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Special Elections Issue of SCCLL Newsletter
February 28, 2013
The 2013 Elections Issue of SCCLL News is now available. The special issue includes the proposed bylaws changes and candidate biographies and statements.

Winter 2013 Newsletter now available
February 11, 2013
Volume 39, Issue 1 of the SCCLL News is now available. Watch your inboxes for a special elections issue in March.

Fall 2012 Newsletter now available
October 16, 2012

Volume 38, No. 3 of the SCCLL News is now available. Read about going beyond the librarian stereotype, using social media in law libraries, and news from the annual meeting, the National Center for State Courts, and the Equal Justice Conference.

Summer Newsletter Now Available
July 10, 2012

Volume 38, No. 2 of the SCCLL News is now available. Read about the new AALL print usage log, SCCLL events at the annual meeting, good news from the Utah State Law Library, stolen books in Pennsylvania, and more.

Online Silent Auction Opens!
June 21, 2012

The 2012 SCCLL Online Silent Auction is officially open for business!

This is an *online only* auction so everything is fair game for bidders. You don't need to attend the AALL Annual Meeting to submit the winning bid -- simply follow the auction from your desktop and submit the highest bid by 8:00 pm (EDT) on July 6, 2012.

After this auction has closed on July 6th, winners will be notified that they won and where they should send their payment. Items will be shipped after payment is received, or, if the winning bidder is attending AALL, they can opt to bring their check to the meeting and pick up their item.

To place a bid, submit a comment and include your bid amount. If you have something to donate for the 2012 SCCLL Online (only) Auction, send Gail Warren or Paula Doty a message. Include a description for, the value of and the opening bid amount for each of your items.

For more information about the auction or bidding, see the information Paula has provided at the blog.

HAPPY BIDDING TO ALL!

SCCLL at the Annual Meeting: Business and Social
June 19, 2012

Join SCCLL-SIS for the section's annual Breakfast, Business Meeting and Silent Auction on Sunday, July 22. The breakfast meeting begins at 7:00am - 8:30am and will be held at the Sheraton in Independence Ballroom West. Register in advance (deadline: June 29).

On Monday, July 23, be sure to schedule time for the SCCLL Reception (sponsored by Wolters Kluwers Law & Business) at the Social Law Library (offsite). The reception runs from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Register in advance for this event as well. The Social Law Library is located at 1 Pemberton Sq # 4100, a short trip from the Convention Center on the Green Line.

SCCLL-Sponsored Programs in Boston
June 19, 2012

Going to this year's Annual Meeting? Make time for these programs in your busy schedule:

• B6: Finding Your Inner Nancy Drew: Public Records Resources Online
  Sunday July 22, 2012
  1:15pm - 2:45pm
  HCC-Room 311
• D4: Access to Justice Committees and the Growing Importance of Law Librarian Involvement
  Monday July 23, 2012
  8:30am - 9:45am
  HCC-Room 304
• E1: State Advocacy Strategies: Learning to Connect, Grow, and Survive
  Monday July 23, 2012
  10:45am - 11:45am
  HCC-Room 210
• G2: Turner v. Rogers, Due Process, and the Pursuit of Court Access: Trumpeting the Law Library Connection
  Monday July 23, 2012
  2:45pm - 4:00pm
  HCC-Room 302
• J3: TurboForm Powers ? Activate! Creating and Maintaining Online Dynamic Legal Forms
  Tuesday July 24, 2012
  2:30pm - 3:15pm
  HCC-Room 306
• K1: Don't Want to Be All by Myself: Federal Courts and Pro Ses
  Tuesday July 24, 2012
  3:45pm - 4:45pm
  HCC-Room 210

See you there!

Election results are in!
April 24, 2012

The results of the recent SCCLL election are in. Larry Meyer will be the 2012-2012 Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect and Coral Henning will be our Member-at-Large. Congrats to both! Thanks to the other candidates for running for office and contributing to SCCLL in so many ways.

Also, many many thanks to the Nominations Committee: Jesse Burchfield, Claudia Jalowka, Sandy Marz (Chair), Carol Suhre, and Rita Dermody (Board Liaison).

AALL Travel grant applications close April 19
April 16, 2012

The SCCLL Grants Committee is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for grants to assist our members in attending the AALL Annual Meeting, scheduled for July 21-24 in Boston. There will be two $1000 grants for the Annual Meeting.

If you are interested in applying for a grant, the SCCLL Grants Committee invites you to submit your application to John Adkins, SCCLL Grants Committee Chair, no later than April 19, 2012.

The 2012 Grants Application Form appears within the "Scholarships & Grants" section of the SCCLL web site.

2011-2012 SCCLL Grants Committee

John Adkins, Chair
Ted Smith
Melanie Solon
Gail Warren
Sharon Wayland

Equal Justice Conference Grant Winner: Joan Bellistri
April 16, 2012

The SCCLL SIS Grants Committee is very pleased to announce that the recipient of this year's Equal Justice Grant is Joan Bellistri, Law Librarian at the Anne Arundel County Public Law Library in Annapolis, Maryland. Joan is a past president of the Law Library Association of Maryland (LLAM) and is currently serving as a member of the SCCLL Executive Board and as AALL's Representative to the National Center for State Courts.

As Douglas Hofstedt, Court Administrator for the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, stated in his letter of recommendation for Joan, "Our law librarian, Joan Bellistri, has been instrumental in expanding the court's ability to provide service to self represented litigants. ... I can recommend that Joan Bellistri receive the SCCLL grant to attend the EJC because I know that she will continue to contribute to court programs and to the law library profession and AALL in the area of service to the self represented and the support of pro bono programs."

Congratulations Joan!

State Court and County Law Libraries SIS elections begin Friday March 30
March 21, 2012

The 2011/2012 SCCLL Nominating Committee (comprised of Jesse Burchfield, Claudia Jalowka, Carol Suhre and Sandra Marz, Chair) is pleased to announce the following candidates for the 2012 election:

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (2012-2013)

• Larry Meyer, Law Library for San Bernadino County, CA
• Maryruth Storer, Orange County Public Law Library, CA

Member-At-Large (2012-2015)

• Scott Burgh, City of Chicago, Department of Law LIbrary, IL
• Coral Henning, Sacramento County Public Law LIbrary, CA

The candidates' background and personal statements areavailable at https://vote.aallnet.org/sis-sccll/. The election will be conducted online and will begin Friday, March 30, 2012.

The deadline to submit ballots is 11:59 pm, Central Time, Thursday, April 19, 2012.

You should receive an email message from AALL the morning of Friday, March 30th, containing your login information. Your login information will be needed to access the online election and cast your vote. If you do not receive this email message, please contact Rita Dermody (email: rita.dermody@kingcounty.gov, phone: 206-296-0940).

Your participation is vital in order to keep our SIS membership strong and to sustain SCCLL SIS as an important and active component of AALL.

The Nominations Committee thanks the candidates for their willingness to take a leadership role in SCCLL. We also thank those who have nominated colleagues or themselves for helping to keep our Section active.

Winter Newsletter now available
March 8, 2012

Volume 38, No. 1 of the SCCLL News is now available. Read about current digitization projects at SCCLL member institutions, 2012 SCCLL election candidate bios and statements, award announcements, and more.

Nominations needed for this year's SCCLL awards
March 1, 2012

The State, Court & County Law Libraries Special Interest Section Awards Committee is soliciting nominations for three awards to be presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting.

The Law Library Advocate 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!

The Awards Committee is also seeking nominations for the 2012 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!

The Awards Committee is also seeking nominations for the 2012 O. James Werner Adward for Distinguished Service to Persons with Disabilities. This award is presented to a SCCLL-SIS member who has made a significant contribution to either serving directly or arranging for services to be provided to persons with disabilities or for distinctive service by a person with a disability.

Nominations for these awards will be accepted until April 1, 2012. Information about the awards and nomination forms are available on the SCCLL Awards Committee website, will be published in the next issue of the SCCLL Newsletter and are available from any of the members of the Awards Committee. Nomination forms may be submitted to any member of the Awards Committee.

Submit your newsletter articles by Jan. 20!
Jan. 5, 2012

The next deadline for submitting articles to the newsletter is Friday, January 20th. Please send your submissions to our newsletter editor, Holly Gerber, at holly_gerber@co.washington.or.us.

Fall Newsletter now available
Nov. 4, 2011

Volume 37, No. 3 of the SCCLL News is now available. Read about our new Wiki, reports from AALL, how to get involved in Access to Justice movements in your state, and more..

Download the Fall newsletter here.

Newsletter articles due Sept. 16
August 31, 2011

The next submission deadline is Friday, September 16, 2011. Please send your submissions to our new newsletter editor, Holly Gerber, at Holly_Gerber@co.washington.or.us.

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July 2011

Summer newsletter now available
July 28, 2011

Volume 37, No. 2 of the SCCLL News is now available. Read about statewide task forces on self-representation, public law library services survey results, AALL announcements, "Link Rot and Legal Resources on the Web," the Mersky Award, and a recap of the ABA Access to Justice Conference, as well as regular features like "View from the Chair" and even several job openings on "The Back Page."

Download the Summer newsletter here.

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June 2011

Volunteer for an SCCLL Committee!br /> June 23, 2011

This is your chance to be on an SCCLL Committee for 2011-2012! We need a few brave souls to commit a bit of time to SCCLL this upcoming year! Most committee duties are not onerous and it's a great way to meet other SCCLL members.

Listed below are the various committees for which we need volunteers. Please email Amy Hale-Janeke and let her know your first and second choice.

• Awards
• Bylaws
• Education
• Grants
• Membership & Mentoring
• Newsletter
• Nominations
• Pro Bono Partnerships
• Public Relations
• Standards
• Strategic Planning
• Technology
• Trustee Development

If you don't know what the various committees do, check out their reports on the SCCLL web page.

Silent Auction starts next week
June 23, 2011

The SCCLL Silent Auction goes live online next wek on July 1st. The auction site is at http://sccll11.wordpress.com/. Items are still being accepted and will be accepted at the breakfast meeting in Philly. If you would like to make a donation but will not be attending the annual meeting, you can submit it for online bidding only.

To donate an item, please send a picture, a brief description, starting bid amount and your name. Please send one donation per email to either Barbara Fritschel or Paula Doty.

Online bidding closes on July 20th at 2 p.m. PT. Items designated for online bidding only will be closed at that time. Bidding on all other items closes Sunday July 24 at 8:15 a.m. at the breakfast.

Please remember that all proceeds raised will go to travel scholarships for SCCLL members to the annual meeting and the Equal Access to Justice Conference.

If you have any questions, please contact Barbara Fritschel.

Joint Roundtable on Pro Se Patrons and Prisoners at AALL
June 15, 2011
Are you interested in learning new ideas for serving your pro se patrons (self-represented litigants)? Interested in learning how librarians can support prisoner access to legal materials? Please join us for an exciting Joint Roundtable on Library Services to Pro Se Patrons and Prisoners at AALL in Philadelphia. We?ve got great speakers and light refreshments. We?ll be in the Marriott Downtown, Room 401-403, Mon July 25th 12-1:15pm. Our agenda:

(1) A "Best of" show of services to Pro Se/Pro Per patrons from librarians around the country. We'll post links to some of these ?Best of? resources on a Google Wiki after the meeting. If you would like to have your "best of" pro per item included on the wiki for this event, please email it to Amy Hale-Janeke at ahjaneke@ca5.uscourts.gov. If you would like to bring your item to the meeting for a quick show 'n' tell, or to share with others at the roundtable, please plan on bringing at 40 copies of the item.

(2) Two guest speakers on Wrongful Conviction & Prisoner Legal Research:

• Marissa Boyers Bluestine, Legal Director of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project (http://www.innocenceprojectpa.org/) and adjunct professor at Temple Law. Ms. Bluestine oversees all legal work undertaken by the Project, which works to exonerate those who were wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit. In addition, Ms. Bluestine works to coordinate the policy initiatives of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project geared toward reforming the criminal justice system to prevent wrongful convictions from occurring.
• Fernando Bermudez, an exonerated prisoner, served more than 18 years in New York State maximum security prisons following his wrongful conviction of murder in the shooting death of Raymond Blount in 1991 until proven innocent in late 2009 with assistance from pro bono attorneys from Washington, D.C., New Jersey and New York. He will discuss his experience and the role his own legal research played in gaining his freedom. His story was the subject of Innocent: Inside Wrongful Conviction Cases by Scott Christianson (NYU Press 2006).
• Watch a brief interview with Ms. Bluestine about the Bermudez case and the unreliability of eyewitness identifications (Fox 29).

Thanks to the 3 SISs sponsoring this event: LISP (Bret Christensen, Chair), SR (Jorge Juarez, Chair), SCCLL (Kathy Carlson, Chair).

SCCLL-SIS Reception at Annual Meeting
June 15, 2011
This year LexisNexis will be sponsoring a reception for SCCLL members during the AALL Annual Meeting. The reception will be held on Sunday evening, July 24th from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Jenkins Law Library which is about 3 blocks from the Convention Center.

Times have changed and you must register for this event, as we need to provide building security personnel with a list of those who plan to attend the reception. You will also need to let us know if you are bringing a guest and we will need his or her name. There will also be an invitation in the SCCLL Spring Newsletter as a reminder.

We sincerely appreciate the support that LexisNexis is offering our section. Please be sure to stop by their booth at the Annual Meeting to thank them. I look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia

Invitation
R.S.V.P. rsmith@jenkinslaw.org by July 19, 2011.

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April 2011

New SCCLL Grant for Leadership Acadamy
April 20, 2011
The Grants Committee has announced the creation of a new grant for 2011. The SCCLL Executive Board approved awarding one $1000 grant for the AALL Leadership Academy, October 28-29, in Oak Brook, IL. Applicants should use the SCCLL Grant Application form. Submit the application and one letter of recommendation by email to Grants Committee Chair Jane Colwin.
Deadline: May 13, 2011.

SCCLL News - Winter/Spring issue now available
April 6, 2011
Board member nominees' statements, an article on the drastic funding challenge facing the Texas State Law Library, and more. Check it out!

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February 2011

Grant applications for EJC, Annual Meeting available
Feb. 9, 2011
The 2010/2011 Grants Committee will make awards to assist members in attending the 2011 Equal Justice Conference, to be held May 18-21 in Las Vegas, or the AALL Annual Meeting, scheduled for July 23-26 In Philadelphia. There will be one $1000 grant awarded for the EJC and two $1000 grants for the Annual Meeting.

Grant Application Information
The SCCLL Grants Committee is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted.

Application Deadlines: for EJC, March 11; for the Annual Meeting, April 15.

Grant Application (rtf)

For information about the rules and eligibility for grants, visit our Scholarships and Grants page.

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January 2011

Value of a Public Law Library: SCCLL program announced for Annual Meeting
Jan. 24, 2011
The Value of a Public Law Library: How County Law Libraries in Pennsylvania Collaborate With the Courts to Provide Service to the Self Represented Litigant
SCCLL is sponsoring a program at this year's Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. The program, to be held on Sunday, July 24, demonstrates how Pennsylvania court libraries with a small staff and limited resources have collaborated with the court to provide improved service to the self represented litigant with the creation of self help centers and forms development. For more information, click here to visit our Annual Meeting Program page.

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2010

November 2010

CALL FOR EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINEES
November 30, 2010

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. Our deadline for nominations is December 20, 2010.

The SCCLL Nominations Committee is seeking Executive Board candidates for the following positions: Vice-Chair/Chair Elect, and Member-at-Large. Each position requires a three-year time commitment, starting with the July 2011 AALL Annual Meeting and Conference in Philadelphia, PA. 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 Chairs 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.
• 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:

Regina Smith, Chair rsmith@jenkinslaw.org
Michele Finerty mfinerty@pacific.edu
Sandra Marz smarz46@sbcglobal.net
Anne Matthewman, Board Liaison anne.matthewman@dal.ca
Liz Reppe liz.reppe@co.dakota.mn.us

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October 2010

Fall 2010 SCCLL Newsletter up

The Fall newsletter is now available. Download it here or from our Newsletter page.

Volume 36, Number 3, Fall 2010

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September 2010

Nominations open for 2011 awards
Sept. 13, 2010

The Awards Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2011 awards. In 2011, SCCLL will award three awards:

Bethany J. Ochal Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession
Announcement
Nomination Form

O. James Werner Award for Distinguished Services to Persons with Disabilities
Announcement
Nomination Form

Law Library Advocate Award
Announcement
Nomination Form

Nominations will be accepted from now until March 1, 2011. They may be sent to any committee member:

Ms. Claudia Jalowka
Supervising Law Librarian
Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Libraries
90 Washington St
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 706-5151
Fax: (860) 706-5086
Email: claudia.beth.jalowka@jud.ct.gov

Ms. Holly Anne Lakatos
Law Librarian
California Court of Appeal - 3rd District
621 Capitol Mall FL 10
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 653-0207
Fax: (916) 653-0322
Email: holly.lakatos@jud.ca.gov

Ms. Akram Sadeghi Pari
Cataloging Librarian
Hamilton County Law Library
601 Hamilton County Courthouse
1000 Main St
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: (513) 946-5268
Fax: (513) 946-5252
Email: apari@cms.hamilton-co.org

Mrs. Kathryn Turner
Director
Yolo County Law Library
204 4th ST Suite A
Woodland, CA 95695
Phone: (916) 666-8918
Fax: (916) 666-8618
Email: kathrynb.turner@gmail.com

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August 2010

Call for fall articles
August 17, 2010

This is a call for contributions for the Fall 2010 edition of SCCLL News. The theme will be Perspectives on the Profession. We would like to have articles from a newer librarian, an older librarian and on related topics, such as Emotional Intelligence. Were also looking for articles about the Annual Meeting. The deadline for the next issue is September 15. Remember to submit articles to guest editor Kim Ositis.

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July 2010

Summer 2010 SCCLL Newsletter up, Fall articles needed
July 18, 2010

The Summer newsletter is now available. This issue of the newsletter is accompanied by handouts. Download both here or from our Newsletter page:
Vol36no2.pdf
Vol36no2-handouts.pdf

This fall's issue will be our first themed issue, focusing on "Perspectives on the Profession. We would like to have articles from a newer librarian, an older librarian and on related topics, such as Emotional Intelligence. The deadline for the next issue is September 15. Please submit articles to guest editor Kim Ositis.

Call for 2011 proposals
July 17, 2010

Now is the time to prepare program proposals for next year's meeting. You have until September 15, 2010 to submit a proposal using the online Program and Workshop Proposal Collection site. All proposals must be submitted to this site, but must submit a draft proposal to the Education Committee first before final submission in order to qualify for SCCLL sponsorship.

More information and suggested topics can be found on page 17 of the Summer 2010 SCCLL Newsletter.

If you have any question please feel free to contact Steve Anderson (410-260-1432 or steve.anderson@mdcourts.gov) or Jean-Paul Vivian (516-571-2757 or jvivian@courts.state.ny).

'Partnering with Public Libraries' program material available
July 14, 2010

Slides, handouts and a resource guide for public libraries, all presented at the AALL program "Partnering with Public Libraries" by Liz Reppe, Sara Galligan, and Marcia Koslov, are now available. Click here to visit the "Partnering with Public Libraries" presentation page.

Online portion of Silent Auction closed - more items available in person
July 7, 2010

The online bidding for the SCCLL Silent Auction is over. Winners of the online bidding items will be notified within the next day. Bidding for other items continue Sunday morning at the SCCLL Breakfast and business meeting and will close at 8:15.

Don't forget that several items not seen on the web site will be available Sunday morning so stop by and check it out. You can preview some of the remaining items at: http://sccll10.wordpress.com/.

We also have a twitter account at http://twitter.com/sccllauction where you can catch all of the latest items up for bid.

Donations are still being accepted for the auction. Please send a picture, brief description and a suggested starting bid price to either Barbara_Fritschel@ca7.uscourts.gov or pdoty@nvcourts.nv.gov.

Thank you for your support.

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June 2010

Silent Auction now open!
June 10, 2010

The SCCLL Silent Auction site is now up and running. Check out http://sccll10.wordpress.com/ for the items available for bidding. We also have a twitter account at http://twitter.com/sccllauction where you can catch all of the latest items up for bid.

This year's auction has two components. Some items are available only online and those will close on Wednesday, July 7, noon Mountain Time. If you are not attending the annual meeting, this is a great way to participate. Right now, The Legal Information Buyer's Guide and Reference Manual, 2010 ed. by Ken Svengalis is one of the items for the online only auction. This is a must-have for any library, especially in today's tight budget reality.

The second component is the way the auction has been run the last several years. Online bidding will close on Wednesday July 7, noon, Mountain Time and will continue at the SCCLL breakfast in Denver on July 11. Bidding at the breakfast will close at 8:15. Even if you haven't not signed up for the breakfast you are still welcomed to come to the business meeting and bid on items. See an item that is not an online only item that you would like but you are not going to Denver? You can either a: appoint someone who is going to be your proxy to bid and pick up the item for you or b: bid really high online so that no one would dream of outbidding you. Contact Barbara Fritschel at Barbara_Fritschel@ca7.uscourts.gov if you have questions or need someone to act as your proxy.

To bid on an item, please your name and bid in the comment section for that item.

Donations are still being accepted for the auction. Please send a picture, brief description and a suggested starting bid price to either Barbara_Fritschel@ca7.uscourts.gov or pdoty@nvcourts.nv.gov.

Thank you for your support.

Silent Auction opens online June 7
June 1, 2010

The SCCLL Silent Auction will start online bidding on June 7. The website is http://sccll10.wordpress.com. The auction also has a twitter site if you want updates on newly added items or other news--the twitter account is http://twitter.com/sccllauction. Other new features include online only items (bidding will close on July 7th for these specially marked items) and secret gift bags.

Bid early and bid often!

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May 2010

Send in your donations for 2010 Silent Auction!
May 21, 2010

Barbara Fritschel SCCLL Silent Auction Chair, writes:

It is difficult to believe that it is time to get ready for the popular SCCLL silent auction. As in the past couple of years, we will have both online and in person bidding. The silent auction website will be up and running on June 7 but we need items for bidding.

Items that have proven popular in the past include small, non breakable items that can easily be packed in suitcases or carry on luggage. Examples include books, jewelry, scarves, items representing a region or state and chocolates. If you are a crafter, please consider making something. Among items already donated include Ken Svengalis' Legal Information Buyer's Guide and Reference Manual and two surprise bags--one a spa package and the other a free trade package.

If you wish to donate something and will not be attending the annual meeting, please see if you can send that item with someone who is. Or you may contact me off list to make arrangements to get the item to Denver.

Please send a picture of your donation, with a brief description and suggested starting bidding price to either myself at Barbara_Fritschel@ca7.uscourts.gov or to our new web person Paula Doty at pdoty@nvcourts.nv.gov. If you are donating multiple items, please send the pictures and descriptions of each item in a separate email.

Remember the funds raised go to support travel grants to the annual meeting and the Equal Access to Justice Conference. Please support the auction with your donations and by bidding on items.

Thank you.

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April 2010

Winter/Spring newsletter up -- important info about nominees
April 15, 2010

The 2010 Winter/Spring newsletter is now available. Check it out for important information about SCCLL nominees as well as the usual informative and interesting articles by our members.

Read the 2010 Winter/Spring SCCLL News here (pdf)

SCCLL Election open April 1-15
April 1, 2010

The electronic ballot for the upcoming SCCLL election will be emailed to you on April 1st. Voting will be open until April 15th. If you do not receive a ballot please contact Meg Martin at mmartin@courts.state.wy.us .

Candidate bios and photos will be available on the ballot. Unfortunately, one candidate for Secretary/Treasurer had to withdraw at the last minute and we were not able to get a replacement candidate.

Candidates are:

Vice Chair / Chair Elect (one year term):
Amy Hale-Janeke
Secretary/Treasurer (three year term):
Rita Dermody
Member-At-Large (three year term):
Claudia Jalowka
Betsy Vipperman

Many thanks to all who agreed to put their names forward. Please take the opportunity to participate in your SIS election process. Write-in candidates are permissable.

-Anne Matthewman, Chair, SCCLL

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March 2010

Annual Meeting: SCCLL Reception Scheduled
March 18, 2010

The SCCLL reception this year will be at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, Colorado's oldest brew pub:

Sunday, July 11, 2010
6:30 p.m.

Wynkoop Brewing Company
1634 18th Street
Denver

This year the reception will be a little different than those we have had in the past. SCCLL did not receive any sponsorship assistance for the reception. The Board determined that there were sufficient funds to purchase some food but that due to the restrictions most government entities have regarding the purchase of alcohol, decided that drinks would need to be purchased individually. The Wynkoop is placing us in a room near a bar that will make it fairly simple for those who want to purchase some of their specialty brews [or whatever].

The Wynkoop is about a mile from the convention center but it is easy to get to by the 16th Street Mall bus (a free shuttle). Maps and directions will be provided at Sunday mornings SCCLL breakfast or you can ask at the Convention Hospitality Desk since the Wynkoop is a Denver landmark.

Further information about the restaurant can be found at: http://www.wynkoop.com/.

New job descriptions added to toolkit
March 10, 2010

Thanks to generous members who contributed job descriptions via the listserv, we have added 10 new items to the job descriptions portion of the Toolkit. If you need sample job descriptions for library assistants, reference or technical librarians, substitute librarians, and more, check it out!

March 9, 2010
Grant applications due soon!
The 2009/2010 Grants Committee will make awards to assist members in attending the AALL annual meeting, July 10-13 in Denver, CO, and the Equal Justice Conference, May 13-15, in Phoenix, AZ. There will be three $800 grants for the Annual Meeting and three $800 grants for the EJC. Deadlines are March 12 for the EJC and April 2 for the Annual Meeting. For more information and the application form, visit the Grants and Scholarship page.

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January 2010

Jan. 6, 2010
Call for Nominations: Law Library Advocate and Bolden Publication Awards
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! The form may be submitted to any member of the Awards Committee. The deadline for nominations is March 5, 2010.
2010 Law Library Advocate Award Announcement
2010 Law Library Advocate Award Nomination Form

The Awards Committee is also 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! The form may be submitted to any member of the Awards Committee. The deadline for nominations for this award is also March 5, 2010.
2010 Connie E. Bolden Publications Award Nomination Form

Committee Members:

Claudia Jalowka, Chair 2007-2008
Law Librarian
Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Libraries
90 Washington St.
Hartford, CT 06106
claudia.beth.jalowka@jud.ct.gov

Judy Meadows
Director State Law Library of Montana
PO Box 203004
Helena, MT 59620-3004
jmeadows@mt.gov

Donna Bausch
Law Librarian
Norfolk Law Library
999 Waterside Dr Ste 1300
Norfolk, VA 23510-3340
dbausch@norfolklawlibrary.org

Kim Ositis
Reference Librarian
King County Law Library
516 3rd Ave
W 621 County Courthouse
Seattle, WA 98104-2363
kim.ositis@kingcounty.gov

Jean Holcomb
Retired
PO Box 77
Westfield, NC 27053-0077
jeanholcomb@surry.net

Melanie Solon
Law Librarian
Berks County Law Library
633 Court St
10th Floor, Courthouse
Reading, PA 19601-4302
msolon@countyofberks.com

Executive Board Liaison: Joan Bellistri

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2009

November 2009

November 18, 2009
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!

November 4, 2009
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.

November 4, 2009
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.

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October 2009

October 26, 2009
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."

October 15, 2009
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 Chairs 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!

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September 2009

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!

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August 2009

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?

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July 2009

July 23, 2009
Summer newsletter now available
The Summer 2009 SCCLL newsletter is now available. Download your copy today!

July 20, 2009
Online auction closes Wednesday, July 22
Online bidding for the SCCLL Silent Auction ends 10 a.m. MT on Wednesday, July 22. We now have over 40 items available. Check out the new items at http://sccll09.wordpress.com/. We have books signed by the authors, hand made items, book boxes (do you prefer USCA or USCS?), and jewelry. Please note our bookmark deal--if you are the winning bidder on two or more bookmarks you will receive a $10 Borders gift card. Bid on an item by clicking on the "Leave a Comment" note.

After the 22nd, bidding will continue at the SCCLL Breakfast and Business Meeting July 26, at the Ballroom East, Renaissance Hotel. If you are not signed up for the breakfast, you can still stop by for the business meeting at 7:30 or show up any time before the auction closes at 8:30. There will be some items donated that will not be shown on the online auction so show up and see what is new.

If you are still interested in donating an item while the online auction is running, please send a photo, brief description and minimum bid to Kevin Cook at kcook@mt.gov.

July 8, 2009
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.

July 6, 2009

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.

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June 2009

June 30, 2009
Call for SCCLL committee volunteers
Incoming Chair Anne Matthewman is calling for committee volunteers for the 2009-2010 year:

Hello fellow SCCLL members:

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.

Thanks!

June 24, 2009
SCCLL Auction Site Open for Business!
The State Court and Counties Law Libraries SIS is again presenting their annual silent auction at the AALL Annual meeting. The auction has two components. The first is an online bidding component which is lasts until 10 a.m. MT on July 23. The website is http://sccll09.wordpress.com/. Check often as new items are added throughout the period.

The auction then continues at the SCCLL Breakfast meeting, Sunday July 25 at the Renaissance Hotel in the East Ballroom. Bidding will continue until 8:30. If you are not attending the breakfast you are still invited to the business meeting (starting at 7:30) and to continue bidding there.

Not attending AALL or can't make the breakfast meeting? Not a problem. Proxy bidding can be arranged. Just contact Silent Auction Chair Barbara Fritschel at 414-297-1698 or Barbara_Fritschel@ca7.uscourts.gov with the item(s) you are interested in bidding and your highest bid amount. If you are the successful bidder you will be notified after AALL and arrangements will be made to get the item to you.

All monies raised go to support scholarships to attend the AALL Annual meetings and the Equal Access to Justice conference. Your support is greatly appreciated.

June 15, 2009
Cleveland Law Library receives grant to create online tutorials
Congratulations to the Cleveland Law Library, which has been awarded a grant to create online tutorials for its members and site visitors. The Law Library will receive its funding from the Attorney Outreach Grant Program of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and plans to purchase Camtasia Studio to combine screen recording with audio narration to create a series of online instructional programs.

The first program planned is a guide to the features and functionality of the Library's online catalog. These programs will be posted to the Law Library's website, thus making them available 24x7 for simultaneous viewing and listening.

June 15, 2009:
SCCLL Silent Auction opens June 22
AALL's best and biggest silent auction (ours!) will be up and running online on June 22. This past year the silent auction and challenge grant programs raised money to send two people to the equal access to justice conference and five people to the annual meeting in Washington D.C.

You don't need to be going to the meeting to donate or bid! For more information on donating or bidding, please visit this page: Silent Auction.

May 2009

May 21, 2009
SCCLL Newsletter Deadline: June 1

The deadline for the summer issue of SCCLL News is coming up! Items must be submitted by Monday, June 1st. 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. Were always looking for member news, funny anecdotes for the "View from Your Library" feature and items for the "Court and Spark" column.

E-mail submissions, comments, photos and suggestions to editor Jennifer Dalglish at jenniferdal@co.clackamas.or.us.

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May 15, 2009
Program Announcement:
Serving Those Who Serve: Services available to Active Duty Military Personnel, their Families and Veterans.
Monday, July 27, 8:45A 9:45A
Washington Convention Center - Room 156

This program aims to provide civilian law librarians with some basic information about the services and legal information that is available to active duty military personnel, their families and veterans. Three speakers will address different aspects of the military experience and the legal issues which may arise in each context.

The first confirmed speaker is Ms. Kristi Barlow the Quality Review Team Leader at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Board of Veterans Appeals. Ms. Barlow will discuss the DoD/VA Integrated Pilot Disability Evaluation System, which trains DoD personnel to use the VA disability rating system. She will also discuss veterans claims generally.

This program was proposed and designed by Susanne Pierce Dyer, recently retired from the Alameda County Law Library in Oakland, California. Billie J. Grey, Law Librarian for the Board of Veterans Appeals will moderate the program.

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April 2009

April 20, 2009
2009 County Public Law Library Standards posted
The 2009 AALL County Public Law Library Standards are now posted in the Toolkit's "Standards" section. The 2002 revision is still available for viewing in the website's Archive section.

April 17, 2009
Congratulations to Kathy Carlson and Joan Bellestri!
The results are in from the 2009 SCCLL Election. Congratulations to:

Kathy Carlson , Vice Chair/ Chair Elect (2009-2010)
Joan Bellistri, Member-at-large -(2009-2012)

Thanks again to all who agreed to run in the election!

April 3, 2009
Join us for the SCCLL-SIS reception in Washington, D.C.!
This year's SCCLL-SIS reception will take place Sunday, July 26th, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at RFD - Regional Food and Drink.

All SCCLL SIS members are invited to attend and to join the SCCLL Board for an evening of conviviality, good food and fine company at RFD. RFD, just a short walk from the Washington Convention Centre and conference hotels, is known for its regional specialties and its selection of local craft brews. The reception will feature hor d'oeuvres and a cash bar.

Location:

RFD Regional Food and Drink
810 7th St. N.W.,
Washington, D.C.
1.5 blocks south of the Washington Convention Centre (on Metro Red Line- Gallery Place/Chinatown stop)

SCCLL is grateful to Wolters Kluwer Law and Business for its generous contribution to this event.

April 1, 2009
Change is Coming for Ohios County Law Libraries
Significant changes are coming for Ohio's county law libraries as the result of a House Bill (420) that Governor Strickland signed into law on December 30, 2008. This Bill intertwined the future of Ohio's county law libraries with many other governmental issues and affected our operations and funding in two major ways. Although it completely restored county funding for our space and the compensation of our public law librarians during calendar year 2009, it enacted major changes that will start next year. Click this link for more information.

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March 2009

March 23, 2009

Advocacy Toolkit for the 111th Congress: 2009-2010, AALL Government Relations Office and Government Relations Committee.
The Advocacy Toolkit provides AALL members with: ways to get involved in advocacy; specific actions you can take immediately to promote our efforts in Washington, D.C.; A comprehensive look at the issues and bills AALL is currently working on; and the tools you need to become effective advocates on both the federal and state levels. The Advocacy Toolkit is available at http://www.aallnet.org/aallwash/toolkit/contents.asp.

March 21, 2009
Winter newsletter now available
The Winter 2009 SCCLL newsletter is now available. Download your copy today!

March 16, 2009
SCCLL-SIS election now open -- watch for your voting info by email
The SCCLL 2009-2010 election is now open. You should receive an email today (March 16) with a link to the voting page and your personal password.
The candidates are:

Vice Chair / Chair Elect:

Barbara Fritschel (Biography (pdf))
Kathy Carlson (Biography (pdf))

Member-At-Large:

Joan Bellistri (Biography (pdf))
Georgia Chadwick (Biography (pdf))

Voting takes place via a private, secure and confidential voting service. The link to this service will be in your email, along with your password. Polls are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week beginning on Monday, March 16, 2009. The deadline to submit ballots is 11:59 p.m. Central Time, Wednesday, April 15, 2009.

March 2, 2009
Apply for Annual Meeting Grants by April 1
The Executive Board is making available five grants of $950 each to attend the Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., July 25-28, 2009. Link to http://www.aallnet.org/sis/sccll/annual_meeting/scholarships.htm for application information. The application deadline is April 1, 2009.

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February 2009

February 4, 2009
New additions to Toolkit, Self-Representation pages

Two new contributions to the Toolkit arrived today! The San Diego Public Law Library's new Collection Development policy is now linked from the Collection Development page. Also, the Law Librarians' Working Group of the Self-Represented Litigation Network has sent an update to its Directory of Library-Based Self-Help Programs, linked from our Self Representation page. Share YOUR library's resources with your colleagues by sending them to webmaster Kate Fitz (kfitz@saclaw.org). Thanks!

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January 2009

January 16, 2009
"Your Day In Court" video posted to SRL page

King County, Washington has introduced a new video for self-represented litigants, Your Day in Court: How to Make Sure Your Voice is Heard in King County. This self-help video features Judge Mary Yu giving a tour through courthouse and showing litigants how to get their case ready for trial, and Judge Steven Gonzalez explaining the courtroom procedures once litigants have filed their paperwork, and are ready to appear in court. The video also features the law library.

January 9, 2009
Nominate your advocate for SCCLL's new award!

The SCCLL Awards Committee is accepting nominations for the newly created Law Library Advocate Award. This new SCCLL award acknowledges and honors those individuals who are not part of our library staff but who advocate on behalf of our libraries. A nominee can be any person who has had a significant influence on a state, court or county law library and who is not a member of the law library staff. Examples of nominees include, but are not limited to, trustees, legislators, state/county/municipal officials, court managers, and judges. Given todays economic and political environment it is important that we recognize these individuals and say a collective thank you. The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2009.

Click here for more information on the new award.
Click here to download the nomination form.

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2008

December 2008

Dec. 18, 2008
SCCLL News deadline: January 15

The deadline for the winter issue of the SCCLL News is rapidly approaching. Please send your submissions to:

Jennifer Dalglish, Law Librarian
Clackamas County Law Library
821 Main Street, Room 101
Oregon City, OR 97045
(503) 655-8248 phone
(503) 655-8229 fax
jenniferdal@co.clackamas.or.us

by January 15, 2009.

Dec. 10, 2008
Equal Justice Conference grants

The SCCLL Executive Board has made available to our membership two grants of $800 each to attend the ABAs Equal Justice Conference (EJC) in Orlando, Florida, May 14-16, 2009. The deadline for submitting an application to the SCCLL Grants committee is January 25, 2009.

The ABA web site describes the EJC as bringing together all components of the legal community to discuss equal justice issues as they relate to the delivery of legal services to the poor and low-income individuals in need of legal assistance. The emphasis of this Conference is on strengthening partnerships among the key players in the civil justice system. Through plenary sessions, workshops, networking opportunities and special programming, the Conference provides a wide range of learning and sharing experiences for all attendees. Further information about the conference can be found at www.abanet.org/legalservices/ejc.

For more information about grant criteria and to download the grant application, visit our Grants and Scholarships page.

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November 2008

Nov. 24, 2008
Nominations open for Bethany J. Ochal award
The SCCLL Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the Bethany J. Ochal Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession. The Ochal Award is recognized the significant contribution to the profession of a librarian who is recently retired or nearing the end of his or her library career.

Click here for a full description of the award with a listing of prior winners and a nomination form. Nominations can be forwarded to any SCCLL Awards Committee member. Visit the Awards Committee page for contact info.

Please consider nominating a deserving colleague or mentor. The deadline for submissions is March 30, 2009.

Nov. 18, 2008
Apply now for Equal Justice Conference grants
Annual Meeting Grant info also available

The SCCLL Grants Committee has posted the application for grants to attend the Equal Justice Conference and the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting on the Scholarship and Grants page. The application deadline is January 25, 2009, for the Equal Justice Conference grant, so if you're interested, take a look now. The application deadline for the AALL Annual Meeting grant is April 1, 2009.

Nov. 5, 2008
County Commissioners Association of Ohio Calls Law Library Legislation a Priority and a Necessity
In its latest Statehouse Report, the County Commissioners Association of Ohio (CCAO) names the current law library legislation a priority, noting that "Under the proposal, monies collected from state imposed fines and penalties for law libraries would have oversight and management. Counties always have expressed a concern that the law library associations, as private non-profit associations, receive and manage the fine and penalty money without any public scrutiny." Later, the CCAO says that "there is no public supervision or oversight of how the association spends that public funding", neglecting to acknowledge the regular state audit of public funds and the service the libraries provide counties, courts, and the public. The article then goes on to summarize the legislation and to note that "Commissioners should ... expect requests and in some cases substantial pressure, to make appropriations to the law library resources fund," referring to the counties' compensation of law librarians as "an unfunded mandate". (From www.ohiolawlibrary.org, Monday, Nov. 3, 2008.)

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October 2008

October 23, 2008
California law library takes Library of the Year honors
Click here for more details!
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) named Californias Law Library for San Bernardino County as the 2008 Federal Depository Library of the Year. The library services the largest county, in land area, in the United States. The library has made great strides in offering its residents resources to government information. To meet the needs of its patrons, the library has extended its hours of operation, developed a new and improved user-friendly website and offers the AskNow Law Librarian online reference service. The library staff also conducts extensive public outreach by promoting law library materials and services to civic and community organizations. To continue to maintain an open relationship with the public, the library conducts customer satisfaction surveys and uses the results to improve services where needed. Public Printer Robert C. Tapella presented the award to library officials at the annual Fall Federal Depository Library Conference.

October 15, 2008
Fall Newsletter now available!
The Fall issue of the SCCLL News is now available. Click this link to view a pdf of the newsletter. Read reports on the 2008 Court Solutions Conference, the AALL conference in Portland, pending law library legislation in Ohio, the Election Special edition of "Charley's Corner," and more.

October 2, 2008
Nominations sought for Vice-Chair/Chair Elect, Member-at-Large
The SCCLL Nominations Committee is seeking nominations for candidates for these two positions, which will become vacant in July 2009.

• Vice-Chair/Chair Elect
• Board Member to serve on SCCLL's Executive Committee

Each position requires a three-year time commitment beginning with the July 2009 AALL Annual Meeting to be held in Washington, DC. The Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect serves for the first year as a member of the Executive Committee and is chair of the Strategic Planning Committee. The Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect attends the SIS leadership training at the annual meeting, if possible, and appoints committee chairs for the following year when he or she becomes the Chair.

The Chair prepares charges for committees and coordinates their work, writes the Chair's column for the Newsletter, attends the SIS leadership training at the annual meeting, serves on the AALL Council of SIS Chairs, coordinates SIS activities at the annual meeting, and runs the SCCLL business meeting. The third year of the term is spent as Past Chair, and the duties are to serve on the Strategic Planning Committee and to advise the current chair.

The Member-at-Large serves on the Executive Committee as a voting member, and may also serve as a committee chair, advisor to a SCCLL committee or be assigned other responsibilities by the Chair.

If you don't want to put your hat in the ring, please think of another talented and committed SCCLL member who might be interested and forward the names to any member of the SCCLL Nominations committee:

Anne McDonald amcdonald@riag.ri.gov
Donna Bausch dbausch@norfolklawlibrary.org
Janet Camillo jcamillo@mcccourt.com
Sandy Marz smarz@washoecounty.us

Early submissions are encouraged to allow the committee ample time to put a slate together, but the absolute deadline is December 5, 2008. Please contact the above members with any questions you may have.

October 1, 2008
SCCLL publishes Resource Guide #3: Management Essentials in the Public Law Library
The SCCLL Resource Guide #3 is now officially published and ready to be sent out from AALL HQ. The guide to ordering is here: http://aallnet.org/products/pub_insights.asp.

Guide #3, Management Essentials in the Public Law Library

This guide discusses key management principles for the public law library. Although all law libraries are different, many principlessuch as budget, resource management, and community relationsmust be addressed by all public law libraries. This guide explores five core principles of management via insightful articles from the State, Court, and County Law Libraries Special Interest Section membership: budget/financial planning and negotiation; working with the board; community relations; service development and collection rebalancing; and managing resources.

Price: $10 members/$12 non-members

Thanks to the many authors who aided in the creation of this publication. John Cannan helped spearhead this effort and he would like to thank Sara Galligan and Lisa Jackson for putting in yeoman service looking things over and giving advice on edits. Julia ODonnell at AALL always does a fantastic job and did so here. Finally, Maureen McGuire did the layout and made it come to life.

October 1, 2008
Ohio County Law Library Update:
We are all concerned about the situation regarding legislation relating to Ohio County Law Libraries. Our executive board recently asked you to participate in an online poll to determine whether or not our SIS should expend funds to assist Ohio County Law Libraries in their lobbying efforts. After review, we have determined that we are unable to make an expenditure of this type as many of our members dues are paid by institutions that do not allow lobbying.

However, members may send letters of support and or contributions to the Chair of the Coalition for County Law Libraries, Angela Baldree, Lake County Law Library, 47 N. Park Pl. Painesville, OH 44077.

Checks should be made payable to Akron Law Library (with Governmental Policy Group, Inc. in the memo field).

What to include in your letter: you can include in your letter "anything about the need for access [to county law libraries] in every county with guaranteed funding." Angela Baldree, Lake County Law Library.

Marcus Hochstetler
Chair, SCCLL-SIS

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September 2008

September 22, 2008
Ohio Draft Reform Bill SB345

Increasingly, county law libraries face new challenges with regards to their funding, space and continued existence in the states with established systems. These challenges were addressed in 2005 with legislation in Ohio to cut back on funds going to county law libraries. Please take a moment to read this summary of the bill and let us know if you are in favor of SCCLL supporting Ohio county law libraries in their struggle.
Please click here for more questions and contact information.
Click here for a summary of the Ohio Draft Reform Bill.

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August 2008

August 27, 2008
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.

August 13, 3008
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.

August 13, 3008
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.

August 5, 2008
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!

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July 2008

July 30, 2008
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."

July 23, 2008
Silent Auction results and donation challenges
SCCLL Silent Auction Chair Barbara Fritschel writes, "Thanks to the many people who generously donated and bid on items, the silent auction this year raised over $3500 for travel grants for SCCLL members. If you would like to make a contribution to the travel grant fund, please send a check to the SCCLL treasurer, Amy Hale-Janeke. Her address is:

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.'"

Meanwhile, an informal fund-raising challenge is taking place via the SCCLL listserv. Donations from this informal challenge have raised at least an additional $1600. Sign in to the listserv to find out more.

July 22, 2008
SCCLL Grant for Court Solutions Conference in Baltimore available!
The Self-Represented Litigation Network (SRLN) is participating in this conference on September 8-10th at the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor Hotel at Camden Yards. The SLRN's Law Librarian Subgroup will be presenting a module called Supporting and Integrating Law Library Services for the Self-Represented. At the SCCLL Executive Board meeting on Saturday, July 12th, the Board voted to extend one grant for attendance at this conference for a SCCLL member. The grant covers $1,600.00 and funds will be made available following the conference after receipts are submitted for travel, lodging and registration costs.

Applications are due to Patti Worl by July 31, 2008.

For more information on the conference and the grant, click here.

Application form (Word).

July 17, 2008
Welcome back from AALL! Please send your snapshots to webmaster Kate Fitz for the SCCLL's meeting photos page.

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)

July 3, 2008
Agenda posted for Portland business meeting
Visit the "Meetings" page at http://aallnet.org/sis/sccll/annual_meeting/meetings.htm to review it.

July 3, 2008
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.

July 2, 2008
2007-08 SCCLL reports now available
The 2008 Report of the State, Court, and County Law Libraries SIS 2007-08and 2008 Report of the SCCLL & AALL Representative to the National Center for State Courts have now been posted on the "About SCCLL" page.

July 2, 2008
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.

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June 2008

June 23, 2008
"Using WorldCat to Promote the Public Access Law Library" slides posted
Jacqueline Cantwell, Senior Law Librarian at the Brooklyn Supreme Court Law Library, will be speaking on using WorldCat in law library promotion at the Annual Meeting. She has posted her slides at http://home.earthlink.net/~jfcantwell/. Jacqueline says, "I hope you find it interesting. Since my presentation is scheduled for a half-hour, I am hoping for an audience that reads the paper and challenges me with questions and comments after reviewing the website." Enjoy!

June 20, 2008
Call goes out for 2008-09 volunteers
Interested in serving on an SCCLL committee? Vice-Chair/Chair Elect Marcus Hochstetler is calling for volunteers for the following committee vacancies:
Grants -1 spot
Membership/Mentoring -1 spot
Newsletter -1 spot
Standards -1 spot
Technology -2 spots
Trustee Development -1 spot

To learn more about the committee charges go to our committee page on the SCCLL Website: http://aallnet.org/sis/sccll/about/committees.htm.

June 10, 2008
Standards Committee presents draft revision
The SCCLL Standards Committee (Joan Bellistri, Anne Grande, Jennifer Murray and Larry Meyer (Chair)) have drafted the 2008 Draft Revisions to AALL County Public Law Library Standards and forwarded it to the SCCLL Executive Board. The Executive Board will be discussing and possibly acting upon the proposals at their meeting on July 12, 2008 in Portland. The above document tracks the changes the committee is proposing. If you have any comments and would like them presented to the Executive Board, email Larry Meyer prior to July 1st. There may also be a limited amount of time to discuss the proposed new standards during the SCCLL Breakfast on July 13th.

June 9, 2008
Spring 2008 Newsletter is now available
SCCLL's Spring 2008 newsletter is now available. The 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.

June 3, 2008
2008 SCCLL Silent Auction Blog is now open
The 2008 SCCLL Silent Auction Blog is now open. Go to http://sccll08.wordpress.com/ to view the items up for bid and to start bidding.

June 2, 2008
2007 SCCLL Connie E. Bolden Publications Award Recipient - Jean M. Holcomb
Established by the State, Court, & County Law Libraries Special Interest Section, the Connie E. Bolden Publications Award is awarded every other year.

This year, Jean M. Holcomb, Retired, is the recipient of the Connie E. Bolden Publications Award for her Law Library Journal series "Managing By The Book." Ms. Holcomb received both her MLS (1984) and her JD (1985) from the University of Alabama. She is the former Director of the King County Law Library, Seattle, Washington, 1992 - 2005. Prior to this she was the director of the Norfolk Law Library, Norfolk, Virginia from 1987 - 1992, and a Reference Librarian at the University of Alabama School of Law Library, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1985 - 1987.

The Awards Committee received more than one nomination for Ms. Holcomb's "Managing By The Book" series. This series of articles, which began appearing in the Law Library Journal in 2005, reviews recent books on management and applies them to the law librarian environment. According to Judy Meadows, "They are much more than book reviews, as Jean spends considerable time in extracting how her readers can benefit from what the author includes in the book... Jean should be acknowledged for this very considerable contribution to the management literature of our profession." Donna Bausch said of Jean in her nomination, "Her writing inspires going above and beyond the daily routine and thinking outside the box about our jobs, our colleagues and our organizations. Jean can make anyone believe that all things are possible if we dream big enough and work hard enough. Her writing will continue to inspire readers for years to come with its timeless discussions of management issues with which we all contend."

Past Recipients

• 2005 - Dr. Joel Fishman, in recognition of his body of published works including numerous treatises, bibliographies and indexes.
• 2002 - Gail Warren, for her development of the "Court Library Management" course notebooks for the Institute for Court Management from 1999 through 2001
• 1999 - Kendall F. Svengalis, for his book Legal Information Buyer's Guide & Reference Manual
• 1996 - Charles R. Dyer, in recognition of his work on Sourcebook for Law Library Governing Boards and Committees
• 1993 - Kendall F. Svengalis, in recognition of his work on The CRIV Sheet.

The Awards Committee received a number of nominations this year. All the nominees are deserving and selecting just one recipient was not an easy task. We would like to commend all of the nominees for their contributions to the body of professional publications. We would also like to thank all who took time to nominate their worthy peers. The list of nominations this year included: Laureen Adams & Regina Smith for "The Evolution of Public Law Libraries: A Growing Need for Public Access to Legal Information, Funding Cuts Shape the Future of Public Libraries," AALL Spectrum, vol. 10 no. 5 (March 2006); Nancy Adams for "Georgia Legal Research;" John Canann for "Are Public Law Librarians Immune from Suit? Muddying the Already Murky Waters of Law Librarian Liability," Law Library Journal (Winter 2007); Ellie Slade for "Lighting a Fire under a Bushel: How to Ignite Law Librarians' Compensation, Recruitment, and Job Satisfaction," AALL Spectrum, vol. 10 no. 4 (February 2006); and Arthur S. Zanan for his collection of Pennsylvania law books and newsletter, including PA Family Law Update, Bisel's Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Operation Lawsource, and Bisel's Pennsylvania Domestic Relations Lawsource.

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May 2008

May 27, 2008
SIS Council sponsoring community service in Portland
AALL's Special Interest Section (SIS) Council will sponsor two unique volunteer opportunities in Portland during the Annual Meeting and Conference. The SIS Council is partnering with the Portland Parks and Recreation Community Gardens and the Oregon Food Bank to offer attendees the opportunity to spend a few hours in the community and lend a hand to support our host city. Both projects will be held on Saturday, July 12, from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Learn more by visiting the Portland Community Service Projects Web page where you can register to energize your Portland experience! http://aallnet.org/events/communityproject.asp For more info, contact Catherine Lemann at 907-264-0583 or 888-282-2082.

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.

May 1, 2008
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!

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April 2008

April 11, 2008
LLJ Centennial volume needs you!
For its celebratory centennial issue (November 2008), Law Library Journal is requesting each SIS to create a list of articles from LLJ that it recommends to its members. Sara Galligan (SCCLL-SIS chair) is seeking a volunteer to assemble a list of LLJ articles considered "essential reading" for SCCLL members. If you're interested in contributing to this project, contact Sara at Sara.Galligan@CO.DAKOTA.MN.US. The project must be completed before the Annual Meeting in July.

April 1, 2008
SCCLL's online election runs from March 31st to April 20th
Members should have recently received an email with your unique password. Once you receive it, you can log in at https://vote.aallnet.org/sis-sccll/ to vote. Contact Amy Hale-Janeke (Amy_Hale-Janeke@ca5.uscourts.gov) with any questions.

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March 2008

March 24, 2008
Online election begins March 31 - make sure your info is uploaded by Wed., March 26
SCCLL's online election runs from March 31st to April 20th. Members should receive an email with your unique password in a few days. Once you receive it, you can log in at https://vote.aallnet.org/sis-sccll/ to vote. The list of SCCLL members can be reviewed at: http://aallnet.org/public/sis.asp?code=COMMITTEE/SIS_S. If you are a member on that list but do not have a current email listed (there were only a few), contact Amy Hale-Janeke (Amy_Hale-Janeke@ca5.uscourts.gov) immediately. All eligible voters must be uploaded 5 days before the election starts at the latest.

March 22, 2008
Wanted: law library policies
A new page has been added to collect sample law library policies on various topics. The first topic is " a Kate Fitz. Thanks!

March 17, 2008
"Funding Avenues" discussion added to "Best Practices" page
Jean Wenger at the Cook County (Chicago, IL) Law Library recently asked the ListServ, "Beyond civil filing fees, has any law library tried other avenues for funding...?" Her summary of responses can be found on our "Best Practices" page at http://aallnet.org/sis/sccll/toolkit/bestpractices.htm.

March 14, 2008
Schedule of SCCLL meetings in Portland
You can find a schedule of the SCCLL-SIS's meetings at the July 12-15 AALL Annual Meeting on our Annual Meetings page. Locations have not been announced.

March 7, 2008
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/.

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February 2008

February 27, 2008
AALL Offers Money for Law or Library School
Every year, AALL awards thousands of dollars in scholarships to law school and library school students and AALL members through the following scholarships:

• General Educational Scholarships, supported by AALL and the LexisNexis John R. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund:
• Graduate Library School Scholarships, for students with JD degrees or for students without JD degrees
• Law School Scholarships, for students with MLS/MILS degrees or for those seeking a dual JD/MLS degree
• Scholarships for Library School Graduates Seeking a Non-Law Degree
• Scholarships for Continuing Education Classes

Additional Scholarships include:

• AALL and Thomson West George A. Strait Minority Scholarship
• James F. Connolly LexisNexis Academic and Library Solutions Scholarship

Applications for scholarships must be received no later than April 1st. Visit AALLNET for complete information, instructions, and applications at http://aallnet.org/services/scholarships.asp. For more info, contact AALL Scholarships Committee Chair Holly Riccio at (415) 984-8761 or hriccio@omm.com or AALL Headquarters at (312) 939-4764, ext. 10 or membership@aall.org.

February 25, 2008
Santa Clara Co. Law Library added to SCCLL directory
The website of the Santa Clara (CA) County Law Library (SCCLL) has been added to the SCCLL library directory.

February 6, 2008
Winter 2008 Newsletter is now available
SCCLL's Winter 2008 newsletter is now available. The editor is 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.

February 5, 2008
Maryland State Law Library assumes management of "People's Law Library" website; site added to SCCLL's "Self Representation" page
Maryland People's Law Library
This legal information and self-help website provides information on Maryland and Federal law affecting low- and moderate-income Marylanders and their families. It is geared specifically for Maryland's citizens. The site is now maintained by the Maryland State Law Library.

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January 2008

January 30, 2008
New wiki on "Library Success" linked from Best Practices page
A new resource has been linked from the "Best Practices" page: "Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki," originally created by Meredith Farkas. This wiki was created to be a one-stop shop for great ideas and information for all types of librarians, not just law libraries.

January 23, 2008
2008 Candidates for SCCLL Executive Committee
The SCCLL Nominating Committee has announced the following candidates for the 2008 election:

1. Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (2008-2009):
Anne Matthewman, Toronto Lawyers Association, Toronto, ON, Canada

2. Member-At-Large, (2008-2011):
Kathy Coon, Jenkins Law Library, Philadelphia, PA
Meg Martin, Wyoming State Law Library, Cheyenne, WY

Additional nominations may be made by petition prior to March 15. The election will be held electronically, with ballots distributed no later than April 1, 2008. For more information, click through to the listserv announcement (you must log in to view the message).

January 23, 2008
New resource added to "Strategic Planning" page
The Law Library Mission Statement: Selective Bibliography (2004)
Compiled by Timothy C. Von Dulm
Includes resources on strategic planning in general as well as mission statements in particular.
Marketing Toolkit for Academic Law Libraries, Academic Law Libraries SIS

January 17, 2008
SCCLL program info now available
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.

January 15, 2008
New directory added to "Self Representation" page
Directory of Library-Based Self-Help Programs
Compiled by the Law Librarians' Working Group of the Self-Represented Litigation Network. To add your program to the Directory, complete a form and submit it as directed: Word | RTF

January 14, 2008
Applications open for AALL Annual Meeting grants
The SCCLL Grants Committee is pleased to announce that SCCLL will be funding four (4) grants of $850 each for attendance at the AALL Annual Meeting to be held in Portland, Oregon July 12-15, 2008. SCCLL grants are funded by the proceeds of the SCCLL Silent Auction and by matching grant challenges. The deadline for receipt of application forms for the Annual Meeting Grant is April 1, 2008.

Click here for guidelines and criteria for the awarding of SCCLL Grants, as well as the application. Please note that you are required to submit 5 copies of the application and letter of recommendation.

Also, don't forget about the three (3) grants of $850 which are available for the Equal Justice Conference. The deadline to apply for these is coming up on February 1, 2008. Only one award per year will be made to any individual.

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2007

December 2007

Dec. 31, 2007
SCCLL site now has search!
The latest update to the SCCLL website is a new search function. The search box (courtesy of Google custom search engines at http://www.google.com/coop/cse/) is located on the first page, and soon will be available throughout the site. Search results are pulled from both the website and the archived newsletter. Enjoy!

Dec. 21, 2007
Applications open for Equal Justice Conference grants
The SCCLL Grants Committee is pleased to announce three grants of $850 each for attendance at the ABA Equal Justice Conference to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 7-9, 2008 with a pre-conference on pro se services on May 6th. Information about the conference can be found at the following website: http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/ejc/.

The deadline for the receipt of application forms for the EJC is Friday, February 1, 2008. See SCCLL's Scholarships and Grants page for guidelines and criteria.

Application
The call for applications for the 2008 Annual Meeting grants will be made in mid January, 2008.

Dec. 21, 2007
SCCLL site introduces RSS feed
More changes to the site are coming this Spring! Keep up with changes by subscribing to the feed (located on the right side of the home page).

SCCLL News needs your items
Submit your substantive articles, member news, funny anecdotes for the "View from Your Library" feature and items for the "Court and Spark" column now for the Winter 2008 issue of the SCCLL News. Send your items to editor Kim Ositis at kim.ositis@kingcounty.gov or contact her at (206) 296-0940. Send items in MS Word or in the body of an email message - no Word Perfect. If you do not receive an email from Kim acknowledging your submission within three days, assume that her email system has eaten the message and send it again. The deadline for the Winter 2008 issue is Tuesday, January 15, 2008.

Dec. 5, 2007
AALLNET will be down for regular maintenance
AALLNET will be down for regular maintenance starting at 8 p.m. CST on Friday, January 11, and will resume normal operations at 8 a.m. CST on Monday, January 14. AALLNET, including all chapter, special interest section, committee, and caucus Web sites and related data will be moved to a new Web server as part of a regular infrastructure maintenance plan.
Please contact AALL IT staff no later than December 12 if this date will pose any issues with your Web site management or important scheduled tasks. In addition, please take a final look at your web site content and layout at close of business on Friday January 11, and perform a post-migration assessment after the migration is completed on Monday, January 14. We will send you additional reminders on the week of January 1 and January 7 regarding this planned maintenance.

Contacts:

Charles Reese, DBA\Network Administrator
American Association of Law Libraries
Information Technology Services
Ph. 312/205-8024
creese@aall.org

Chris Siwa, Web Administrator
American Association of Law Libraries
Information Technology Services
Ph. 312/205-8030
csiwa@aall.org

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November 2007

Nov. 21, 2007
Jenkins Law Library "Self-Help Guides" linked
The Self-Represented Litigants page contains a link to the Self-Help Guides from Jenkins Law Library (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). This collection of resources is designed to help citizens navigate the legal system and assist them with finding relevant legal information.

Nov. 2007
Awards committee seeks Bolden nominations
The Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the 2008 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 three 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! You may send the form to any member of the Awards Committee or contact them with your nomination. The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2008.
Nomination form (MS Word)
Nomination form (.pdf)
Announcement (.pdf)

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October 2007

Oct. 11, 2007
Self-Representation, Unauthorized Practice of Law pages added
The Toolkit contains two new sections: Self-Represented Litigants (officially debuting today) and Unauthorized Practice of Law. We welcome contributions to these pages. Send any resources you would like to contribute to Kate Fitz.

Oct. 3, 2007
Fall 2007 Newsletter is now available
SCCLL's Fall 2007 newsletter is now available. The editor is Kim Ositis. Read about members' experiences in New Orleans, Connecticut librarians' challenge to the PATRIOT Act, "Podcasting on a Zero Budget," and more.

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August 2007

Aug. 28, 2007
History of Officers and Committee Chairs added
A listing of Officers and Committee Chairs beginning in 1973 is posted on the Officers page and the Committees page.

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