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3 SCLL Newsl. 1 (1975-1976)

handle is hein.lbr/alsclnws0003 and id is 1 raw text is: SCLL NEWSLETTER STATE AND COURT LAW LIBRARIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA'' Volume 3,Number 1 - Box 28006 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27611 - Fall 1975 BOORSTIN TO HEAD LC Daniel J.Boorstin, Pulitzer Prize- winning .American historian, was named Librarian of Congress to fill the post vacant since the retirement of L.Quincy Mumford. After extensive hearings, the Senate Rules Committee unanimously ap- proved Boorstin's nomination and Senate confir.ation came on September 26,1975.. 1:, to, t, cc,) to el,to FTC ISSUES GUIDES On August 8, 1975, six years after an article in American Bar Association Jour- nai (55 A.B.A.J. 553) stated that com- bined effort of lawbook purchasers and appropriate government intervention seem to be the only answer to the need for protection for lawbook consumers, the Federal Trade Commission promulgated its Guides for the Law Book industry (40 Fed. Peg. 33436, as corrected, 40 Fed.Reg. 36116). The Guides are the lowest of three levels of possible Commission regu- lation: trade regulation rules, trade practice rules, and guides. Lawbook con- sumers should exercise care to ensure mraximum protection by the Guides. The Guides concern four main areas: 1) Deceptive advertising; 2) Failure to disclose actual cost, frequency, ana content of supplementary services; 3) Unsolicited material; and 4) Question- able billing practices. ITe industry product to be regulated includes virtu- ally all forms of material designed primarily for use by members of the law profession and by law schools, except second-hand or used material. The introduction to the Cuides states that the Guides should helo the lawbook purchaser by making accurate and truth- ful inforation readily available so (cont. on page 2) SCLL MEMBER HONORED Margaret Setliff, cc-founder of SCLL and immediate past Chairperson, was hon- ored by the Hawaii Bar Association in May, 1975. The coveted. Liberty Bell award, pre- sented annually to the state resident who has best served to strengthen the effectiveness of the American system of freedom and government, was presented to Mrs. Setliff at the Association's annual Law Day luncheon. Making the presentation was State Den- uty Attorney General Michael Marsh who noted that Mrs. Setliff helped organize the State law library system and spear- headed a project to install a library within the Hawaii State orison. She has been with the Hawaii Supreme Court Law Library since 1962, and is a lecturer in the University of Hawaii Graduate School of Library Studies. - tdlod, t o, C!3 ~ to, o STANDARDS DISCUSSED AT INSTITUTE The 1975 AALL Institute on Law Library Administration included a session for the state and court librarians to develop a set of standards for law librarians and court administrators. * INSIDE THIS ISSUE .... Business meeting ................ 8 SCLL Annual Conference: Law Libraries and the Administra- tion of Justice ............... 3 Continuing Education Data Bank .. 7 Idaho Plans Court Plan .......... 9 Orange County Jail Library ...... 11

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