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e t s up yearly schedule of programs f o r ypes: speaker, panel, round cable o r -arkshcp, l i b r a ry :c.zrs.

rganizes o f f i c i a l chapter publication. om- rnittee chairmen, a s wel l a s the regular membership. Makes the necessary f inancial arrangements f o r publication and mailing: consideration of adver t isers or sponsors.

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Should work i n cooperation with the Program Committee i n sponsoring a n annual on seminar, or chapter workshop. Further technical knowledge through br ie f raviews of recent books and papers, repr ints of specia l i n t e r e s t a r t i c l e s , repr i c a l publications of other societies. Assist Program Committee i n s e l ra t ion of subjects fo r discussion type programs.

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News From ORALL (July 1974) s ta ted t h a t Olavi Maru, of tbe Cromwell Library, American Bar Foundation, plans t o prepare a manual fo r very small law l i b r a r i e s . It might b e worth encouraging t h i s endeavor and volunteering ideas and of fe rs of help.

Legal Research and Writing Newsletter contains references t o in te res t ing l i t e r a t u r e covering lega l research and writing a s well a s information on how research & writing is handled a t the various law schools,

c/o Catherine Mealey, Editor University of Wyoming Law Library Larantie, Wyoming 82070

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COFIVENTIO?! STAT!STI CS

$39,315.80 Total income : convention eon- tribution, exhibitors rental, registration fees.

24,532.32 Total disbursements.

$314,783.48 Surplus

St. Paul, MN. 55105

e r a l ' s Off ice (and) on what Services they Expect of Law

Ifr. J e r ry Chapman of L i b r a r i e s t h e 13ennepin County A t - to rney ' s Of f i ce

t o be arranged M L i & F K L :~I:ri-ubership. Th i s prc- gram w L l l provide ,new a d prospec- t i v e menbers with an indepth looic a t t h e a s soc ia t ion , i ts programs, public- a t i o n s , committees, scholarsh ips e t c . Each member w i l l be asked t o bring a guest .

La Rae \?ales Library "P.R." nor$ t o Comm~uiicate wi th Marilyn Mauritz (and your C l i en t s through t h e use of Newslet- o thers ) t e r s , Annual Reports, ?,femoranda, Bulle-

t i n Eoards, e t c .

The next monthly nieetinp, of do:mtor,m law l i t ~ r a r i a n s w i l l be held on November 14 a t the IDS Toner. This noon brow? hag liinch neetin:. wi.11 serve a s t h e exchange For the a r e a ' s union l i s t of s e r i a l s and 1oo:;c--leaf serv ices .

P lease contac t Janet Dolan a t 372-2425 i f you have not y e t a t tended a meeting, and would l i k e t o do so.

ASISISLA hzve esteni:e;l a s.oeci:il in-;itation t o !,L'\J.T, t o join then a t the Dinner-Dance

! ! a t e : Tiicrs. "cc. 12, 1974 h:Clfi-.':n7 Ccc?:t:?ils 8:nn-?:fifi 1)inner :flO-,i.? :<,:I 1' ,;i!.,s 3

. 1,'ni;erritv !:!r,!> nf ::f. ?sol. 420 St~mmit Avenue S t , Pau l , ?:inn.

Coat: $',no per person

Con&ressionnl Infom.ation Service has announced t h a t a f r e e k i t i s a v a i l a b l e containing i n f o r n a t i o n and "P.R." i tems deal ing rcith government documnts. l i r i t e : James B. Alder Congressional I n f o m a t i o n Service, Montgomery Bldg., Wash., D.C. 2i1014.

Xerox h a s acquired a pa tent f o r a chemical t o make p r in t ed mattes iaperv ious to photo

GPO i s moving slowly i n t o nicrographics . A 3-5 year pil .ot study is needed t o t e s t user response. 03% of custonlers a r e eauipped t o handle micrographics.

The Nomen's Law Caucus a t i , i i l l i an >!itchell. College of T,arc i s sponsoring a p ro jec t to a i d ir.matcs z t t h e Ifinn. C o r r e c t l ~ n a l TnctStution f o r \!!men a t Shzkopee. There w i l l be a d r i v e t o c o l l e c t very good c lo th ing f o r wonen and t h e i r ch i ldren , c h i l d r e n ' s toys and books (general reading and chi ldren ' s books). Also needed a r e LEGAL m a t e r i a l s for t h e law l i b r a r y : M.S.A., C.L.E. :.faterial, b ib l iographies , t e x t s , e t c . Contact Carol C. F l o r i n i f you have any items t o donate. (698-3885)

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t i on . Contact Kathleen liedor f o r f u r t h e r information. (827-6944)

PROGRAMS The Third Annual I n s t i t u t e on Ca l i fo rn ia law w i l l be held t h e f i r s t week-end i n Februar (Feb. 1 and 2 , 1075), a t t h e Sheraton-Anaheim Motor Hotel. The t o p i c f o r the 1975 Ins t t u t e w i l l be Ca l i fo rn ia Administrative Law. Pe te r S. Nycum i s t h e chairman of t h i s Ins t u t e . Contact him i f i n t e re s t ed . San Mateo County Law Library , Redwood Ci ty , Cal iforn

Carol C. F lo r in IJil l iam Mitchel l College of Law

2100 S u m i t Avenue S t . Paul , EN.

October 23.

Place: Cri ter ion Restaurant 739 University Ave. St. Paul

Time: 6:00 p.m. - cocktails 6:45 p.m. - dinner 7:30 p.m. - meeting and program

Entrees: Half fried chicken $4.50 Broiled pike 5.95 Fi let mignon 6-75

F o r reservat ions and choice of entree, please cal l Anne Gilliland (348-3022) by October 10.

Following the dinner and business meeting there will be a two-part program. Ms. Esther Tomljanovich, Revisor of Statutes for the State of Minnesota, will speak to u s about "The Function, Organization and Modus Operandi of the Office of Revisor of Statutes." And Mr. Steve Plumb, Director, Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, will discuss "The Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - What it i s , Whom it Serves, and How. "

Ms. Tomljanovich was appointed Revisor in July 1974. A graduate of the St. Paul College of Law, she was admitted to the Bar i n 1955. From 1957-66 she served a s a Special Assistant Revisor. After being in private pract ice for five years , she returned to government service in 1973 a s Counsel to the House Metropolitan & Urban Affairs Committee, where she served until he r appointment a s Revisor. She l ives with her husband and eight year old son in Lake Elmo.

Mr . Plumb became Director of the Legislative Reference Library on August 5, 1974 af te r serving a s Assistant Director s ince 1971. A native of Minneapolis, he attended the University of Minnesota, where h e earned a Bachelor's Degree i n History in 1965 and a Master ' s Degree i n Library Science in 1967. F r o m 1966-69 he was Reference Librar ian at the James J. EIill Reference Library i n St. Paul. F r o m 1969-71 he was Library Coordi- nator fo r Cooperating Librar ies in Consortium (CLIC). CLIC is a cooperativ l ibrary organization made up of the seven private l iberal a r t s colleges in the - Twin Cities a rea .

We hope everyone can join us for the meeting and informative program.

Members, Minnesota Association of Law L i b r a r i e s Kathleen Bedor, Pres ident

Subject : MALL BUSINESS MEETING William Mitchel l College of Law 2100 Summit Avenue, Room 305 S t . Paul , Minnesota 55105 Tuesday, January 28, 1975

The yea r 1974 has been one of reorganizat ion and rapid change f o r our chapter . S t a t e membership has grown from 30 t o 52 and has expanded t o include 8 new members from Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin and North Dakota. The Bylaws have been amended t o add 7 new com- mi t t ees f i l l e d by 32 members. This means t h a t over h a l f of our t o t a l membership wishes t o be a t l e a s t moderately a c t i v e i n the organizat ion. The yea r has seen the e s t ab l i sh - ment of a L%NSLETTER, r egu la r program meetings, and t h e emergence of t h e "Downtowners".

The year 1975 should be marked by continued membership growth and a c t i v i t y . Programs a r e t h e b e s t means t o a t t r a c t and keep members. Tuesday's meeting is intended to g i v e t h e membership a chance t o express t h e i r needs and views on t h e trend of our assoc ia t ion . The agenda i s published below and i t i s hoped t h a t everyone w i l l give some con side ratio:^ t o each topic . I f anyone i s unable to a t tend t h i s meeting and would l i k e t h e i r i d e a s re- presented, they a r e urged t o contact an o f f i c e r o r committee member beforehand.

AGENDA

1. 1975 Budget. a . Report of Treasurer . b. Committee Chairperson's es t imate of expenses, Jan.-De

2 . Off ice of Secretary-Treasurer. Consider s epa ra t ing o f f i c e by funct ion.

a . Membership dr ive repor t . b . Directory p lans .

4. News]-etter Committee. Encourage membership input.

5. P u b l i c i t y Committee a . Needs chairperson. b. Ideas f o r reaching l o c a l ba r assoc ia t ions .

6. Education and Research Committee. 7. Program Committee.

Jane t Dolan, Chairman George Grossman Juan Aguilar (Automation) (Iowa) Francis Bale

Anne G i l l i l a n d Carolyn Brede

Virg in ia Groth Lois Devit t Chr i s t ine Wilfahrt Marilynn Limbach Hallen

Beth Kelley Elizabeth Kelly (Neb) Roger Noreen

Ann Car t e r , Chairman A r l e t t e Soderberg E the l I<ommes Carolyn Sorensen Sh j r l ey David Robert S t a r z (Automation (!.Jisc) Virg in ia Henning Kathleen Bedor INSTITUTE

NEbJS1,ETTER P h y l l i s blarion, Chairman Carol F lo r in , Chairman Larry Bakken Vera Carlson Elmer Denrald (N .D .) Barbara Coldagel l i James Gr i t ton (Iowa) Linda Jungers Gerval Beth Kelley RaeAnn Palmer Dorcas G. Ragoss (Neb)

Kathleen Bedor (protempore)

P ~ L ~ I C A T I O M S

Anfilo-nmerican-les, Chapter 6 , Revised. A.L.A. $2.50

Guidelines f o r Handling Library Orders f o r S e r i a l s and Pe r iod ica l s . pap. $1.95 A.L.A.

L i b r a m Technology Reports (May 1974 i ssue) compares t e n book s e c u r i t y systems and i n - -- cludes synopses of user experience. A.L.A $20.00

The above can be ordered from:

Publishing Services, A.1, .A. 50 Eas t Huron Chicago, I l l i n o i s 60611.

A Bibliography of t e c a l Tapes and C a s s e t t e 3 compiled by Ann Beardsley. 68 p. $10.00.

Write: Adrienne devergie, Tar l ton Law Library , Univ. of Texas School of Law, 2500 Red River , Austin, Texas 78705.

Cecal NaterJa ls ---- i n Fiicroforn: a Conplete J i ib l io~raphy , 2- Iloughton, Stephanie M; Lloyd, David; and Smith, R i t a P., conpi le rs . Provo, Utah, Erighan Young univers i ty La'?

Library (B.Y .U. 1,eZal Research S e r i e s , no.3). 1973 82 p . $7.50 pap.

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Chase Elanhattan Plaza , N.Y. . N.Y, 10005. P lease send him a 3 x 5 card with complete mai l ing information and fou r t en cent stamps.

Library Secur i ty Newslet ter , deal ing t h e f t prevention, f i r e hazards, e t c , can be received f r e e of charge by using your l e t t e rhead with the request , addressed t o LSN, Iiavrorth P res s , 130 P I . 72nd S t . , NYC 10023.

Bookl i s t , Nov. 1, 1974 p. 301-304 contains a terminology repor t . The repor t was p u t t oge the r by a j o i n t committee of subscr ip t ion and reference book sec t ions of the Amer- i can Text Book Publ i shers I n s t i t u t e . Def in i t ions from "authenticate" t o " t r ade book" and "up-to-date" a r e given. The p rec i se meanings these words should have when used i n a d v e r t i s i n g and reviews a re spe l l ed out.

Spec ia l L i b r a r i e s v.65 #12 (Dec. 1974) has two good a r t i c l e s . One a r t i c l e d e a l s w i t h eva lua t ing s p e c i a l l i b r a r i a n s . The second a r t i c l e dea l s with s e n s t i v i t y t r a i n i n g f o r l i b r a r i a n s .

Publ i shers Veekly Nov. 25, 1974 p. 24 contains an a r t i c l e on photocopying problems i n Europe. The a r t i c l e lists the laws and regula t ions i n each European country.,

Minnesota Libraries,Autumn 1974, p. 171 has a long a r t i c l e by Greig Aspnes eva lua t ing the e f f ec t iveness of INFORM. Conclusion: i t i s indeed e f f e c t i v e though some improve- ments could be made. Law firms a r e urged t o use i t . There i s reluctance on the p a r t of law f i rm l i b r a r i a n s though. Let us hear from any la!? l i b r a r i a n s who have t r i e d i t .

U.S. News and TJorld Report, Nov. 18 , 1974. A n advance look a t the Federal Register can now be obtained by phone. The U.S. General Services Administration announces t h a t i n t e r e s t e d persons can d i a l (202) 523-5022 f o r quick, summary h i g h l i g h t s of s e l e c t e d documents t o be published i n t h e next day's i s sue .

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SCN.1, w i l l hold i t s Third Annual I n s t i t u t e on Ca l i fo rn ia Law a t the Sheraton-Anaheim !lotor FIotel Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 1975. Ca l i fo rn ia adminis t ra t ive law w i l l be covered.

Southeastern Chapter w i l l hold an i n s t i t u t e on microforms i n Apr i l 1.975 i n At lan ta , Georgia.

CAI,l, w i l l p resent a program i n t h e F a l l of 1975 on networks (Chicago).

DFIW,OPKl?NTS I N MIKWESOTA - Attorney General Opinions on microfiche. Thomas Mattson, Ass is tan t Attorney General, 102 S t a t e Capi ta l , S t . Paul , Flinn. (Phone 296-6480) i s i n charge of t h e p r o j e c t t o put a l l t h e Minn. A t t . Gen. 0pJ.nions on microfiche. The p r o j e c t w i l l take p l a c e i n two s t e p s : .'

1 . Fiicrofiche copies of a l l p a s t opinions arranged by subjec t . Filming should b e _X -- completed i n February 1975. The exact c o s t and a v a i l a b i l i t y d a t e have not y e t

been es tab l i shed . _ 2. An updating se rv ice w i l l be undertaken. Plans a r e very sketchy a t t h i s tirne.

Mr. Mattson has agreed t o l e t us know when the microfiche w i l l be ava i lab le . i.Ie w i l l announce i t i n our newslet ter .

The Anr i l WLL meeting w i l l provide a chance f o r you b- j e c t . For a change of pace from the usual evening dinner meeting, w e w i l l have a cockta i l recept ion where a l l area T,aw Librarians w i l l be inv i t ed t o meet and speak with seve ra l of the l o c a l Law Book Salesmen.

During the recept ion there w i l l be a round t a b l e discussion es representa t ives w i l l be asked t o respond t o such quest ions as:

1. I n addi t ion t o c rea t ing awareness of your company's publ ica t ions and s e l l i n g law books, what s p e c i a l serv ice or serv ices a r e you and your company prepared t o o f f e r l o c a l law l i b r a r i e s ? For example do you provide t r a in ing i n t h e use of your company's publicat ions v i a l e c t u r e , f i lm o r p r in t ed l i t e r a t u r e ?

2. Does your company have a research department which l i b r a r i a n s can tap f o r information?

3. Are you w i l l i n g t o c a l l your company t o gain quick access to i i s not ava i l ab le loca l ly?

4 . IJhat do you f e e l a r e your r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s to law l i b r a r i e s 5 . How responsive a r e you and your company t o s

law l i b r a r i a n s ? 6 . Tl'hat do you f e e l a r e some of the respons ib i l r a r i e s have t o law

hook publishers and t h e i r representat ives?

I I ' m su re t h a t YOU can think of manv o the r auest ions which vou w so p lease take-a moment t o j o t them down and send them t o me o r c a l l me with them a t 310-2613, Ann Carter , MALL Program Chairperson, 2300 F i r s t . N a t t l Bank Bldg., Mpls., MN. 55402

A t our business meeting i n January we had a very l i v e l y discussion on holding an in- s t i t u t e i n the F a l l of 3975. This w i l l be a f i r s t f o r us. Hopefully we can draw people from surrounding areas. We did s e t some p r i o r i t i e s f o r the i n s t i t u t e . An i n s t i t u t e on adminis t ra t ive problems (including budget, communication, personnel, s t a t i s t i c s and funding) received the most support. AaLL is holding a n i n s t i t u t e on administrat ion t h i s summer. Hopefully some members of MALL who a t t end the AALL In- s t i t u t e can br ing back sane u s e f u l l information. Next came communications, Minne- s o t a adminis t ra t ive law, space planning and u t i l i z a t i o n , information organizat ion (cataloging and c l a s s i f i c a t i o n ) , l i b r a r y secu r i ty , acqu i s i t i on t o o l s and moving a cof- l ec t ion .

P lease w r i t e t o m e i f you - - I w i l l forward your l e t t e r s t o the appropriate people.

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The MLA appears t o have gone beyond deciding "somebody ought t o do something," and have developed a lobbying program and formally designated March 5 a s Legis la t ive Day. Three r e so lu t ions a re serving a s the focus of t h e MLA9s e f f o r t s on behalf of document users .

Resolution 1 provides t h a t copies of a l l government documents (with t h e exception of i n t r a o f f i c e o r i n t e r o f f i c e memos and forms) should be f i l e d with t h e secre tary of t h e senate , chief c l e rk of the house and t h e l e g i s l a t i v e reference l i b ra ry . The reference l i b r a r y would be d i rec ted t o publish and d i s t r i b u t e a checkl i s t of the documents and an annual author, t i t l e , and subjec t index. Public, u n i v e r s i t y and col lege l i b r a r i e s would receive copies of t h e checkl i s t and index. The reference l i b r a r y would a l s o send two copies of each s t a t e document, t h e check l i s t and index t o t h e Universi ty of Minnesota Library fo r d i s t r i b u t i o n by MINITEX.

Resolution 2 c a l l s f o r a commission t o " inves t iga te and study" the Minnesota S ta t e Documents Depository System and make recommendations f o r the system's improvement.

Resolution 3 asks f o r enabling l e g i s l a t i o n which would provide funds f o r "an admin- i s t r a t i v e ru l ing which would make manadatory provisions fo r t h e microcopying of the cu r ren t zovemment publ ica t ions output of t h e S t a t e of Minnesota and des i r ab ly of the complete h i s t o r i c a l f i le . ' '

Those who a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n of fer ing commen o f f i c e r s of the Government Document Roundtable.

Chairperson: Guenter Ess l inger , Library, Gustavus Ado Pe te r , MN. 56001 507-931-4300 ext. 587.

Vice-chairperson: Richard Oliver, Alcuin Library, K S t . John Col legevi l le , MN. 56321 612-363-2491.

Secretary Treasurer: Jean R. Achibald, Weyerhaeuser Library, Macalester College, St . Paul, MN. 55101 612-647-6345.

Busybody: B i l l LaBissoniere, Government Publicat ions Division, 409 Wilson Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. 55455 612-373-7813.

Sometime ago I mentioned ins tead of rep lac ing a l l t & Rurling, Washington, D.C. r e f e r r ed me t o - Fed. 9. ~ 0 1 . 3 9 , No. 212, Nov. 1, 1974 f o r the f a t e of t h i s proposal. Opponents of t h e supplement system o u t numbered those i n favor of supplements. The o f f i c e of the Federal Register concluded t h a t there was not s u f f i c i e n t support t o warrant conversion t o a supplement system a t t h i s time. Means of improving CFR a r e still being considered though

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Tour of Minneapolis I n s t i t u t e of A r t ' s Library. Sponsored b a1 L ib ra r i e s Roundtable. Thursday, March 20 5:30 p.m. Dinner w i l l £011 reservat ions c a l l K r i s Vaj ts 348-8139.

Southeastern Cahpter - AA?,L w i l l hold an t e on microfi Atlanta, Georgia.

SrJALL Annual Meeting i n Columbia, Missouri,

SLA meeting on Thursday, Apri l 17 a t Normandy Motor Inn. Meeting w i l l be i n conjunc- - t i o n with the Symposium V I program.

Associated College of the Midwest (A rence on Space, Growth and Performance Problems of College and University Librar ies . Conference w i l l he held i n Chicago on Apr i l 17-18, 1975. Contact Carol C. F l o r i n 698-3885 f o r reg is - t r a t i o n forms.

Symposium V I w i l l be held Thursday and Friday, Apr i l 17-18. Topic w i l l be "Access t o Government Information.'' For more information contact LaDonna Thompson 941-3200.

r ing Meeting w i l l be held May contact M r . P w Librar ian

CALL Annual Business Meeting on May 9, 1975.

Publisher Weekly 1-20 over 1973. Medical b

American Librari.es Jan. 1975 has an a r t i c l e on GPO's p ro jec t t o d i s t r i b u t e ma te r i a l s on microfiche. 21 se lec ted public , s t a t e and academic l i b r a r i e s w i l l take p a r t i n t h e pro jec t . GPO hopes t o g e t a 30X decrease i n reproduction cos ts & 85% decrease i n mailing cos ts .

. Members, Minnesota Association of Law L ib ra r i e s

prom: Kathleen Bedor, President

AALJ, Convention

Since the number of members who w i l l be a t tending t h i s year ' s convention i n Los An- ze les is so small , it has been decided t o omit a formal chapter breakfas t or meeting.

Committee Ac t iv i t i e s

Program. A s p e c i a l thank you t o Ann Carter f o r making arrangements f o r the success fu l hpri.1 24 c o c k t a i l reception. Law book publishing representa t ives from Bureau of Na- t i o n a l Af fa i r s , Commerce Clearing House, Matthew Bender, and West Publishing Company spoke on "?"hat Services Should Librarians Expect from Law Book Salesmen." It i s hoped t h a t t h i s format w i l l be repeated t o include representa t ives from o t h e r publishing com- panies.

Membership. Congratulations t o Janet Dolan, who with t h e ass i s tance of Peggy Coste l lo Gable, has made poss ib le the publicat ion of the Chapter's f i r s t membership directory!

Education and Research, The committee met Apr i l 23. A subcommittee (Lois D e W i t t , Carolyn Sorenson and headed by Ar le t t e Soderberg) w i l l d r a f t a quest ionnaire on "Law Library Service t o the Ptiblic." This w i l l be sen t t o chapter law l i b r a r i e s t o deter- mine se rv ices , pol icy , cooperative e f f o r t s , and s p e c i a l co l lec t ions . There w i l l b e a follow-up interview and r e s u l t s published f o r d i s t r ibu t ion . The committee h a s made regular cont r ibut ions t o the Newsletter, mainly through the e f f o r t s of Lois DeWitt. It was urged t h a t no te s and comments be expanded. The contr ibut ions of a l l chapter members a re encouraged.

I n s t i t u t e . The committee met Apri l 16. It was decided t h a t a program on Administration would be he ld i n Octoher. A survey of the membershia is included i n t h i s i s sue . P lease f i l l i t out and r e tu rn i t t o P h y l l i s Marion. It w i l l enable t h e committee t o narrow the topic t o meet your needs.

Local News

ose of you at tending t h e AALL Convention i n L.A. w i l l no t ice l i b r a r i a n of a cooperative l i b r a r y i n Minneapolis, w i l l be on a panel ca l led "Legal Bibli- ography: From Yutshel ls t o Automation." J ane t ' s t op ic w i l l be l e g a l bibliography f o r at- torneys, law c l e r k s and l e g a l s e c r e t a r i e s .

he Dowritowners have published a Union L i s t of S e r i a l s which includes l ega l pe r iod ica l and oose-leaf s e rv ice holdings of eleven Minneapolis l i b r a r i e s .

Hennepin County Law Library is t en ta t ive ly scheduled t o move i n t o t h e i r new qua r t e r s on Sept. 1, 1975. Good luck:

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Texas 77002, f o r a subscription. Below a re some b i t s of information taken from ERRACTICA t h a t I th ink some might f ind he lp fu l l :

Las t O f f i c i a l One c i t a t i o n Volume i ssued begins with

167 F.Supp. & 260 F.2d 1958

41 So. 2d 158 N.W. 2d 238 S.W, 2d 241 So. 1932

Louisiana Reports 263 270 So. 2d 1972 161 215 A.2d 1965

185 So. 2d 1966 295 S.W. 2d 1956

Vissouri Appeals 241 274 S.8.2d 1955 ?!orth Dakota 79 60 N.W. 2d 1953

208 258 P.2d 195 3 Oklahoma Criminal 9 7 267 P.2d 1953

476 S.W, 2d Tennessee 4.ppeals 6 3 480 S.W.2d 1972 Tennessee Criminal 4 475 S.W. 2d 1971

16 3 35R S,W.2d 1962 Texas C lv f l 63 135 S.W.2d 1911 Texas Primlnal 172 363 S.W.2d 1963

80 345 P.2d 1959

Of t h e s t a t e s (36 i n number) t h a t s t i l l - d o i s s u e bound o f f i c i a l s t a t e r epor t s , eighteen s t a t e s do not i s s u e advance shee t s f o r t h e i r reports .

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Indianna, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio ( fo r 3 of 4 s e t s ) , Oregon, Rhode Is land, South Dakota, TJtah, Vermont, Vi rg in ia , & West Virginia .

Decisions of the United S t a t e s Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission are now i n paver-bound volumes. The s e r i e s includes f u l l t e x t of a l l dec is ions and orders of the Commission -- both rendered by the members and those rendered by Administrative Law Judges, where the l a t t e r have become f i n a l decis ions because no member of t h e Commission d i r ec t ed review thereof . Volumes 1 and 2 have been i ssued , although no t i ce of only 1 volume has appeared i n t h e Monthly Catalog. (February, 1974 i s s u e , i t e m no. 1531. $2.10, 256 p. SIN 5200-00001. Y 3 . 0 ~ 1 : 9/97l-72.) We have been informed t h a t advance shee t s w i l l a l s o be issued. Perhaps some 11 do a comparison betw and t h e CCW and RNA s e r i e s .

i r e c t i n g our r e c r u i t i n g e f f o r t s a t l i b r a r y science s tudents and a t co l lege placereent

l i b r a r i a n s . Most m e d i w s i z e d and small f i rms probably have no concept of what a libra r i an is able t o do f o r them, (Boy i s n ' t t h a t the truth::)

A recruitment survey w a s a l so compiled f o r law school l i b r a r i e s . !€he committee f e l t t h a t t he re was s u f f i c i e n t response (104 returned quest ionnaires) s o t h a t the aurvey should represent f u t u r e plans f o r law school l i b r a r i e s . The survey i n d i c a t e s tha t many of t h e l i b r a r i e s in tend t o increase t h e s i z e of t h e i r p ~ o f e s s i m a l s t a f f s i n the next f i v e years . Below i s a cha r t t h a t may he lp you i f you%e planafng ahead:

Planned Order of Creation of New Pos i t ions

Order of Creation 1st 2nd 3rd Pos i t ion Administration 7 3 2 Acquisitions 10 6 I Reference 20 14 4 Circula t ion 10 4 - Technical Services 12 6 3 Cataloging 10 6 5 Foreign Law 1 2 3 Audio Visual 1 3 1 fnter-Library Loan - - -

Present Pos i t ions t h a t a r e Hard t o F i l l

Administration 10 Cataloging 10 Acquisi t ions 1 Foreign Law I( Reference 7 Audio-Visual - Circula t ion 3 Inter-Library Loan - Technical Services 7 Nore Hard t o F i l l 46

What is your AALL Committee doing?? As e d i t o r of the MALL Newsletter, I would l i ke t o extend an i n v i t a t i o n t o a l l t o t e l l u s what's happening i n o the r conrmittees.

CON 1 llli EVENTS

Southeastern Chapter is sponcering an I n s t i t u t e i n At lanta on microforms. Sheraton-Biltmore, Atlanta, Georgia.

June 22-25 American Association of Law L ib ra r i e s 68th Annual Meeting. Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, Cal if .

June 79-Julv 5 American Library Association, Annual Conference, San Francisco, Calif . Management seminar - Executive development Program fo r Library Admin- i s t r a t o r s a t Miami Universi ty of Oxford, Ohio (See April 15, 1975 is- sue of Library Journal p. 722.)

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s t i r u t e Committee

Please answer the quest ions below and then add any addi t ional comments you f e e l neces-

DURATION. Check any of the following t h a t you would a t tend

One day i n s t i t u t e (Saturday) Two day i n s t i t u t e (Saturday and Sunday) t h a t would requi re attendance on both days Tbo day i n s t i t u t e (Saturday and Sunday) with t h e option of at tending e i t h e r o r both days.

CQST. Please check the maximum amount you would be w i l l i n g t o pay t o a t t end t h e i n s t i t u t e . (This does not include cos t of room o r t ravel ) .

TYPE OF INSTITUTE. Please ind ica te below the type of i n s t i t u t e t h a t you would at- tend i f i t m e t your requirements a s t o durat ion and cost. You may check as many a s you wish.

- Space u t i l i z a t i o n . This would include planning f o r a new f a c i l i t y , remodel- ing an e x i s t i n g one, and "making do with what you have."

Networking.

- Computer networks, such a& the West system, LEXLS and Law Search.

- Non-computerized n e m r k s and cooperative prograros, such as MINITEX, MELSA, CLfC and o ther regional cooperative e f f o r t s .

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Administration. I f you have checked t h i s opt ion, please i n d i c a t e below t h e areas you would l i k e included.

Budget - Personnel S t a t i s t i c s - Equipment se l ec t ion and purchasing - Standardized f o m and procedures - Goal s e t t i n g and program planning - Other, p lease L i s t below.

I would be wi l l ing t o help t h e c m i t t e e i n i ts vork. - Thank you f o r taking the time t o answer our questionnaire. It would be he lp fu l to t h e Committee i f port-would r e tu rn i t by May 26 to: Phy l l i s %rim

University of H n n e s a t a Law Library Mnneapolis, MM. 55455

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CHAPTER A C T I V I T l E S AND NEWS

ETHEL KOMMES HAS RETIRED AFTER 2E YEARS (AND 10 MONTHS) AS

LIBRARIAN OF HENNEPIN COUNTY LAW LIBRARY,

BEFORE COMING TO HENNEPIN COUNTY, ETHEL WORKED AT THE MINNE- SOTA STATE LAW LIBRARY, PRIOR TO HER LAW LIBRARY WORK, SHE WAS AN

ENGLISH TEACHER IN HER HOME TOWN OF DULUTH, SHE HAS A LAW DEGREE

FROM !~ILLIAM MITCHELL COLLEGE OF LAW AND ALSO HOLDS ADVANCE DEGREES

ETHEL WAS ACTIVE IN THE FORMATION OF MALL AND ALSO SERVED AS

AN OFFICER, SHE HAS GENEROUSLY PROVIDED CONSULTING SERVICE TO

OTHER LAW L I B R A R I E S I N THE AREA I N C L U D I N G MANY F I R M L I B R A R I E S ,

ETHEL HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE VINNESOTA OMEN LAWYERS AND OTHER

BAR A S S O C I A T I O N GROUPS,

THE BENCH AND BAR AND HER COLLEAGUES W ~ L L MISS HER GREATLY,

. . . . . . . . . . .

THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR DRAWING UP THE QUESTIONAIRE ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

P O L I -

CIES OF LAW LIBRARIES WITH

QUESTIONS YOU WOULD L I K E TO HAVE INCLUDED SHOWING HOW OTHER L I B R A R -

IES HANDLE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS? IF SO WRITE OR CALL ARLETTE SODERBERG~ U , OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL LIBRARY, MINNEAPOLIS, M I , 55455, (612) 373-5541, BEFORE OCT, 1, 1975,

JANET DOLAN, OF THE JOINT LAW LIBRARY DID AN ADMIRABLE JOB ON

THE PANEL 'LEGAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: FROM NUTSHELLS TO AUTOMATION" AT THE

CONVENTION IN L,A; I AM SURE WE ALL WOULD LIKE TO THANK JANET FOR

HER F I N E REPRESENTAT ION AS A MEMBER OF MALLS

One l i b r a r y estimated temporary binding cos t $.88 per volume versus $4.43 per volume f o r commercial binding (1973 f igu res ) .

La Sota, Successful s t a f f meetings, 54 Personnel Journal 27-28, 63-64 (Jan. 1975 i s sue # l )

S taf f meetings as an important p a r t of the t o t a l comuni- ca t ion system.

Photocopying: H.R. 2223 (94th Comgress). Statement f o r AALL (e t a l ) t o t h e Subcommittee on Courts, C iv i l L ibe r t i e s and t h e Administration of J u s t i c e (on May 1 4 , 1975) See 66 Special Librar ies 394 (Aug. 1975 i s sue #8).

Georgi, Char lo t te , Beating i n f l a t i o n i n l i b r a r i e s , 66 Special L ib ra r i e s 241 (May-June 1975, i s s u e nos.5-6)

Humerous discussion about ways of cu t t ing costs . Many comments r e l a t e t o one of the b igges t l i b r a r y budget items-the l i b r a r y s t a f f !

PUBLICATIONS

Linnet Books, 1975,133 p.

Textbook provides t h e e s s e n t i a l s of s t a t i s t i c s with examples.

T.L. Guyton, Unionization: the viewpoint of l i b r a r i a n s . Chica- go, A.L.A., 1975, 204 p. $10.00

P.S. Grove, Nonprint media i n academic l i b r a r i e s . Chicago, A.L.A. 1975 239 p. $10.00

National Geographic ( a new Magazine f o r 8-10 year olds) Monthly, 32 pages - $4.85 subscript ion. Dept.100, National Geographic So- c i e t y , Washington, D.C. 20036.

Roster of Leg i s l a t ive Service Agencies, Ju ly , 1973. pap. Council of S t a t e GovermFnts' publicat ion. I ron Works Pike, Lexington, Kentucky 40511

L i s t s l e g i s l a t i v e reference sources f o r a11 s ta tes - inc ludes names t o contac t , addresses, and telephone numbers.

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NEWSLETTER

SEASON GREETINGS TO ALL!!

On behalf of a l l the member

Our ne~~7 o f f i c e r s a re :

President : Ronald Guernsey

Vice President : Ann Carter

Secretary-Treasurer: Shi r ley David

~ e t ' s a l l o f f e r them our support by s igning up and working on t h e committee of our choice. When you mail i n your membership dues (see the membership form) be su re t o record your committee i n t e r e s t .

A s t h e ed i to r of MALL, I would l i k e t o ask a l l of you to please send me information you come across tha t you f ind in t e re s t ing , informative, funny.. . Share t h i s information wi th o thers .

Send i n your questions, book requests , books f o r s a l e lists e t c . Le t ' s t r y t o communicate with each other more through our newsletter.

We w i l l p r i n t a t e n t a t i v e schedule of meeting d a t e s and programs a s soon a s one is avai lab le .

Carol C. F l o r i n Editor William Mitchel l College of Law

i t s d inners a t l e s s expensive loca t ions , and we w i l l have t o make i t convenient t o only a t tend the program.

tr'e liave been t inkering with the program por t ion , too. We p lan to have monthly programs u n t i l the summer. The l i s t of p o t e n t i a l top ics f o r meetings is very long; if 1aLL is going t o serve i ts "continuing educa- t ion" funct ion, then we had bes t make a s much of t h i s po ten t i a l a s we can.

One important s t e p i n t h i s d i r ec t ion is t o take more f u l l advantage of the cont r ibut ions our own members can make. We w i l l be asking more of our more thoughtful and vocal members t o respond t o the speaker a t our meetings. Hopefully t h i s w i l l br ing out even more profound questions. A t the very l e a s t we hope i t w i l l br ing some of our more abs t r ac t speakers from the realms of e the rea l splendor t o the r a the r mundane province of law l ib ra r i ansh ip . We w i l l probably g e t more than a headache or good nap out of the meeting i f our responders do t h e i r job.

Short , c r i t i c a l l y drawn bibl iographies would a l s o help. We w i l l b e preparing one of these fo r each of our meetings. They should provide good preparat ion f o r the meetings fo r the ambitious ( i f we can g e t them out on time) and a f t e r the meeting, they w i l l be s t a r t i n g poin ts f o r more s tudy.

The f i r s t two meetings a r e a l s o pa r t of an experiment. Your progran and i n s t i t u t e suggestions ind ica t e a l o t of i n t e r e s t i n l i b r a r y cooperation

our own union l i s t . The f i r s t two meetings a r e design

bene f i t s of each of them would be. Write a l l of t h i s information, YALL should he ab le t o make an i n t e l l i g e n t choice from t h e opt ions before us and a c t on i t - - i f l e s s expensive food and a heavy schedule of MALL meetings have not completely depleted us .

Bud Day from t h e General M i l l s l i b r a r y w i l l speal: on SLA's recent ly completed union l is t .

Alice Wileox, the head of 14INITEX w i l l speak on MINITEX.

March Topic--What can law l i b r a r i e s ge t from o the r types of l i b r a r i e s ? We hope t o ge t a v i b r a n t , informed person- a l i t y from INFORM t o speak t o t h i s one.

Topic--Budgeting--Splendor Among the Ruins?

Topic--Communicatio~~ i n Human organizat ions. Ever not ice t h a t nobody understands you? Maybe t h i s w i l l help.

HEARINGS

1973. The tapes a r e of two kinds:

A. House hearing tapes: verbatum tapes of everything t h a t was sa id on a pa r t i cu la r day ( inc lu ing coughs and sneezes).

B. House minute-book: these a r e not verbatum; they a r e only a sununary of House ac t ion . The minute book a c t s a s an index t o t h e House hearing tapes. I n the f r o n t of the minute book is a l i s t i n g

i t is advisable t h a t i t be checked t o s e e i f they have t h e tape i n quest ion. From 1975 on, i t w i l l have all the House tapes.

The Senate has chosen t o keep i t s tapes i n the Senate o f f i c e (296-2314)

Senate from 1964 t o 1974. For copies of 1975 or 1976 b i l l s , t h e o f f i c e i n quest ion (Office of t h e Senate; Office of the House) must be contacted.

ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS

The Attorney General's o f f i c e has now c

would be in t e re s t ed ase l e t me know.

is at tached fo r those who may have l o s t o r misplaced t h e i r copy. On1 one quest ionnaire per l i b r a r y please.

Can anyone t e l l me where New F e t t e r is located? I have a c i t a t i o n t o East R ~ E . The case was decided i n 1900 i n New Fe t t e r .

I am looking fo r a s e t of

I have information from AALL head qua r t e r s regarding job openings i n law l i b r a r i e s throughout the country. AALL headquarters a l s o supplies lists of l i b r a r i a n s cur rent ly looking f o r pos i t ions .

i t t o Shi r ley David.

College and Research L ib ra r i e s , Ju ly 1975, p . -

Theory X.

S e r i a l s Libra*

Free copy of t h i s new per iodica l can be obtained from Haworth Press , 130 West 72nd S t r e e t , New York, New York, 10023.

P r a c t i c a l Lawyer Volume 21 87, October 15 , 1975, p. 81-89.

EIinnesota Memo Transfer 1975176 No.

Reports the r e s u l t s of an em and sa l a ry survey of Minn. AS

respec t ive ly . Other i n t e r e s t i n g observations a r e made.

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t&QZ OF mFEREPIGE CONTACT

Is after-hour use permitted? -

Who may use the library? £ h a members m&y (in the case of

pro2essors end students only)

outside 12w

What mater ia ls do

loose-leaf s e w i c e s - - - - p e ~ i o d i c a l s - - - 7

refereace (Am Jur, CJS) - - - laws and s t a t u t e s - - - - repor t s of cases - - - - records and b r i e f s - - - - t e x t s o r t r c e t i s e s - - - -

Do you have access t o a Iexis __ o r Weal: - terminal?

Do you charge f o r a t cos t

prepayment necessary customer is b i l l e d

Do you have a coin machine i n the l ibrary?

Do you do reference services?

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P - f o r the lay public -

What type of reference services do you perform?

firm outside ?.a6 & professionals pu lie -

prepare bibliographies - give formal t ra in ing sessions - - f ind l e g i s l a t i v e h i s t o r i e s - l ega l searches i n f ama t ion r e t r i e v a l

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f o r lawyers i n the firm f o r other profess iona~s for law students - toe the ley public -

Do you c i rcu la te l i s t s of new acquisitions?

To whom, and how often?

Do you have a securi ty system? - I f so, what kind?

Please liso: any unusual holdings of your l ib ra ry , such as records and briefs, SEG 10K reports, t ranscr ipts , foreign o r iaiatemational material.

Please use the other side of these sheets fo r any additional. fnfomtloon about your sewices or resources, o r rules and procedures, t ha t have not already been covered and t h a t you think might be helpful f o r other l a w l i b ra r i ans to know about. If you have drawn up pri.nted regrilations, and can spare a copy, please include one.

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embers ship-Program-News1

wi th form to: Shi r ley David, MALL Secretary h Treasurer

FROM: RONALD GUERNSEY, PRESIDE

The major p o r t i o n of MALL'S a t t e coopera t ion . The f i r s t two meetings and t h e b i b l i o g r a p h y i n t h i s news le t t e r a r e in tended t o b e p r e p a r a t o r y t o do ing something about coopera t ion . The monthly meet ing i n A p r i l w i l l g i v e members an o p p o r t u n i t y t o express t h e i r views i n t h e hope t h a t we can a r r i v e a t some s o r t of consensus o n l i b r a r y coopera t ion . The need f o r a union list is obvious b u t it is d i f f i c u l t t o f i n d a s t r a t e g y f o r producing a l i s t which w i l l b e u s e f u l and c u r r e n t .

We shou ld r e l y h e a v i l y on t h e r e s o u r c e s and s e r v i c e s o f f e r e d t o us by MINITEX. The most t h a t can be s a i d f o r a s o l o e f f o r t is t h a t we would c o n t r o l i t . By keeping t h e l i s t from t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c , we cou ld l i m i t t h e ex t ramura l u s e of our l i b r a r i e s t o whatever r e p r e s e n t s t h e lowest common denominator. While such c o n t r o l would make it e a s i e r t o s e l l L ib ra ry c o o p e r a t i o n t o p a r t n e r s and o t h e r r e l u c t a n t s , it would be c o n t r o l over a c o o p e r a t i v e scheme w i t h very l i m i t e d b e n e f i t s .

Cons t ruc t ing t h e major p o r t i o n of our union l i s t through MINITEX would not on ly be e a s i e r than doing i t o u r s e l v e s , b u t would a l s o r e s u l t i n a more a c c u r a t e and c u r r e n t l ist. MINITEX would c o l l e c t t b e l ist of h o l d i n g s , s t r a i g h t e n o u t t h e b i b l i o g r a p h i c t a n g l e s , and s u p e r v i s e p e r i o d i c updat ing. With a l l t h e t o o l s they have a t t h e i r d i s p o s a l , it appears obvious t h a t the MINITEX p r o f e s s i o n a l s c a n do a b e t t e r job than we.

MINITEX o f f e r s a number of s e r v i c e s which we cannot p r o v i d e on our own i n c l u d i n g : a c o u r i e r system, a r e f e r e n c e s e r v i c e , and a c c e s s i b i l i t y t o a wide range of n o n - l e g a l m a t e r i a l s . S i n c e they a l s o s e r v e as a c l e a r i n g house f o r d u p l i c a t e s , we w i l l b e a b l e t o r educe t h e amount we c u r r e n t l y pay f o r replacement i s s u e s by merely c o n t r i b u t i n g our d u p l i c a t e i s s u e s .

The Minnesota Union L i s t of S e r i a l s (MULS) which MINITEX p u b l i s h e s is a n e x c e l l e n t b i b l i o g r a p h i c t o o l . C u r r e n t l y , i t is t h e b e s t b ib l iography a v a i l a b l e which p e r t a i n s t o l e g a l p e r i o d i c a l s . By coopera t ing wi th MINITEX, w e can o b t a i n t h i s list i n f i c h e form f o r each of our l i b r a r i e s a t no c o s t .

The l i k e l i h o o d of inc reased demands on our r e s o u r c e s is no g r e a t e r w i t h MINITEX than i t would b e i f we were t o compile o u r own union l i s t . The f i r s t c o l l e c t i o n t h a t MINITEX u s e s is t h e U n i v e r s i t y ' s . The chances o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y cou ld n o t s a t i s f y a r e q u e s t which one of o u r s m a l l e r l i b r a r i e s could , would probably b e v e r y l i m i t e d . So t h e number of l aw l i b r a r y r e q u e s t s should b e comparable w i t h e i t h e r a MINXTEX o r MALL union list. Any member l i b r a r y is n o t expected t o l o a n t h e i r s e r i a l s , b u t only a l l o w them t o b e cop ied by a MINITEX s t a f f member. Nor is a member l i b r a r y re- q u i r e d t o p u t i ts e n t i r e ho ld ings in--only t h o s e i tems which i t is w i l l i n g t o have copied.

s p e c i a l co l l ec t ions which a re t h e pr ide of t h e l i b r a r i a n . "Wer'would know where these resources a r e and "they" (The persons w e cannot accomo- da te i n our l i b r a r i e s ) would no t . With MINITEX doing most of t h e work, we would have an e a s i e r time construct ing the list and keeping i t up to da te .

This rudimentary approach seems t o el iminate the major objec t ion to joining MINITEX--that we w i l l be exposing our co l l ec t ions t o a n unreason- ab le l e v e l of use. In so doing, it allows us t o cont r ibute t o and bene f i t from a system of considerable p o t e n t i a l bene f i t t o our c l i e n t e l e .

How t o t r a c e f ede ra l l e g i s l a t i o n is a f r e e publicat ion which may be obtained

Stanford Univ., Stanford, Ca l i f . 94305. Prepay 75 cen t s .

I f you need a four-way rubber band, t he re i s one l i s t e d i n the Highsmith ca ta log . Highsmith, Box 25, For t Atkinson, Wisconsin 53538.

President Ford has appointed a commission of twelve t o study l i b r a r y photofo- pying. Alice Wilcox is a member of t h i s commission. A preliminary r epor t i n due i n one year and a f i n a l repor t i n th ree years.

of $23.22 i n 1976, (Pub. Weekly v o l 209 #6, Feb. 9, 1976 p.56.f

Guernsey, William Mitchell College of Law, 2100 Summit Avenue, St.P Minn. 55105 by FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1976.

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Robert Sheran, Dean Carl Auerback and Law Librar ian and Professor Law George Grossman were among t h e d i g n i t a r i e s present . The bui lding should be ready by Dee. 1977.

MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS .

Ken Raschke of the Attorney General's Office sa id t h a t a l l the opinions had been filmed on 9,612 f iche. The S t a t e Documents sec t ion w i l l even- t u a l l y handle the s a l e s . He is now working on the following problems:

1. Estimates f o r mass reproduction 2 . Where t o adver t i se . 3. How much t o charge.

I f you have any suggestions, please l e t me know and 1'11 pass t h e word on t o M r . Raschke. I ' ve already sen t him a copy of rhe 1974 Directory of Law Librar ies and a copy of Temple University Law Library ' s l i s t of micromaterials. I have suggested he place ads i n the Hennepin Lawyer, Bench and Bar, Law Library Journal and Library Journal.

FUTURE EVENTS

Apr i l 7-8 MLA mid-winter a t t h e Cur t i s Hotel s t a r t s 12:20 P.M. on Apr i l 7 and ends a t noon on Apr i l 8.

Apr i l 9-9 SLA/ASIS seventh annual Spring symposium. Program w i l l cover l i b r a r y planning. For fu r the r information contact Susan Ortner , Governor's Crime Commission, 444 Lafayet te Rd., S t . Paul, Minn. 55101 (612-296-2771).

June 20-23 AALL Convention i n Boston.

Ju ly 18-24 ALA Conference i n Chicago.

Carol C. F l o r i n William Mitchel l College of Law 2100 Summit Ave. St . Paul, Minn. 55105

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Aines, A.A. "Promise of National Information Systems." Library Trends. Vol. 16, (Jan. 1968), p. 410-18.

American Society f o r Information Science. Conference. 1972, Washington, D.C. Proceedinzs. 9:"A Word of Information*;,ed. by J .H. Wilson, Greenwood Press , 1973, p. 295.

Avram, H.D. "Bibliographic and Technical Problems i n Implementing a National Library Network". Library Trends, Vol. 18, Apr. 1970, p. 487-502.

Boaz , R. L. "Library Networks and Systems Overview." American Library Association. Library Administration Division. Planning f o r a nationwide system of l i b r a r y s t a t i s t i c s . Washington, National Center f o r Educational S t a t i s t i c s , 1971, p. 45-7.

Booth, B . E . , ed. "Network Nodes". I l l i n o i s L ib ra r i e s , May 1973.

Clemmer, D. and R. Shank. "Library and Information Networks". I N Bowker Annual of Library and Book Trade Information, 1972. Bowker, 1972, p.90-95.

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AMERICAN A

Meeting Announcement

DATE: Thursday, March 25 , 1976

TIME: 5:30 S o c i a l Hour

6 : 00 Dinner

7:00 Program

LOCATION: Ka h l e r Motel ( fo rmer ly c a l l e d t h e Hyat t ~ o u s e ) Room 130--up 1 f l o o r from s t r e e t , o p p o s i t e e l e v a t o r 4 1 Nor th 1 0 t h S t r e e t Minneapol i s ( f i r s t b lock n o r t h o f Hennepln, downtown)

TOPIC: What can law l i b r a r i e s g e t f rom o t h e r t y p e s of l i b r a r i e s ? The s p e a k e r i s C a r o l Vant ine from INFORM a t Minneapolis P u b l i c L i b r a r y .

P l e a s e r e t u r n t h e lower p a r t of t h i s announcement w i t h a check f o r your d i n n e r t o :

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by k. 19. Your check should be made ou t t o Minnesota Assoc ia t ion o f Law L i b r a r i e s f o r t h e e x a c t amount.

Dinner Reserva t ion

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Rock C o r n i s h Game Hen . $7.25 - I w i l l come t o t h e program on ly . -

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t o br ing you a progress r epor t on chapter members and a c t i v i t i e s . Hopefully, with your i n t e r e s t and a c t i v e cont r ibut ions , i t won't s e e i t s shadow and go back i n t o hiding.

Nml PPSSIDENT TO BE ELECTED

Ef fec t ive Ju ly 15, 1976, Ron Guernsey resigned a s b L L President t o Pursue a career w i t h the Connecticut General L i f e Insurance Company. His new time demands necess i t a t ed h i s giving up the presidency. Good Luck Ron... come back and see us sometime (with- out )-our insurance app l i ca t ions ) .

Our By-laws s t a t e t h a t " in the event of a vacancy i n the o f f i c e of p re s iden t , t h e vice-president s h a l l assume the o f f i c e f o r the unexpired term by wr i t t en b a l l o t e l e c t i o n a t any r egu la r , s p e c i a l o r o the r meeting a t which a quorum (7 members) i s present . " The e l e c t i o n w i l l t ake p lace a t our f i r s t r egu la r meeting t h i s f a l l . De ta i l s concerning t h e exact da te and loca t ion w i l l be announced.

PROGFLQl PLANNING -

Pat Peterson, our new program Chairperson i s using t h e meeting manager concept and has already appointed people t o plan and im- plement our four regular meetings. Pa t and her committee would welcome any suggest ions you might o f f e r concerning speakers , meeting format and poss ib l e loca t ions . You may reach Pat a t 335-9331.

INSTITUTE ON LEG& B i 3 i I O G W H Y

I n add i t ion t o our r egu la r meetings, a n I n s t i r u t e on Legal Biblio- graphy has been planned and is scheduled t o begin September 22 and run through November 17, 1976. The ob jec t ive w i l l he t o pro- v ide information on l e g a l bibliography to t h e members and p o t e n t i a l members of our profession. It is o f fe red because, Inany prac t ic ing law l i b r a r i a n s , p a r t i c u l a r i l p nerrer l i b r a r i a n s , have not had formal t r a i n i n g i n l e g a l bi l iography. Knovledge of t h i s subjec t , which i s not usua l ly included i n Library Science cu r r i cu la , could g rea t1 improve t h e i r e f f ec t iveness a s law l i b r a r i a n s . I n i t i a l contact i n d i c a t e s i g n i f i c a n t i n t e r e s t i n t h i s topic.

n f o n a t ion.

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volvement i n PULL.

Gai l Xeising, has become t h e Reg i s t r a r f o r Stea Renton Counties.

A r l e t t e S o d e r b e r g w i l l be taking a s a b b a t i c a l Fa

Kathleen Bedor has changed ca ree r pa ths

STATE PaGISTER

r u l e s of s t a t e departments and agencies. It a l so inc ludes executive orders and a weekly numerical l i s t of s ec t ions a f f ec t ed oE ex i s t ing ru l e s . There a r e p lans f o r a qua r t e r ly index and each subscr iber w i l l r ece ive an annual guidebook t o s t a t e agencies. The guidebook w i l l conta in organiza t ional dec r ip t ions and ins t ruc t ions on hoiv t o use each agency's resources.

A sample . i ssue i s ava f l ab le by c a l l i n g

Off ice of t h e S t a t e Regist 95 Sherburne, S u i t e 203 S t . Paul , Minnesota 55103 (612) 296-8239

T h i s p u b l i c a t i o n i s t h e on ly source book of informa- t i o n on video s p e c i f i c a l l y designed f o r l i b r a r i a n s and l i b r a r y s t a f f members.

The p u b l i c a t i o n is intended f o r t h o s e who are i n t e r - e s t e d i n ga in ing a:n o v e r a l l look a t t h e use o f v i d e o i n l i b r a r i e s o r f o r t h o s e who would l i k e t o under- s t a n d t h e technology, o r who need t o know how t o e s t a b l i s h and adminis te r a v ideo u n i t , or. a r e seeking in format ion about t h e l e g a l and r egu la to ry a s p e c t s of ' .

t h e f i e l d . It can a l s o be used as a study-guide f o r s t a f f development.

Some o f t h e c h a p t e r s i nc lude v i d e o f o r l i b r a r y s e r v i c e s , v i d e o f o r pa t ron use , programming f o r s p e c i a l groups, f i nanc ing , hardware, sou rces f o r proyranming, sof tware , r e g u l a t i o n s and f r a n c h i s i n g , . and comrn~~nity organi.zat ion and resources . The book inc ludes check l i s t s of t h i n g s t o do, sou rces f o r informat ion, and an extensi.ve anno- t a t e d b ib l iography .

Mart in , Albro ~ a m e s J. Hil.1 and t h e Opening of t h e North- - w e s t , Oxford Un ive r s i t y P re s s . --

Biography of a famous Minnesotan.

Newsletter of t h e P r i v a t e Law L i b r a r i e s Sec t ion o f AAIL 2: --- N o . 2 ha s an i n t e r e s t i n g a r t i c l e c a l l e d "Lexis User Survey P r i v a t e Law L i b r a r i e s " by S a l l y Grant of Bogel & Gates ,

T h i s a r t i c l e i s t o o long t o r e p r i n t o r summarize. If you a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n t h i s s u b j e c t , 1'3.1 send you a copy. C a l l me o r write.

should cons ide r ob ta in ing t h e Law Libraries - .... w r i t e t o :

American Assoc ia t ion o f L

Adminis t ra t ive Law Review 28: 281 (Spring 1976)

Contains a c h e c k l i s t f o r S t a t e Adminis t ra t ive Regula- . t i o n s . Included a r e p r i c e , pub l i she r and address .

INTEPJ3STING PRODUCE

3M has a t a p e t h a t a t t a c h e s t o book she lves . The t a keeps books from s l i d i n g when one is p u l l e d o u t fo r use .

E-Z Reacher - h e l p s u s e r r e t r i e v e bcoks t h a t a r e beyond reach . Weighing only 9 ounces, t h e dev ice combi-nes a powerful and s e c u r e g r i p w i t h t h e s e n s i b i l i t y of s o f t rubber g r i p p e r s . Can b e used i n p l a c e of a s t ep l adde r . Pri.ce $11.95 from Phys ica l Aids Mfg. Co., 4848 ( S u i t e F) Ronson Court , San Diego, C a l i f . 92111.

MISCELLANEOUS

Is t h e r e a l i s t o f t h e codes such a s t h e Na t iona l - E l e c - -- t r i c a l S a f e t y Code t h a t have been incorpora ted by r e f e r - ----. ence i n t o our Minnesota S t a t u t e s or Minnesota Regulat ions?

I f you a r e main ta in ing a list of s t a t e s t h a t no longe r p u b l i s h o f f i c i a l r e p o r t s , add Utah t o it. The f i n a l volume is 30 Utah 2d (1974) .

Does anyone r e c e i v e n e w s l e t t e r s from o t h e r Chapters? P l e a s e m a i l a copy of t h e n e w s l e t t e r t o m e and 1'11 reimburse you f o r postage and reproduc t ion c o s t s .

A l l l i b r a r y and informat ion s e r v i c e s personnel i n t e r e s t e d i n r e c o g n i t i o n systems f o r p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n c o n t i n u i n g , educa t ion a c t i v i t i - e s are i n v i t e d t o a t t e n d a d i s c u s s i o n meeting on t h e t o p i c , December 9 a t 7 p.m., Room 1 0 4 , S t . Ca ther ine L ib ra ry , The Coll.ege o f S t . Ca ther ine , 2004 Randolph, S t . . P a u l . This meeting is sponsored by t h e Minnesota L ib ra ry Assoc ia t ion Continuing Educat ion Committee. .

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