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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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| | Internet Librarian 2008 |
| For those who are planning to attend Internet Librarian 2008, Oct. 20-22, in Monterey, here is some good news! I am happy to announce that Information Today, Inc., is offering SCALL
members a substantial discount off the registration fee for the full 3-day conference. Your discounted registration fee will be $275, as opposed to $449 for full-fare.
In order to take advantage of this offer, we MUST send in ALL the registration forms and checks at once.
Therefore, I will need to have everybody’s registration form and check no later than Monday, September 15, 2008, in order to take advantage of this opportunity.
If you are interested, please print out the form found here: https://secure.infotoday.com/forms/il2008/download/IL2008_Registration.pdf
Make your check payable to Information Today, Inc., and send the form and your payment to me at the address below. I will compile everything and will forward it on to Information Today. |
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| | Happy Anniversary! |
| Did you know that SCALL became an official AALL chapter on July 6, 1953, making this our 50th 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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| | 36th Annual SCALL Institute |
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to Vice President/President-Elect Jessica Wimer for her outstanding
Institute, held in Ventura March 13-15, 2008. Many, many volunteers and
committee chairs helped Jessica make this one of the best institutes
ever. We truly have a talented and dedicated group of volunteers in
SCALL. Special thanks to all our sponsors, exhibitors, donors,
speakers, attendees and VIP guests. This institute could not have
happened without your generous contributions. |
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| | 2008 SCALL Scholoarships |
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The purpose of the SCALL Scholarship is to encourage current library
school students living in Southern California who hold promise of
future involvement in the law library profession. Cheryl Kelly, Chair
of the Library School Liaison Committee, is pleased to announce the
recipients of the 2008 SCALL Scholarships: Amy Bernocco, San Jose State University School of Library & Information Science/Distance Program
Esther Cho, UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
Stephanie Plotin, UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
Marianne Sterna, San Jose State University School of Library & Information Science/Distance Program
Congratulations to all!
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| | May/June
2008 Newsletter now available |
May/June
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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