Section News
The Fall 2009 Newsletter is here!
The Fall SCCLL News is ready to be downloaded. Click here to download a .pdf copy. Read about a glittering donation to one law library; the results of this year's silent auction and challenge (we raised almost $4000!) and the experiences of the 2009 grant winners; committee reports at the Annual Meeting; and much more. And contribute your suggestions for the newsletter's new name before "SCCuttLLebutt" wins by default!
The 2010 Law Library Advocate Award
Attention SCCLL Members! The Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the 2010 Law Library Advocate Award. This award is presented to a Law Library Supporter in recognition of his or her substantial contribution towards the advancement and improvement of a State, Court or County law library's service or visibility. Has someone, a judge, trustee, legislator, or other advocated on behalf of you library in this way and deserves recognition? Nominate them! Click here to download the nomination form. The form may be submitted to any member of the Awards Committee.
For more information about the award, download this announcement. The deadline for nominations is March 5, 2010.
The 2010 Connie E. Bolden Publications Award
Attention SCCLL Members! The Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the 2010 Connie E. Bolden Publications Award. This award is presented to a State, Court and County Law Libraries Special Interest Section member to recognize a scholarly publication produced sometime within the last two years. Has someone in your library or a colleague in another library written a work that you feel is outstanding and should be recognized? Nominate them! Click here to download the nomination form. The form may be submitted to any member of the Awards Committee. The deadline for nominations is March 5, 2010.
SCCLL programs for Denver, 2010 announced
Jean-Paul Vivian, Co-Chair of the Education Committee, has announced that the following programs have been accepted for the upcoming annual meeting in Denver:
- Glass Half Full? Explore Techniques for Putting Optimism to Work as a Management Tool in Difficult Times
- Partnering with Public Libraries to Expand Services
- Statutes, Cases, and Codes, Oh My! Easing Public Librarians Down the Road to Legal Reference
- Who's Afraid of Social Networking
The following are members of the committee:
Carol Billings
Georgia Chadwick
Madeline Kriescher
Anita Postyn
Liz Reppe
Jon Stock
Maryruth Storer
Kelly Browne, Co-Chair
Jean-Paul Vivian, Co-Chair
Jean-Paul notes, "Kelly Browne and I serve as co-chairs of the committee and would like to thank the members of the committee for all of the work that was done. A total of 10 programs were submitted with the previously mentioned 4 being accepted."
CALL FOR EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINEES
Please consider the following in our ongoing goal to keep our SCCLL SIS membership strong and to be an important and active component of AALL. Your participation in this process is vital. The deadline for nominees is December 7, 2009.
The SCCLL Nominations Committee is seeking Executive Board candidates for the following positions: Vice-Chair/Chair Elect, Secretary/Treasurer, and Member-at-Large. Each position requires a three-year time commitment, starting with the July 2010 AALL Annual Meeting and Conference in Denver, Colorado. SCCLL SIS members may nominate themselves or others.
- Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: serves for the first year as a member of the Executive Committee; is chair of the Strategic Planning Committee; attends the SIS leadership training at the annual meeting if possible; and appoints committee chairs for the following year. During the second year of the three year term, that individual becomes the SIS Chair, whose responsibilities include: prepare committee charges; coordinate committee work; write the Chair’s column for the Newsletter; attend the SIS leadership training at the annual meeting; serve on the AALL Council of SIS Chairs; coordinate SIS activities at the annual meeting; and preside over the SCCLL business meeting. The third year of the term is spent as Past Chair, and those duties are to serve on the Strategic Planning Committee and to advise the current Chair.
- Secretary/Treasurer: records the minutes of the SIS meeting; keeps the records of the organization, including the financial record; gives a written account of the funds of the Section when requested to do so by the Executive Committee; and prepares such documents as directed by the Chair. The Secretary/Treasurer also oversees the distribution of the official ballot for the Executive Board election no later that April 1. Ballots are sent electronically, but SIS members may receive a mail ballot upon request to the Secretary/Treasurer. The Secretary/Treasurer verifies current membership of each voter.
- Member-at-Large: serves on the Executive Committee as a voting member, and may serve as a committee chair or be assigned other responsibilities by the Chair.
To nominate an individual, please contact one of the Nominating Committee Members:
Michele Finerty, Chair
mfinerty@pacific.edu
Janet Camillo
jcamillo@mcccourt.com
Sandra Marz
smarz46@sbcglobal.net
Anne McDonald
amcdonald@riag.ri.gov
Regina Smith
rsmith@jenkinslaw.org
Thank you!
Newsletter submissions due Sept. 15
Newsletter editor Jennifer Dalglish is seeking your articles, pictures, comments and anything else you think might be relevant and of interest to SCCLL News readers. Contact Jennifer by email at jenniferdal@co.clackamas.or.us or at:
Clackamas County Law Library
821 Main Street, Room 101
Oregon City, OR 97045
(503) 655-8248 phone
(503) 655-8229 fax
The deadline is coming up soon. Do it now!
SCCLL Silent Auction Raises $2026; Challenge Donations Accepted
Anne Matthewman (SCCLL Chair, 2009-2010), writes:
I am very pleased to announce that in these tough times we raised $2026 for our Grants Program in Sunday's Silent Auction. Thank you to everyone who donated items and everyone who bid on them.
However, we are not done yet! We are still accepting cash donations (made out to AALL and designated to SCCLL Silent Auction). Send your donation to AALL Headquarters indicating that it is for the SCCLL SIS Silent Auction.
Also, I am challenging someone to match my $100 donation - I will double my donation when the challenge is met. Remember, these donations go to fund our Grants Program which allows SCCLL members to attend the Annual Meeting and the Equal Justice Conference. I would love to see a record number of members at our Denver meeting next year.
Last year's spontaneous post-meeting donation challenge raised about $2,500. Can we top that?
2008 Business Meeting Minutes available
The minutes from the 2008 SCCLL-SIS Business Meeting are now online. Click here to view the minutes.
Summer newsletter now available
The Summer 2009 SCCLL newsletter is now available. Download your copy today!
SCCLL's unique newsletter archive now online
The SCCLL Newsletter archive is now complete back to 1974, which is the oldest newsletter available online of any SIS. Thanks to copies of the newsletters from the University of Washington, Stanislaus (CA) County Law Library, and the Maryland State Law Library, we now have 91 issues on our site giving us a complete history of our section back to the beginning.
Enjoy perusing some of our shared history and celebrating our 35th anniversary in D.C.
Third speaker added to AALL Program "Serving Those Who Serve"
At 8:45 a.m. on Monday, July 27, 8:45A, SCCLL is sponsoring the program "Serving Those Who Serve: Services Available to Active Duty Military Personnel, Their Families and Veterans." A third speaker has been confirmed: Sgt. Maj. Rose Matthews from the Better Business Bureau Military Line. BBB Military Line offers a variety of free services and consumer education to members of the military community. http://www.bbb.org/us/Military/
The other speakers are Ms. Kristi Barlow, the Quality Review Team Leader at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Ms. Adrien F. C. Starks from the Department of Defense Community Relations Department.
For more info and program materials, visit the program page at: http://www.aallnet.org/sis/sccll/annual_meeting/serving_those_who_serve.htm.
Call for SCCLL committee volunteers
Incoming Chair Anne Matthewman is calling for committee volunteers for the 2009-2010 year:
Hello fellow SCCLL members:Thanks!
I am eagerly looking forward to our meeting in D.C. and to working with all of you over the next year. At this time, I am seeking volunteers to fill vacancies in our committee roster for 2009-2010. SCCLL plays a key role in the life of our members and of AALL as a whole. Why not be a part of the action!
Perhaps you would like to continue working on the same committee you are on now, perhaps you need a new challenge on a different committee, or perhaps you are ready to step up and be an SCCLL volunteer for the first time. All are welcome!
To learn more about the committee charges go to our committee page on the SCCLL Website: http://www.aallnet.org/sis/sccll/about/committees.htm.
Please respond to me directly at amatthewman@tlaonline.ca. I look forward to hearing from you.