward?

·         New kid on the block: why the need for a law libraries’ association in the Bahamas

·         Federal Archives –preserving our past: lessons for the future

·         To the future: Caribbean Court of Justice – a status report

·         Presentation - Risk management and insurance for libraries

·         Libraries in the digital age - the Caribbean digital library – a case study

PANEL DISCUSSION:

Physical and intellectual preservation of legislative resources in the Caribbean - projects

WORKSHOPS:

·         WESTLAW training

·         Risk management and insurance for libraries

·         Legislation forum: accessing Caribbean legislative materials. Government Printer –Barbados - Ms. Yvonne Lawrence, Librarian, Norman Manley Law School 

22.   

July 2 – 7, 2006 CARALL XXI

TRINIDAD

[Twenty second Annual] General Meeting     

THEME: Winds of change : Re-aligning legal information services

SESSIONS:    

·         Environmental law in the Caribbean: an emerging presence

·         Enhancing service through information literacy

·         The best of both worlds: creating a hybrid library that works for your patrons and for you

·         Strategic planning sensitization session for CARALL

·         Caribbean Single Market Economy and the Caribbean Court of Justice

·         Our new landscape – CPR and modern judiciaries

·         Keeping pace: initiatives and innovations

WORKSHOP:        

Pre Conference Workshop- LEXISNEXIS BUTTERWORTHS
Essentials for Project Management

LEGISLATIVE FORUM:   
Law Commission Representative

23.   

June 25 – 28 2007   
CARALL XXII

ST. LUCIA

[Twenty third Annual] General Meeting    

THEME: Raising the bar: Caribbean law librarians on the move!

SESSIONS:     

·         The Civil Code of St. Lucia

·         Court structures project:  ECSC Commercial Division

·         Library and information professionals - portals and bridges to the information and knowledge-based society.

·         MARC in the online environment

·         Change management

·         The new face of CARALL – CARALL’S strategic planning  session as a catalyst for change

WORKSHOPS:

·         Training the WESTLAW trainers: passing on the knowledge. Advanced training for librarians

·         Managing the digital collection

24.   

July 6 – 10, 2008
CARALL XXIII

JAMAICA

[Twenty fourth Annual] General Meeting   

THEME: Viable, Vital And Vibrant – Be Prepared To Succeed!

SESSIONS:

·         Caribbean law topic:  branding and intellectual property in the corporate world

·         Leadership, talent management and succession planning.

·         Creating a future from the present -succession planning for law librarians

·         CARALL Strategic Planning Session

·         Redefining law librarianship with WEB 2.0.

·         Enabling delivery: the Caribbean libraries and Caribbean legal materials 

·         Presentation Skills - Know Your Equipment!

LEGISLATIVE FORUM :

·         Jamaica Printing Services

·         Ministry of Justice

25.   

July 21 – 24, 2009
CARALL XXIV

BARBADOS

[Twenty fifth Annual] General Meeting    

THEME: Beyond The Boundaries : Thriving Through Resiliency And Resourcefulness

SESSIONS:

·         Caribbean Law Topic:  The free movement of CARICOM nationals within the community in times of world-wide economic challenge

·         Developing a consortium for CARALL   

·         Relationship marketing and brand building strategies for law libraries

·         The necessity for law reporting and electronic access to primary legal materials in the Caribbean

WORKSHOP:  

Law Reporting Workshop

26.   

July 4 – 7, 2010
CARALL XXV

BAHAMAS

[Twenty Sixth Annual] General Meeting     

THEME: Ready, Get Set, Go!

SESSIONS:

·         Caribbean law topic: Searching Caribbean law online: traffic jams, confused intersections and cyber overload

·         Business continuity

·         Developing comprehensive legal collections relative  to the needs of your institution

·         The Librarian managing corporate information

·         Preservation initiative: digitizing local materials

·         Developing CARALL, the organization

PRE CONFERENCE WORKSHOP:

MOYS Classification

27.   

July 3 – 6, 2011

CARALL XXVI 

TRINIDAD

[Twenty Seventh Annual] General Meeting    

THEME: Law Librarians: Profiling competencies; proving our worth

28.   

July 1– 4, 2012

CARALL XXVII 

ANTIGUA

[Twenty Eight Annual] General Meeting    

THEME: ICTs and Law Libraries: Transforming Our Essential Functions and Services

29.   

2013

CARALL XXVIII 

CAYMAN ISLAND

[Twenty Ninth Annual] General Meeting    

THEME: From place to platform: taking Caribbean law libraries to the next level

SESSIONS:

·         Acquisitions and Collection Development – Shoe-string budgets

·         Caribbean Law Topic - The impact of the Bill of Rights on Family Law Matters in the Cayman Islands

·         Cataloguing trends and standards

·         New tools = New librarians! What is a 21st century librarian?

·         Continuing education for law librarians: scholarship availability and options

·         Access and availability of collections and services: Online vs. Offline

·         Our intellectual platform: what/how information is being shared

PRE CONFERENCE WORKSHOP:

MOYS Classification

30.   

2014

CARALL XXIX 

ST. LUCIA

[Thirtieth Annual] General Meeting    

THEME :The Heart of Caribbean Law Libraries: A People-Centred Approach

SESSIONS:

·         The Law Librarian– She of many hats!

·         The Law Library staff: men and women of stature

·         Discussion on “Access to Justice in the Caribbean”

·         Building teams: Communicate! Communicate! Communicate!

·         Caribbean Law Topic: Industrial Relations in the Union Environment

·         Work health hazards: How to stay healthy in a challenging environment

·         Leadership development: thought and taught

PRE CONFERENCE WORKSHOP:

RDA and the Law Librarian