Executive Director Job Announcement

The Legal Information Preservation Alliance (LIPA) is seeking a creative, collaborative, and dynamic Executive Director to work with the LIPA Board of Directors, LIPA members, and other organizations to advocate for and implement effective programs that advance the mission of LIPA.  The Executive Director will work with the LIPA Board to develop and support programmatic activities, outreach and information to members, advocacy and relationships with other organizations, and provide administrative support for the organization, information-gathering and planning for the LIPA Board and committees.  The successful candidate will be knowledgeable about current trends, programs and issues regarding preservation of legal materials in all formats; have a demonstrated ability to think strategically; strong interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills; and demonstrated ability to work independently in planning, managing projects and problem solving.

For additional information including how to apply, see the full job posting.

Margie Maes to Retire

After 10 years, Margie Maes will be stepping down as the Executive Director of LIPA at the end of July, 2018.  The LIPA Board is extremely grateful to Margie for her guidance, leadership, and devotion to LIPA through the years.

LIPA membership has doubled during Margie’s tenure, enabling us to fund or subsidize preservation programs such as PALMPrint, Archive-It, the Law Review Preservation Program, and the Legal Information Archive. We participate in collaborative programs with other consortia and academic institutions, notably the new LawArXiv open access repository for legal scholarship, and we have increased our activity at conferences through sponsorships, exhibits, and programs. LIPA is now recognized nationally as a leader in the preservation and archiving community.

We wish Margie the very best in her retirement. The search for a new Executive Director will commence shortly.

LIPA Board Meets at AALS

LIPA board members Dan Cordova, Larry Reeves, Susan Nevelow-Mart, Melissa Bernstein, Margie Maes, Christine Iaconeta, and Julie Kimbrough gather for a photo after the bi-annual LIPA membership meeting at AALS in San Diego. The membership meeting, which was hosted by the San Diego County Law Library, provided a forum for discussion of LIPA strategic initiatives.

LIPA Membership Meeting

Friday, January 5, 2017, 2:30-4:00pm PST, San Diego Law Library

1. Introductions and welcome (Melissa Bernstein)

2. Chair’s report (Melissa Bernstein)

3. LIPA board worked to increase membership (added 9 members and lost 5 this year, net gain of $4,500 dues)

4. Continue to support Perma.cc

5. Sponsor of Best Practices Exchange in Boston; Dan Cordova and Margie Maes presented a program

6. Sponsor of NDSA in Pittsburgh

7. Board continued work this year on LIPA 3.0 Task Force Report; Executive Director Succession Plan and Policy approved

8. Education Committee has been working on webinar ideas; programs during Preservation Week

9. Executive Director’s report (Margie Maes)

10. Membership has doubled in past 10 years

11. We are currently maxed out at what we can offer at current funding and staffing level; need to increase revenue through additional membership or revenue streams

12. Mid-year financial report

13. LawArXiv was the conference bag sponsor for the 2017 IALL meeting in Atlanta

14. Mid-America Association of Libraries LawArXiv program

15. Majority of Margie’s time went to working with Preservica to move the Legal Information Archive from OCLC; agreement signed

16. Project reports:

17. UELMA Preservation Group; working on white paper; monthly phone calls, Dan Cordova presented at Best Practices Exchange in Boston

18. PALMPRint
    

19. Upgraded interface will be launched soon

20. Working on gap-filling collection

21. LawArXiv
    

22. Worked with the Center for Open Science on enhancements; batch uploading coming

23. Educational Program Planning

24. Education Committee

25. Program accepted for AALL talking about different approaches to digital preservation projects

26. Catherine Dunn and Leslie Street working on a webinar on how to advocate for a need within your state (e.g. authentication of state administrative code in Georgia).

27. Open Discussion / Q&A