Section News
Newsletter articles due May 15
Articles for the Spring/Summer issue of SCCLL News are due next Thursday, May 15th. This will be the last issue before the Annual Meeting so now is the time to send in items about upcoming Annual Meeting events and programs. Member news, funny anecdotes for the "View from Your Library" feature and items for the "Court and Spark" column are always welcome. This issue will also include committee reports. Send items to editor Kim Ositis. For more information contact Kim at (206) 296-0940.
2008 Annual Meeting Grant recipients announced
The recipients of the 2008 SCCLL-SIS grants to attend AALL's annual meeting are:
- John Cannan, Montgomery County Circuit Court Law Library, Rockville, MD
- Joanne Gialelis, Utah State Law Library, Salt Lake City, UT
- Carolyn Tanen, U.S. Court of Appeals Library, New York, NY
- Donna Williams, California Court of Appeal Library, San Jose, CA
Congratulations!
Election results are in
Here are our SCCLL-SIS Election Results:
- Vice Chair / Chair Elect: Anne Matthewman
- Member-at-Large: Meg Martin
Congratulations!
Equal Justice Conference grant winners announced
Sara Galligan, SCCLL-SIS chair, has announced that Melissa Barr, Jane Colwin and Judy Meadows will each receive an $850 grant to attend the Equal Justice Conference. The EJC will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 7-9, 2008. For more info on the conference, visit http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/ejc/.
Winter 2008 Newsletter is now available
SCCLL's Kim Ositis. Read about the 2008 candidates for SCCLL's Executive Committee, including each candidate's own statement; "legal prescription pads;" a presentation on screencasting; a detailed report on the National Center for State Courts' Court Technology Conference, and much more.
SCCLL announces 2008 Annual Meeting programs
SCCLL-SIS is sponsoring seven programs at the 2008 AALL Annual Meeting (July 12-15, Portland, Oregon). Topics include:
- The Evolving Role of Law Librarians with Self-Represented Litigants
- We Are the World: Dealing with Foreign Issues in a U.S. Law Library
- Lawyers in the Library: Exploring New Ways to Serve Our Public Patrons
- Giving Credit: The Law Library as CLE Provider
- Avoiding Giving Legal Advice at the Library: Exploring the Ethical and Legal Framework of Assistance to the Self-Represented
- Battling Employee Burnout? Explore Tools and Techniques to Assess and Address Employee Burnout
- Using WorldCat.org's Social Software to Promote the Law Library
Click here for more information about these programs.