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Section News
PowerPoint, handouts for "We Are the World" program available
Jean Wenger of Cook County Law Library has provided the handouts and slides for her Portland presentation, "We Are the World: Dealing with Foreign Issues in a U.S. Law Library." Visit the "SCCLL-SIS Sponsored Programs" page for a description of the program and links to the materials.
Seeking feedback on Portland SCCLL programs
The SCCLL-SIS sponsored "Giving Credit: The Law Library as CLE Provider" and "We Are the World: Dealing with Foreign Issues in a U.S. Law Library" in Portland. If you attended one of these two programs, please let us know your reactions to the presentations and the quality and knowledge of the speakers. We would like to continue to offer programs where possible and your input is greatly appreciated! Please click here for questions and contact information.
New article added to "Space Issues" section of toolkit
New SCCLL member Leanne Cummings, National Library Manager at Deacons in Australia, gives this article titled Lost in space: collection and space management.
SCCLL Grant for Court Solutions Conference recipient announced
Court Solutions is hosting a conference on September 8-10th in Baltimore. The SCCLL Executive Board has established the ICM Fund was established, to support SCCLL member attendance at seminars sponsored by the Institute of Court Management of the National Center for State Courts. The grants committee has announced that the 2008 grant recipient is Charles R. Dyer (SCCLL Member). Congratulations!
Silent Auction/Scholarship Fund meets ambitious goal: $6000 raised!
The silent auction this year raised over $3500 for travel grants for SCCLL members. Add to that an outpouring of generous contributions from SIS members, and the total raised for the Scholarship Fund has topped $6,000. This will let the SIS send grant recipients to next year's meeting in Washington, DC (which will probably be quite a bit more expensive than other conferences) and to the very important Equal Justice Conference. If you haven't yet donated and would like to make a contribution, send your check to the SCCLL treasurer, Amy Hale-Janeke, at:
Amy Hale-Janeke
5th Circuit Court of Appeals Library
600 Camp St. Room 106
New Orleans, LA 70130
Please make the check payable to AALL with a notation "SCCLL grants."
New officers sworn in at business meeting
The new SCCLL-SIS officers are:
Chair: Marcus Hochstetler
Past Chair: Sara Galligan
Vice Chair/Chair Elect : Anne Matthewman
Secretary/Treasurer: Amy Hale-Janeke
Board Member: Meg Martin (2008-2011)
Board Member: Barbara Fritschel (2006-2009)
Board Member: Karen Quinn (2007-2009)
Volunteers fill 2008-09 SCCLL committees
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect Marcus Hochstetler writes:
"I am pleased to announce that many SCCLL members came forward to volunteer their time in service to our section for the 2008-09 year. We have 22 new volunteers out of 48 total committee members and 12 of our 13 committees have new chairs. I want to thank all of the outgoing chairs and outgoing committee members for their great service and dedication to improving our section and encourage the new chairs and members to tap their wisdom as you move forward." Click here to view a list of the 2008-09 committee members.
2007-08 Committee Reports posted
The 2007-08 Committee Reports have been posted to the Committees page at http://aallnet.org/sis/sccll/about/committees.htm.
Spring 2008 Newsletter is now available
SCCLL's Spring 2008 newsletter is now available. The outgoing editor is Kim Ositis. Read the reports from the Equal Justice Conference grant recipients, find out about the SIS's Portland VIPs, and much more.