Vani Ungapen's guest appearances

Vani Ungapen

The Geek In Review

In Seclusion

Kristin Hodgins

Maya Markovich

David Kamien

Matt Homann

Joe Lawson

Ian Nelson

Andrea Markstrom

Nicole Morris

Richard Hsu

Kyle Courtney

Marcie Borgal Shunk

Diego Alcala

Clare Hart

Williams Lea

Andrew Koppelman

OwlTail

Vani Ungapen prides herself on being a planner. So how does one plan for a future that is uncertain? By being nimble, flexible, go with the flow, and most importantly, don't panic. As the Executive Director of the American Association of Law Libraries, she is having to apply all those skills. With an annual conference scheduled in less than four months, there's a lot of uncertainty leading up to the New Orleans event.  The Association upgraded the staff's laptops, network, document, and phone systems over the past couple of years, and those upgrades are making it a lot easier for the AALL staff to work remotely. However, there are still things which don't work very well in a remote working environment. Such as, mailing out checks to pay bills. Everyone is learning that no matter how well you prepare, there are still processes that have to be adjusted in this work from home model. We are all being caught off-guard, but it's important to be prepared, and make sure that you are communicating with everyone involved.  Remember, we may all be In Seclusion, but we're in this together. Host: Greg Lambert (@glambert) Producer: Janice Anderson Artwork: Dean Lambert Music: Jerry David DeCicca Twitter: @InSeclusionPod  ---   Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/inseclusion/message

<a href="https://www.aallnet.org/staff/vani-ungapen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vani Ungapen</a> prides herself on being a planner. So how does one plan for a future that is uncertain? By being nimble, flexible, go with the flow, and most importantly, don't panic. As the Executive Director of the <a href="www.aallnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">American Association of Law Libraries</a>, she is having to apply all those skills. With an annual conference scheduled in less than four months, there's a lot of uncertainty leading up to the New Orleans event.  The Association upgraded the staff's laptops, network, document, and phone systems over the past couple of years, and those upgrades are making it a lot easier for the AALL staff to work remotely. However, there are still things which don't work very well in a remote working environment. Such as, mailing out checks to pay bills. Everyone is learning that no matter how well you prepare, there are still processes that have to be adjusted in this work from home model. We are all being caught off-guard, but it's important to be prepared, and make sure that you are communicating with everyone involved.  Remember, we may all be In Seclusion, but we're in this together. Host: Greg Lambert (<a href="https://anchor.fm/twitter.com/glambert" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@glambert</a>) Producer: Janice Anderson Artwork: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/de.an54004/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Dean Lambert</a> Music: <a href="http://www.jerrydaviddecicca.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Jerry David DeCicca</a> Twitter: <a href="https://anchor.fm/twitter.com/inseclusionpod" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@InSeclusionPod</a> --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/inseclusion/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/inseclusion/message</a>

Planning for the Unexpected - Vani Ungapen - Executive Director of AALL

On this episode of The Geek In Review, we talk with the new Executive Director of the American Association of Law Libraries, Vani Ungapen. Vani discusses her initiation into AALL and having to learn all of the different acronyms that Law Librarians like to use. Greg was inducted into the College of Law Practice Management as a Fellow. While at the CoLPM meeting, former Harvard Law School President, Martha Minnow discussed her mission as the Vice-Chair of the Legal Services Corporation, and the need to help those who cannot afford legal services to not fall through the cracks. To dovetail with Martha Minnow's topic, check out the work that is going on with The Bail Project, which created a rotating bail fund to help those who are sitting in jail, primarily because they cannot post bail. Greg ponders if there is something that legal associations could do to support these types of projects in support of access to justice issues.Marlene went to the latest Ark Group KM meeting (apparently there was a Fortnight dance involved?) While she was there, she asked Vivian Liu-Somers, Ron Friedmann, Phil Rosenthal, Phil Bryce, and Meredith Williams-Range about how does Knowledge Management impact innovation. Perhaps the most exciting change this week is that we have new music from Jerry David DeCicca. Jerry is a well-known Americana musician and former lead singer of The Black Swans. There is a law library link in this music in that AALL member, Eve Searls, sings back up, and plays keyboard and Wurlitzer on Jerry's latest album, Burning Daylight. We are very excited that Jerry is letting us use his fabulous music on the Podcast. Check out his Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/artist/2zK20J4miKH4eF6LW1HyGq?nd=1), and iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jerry-david-decicca/874638238) channels. If you have comments or suggestions, please tweet us at @gebauerm or @glambert.

On this episode of The Geek In Review, we talk with the new Executive Director of the American Association of Law Libraries, Vani Ungapen. Vani discusses her initiation into AALL and having to learn all of the different acronyms that Law Librarians like to use.  Greg was inducted into the College of Law Practice Management as a Fellow. While at the CoLPM meeting, former Harvard Law School President, Martha Minnow discussed her mission as the Vice-Chair of the Legal Services Corporation, and the need to help those who cannot afford legal services to not fall through the cracks.  To dovetail with Martha Minnow's topic, check out the work that is going on with The Bail Project, which created a rotating bail fund to help those who are sitting in jail, primarily because they cannot post bail. Greg ponders if there is something that legal associations could do to support these types of projects in support of access to justice issues. Marlene went to the latest Ark Group KM meeting (apparently there was a Fortnight dance involved?) While she was there, she asked Vivian Liu-Somers, Ron Friedmann, Phil Rosenthal, Phil Bryce, and Meredith Williams-Range about how does Knowledge Management impact innovation.  Perhaps the most exciting change this week is that we have new music from Jerry David DeCicca. Jerry is a well-known Americana musician and former lead singer of The Black Swans. There is a law library link in this music in that AALL member, Eve Searls, sings back up, and plays keyboard and Wurlitzer on Jerry's latest album, Burning Daylight. We are very excited that Jerry is letting us use his fabulous music on the Podcast. Check out his Spotify (<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/2zK20J4miKH4eF6LW1HyGq?nd=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/artist/2zK20J4miKH4eF6LW1HyGq?nd=1</a>), and iTunes (<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jerry-david-decicca/874638238" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jerry-david-decicca/874638238</a>) channels.  If you have comments or suggestions, please tweet us at @gebauerm or @glambert.

Podcast Episode 16 - New AALL Executive Director Vani Ungapen