committees
Advocacy Committee
Chair, 2012-13: Brian Huffman
Pauline Afuso
Angela Baldree
Kate Fitz
Andrea Woods
SCCLL Board Liaison - Larry Meyer
Charge
- Produce printable advocacy materials that can be uploaded to the SCCLL web
- Apply for a CPE grant to do a webinar
- create a "Best Practices" document which will attempt to unify and draw upon the most effective advocacy efforts of AALL members
- Eventually propose a program for the annual meeting
Reports
Awards Committee
Chair, 2012-13: Paula Doty
Diane Forge Bauersfeld
Emily Carr
John Adkins
Jean-Paul Vivian
SCCLL Board Liaison - Amy Hale-Janeke
The State, Court & County Law Libraries Special Interest Section awards program includes four awards. The Bethany J. Ochal Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession, and the Connie E. Bolden Publications Award are awarded on an alternating annual basis. The O. James Werner Award for Distinguished Service to Persons with Disabilities and the Law Library Advocate Award accept nominations annually and are awarded as warranted. All awards are presented at the annual meeting.
Charge
- Solicit from the membership and other peers recommendations for recipients of the three section awards.
- Nominate SIS members for miscellaneous AALL Awards, when appropriate.
- Nominate SIS members for Spirit of Law Librarianship Award, when appropriate.
- Communicate all awards information in Newsletter, on SIS website, and listserv.
Reports
2004 - 2005 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012Nomination material
- Advocate Award Announcement
- Advocate Award Nomination
- Advocate Award Plaque
- Bolden Award Announcement
- Bolden Award Certificate
- Bolden Award Evaluation
- Bolden Award Nomination
- Ochal Award Announcement
- Ochal Award Nomination
- Ochal Award Plaque
- Werner Award Announcement
- Werner Award Nomination
Bylaws Committee
Chair 2012-13: Maryruth Storer
Venita Hoover
SCCLL Board Liaison - Holly Anne Lakatos
Charge
- Recommend any changes, as needed, to conform to current AALL Bylaws.
- Review SCCLL bylaws each year for compliance with AALL Bylaws.
- Pinpoint areas for revision that would better reflect the SCCLL Strategic Directions.
- Solicit suggestions for changes to the Bylaws from SCCLL Committee Chairs and the Section membership.
- Draft appropriate language for proposed Bylaw changes.
- Forward a redlined version of the proposed language to the Executive Board for consideration.
Reports
2003 - 2006 - 2007-08 - 2009 - 2011 - 2012Education Committee
Chair, 2012-13: Liz Reppe
Joe Cera
James Durham
Amy Levine
Roseann Canny
Michelle Finerty
Tara Lombardi
SCCLL Board Liaison - Holly Lakatos
Reports 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012
Grants Committee
Chair, 2012-13: Ted Smith
Sandra Martz
Sharon Wayland
Gail Warren
Leslie McGuire
SCCLL Board Liaison - Rita Dermody
Charge
- Solicit membership to actively apply for grants or personally contribute to a grants fund drive. Utilize Newsletter, web site, and listserv to communicate information. Recognize all contributors.
- With AALL Headquarters approval (Executive Director), investigate potential avenues to support deserving SCCLL SIS members the funds to attend AALL Annual Program and ABA's Equal Justice Conference.
- Conduct thorough review of the Grants Committee Rules for Awarding Grants and submit any proposed revisions to the Executive Committee in Grants Committee Report.
A major source of grant funds is the Annual Meeting Silent Auction, held at the SCCLL-SIS Breakfast and Business Meeting each year.
Reports
2003 - 2004 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012Membership & Mentoring Committee
Chair 2012-13: Jennifer Laws
Paula Hoffman
Joanne Vandestreek
SCCLL Board Liaison - Coral Henning
Charge
- Explore and implement creative techniques designed to increase membership and participation among various library types, especially Federal court and government law libraries.
- Target trustees as potential members and as mentors for newer trustees.
- Promote SIS at CONELL in Portland- speaker, revised SIS brochure, and a gadget (mascot?) handout.
- Conduct analysis of AALL membership roles to ascertain who are potential SCCLLers and incentives needed to get them to join the SIS.
- Create and define a "mentorship bureau" which will identify at least one SCCLL mentor coordinator for each state or region of the country.
- Along with the Chair of SIS, send out "Welcome to the SIS" letter to all new members - create new member list each October from AALL records. Also, notify Section Listserv owner of all new members.
- In coordination with Publicity/Public Relations Committee, update and re-design SIS brochure.
- Identify AALL Chapter liaisons and empower them to promote Section membership in local Chapters.
- Award 20-year pins and continue to generate documentation for maintaining membership longevity lists.
Reports
2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011Newsletter Committee
Chair/Editor 2012-13: Holly Gerber
Jennifer Dalglish
John Barden
Sonja Simpson
SCCLL Board Liaison - Barbara Fritschel
Charge
- Continue publication of content rich, electronic only, Newsletter three times a year.
- Through efforts of the Newsletter co-editors, solicit and write newsworthy articles, event news, and stories for each issue. Highlight new roles and innovative "best practices" among membership libraries.
- Collaborate with the Technology Committee to undertake a project to add older issues of SCCLL News to the SCCLL website.
Reports
2004 - 2005-06 - 2006-07 - 2007-08 - 2009 - 2011 - 2012Nominations Committee
Chair, 2012-13: Judy Meadows
Donna Bausch
Jessie Burchfield
SCCLL Board Liaison - Rita Dermody
Charge
- Present slate of officer candidates for annual election.
- Follow established timeline for announcing candidates and coordinating ballot process.
- Communicate, promptly, with incoming Nominations Committee, with a review of solicitations made for all elected office positions.
- Be prepared to respond to solicitation from AALL Nominations Committee for a list of suggested SIS members with strong leadership qualities.
Reports
2004 - 2005-2006 - 2006-07 - 2007-08 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012Pro Bono Partnerships Committee
Chair and Liaison to Self Represented Litigants Network, 2012-13: Joan Bellistri
Betsy Mahoney
Laura Orr
Jennifer Frazier
Melanie Solon
SCCLL Board Liaison - Larry Meyer
Charge
- Complete the identification of successful statewide or local pro bono projects conducted by bar associations, legal aid services, and voluntary attorney networks.
- Explore ways to encourage AALL chapters and local law libraries to connect with these programs in a high profile way and suggest appropriate roles that law librarians can play in such projects.
- Spotlight initiatives by librarians in all types of law libraries to assist under-served members of the public directly, to contribute research and organizational skills to their employers, and to support students who are fulfilling pro bono service requirements.
- Establish a presence for AALL and law librarians at the ABA/NLADA Equal Justice Conference.
- Collaborate with the Self Represented Litigation Network.
Reports
Publicity/Public Relations Committee
Chair, 2012-13: Jennifer Dalglish
Catherine Lemann
Michelle Schmidt
Carol Ottolenghi
SCCLL Board Liaison - Betsy Vipperman
Charge
- Complete third in a series of seven SCCLL Resource Guides to continue providing a marketing/public relations tool for our customers and parent institutions.
- Identify list of appropriate, national and local, court-related newsletters/magazines and submit articles prepared for Resource Guide Series for publication with the help of AALL's Publishing Initiative Caucus (PIC).
- Prepare a law library promotion of best practices listing successful law library promotion/public relations endeavors for publication on SCCLL web site.
- Create eye-catching gadget (mascot) to be used as giveaways at conferences and meetings (CONELL).
Reports
2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2008 - 2009 - 2011- 2012
Standards Committee
Chair 2012-13: Joel Fishman
Jacque Jurkins
Georgia Chadwick
SCCLL Board Liaison - Betsy Vipperman
Charge
- Conduct careful review of Appellate Court Library Standards for possible revision/updating. Appellate Court Library Standards (Rev. 2005)
- Continue development of county public law library standards, especially, as it relates to work of Model Code Working Group
- Coordinate plans for separate, limited, printing of the 2002 Revised County Public Law Library Standards.
Reports
2005 - 2006 - 2007-08 - 2009 - 2012
Strategic Planning Committee
Chair 2012-13: John Zorbas
Halle Cox
SCCLL Board Liaison - Amy Hale-Janeke
Download the complete Strategic Direction for 2010-2015 here.
Charge
- Continue to encourage the implementation of the new Strategic Directions.
- Participate in Proposed Programs submitted by Chair-elect.
- Continue education of new Board members on strategic planning process.
Reports
2005-2006 - 2006-07 - 2007-08 - 2009
Technology Committee
Chair 2012-13: Madeline Cohen
Kate Fitz
Jennifer Murray
Alexa Lee
Nancy Adams
SCCLL Board Liaison - Coral Henning
The SIS Web site is our most prominent illustration of the varied communication talents and legal information expertise of our members. The continued development and reorganization of this major marketing and information resource is of paramount importance.
Charge
- Annually evaluate web site design.
- Annually evaluate and expand content of web site.
- Create (2007) and maintain a manual of procedures and/or timeline for the committee.
Reports
2003 - 2005 - 2006-07 - 2007-08 - 2009 - 2012
