Program Schedule
ABLL/LLNE Fall Meeting
Waypoint Event Center
New Bedford, MA
Thursday, October 6, 2022
Evening Social – To Be Announced
Friday, October 7, 2022 - The schedule is subject to change.
Time |
Event |
Speakers |
9–10:10AM |
Breakfast, Registration & Vendor Exhibits
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10:15–10:30 AM |
Welcoming Remarks |
Anna Lawless-Collins, President of LLNE Suzanne Kidder, President of ABLL |
10:30–11:30 AM |
A Day in the Life of a Whaling Librarian and Some Notes on Legal Information in the Golden Age of Whaling. |
Mark Procknik. Librarian New Bedford Whaling Museum. |
11:30–11:45 AM |
Break & Vendor Exhibits |
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11:45 AM–12:45 PM |
Sailor Talk : A Melville Scholar Chases the Law of Whaling into the 21st Century |
Mary K. Bercaw Edwards,
Professor of English and Director of Maritime Studies, University of Connecticut
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12:45 PM –2:00 PM |
Lunch, Business Meeting, AALL Update, and Vendor Exhibits |
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2:00 PM–2:45 PM | The Law of the Sea and the Arctic. This lecture will be delivered remotely. | Charles Norchi, Benjamin Thompson Professor of Law and Director Center for Oceans and Coastal Law, University of Maine School of Law |
2:45 PM–5 PM |
Visit to the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Open House in the Reading Room for LLNE starting a 3 PM |
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Self-guided walking tours in New Bedford.
Herman Melville's New Beford Walking Tour.