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28 SCCLL News 1 (2002)

handle is hein.lbr/alsclnws0028 and id is 1 raw text is: Newsletter of the State, Court & County SIS of the American Association of Law Libraries State, Court & County Law Libraries NEWS Winter 2002 View from the Chair Continuing to Lighten the Load Anita Anderson, SCCLL Chair Office of the Attorney General, St. Paul, MN As I write this column, songs like Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow have been playing on radio stations and in department stores. However, another tune has been running through my head - that great Gershwin song with the last line that goes But ho, ho, ho. Who's got the last laugh now? This is because the morning's headline in the local paper was Twin Cities area basks in record warm spell. This is our 45th straight day of above record temperatures. I know this is only temporary and that we'll probably have snow for the upcoming holidays and bitter cold in the early days of the new year. But the temperate weather has lightened the load for the time being - no shoveling, no sliding into ditches, no hunkering to keep warm. Instead we have green grass and volunteer violas are blooming. The Lighten the Load theme also continues to manifest itself as our committees and other volunteers work on SCCLL projects for the year. Here is an update of some of the on-going work. The Standards Committee has completed a final draft of its updated version of the County Law Library Standards. The standards have been reworked to reflect better the responsibilities of county law librarians and especially to address the challenges presented by electronic resources. This new draft version has been posted to our web site at http://www.aallnet.org/sis/sccll/. Please review it and send comments or suggestions to committee chair Maureen Well. The final version is scheduled to be approved by the Executive Board in Orlando and subsequently published for general consumption. I heartily thank the committee for this great product. Our SIS has a wonderful opportunity to provide valuable resources for our administrators and our library customers. The Publicity/Public Relations Committee is working on the first in a series of publications supported by a generous grant from Lexis/Nexis. How to Hire a State, Court or County Law Librarian will be a guide for current and prospective library administrators. It will help them to better understand the value of a law librarian and how to evaluate the skills and training needed to be successful in that position. Lisa Mecklenberg Jackson is looking for authors who will each write a portion of this first publication. Because it will be broken into small parts, each volunteer will have a manageable part of the whole. Please read Lisa's article on page 8; then give her a call or send an e-mail to join the team that will produce a quality product. Help lighten Lisa's load! Planning for the Orlando meeting is on-going. Our web site has information about the SCCLL meetings and events that have been scheduled. The reception, hosted by West Group, will be at the Orange County Regional History Center with their restored Courtroom B as our setting. Once again SCCLL will have a silent auction during our business meeting on Sunday. (For more information about it, see Regina Smith's article on page 14.) SCCLL grants to attend the annual meeting will be available. You will find information about the grants program in this issue and an application form on the web site. The web listing will be updated as more information is available. This handy schedule will help you plan your personal timetable for the AALL meeting in July. Our Nominations Committee has produced a terrific slate of candidates for next year's SCCLL Vice-Chair/Chair Elect and Board Member. Get to know our candidates: read all about them in this issue and be ready for the mail ballots that will be sent out in early April. Finally, in this issue look for additional announcements from other SCCLL committees, an interview with AALL Presidential candidates, and feature articles from our members. Best wishes for the new year. tIieis i~Ism Editor's Etchings AALL Candidates Charley's Corner SCOLL Resource Guides SCCLL Candidates SCCLL Candidate Biographies SCCLL Announcemnents AALL Announcemnents Minneapolis Experience Proud Of Our Packaging Trustees Column Volume 28. Number 1

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