Section News
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
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!
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."
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.