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Welcome To SCALL - Southern California Association of Law Libraries
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The Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL) is a local chapter of the
American Association of Law Libraries (AALL).
SCALL was approved as a chapter in 1953 and has an active membership of over 300
librarians and
information professionals from academic, private, state, and county law libraries in the Southern
California area. SCALL sponsors an annual institute, has over 20 committees, publishes a chapter
newsletter, runs a listserv, and maintains these web pages.
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Announcements
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| | SAVE THE DATE - SCALL Holiday Party |
| With Halloween over and Turkey Day just around the corner, why not get your social calendars in order and register for the upcoming SCALL Holiday Party.
This year’s party will be held at Sinigual: Contemporary Mexican Cuisine on Wednesday, December 10, 2008. Festivities start at 6:00p with the buffet dinner to follow at 7:00p.
The price of fun is $32. In these tough economic times, it is more important than ever to stay connected to your professional community. In an effort to make it easier on our SCALL members who find themselves temporarily unemployed this holiday season, the Board has agreed to offer these members the chance to attend the Holiday Party at a reduced rate of $16.00.
Deadline to register is December 3, 2008.
For more information, please see the attached flyer.
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| | SAVE THE DATE - 2009 SCALL INSTITUTE |
| The 2009 SCALL Institute will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 27-28, 2009 at the Embassy Suites La Quinta -
Hotel and Spa. La Quinta is a resort community located just a few miles east of Palm Desert in California's Coachella
Valley. The tenative topic for next year's Institute is Alternative Dispute Resolution.
If you are interested in being on the 2009 Institute Committee, please contact SCALL Vice President,
Brian Raphael (braphael@law.usc.edu ; 213-740-2622). |
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| | Happy Anniversary! |
| Did you know that SCALL became an official AALL chapter on July 6, 1953, making this our
55th Anniversary?
In recognition for our membership's strong history of service and leadership, SCALL received a letter from the AALL Executive
Board in congratulations. Here's to many more years as a hardworking chapter full of devoted members! |
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| | Nov/Dec
2008 Newsletter now available |
| Nov/Dec
2008 If link does not open, right click and select "save target as" to save the file to your local drive. File size is 10MB.
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| | SCALL Online Membership Directory |
| The Online Membership Directory has been updated, and is now current through April 30, 2008. Directory is accessible here
to SCALL members |
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| | SCALL Advocacy
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the request of GRC Chair MaryRuth Storer, AALL Associate Washington
Affairs Representative Mary Alice Baish, and Michael Ginsborg, NOCALL
GRC Chair, the SCALL & NOCALL boards have submitted a letter to
Sen. Barbra Boxer expressing our opposition to the proposed closure of
the EPA libraries.
Letter to Senator Boxer
In addition, on behalf of MaryRuth and Mary Alice, the SCALL board has
submitted a letter to the Honorable Henry Waxman (D, Los Angeles),
Chair, House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, in support of
The Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007 (HR 1193), introduced
by Rep. Waxman to nullify a 2001 Presidential Executive order, and
which would restore access to Presidential records.
Letter to Rep. Waxman SCALL
has also signed on to letters sent to the Honorable Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker, US House of Representatives, Senators Dianne Feinstein and
Robert Bennett, and Representatives Juanita Millender-McDonald and
Vernon Ehlers, in support of direct access to Congressional Research
Service Reports.
Letter to Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Letter to Reps. Feinstein and Bennett
Letter to Reps. Millender-McDonald and Ehlers
In addition, SCALL has submitted a letter to the Hon. Jerry
Lewis, Ranking Member, House Appropriations Committee, in support of
full funding of the GPO, signed a petition advocating publicly funded
research in the U.S. and signed onto a letter to Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell in support of
the Open Government Act of 2007.Full Funding
See Petition
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Mailing Address:
Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL)
PMB 334
8391 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Email comments, questions, and
suggestions to: scallweb [at] gmail
[dot] com
Check out the Rohan Chapter Service Award and Vendor Service Award winners
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