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Welcome To SCALL - Southern California Association of Law Libraries


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.

Announcements

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.
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).

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!
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.
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
SCALL Advocacy
At 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


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


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