CARALL Past Conferences
RECORD OF [ANNUAL] GENERAL MEETINGS: 1984 – 2022
Information is listed in the order of date, country held and theme/session topics.
May 3-4, 1984
TRINIDAD
Inaugural Meeting
- Setting up of the Association
- Background
- Constitution
- Elections
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
July 22-24, 1986
ST. VINCENT
Second Annual General Meeting
SEMINARS:
- West Indian legal writing and publishing
- Microforms in law libraries
- Constitutional law
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
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
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
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
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
1992
No Meeting held
[Eighth Annual] General Meeting
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
1994
No Meeting held
[Tenth Annual] General Meeting
April 20, 1995
TRINIDAD
[Eleventh Annual] General Meeting
EXTRAORDINARY MEETING
July 11-12, 1996
CARALL XI
TRINIDAD
[Twelfth Annual] General Meeting
SEMINARS:
Information technology and the delivery of legal information services
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
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
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
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
- Data standardisation – MARC
- WINISIS
- GLOBAL LEGAL INFORMATION NETWORK (GLIN)
- MINISIS
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
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
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
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
- Classification (MOYS classification scheme for law books. 1st, 2nd eds.) (MOYS classification and thesaurus for legal materials. 3rd, 4th eds.)
- Disaster preparedness for libraries
- Appointment of Resolutions Committee Members
- Reports – Committees and Libraries
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
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
Pre Conference Workshop-
- LEXISNEXIS BUTTERWORTHS
- Essentials for Project Management
LEGISLATIVE FORUM:
Law Commission Representative
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
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
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
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
July 3 – 6, 2011
CARALL XXVI
TRINIDAD
[Twenty Seventh Annual] General Meeting
THEME: Law Librarians: Profiling competencies; proving our worth
July 1– 4, 2012
CARALL XXVII
ANTIGUA
[Twenty Eight Annual] General Meeting
THEME: ICTs and Law Libraries: Transforming Our Essential Functions and Services
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
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
2015
CARALL XXX
BARBADOS
[Thirtieth Annual] General Meeting
THEME: Train the Trainer: Reflecting, Re-energising and Re-Tooling for the Future
Programme
2016
CARALL XXXI
JAMAICA
[Thirty-first Annual] General Meeting
THEME: CARALL @ 31: Redefining excellence - The legal practitioner’s perspective and the librarian’s reality
Programme
2017
CARALL XXXII
NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS
[Thirty-second Annual] General Meeting
THEME: Law Librarians at the crossroads: Addressing Trends, Issues and Challenges
Programme
2018
CARALL XXXIII
Port of Spain, TRINIDAD
[Thirty-third Annual] General Meeting
THEME: Facing the challenges: how law libraries lead, learn engage and inspire
Programme
2019
CARALL XXXIV
Antigua & Barbuda
[Thirty fourth Annual] General Meeting
THEME: Climate change, artificial intelligence, and sustainable development: Caribbean Law Libraries navigating the future
programme.pdf
2020
Cancelled due to COVID-19
CARALL XXXV
Guyana
[Thirty-fifth Annual General Meeting
THEME: Local Footprint, Regional Integration & Global Impact; CARALL @35 Creating Connections & Building Bridges
2021
CARALL XXXV
Online
THEME: Embracing the unknown: revamping our blueprint
2022
CARALL XXXVI
Online
THEME: Caribbean Law Libraries in a “Post” World: Realities and Possibilities
2023
CARALL XXXVII
Barbados
Hybrid Conference
THEME: Caribbean Law Libraries: Opportunities in Uncertain Times
37th Annual General Meeting
Online
16th August 2023