Official
Election Results
President
- Christopher Roy
Vice-President
/ President Elect - Susan Scoville
Secretary
- Janet Zigadto
Treasurer
- Theresa Baylock
Members-at-Large
- Sandi Phillips and Caroline Grillo Benoit
Nominating
Committee - Doug Apicella, Steve Mirsky, and Louise Tucker
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Earlier this month, SNELLA signed on in support of the Technology,
Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act. The bill revises the
current distance learning exception to the Copyright Act so that it is
remains relevant in the information age by expanding the ways in which
digital content can be used for distance education purposes. A letter
signed by SNELLA and many other organizations, including the American
Association of Law Libraries, American Library Association, and National
Education Association, was sent to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and
Minority Leader Richard Gephardt on August 5th. The letter
encourages the passage of the bill before the 107th Congress
ends. To learn more about the TEACH Act, link to http://www.ala.org/washoff/disted.htmlor
link to the Thomas bill summary and status at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.487:.
Speaking of digital content, if you haven’t visited SNELLA’s new
website (http://snella.org/), I encourage
you to browse through it. The vastly improved site has membership and
scholarship information, recent newsletters, and contact information for
SNELLA officers and board members. Do you have ideas for SNELLA.org
content that you think should be added? Feel free to contact me or Susan Scoville with your
ideas. SNELLA.org is your website.
Ideas for the fall program are currently being considered, and my goal
is to get an announcement out soon.
Enjoy the rest of your summer!
Our
20th Year of Publication
In September 1982, the first issue of SNELLA's Obiter Dicta was mailed.
The articles for that first issue were all typed on a typewriter, heading
were rub-on-letters (Prestype) and the ornate border was cut out of a book
with scissors and pasted onto the newsletter page.
Volunteers Needed
SNELLA needs volunteers to submit recommendations for the SNELLA
website content, to work at next year's CLA Meeting and to write articles
for the newsletter. Contact: Chris
Roy.