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WestPac NewsWestern Pacific Chapter
of the American Associa4on
of Law Libraries
Volume 38, No. 1
INSIDE THIS ISSUEINSIDE THIS ISSUE
President’s Column 1
Call for Tech. Services 2
WestPac OpportuniBes 2
SeaCle Snapshots 3
Annual Mtg. Minutes 5
Travel Grant Reports 7
Membership Renewal 11
Grants & Awards Rep. 12
Marijuana Law Report 13
UNLV’s Microform 15
WestPac Q&A 16
WestPac “Blawg” 17
WestPac-‐L MigraBon 18
SANDALL Winter Inst. 18
AALL NominaBons, Contests & InsBtutes
19
Treasurer’s Report & Vacancy
20
New Member 20
LifeBme WestPac Member Memories
21
Fall/Winter 2014
President’s Column As the holidays approach, it is a Bme to look forward and a Bme to look back. For WestPac members, looking forward may be the anBcipaBon of a wonderful joint conference next October in Hawaii. Or looking back might entail wonderful memories of our conference held last October in SeaCle. Both conferences are worth thinking about and remembering.
The 2015 WestPac annual meeBng will be held on October 8-‐10, 2015, in Oahu, Hawaii. It is a joint conference with CAFLL (Chinese and American Forum on Legal InformaBon and Law Libraries). We are excited to meet with other legal professionals from China and from the United States. The annual meeBng locaBon and program will be excepBonal!
Planning for the Hawaii meeBng is moving forward at an accelerated rate. James Duggan and Frank Yining Liu are Co-‐chairs of the CAFLL program commiCee and Mari Cheney is the Chair of the WestPac educaBon commiCee. I’ve already heard about fabulous program ideas from CAFLL and from Mari and her commiCee! The theme of the conference is Challenges, Competencies and OpportuniBes.
Vicki Szymczak is our local arrangements chair for the Hawaii meeBng. She is definitely up to the task! I’m impressed with all of the hard work she has already put into the conference and we’re just in the beginning stages of preparaBon for the conference.
Vicki accepted a difficult task – following in the footsteps of Alana Carson. Alana was the local arrangements chair at the 2014 annual meeBng in SeaCle. Wow, she did an excepBonal job! Alana should be a professional conference planner. She planned everything down to the smallest detail. Some of her accomplishments are as follows: 1) A delighlul opening recepBon at the Burke Museum with live harp music; 2) Green ergo bags (The company that she ordered them from planted a tree in honor of WestPac and sent us a cerBficate to that effect.); 3) More vendor parBcipaBon than we’ve had in the past few years (She gave each vendor the royal treatment and they had a very posiBve experience.); 4) ACendance at the conference was very high; 5) She gave away some free nights at the hotel which the hotel provided because we filled all of their rooms; and 6) She stayed
Bonnie GeldmacherBrigham Young University
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within her budget and even brought in extra revenue that can be used for the Hawaii conference.
Penny Hazelton and the University of Washington School of Law hosted our meeBng. They were very accommodaBng with food arrangements, a nice meeBng room, recording services, internet services, and they co-‐sponsored the opening recepBon.
The programs were worthwhile and very well received. Program materials provided by the speakers have been linked to the WestPac website: www.aallnet.org/chapter/westpac/2014seaCle/programs.asp. Video recordings of each program are available for download
on YouTube. (The files were too large for AALLnet.) Here is the high resoluBon YouTube link: hCp://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWLbRf-‐JABDNBhuC5DvN6SkYp8jRVmGZ9.
At the business meeBng, Lee Warthen was awarded the DisBnguished Member Award. He has a history of excepBonal service to WestPac, AALL, the University of Utah, and to the community. We appreciate Lee’s service to WestPac! He has worked on various commiCees, is a past president, has planned WestPac programs, and has been heavily involved in local arrangements for annual meeBngs held in Utah. He definitely deserves this award. CongratulaBons Lee!
Finally, I want to thank Tim Kelly for his hard work and dedicaBon as WestPac President. Besides being a great president, Tim contributed a great deal to the SeaCle conference preparaBons, and he did a lot of negoBaBng to bring about our joint conference in Hawaii next October. Tim is a great example of someone who thinks ahead, is well-‐organized, and is vested in law librarianship. He thinks of others, as he demonstrated at the conference by giving Lee Warthen a white buffalo and Mari Cheney a small buffalo for her newborn baby.
As another year comes to an end, it is a Bme for reflecBon. I hope that you enjoy the holidays and the coming year. ⟡⟡
Call for Technical Services Program Proposals
WestPac Hawaii is only 10 months away, which means it's Bme for the EducaBon CommiCee to begin planning. While we have a lot of great public services topics in the hopper, we're lacking any technical services proposals. If you have any suggesBons for technical services programs, please send them to Mari Cheney at [email protected].
Opportuni4es for Involvement
Do you have hidden talents waiBng to be revealed? Here’s your opportunity to shine and become involved. WestPac offers several ways to stand out from the crowd. If you’d like to plan an acBvity, help with a project, contribute ideas or serve on a commiCee, please contact me, Bonnie Geldmacher, via e-‐mail at [email protected] or call me at (801) 422-‐3572. We’d love to involve you in our highly-‐esteemed informal group.
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Opening Recep*on at theBurke Museum
Snapshots from the WestPac Annual Mee4ng in SeaCle, WashingtonOctober 9-‐11, 2014
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The Programs & Speakers -‐ WestPac 2014
Keynote Address: Ryan CaloMarijuana Law Legisla*on in Washington
Limited License Legal Technicians: Paul A. Bas*ne & Jean McElroy
Legal Research Prac*ces of ANorneys: Shawn Nevers, Carissa Vogel & David Armond
Tips and Tricks of Open Source Searching: Kim Osi*sHow Law Librarians Can Easily Get Ar*cles
on Legal Research Published: Patrick Charles
Beyond Flipping: Launching Your Advanced Legal Research Course Into The Virtual Classroom:
Suzanne Mawhinney, Barbara SwaN Engstrom & Hilary Hardcastle
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WestPac Annual Mee4ng MinutesSeaCle Lunch and Business Mee4ng, October 10, 2014
SubmiCed by Tawnya Plumb, Secretary
Present: WestPac members, our generous sponsors, and Ken Hirsh, AALL representaBve
I. IntroducAon & Opening Comments
Tim Kelly called the meeBng to order and introduced Ken Hirsh, the AALL representaBve in aCendance. Ken paid compliments to the food, people, and atmosphere at the opening recepBon at the Burke Museum, acknowledged his karaoke friends in aCendance, congratulated Lee Warthen on his DisBnguished Member Award, thanked Penny Hazelton for hosBng the meeBng at the University of Washington’s beauBful School of Law building, and praised Alana Carson, Tim Kelly, and Bonnie Geldmacher for puxng the meeBng together. Ken strongly encouraged WestPac members to aCend AALL annual meeBngs and discussed AALL’s return on investment study, their access to jusBce iniBaBve, and UELMA progress, parBcularly in WestPac states. Ken then talked about changes in legal educaBon and
technology and the work of AALL to take the lead in technology and create gold standards of legal
research competency.
II. Government RelaAons CommiGee
Tim announced that the Government RelaBons CommiCee is in search of a commiCee member to represent Nevada.
III. PresentaAon of DisAnguished Member Award
Kathy Carlson was honored to announce that Lee Warthen from the University of Utah is the well-‐deserving recipient of WestPac’s DisBnguished Member Award. She highlighted Lee’s contribuBons to Westpac as President, as Vice-‐President, as chair of various commiCees, and as the planner of three Utah meeBngs and many educaBonal programs. In addiBon to WestPac, Lee is acBve in AALL’s Legal InformaBon Services to the Public Special Interest SecBon (LISP). Ask Kathy to retell the stories of Lee and then Secretary of Agriculture James WaC, which involve dirty jokes and an airplane, or the story of the haunted mine
tour during the Salt Lake City meeBng. Lee was most gracious in receiving his award, thanking WestPac members for all that they do. Thinking about his life, he shared the quote “live your life so that you can skid into your grave” which drew laughter and appreciaBon from those in aCendance. Lee reminisced about previous WestPac meeBngs including the 1978 Laramie meeBng with the best steak and the 1988 Coeur d'Alene meeBng when he needed to get two pairs of pants tailored, one at a Bme. He told stories from the 1999 meeBng in Jackson Hole when sparks flew on an EPA panel with Secretary WaC taking on environmentalists and noted Tim Kelly’s performance at the mystery
dinner theater at the Wort Hotel. He spoke of the haunted mine tour in Salt Lake City and the Alaska
conference, with a misdated bag, fishing boats, and greasy sausage sandwiches. He acknowledged WestPac conferences as important events in his life, and he was pleased to see a new generaBon of WestPac faces to take the baton.
Tim awarded Lee with his own uniquely white WestPac Willy.
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IV. Grants & Awards CommiGee
Jaye Barlous, the admiCedly happy chair of the Grants and Awards CommiCee, first awarded Tawnya Plumb from the University of Wyoming the $500 DJ Morrison grant and commented on her commiCee involvement and role as WestPac Secretary. Jaye then awarded Jorge Juarez, an InstrucBonal Services & Reference Librarian from Lewis & Clark Law School, a $500 WestPac grant and menBoned his interest in being more involved with WestPac in the future. Last, but not least, Jaye awarded WestPac President Tim Kelly a $500 WestPac grant, acknowledging his twenty years of membership and his strong voice for law librarians. Jaye encourages members to apply for grants as “winning a grant is a hell of a lot easier than winning the loCery.”
V. NewsleGer CommiGee
Harriet Zook encouraged members to write up what they’ve learned from the SeaCle conference and send it to David McClure for inclusion in the December ediBon of the newsleCer.
VI. Membership CommiGee
Stephanie Midkiff reported the membership numbers on behalf of the Membership CommiCee: AcBve,
97; Associate, 2; Student, 2; Life, 29; Total, 130. The total number reflects addiBonal renewals since AALL in San Antonio. There were 147 members last year, so we are down from a year ago. During a conference program that morning, Stephanie polled the audience to get a sense of aCendees by library type. Official numbers of the full membership by type reflect the results of her informal poll: Academic, 66; Private, 7; Courts, 25; Other, 3.
Stephanie also shared that WestPac will begin migraBng its listserv to AALL during the fall and encouraged members to watch for news on Westpac-‐L or in our newsleCer. The listserv work will take place behind the scenes and nothing should be required of members other than to confirm that you are receiving messages post migraBon. Also, watch for messages about renewing in the coming months, as our membership is on a calendar year basis.
VII. Treasurer’s Report
The membership approved the Treasurer’s report. Alana was praised for exceeding registraBon expectaBons and puxng on a meeBng with a conference surplus. This means more money is available for the Hawaii conference.
VIII. Secretary’s Report
The membership approved the WestPac business luncheon minutes during the AALL meeBng in San Antonio.
IX. Hawaii MeeAng
Vicki Szymczak, the Local Arrangements Chair for the Hawaii meeBng, says “Aloha! See you next year!”
X. Changing of the Guard
Tim presented Bonnie with the presidenBal gavel and WestPac Willie. Tim complimented Bonnie on the excellent programming for the SeaCle conference and cheered her on as President. Bonnie thanked Tim for his hard work behind the scenes to keep WestPac moving and expressed her appreciaBon. In her closing comments, Bonnie noted that this organizaBon is for us and encouraged us to get involved and offer suggesBons and comments regarding programs.
XI. Raffles and Closing Comments
Alana, with Lee’s help, raffled off one AALL conference registraBon for Philadelphia, two free nights from the hosBng Watertown Hotel, and a lovely gi| basket. Alana closed up the business meeBng by thanking members for aCending the conference and luncheon. ⟡⟡
Annual Mee4ng Minutes (cont’d)
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I miss Willie. One of the traumas, and perhaps the only one, that comes from being President of WestPac is losing Willie WestPac to the next President.
I want to thank the enBre membership and the Grant CommiCee for helping me get to SeaCle to deliver Willie to Bonnie Geldmacher, our current President.
You may want to run for office someday to work with Willie by your side, so let me describe the duBes and rewards of being a member of the WestPac ExecuBve Board. Working on conferences is a big part of it.
I wasn’t sure what I was gexng into, but the day you are elected as VP/President-‐Elect you are told that you are not just VP, but Chair of the EducaBon CommiCee. They say you have a full year to plan the conference, but the year goes fast. The EducaBon CommiCee members help you by offering suggesBons, making phone calls, and sending emails.
The host library also puts together a list of potenBal speakers. I also applied for a grant from AALL for a speaker. We draw from many sources for speakers, including our own membership. Hundreds of phone calls and emails later the conference speakers were
set for the 2013 conference in Las Vegas.
If you enjoy puxng together a creaBve, substanBve program of speakers, being Vice President also places you one step closer to Willie because at the end of the conference in Las Vegas Jennifer Gross, who was President, passed the PresidenBal gavel and Willie to me.
As President, there are many things that you can do with Willie at your side. Of course the enBre Board, including Treasurer Peter Howard, and Secretary Tawyna Plumb, play vital roles, not just in the planning of conferences, but for many important decisions about policies and procedures.
The President appoints the Chairs of CommiCees, including the Chair of Local Arrangements. For SeaCle, I appointed Alana Carson who performed miracles. Bonnie created the great educaBonal program for SeaCle.
You actually stay on as a member of the ExecuBve Board for one year a|er you leave office as President, so I am keeping close tabs on Willie, who is now with Bonnie in Utah. As a conBnuing member of the Board, I hope we can offer more and beCer grants, because I know that many library budgets are
Bghter than ever in terms of travel funds. The conference in Hawaii is going to take a ton of work, so feel free to offer your help. I am confident that Mari Cheney, as the current Vice-‐President and Chair of the EducaBon CommiCee for Hawaii, will do an excellent job. As you know, Bonnie and Vicki Szymczak are preparing the Local Arrangements.
So, my friends, that is how conferences are made. I cannot list all of the people by name who worked with me, but they know how much I respect and appreciate all of their contribuBons. As a team, the ExecuBve Board, the CommiCees, and the membership create amazing conferences, and that is one of the huge rewards for being Vice President and President, in addiBon to hosBng Willie.
Like The Old Man and the Sea with me as the old man, one moment Willie is in your grasp, and the next moment he is gone. In this case, he was not devoured by sharks, but instead lives on with Bonnie, not just as a mascot, but as our moral support for our membership to keep improving and growing in the midst of great change. ⟡⟡
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SeaCle conference aCendees likely remember the daily pineapple cupcakes we enjoyed at the Watertown Hotel, whose slogan “A Piece of Pineapple Hospitality” held true. I can think of no beCer way to say hello to WestPac friends and meet new ones than over a (ok, several) yummy cupcakes. Thanks to Alana Carson for selecBng such an excellent hosBng hotel.
First Stop: Gallagher Law Library Tour
Upon arrival at the beauBful University of Washington College of Law, tour aCendees were met by Associate Dean for Library and CompuBng Services guide, Penny Hazelton and her welcoming crew. My guide, Peggy JarreC, provided an above, in, and behind-‐the-‐scenes tour of the fantasBc Gallagher Law Library, answering our many quesBons along the way. Thanks for sharing your library with us, Peggy!
Up Next: Opening RecepAon at the Burke Museum
WestPac aCendees enjoyed each other’s company at Washington’s premier natural history museum. Pacific Northwest cuisine was served, with the lovely sounds of a harp playing in the background.
And Introducing Ryan Calo, Our Keynote Speaker
When one of your keynote speaker’s opening lines is “You guys are awesome,” it is easy for a law librarian group to engage. In addiBon to praising the work of law librarians,
Professor Calo discussed the very interesBng topics of cyber law, interdisciplinary pragmaBsm, and privacy issues in libraries. A point that stuck me was how many librarians, me included, work hard to remove patron informaBon from our library system, but don’t think twice about emailing patrons with library informaBon in a traceable way.
Marijuana Law LegislaAon in Washington
I found the program on marijuana legislaBon to be quite relevant, as the University of Wyoming College of Law is less than an hour away from the marijuana-‐friendly state of Colorado. The panel enlightened me on the disBncBons between medicinal marijuana and recreaBonal marijuana and the laws that govern each.
Limited License Legal Technicians
Washington’s Limited License Legal Technician Program is a creaBve way to serve the unmet needs for affordable legal services in the state. Defining the “pracBce of law” in this conversaBon led to many quesBons about the
A Piece of Pineapple Hospitality, WestPac StyleBy Tawnya Plumb, University of Wyoming Law Library
DJ Morrison Grant Recipient
Tawnya Plumb receiving her grant at the annual mee*ng.
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Recordings Available from 2014 WestPac Mee4ng
The recordings from the 2014 annual meeBng held in SeaCle are now available on YouTube. The high resoluBon program playlist is available at: hCp://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWLbRf-‐JABDNBhuC5DvN6SkYp8jRVmGZ9. Kudos to Laurie Urquiaga for her hard work in making them available online for us!
program and the preparaBon of legal technicians, as compared to the preparaBon of lawyers.
Legal Research PracAces of AGorneys
The panelists on this program did their research and shared plenty of data on how aCorneys perform legal research. InteracBve polling during the presentaBon highlighted the differences between what resources law librarians think aCorneys should use and what resources aCorneys actually use. (I’m not sure I’m ready to give up teaching American Law Reports, but I’m working on keeping an open mind.)
Tips and Tricks of Open Source Searching
Presenter Kim OsiBs is THE guru of online sleuthing. Don’t mess with her or she can track you and your friends down with her free and awesome list of public record and people finding sites. And thanks to her presentaBon, many aCendees are now stalkers, too. (No, wait. Kim said SLEUTHING, not stalking.)
How Law Librarians Can Easily Get ArAcles on Legal Research Published
Patrick Charles has convinced me to be a big believer in the idea of taking advantage of low hanging fruit
when it comes to gexng published. He shared tons of ideas of where to publish with ease and with reduced risk. I appreciated his insider informaBon on the how-‐to’s of wriBng and publishing arBcles.
Beyond Flipping: Launching your Advanced Legal Research Course into the Virtual Classroom
The last educaBonal program of the conference provided a great list of do’s and don’ts for moving an advanced legal research course online. My favorite Bps included DO use vendor provided videos, and DON’T make assignments due Sunday night, unless you want to spend your Sunday a|ernoon answering quesBons.
More thanks, and I hope to see y’all in Hawaii
I’d like to sincerely thank Jaye Barlous and the rest of the Grants and Awards CommiCee for honoring me with the DJ Morrison grant to aCend the 2014 WestPac conference in SeaCle. Cheers also go out to Local Arrangements Chair, Alana Carson, and WestPac board members, Tim Kelly, Bonnie Geldmacher, and Peter Howard for an excellent conference. Next stop – Hawaii – with more pineapple hospitality! ⟡⟡
Pineapple Hospitality (cont’d)
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As a recipient of the WestPac travel grant, I was fortunate enough to be able to spend a nice fall weekend aCending an excellent conference and visiBng my old stomping grounds. As an alumnus of the UW Law Librarianship program and one of a long line of Penny’s (Hazelton) ‘kids,’ I always enjoy hanging out with such an eclecBc mix of professors, mentors, colleagues, and friends. As far as I’m concerned, Gallagher Law Library was an ideal locaBon to host the annual WestPac conference, and this year’s meeBng did not disappoint.
All of this year’s programs were chock-‐full of sBmulaBng ideas, not only about law librarianship, but also technology and ethics; online privacy; the pracBce of law; cybersleuthing; teaching methods; and publishing techniques. Each of the presenters brought a wealth of knowledge to the fore, and the informaBon they provided was on point. Not only were the programs informaBve, they were also fun. Two things law librarians are experts at: smart quesBons and wiCy remarks. Thus, the conversaBons during many of the programs’ Q&A porBons were lively and energeBc.
The conference kicked off with Ryan Calo’s keynote address, which encompassed a wide range of topics, including roboBcs, technological innovaBon, online privacy, and ethics. Not only was I impressed with Mr. Calo’s knowledge of the subject maCer, but his enthusiasm was contagious, as evidenced by what I wrote in my notes: “Find out more about conference @ UW on 4/15. ROBOTS!!!”
Following the keynote, the conference got rolling (figuraBvely) with a program on marijuana law legislaBon in Washington. I live and work in Oregon, another state that recently voted to legalize pot, so this topic was parBcularly relevant to me (a.k.a. disinterested observer). The panel provided a historical background of the legislaBon; an overview of the legal issues involved; and insight on challenges related to the implementaBon of the various marijuana laws and regulaBons. Highly recommended!
The next program featured a discussion of Limited License Legal Technicians (LLLT) Rule, which Washington is the first state to adopt. It was interesBng to finding out more about the parameters of LLLT pracBce, as well as potenBal
implicaBons for an already Bght legal job market.
The final presentaBon on Friday was perhaps the most eye-‐opening for me. Kim OsiBs’ Bps and tricks of open source searching was not only useful in terms of helping me connect with my inner Veronica Mars, but also in making me aware of all the personal informaBon available online only a mouse-‐click (or two) away. Apparently, Washington state posts voter records – and by extension, names, birthdates, and addresses – online. While this database is useful for skip tracers and private invesBgators, it also creates issues for those wishing to keep their personal data offline. The strategies for reverse-‐engineering hidden Facebook friend lists and TwiCer feeds were both fascinaBng and unseCling. Overall, this program was a sobering reminder that even the most Internet-‐savvy among us – and we librarians are
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indeed a savvy bunch – leave a breadcrumb trail of personal informaBon for others to discover (and potenBally exploit).
Saturday morning got off to a rollicking start with Patrick Charles’ program on gexng arBcles published. His stories from the trenches of legal scholarship were both hilarious – seriously, this guy could be the first law librarian/stand-‐up comic – and encouraging for those of us who have met with rejecBon when trying to get our work published.
The two programs I was most looking forward to prior to the conference were legal research pracBces of aCorneys and teaching legal research classes online. I teach Advanced Legal Research twice a year, typically during spring and summer semesters, and am always on
the hunt for useful Bps and techniques to improve both my in-‐class performance and my students’ in-‐ and out-‐of-‐class experience. Both of these programs were superb. The survey results, real-‐world examples, and strategies for launching an online class (and making it work) were extremely valuable, and provided me with a lot of food for thought moving forward in my own career.
Overall, I had a fantasBc Bme at the 2014 WestPac annual conference. I thoroughly enjoyed the programs, meeBng new colleagues, and reconnecBng with old friends. Kudos to the EducaBon CommiCee and the Local Arrangements CommiCee – especially the ever-‐present Alana Carson – for puxng on such a wonderful event! This is an experience that I will cherish for years to come. ⟡⟡
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Five Reasons to Renew Your WestPac Membership TODAY!
1. Grow in your work -‐ develop close professional Bes with colleagues. ParBcipate in valuable educaBonal opportuniBes. Receive grants for aCending AALL or WestPac annual meeBngs.
2. Be a leader – members may serve on commiCees and the board.3. Stay informed – members receive the WestPac newsleCer and access to the WestPac membership
directory. Members are also subscribed to the chapter’s discussion list.4. Let your voice be heard – only members can vote in WestPac elecBons.5. Support your regional chapter – founded in 1967, WestPac is the professional associaBon of choice for
law librarians in the Western Pacific region.
Renewals for 2015 are open. The WestPac membership year runs from January through December.
The membership page has links to the PDF form, as well as an ONLINE version. hCp://www.aallnet.org/chapter/westpac/membership.asp
New this year: pay your dues online using PayPal!
Hi WestPac Colleagues,
At our annual meeBng for 2014—this year held in fabulous, overcast, but not-‐so-‐rainy-‐as-‐expected SeaCle — three WestPac grants were awarded. Each award was for $500.00. We had two unrestricted membership grants plus the DJ Morrison grant (awarded to WestPac members pursuing careers or having job responsibiliBes in the area of electronic resources) to offer.
The DJ Morrison award was presented to Tawnya Plumb, Electronic Services Librarian at the George W. Hopper Law Library, University of Wyoming College of Law in Laramie, Wyoming. Tawnya joined WestPac in 2004 and has been an energeBc member in numerous commiCees, including chairing the Membership CommiCee for several years. She is currently serving as WestPac Secretary.
Jorge Juarez, InstrucBonal Services & Reference Librarian at the Boley Law Library, Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, received a WestPac Membership award. Jorge joined both the Boley Law Library and WestPac in 2007. He is very involved with AALL and is commiCed to becoming more involved with WestPac.
Tim Kelly, Head of Reference at the J. W. Long Law Library, WillameCe University College of Law in Salem Oregon, is our second WestPac Membership awardee. Tim has been an acBve WestPac member for
20 years. He envisions WestPac as a strong voice for law librarians and has worked hard in various capaciBes over the years to schedule programming that strengthens and supports the profession.
In addiBon to well-‐deserved WestPac grants, a disBnguished member within our ranks was nominated, veCed, unanimously approved and ceremoniously awarded the DisAnguished WestPac Member Award. This award recognizes a history of service to the Chapter or excepBonal service and/or achievements in the profession. The award was bestowed upon Lee Warthen by Kathy Carlson (2010 inaugural DisBnguished Member recipient), who reminisced on Lee’s record of sustained and excepBonal service to the Chapter and to the profession.
Lee began aCending WestPac meeBngs in 1976 when he started his library career. Over the years, he has worked on various commiCees,
including EducaBon, NominaBons, and Local Arrangements CommiCees, and he chaired an Ad Hoc CommiCee which reworked the site selecBon process. Lee served as the Chair of the PreservaBon CommiCee for eight years. He is a
past President of WestPac. As Chair or Co-‐Chair of the EducaBon CommiCee and VP-‐Elect, he planned three WestPac programs for annual meeBngs and was heavily involved in planning local arrangements for the past three Utah meeBngs in Snowbird, Park City and most recently in Salt Lake City. His parBcipaBon was always at the highest level of contribuBon and his enthusiasm and
willingness to contribute went beyond mere parBcipaBon.
In addiBon to his many WestPac contribuBons, which in themselves also reflect achievement in the profession, Lee has also provided many years of AALL service. One specific focus of his AALL acBvity—and a real passion of his—is Legal InformaBon Services to the Public. He is known throughout AALL for his service to this SIS and his commitment to assisBng the pro se liBgant, the lay researcher, and the public patrons in our law libraries.
On behalf of the Grants and Awards CommiCee, please join me in celebraBng and acknowledging each excepBonal member. All awardees are very valuable WestPac “players” and worthy recipients. ⟡⟡
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We had an exciBng mid-‐term elecBon here in Oregon this past November: According to reports, the state saw nearly 70% voter turnout – thanks in large part to two major issues on the ballot: GMO labeling and legalizaBon of recreaBonal marijuana. Although the former measure failed to pass by fewer than 850 votes, the laCer, Measure 91, as you most likely know, passed resoundingly.
EffecBve July 1, 2015, then, adults 21 and over in my fair state may possess up to 8 ounces of dried marijuana and up to 4 plants; the measure also allows for the manufacture, processing, and sale of marijuana, and permits the state to license, regulate, and tax the industry. So, ready or not, here we go!
In light of Oregon and others’ recent ballot measures concerning marijuana, WestPac’s 2014 Annual MeeBng educaBon commiCee – of which I was a member – definitely wanted to include a conference program focusing on the changes and challenges that Washington officials have encountered since legalized recreaBonal use was approved by the voters there in 2012.
The October meeBng in SeaCle had a stellar 2-‐day lineup all around, but
the speakers who addressed “Marijuana Law LegislaBon in Washington” were parBcularly informaBve. Joyce Roper, of the Agriculture and Health Division from the ACorney General’s office, spoke about Washington’s earlier legalizaBon of medical marijuana, and how the implementaBon of
that program over the past 15 years helped pave the way for legalizing recreaBonal use. She talked knowledgeably about the health aspects of marijuana legalizaBon, and how her department is currently looking at edibles and whether they comply with the law.
Also from the state ACorney General’s office, Jeffrey Even (Deputy Solicitor General) and Bruce TurcoC (Assistant ACorney General) presented more in-‐depth informaBon of I-‐502, the 2012 law legalizing recreaBonal marijuana.
TurcoC outlined the specifics of the law; explained the federal Department of JusBce’s memorandum to US ACorneys regarding state legalizaBon; and discussed issues surrounding an AG opinion which affirms that local jurisdicBons may opt out and ban marijuana sales.
Even offered a comprehensive overview of current liBgaBon dealing with marijuana laws, including challenges to city bans on pot-‐selling businesses (both medical and recreaBonal); statutory bans on physician adverBsing; and the state’s right to collect taxes.
As a public law librarian, however, the most significant part of the presentaBon for me was the list of resources for conducBng further
research: Although it’s interesBng to know about the ramificaBons of this groundbreaking legislaBon and the obstacles that law enforcement and other authoriBes face, I mostly need to know how to help patrons research the topic from a variety of useful angles!
The speakers provided us with links to authoritaBve informaBon from the state; with that as a foundaBon, I evaluated a few others, including official informaBon from Oregon agencies, and compiled a very brief
LEGALIZE IT! Marijuana Legisla4on and the 2014 WestPac Annual Mee4ng By Sue Ludington, Washington County (OR) Law Library
list of online resources currently available for interested researchers to learn more. Although we don’t yet know exactly what patron quesBons related to marijuana laws will emerge, it’s hoped that this mini-‐guide – which eagerly welcomes suggesBons for addiBonal sources! – will serve as a starBng point.
Mini-‐Research Guide to Marijuana Law Resources
NATIONALWhite House, Office of NaBonal Drug Control Policy, “Marijuana Resource Center: State Laws Related to Marijuana”www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/state-‐laws-‐related-‐to-‐marijuana
Ballotpedia, “Marijuana on the Ballot”hCp://ballotpedia.org/Marijuana_on_the_ballot
WASHINGTONRevised Code of Washington, Chapter 69.50, “Uniform Controlled Substances Act”hCp://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=69.50
Washington AdministraBve Code, Chapter 314-‐55, “Marijuana Licenses, ApplicaBon Process, Requirements, and ReporBng”hCp://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=314-‐55
Washington State Liquor Control Board, “I-‐502 ImplementaBon” (including Fact Sheet and FAQ pages)hCp://liq.wa.gov/marijuana/I-‐502
Washington State Liquor Control Board, Public Records, Frequently Requested Lists (marijuana license applicants, approved tesBng labs, etc.)hCp://liq.wa.gov/records/frequently-‐requested-‐lists
OREGONOregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, Medical Marijuana ProgramhCp://public.health.oregon.gov/DiseasesCondiBons/ChronicDisease/MedicalMarijuanaProgram/Pages/index.aspx
Oregon Liquor Control Commission, RecreaBonal MarijuanahCp://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/Pages/default.aspx
Ballotpedia, Oregon Legalized Marijuana IniBaBve, Measure 91hCp://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Legalized_Marijuana_IniBaBve,_Measure_91_(2014)
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Recently, the faculty and staff at the Wiener-‐Rogers Law library decided to transform an infrequently used space into something more appealing. Can you guess what that space was? If you guessed Microform Room, you were right.
When the William S. Boyd School of Law was founded in 1998, it was temporarily located in a former elementary school. The microfiche room was infamously located in what had been the kitchen of the school cafeteria. Some patrons claimed they could detect the scent of lingering tater tots as they searched the microfilm for what they needed. When we moved to the newly renovated building in 2001, the microfiche room was centrally located in the Library, directly behind the reference desk, reflecBng its importance (at least at that point in Bme) to the collecBon.
As years passed and the library collecBon grew, what we had in the microform collecBon became increasingly available in new online resources. The microform room became less frequently used and students approached it with a sense of dread. It seemed pointless to have such a prime, centrally located piece of real estate in the center of the library go unused. But we could not move the microfiche cabinets to another locaBon, or make them inaccessible to library patrons.
Our compromise was to move the microform cabinets to the periphery of the room and eliminate all but a few of the microform readers. Then we created a student lounge in the remaining space. The lounge is accessed via a special card (the same card students use to access the computer lab, which is next door to the lounge). This
means only students can enter without a staff member present. Library patrons who need to access the microfiche collecBon can enter by asking a library staff member. Since almost all patrons using the microfiche collecBon require assistance from a librarian in the first place, this has not been an issue.
To create a space that appealed to students and invited them to use it for collaboraBve study, we purchased:
o Rolling whiteboards that can double as room dividers to create semi-‐private study areas.
oVarious pieces of colorful and comfortable seaBng, including chairs, a couch and interesBng oComans. All the seaBng is modular and can easily be rearranged to suit student preferences.
oA popcorn machine.
o A Keurig coffee maker and a limited number of pods.
We also plan to install monitors for television viewing of presidenBal debates and the like and for showing of our documentary films. The remote controls for these monitors will be kept at circulaBon and will be available for checkout.
The staff held an event to introduce the new room to Law School students, faculty, and staff. We promoted the event throughout the law school and served coffee and pastries throughout the day. We had a large turnout for the event and the room has been heavily used ever since. In fact, we had to take this picture super early in the morning to avoid disturbing the students who were studying there. ⟡⟡
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Microform Room . . . Transformed!By Jennifer Gross, Wiener-‐Rogers Law Library, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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This issue’s Q&A is with Lee Warthen, Law Librarian and Adjunct Professor at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law and recipient of the 2014 WestPac DisBnguished Member Award.
1. What is the best advice you ever received about working as a law librarian?
I think that would be to always conduct a meaningful reference interview. It shows the patron that you care, it makes the patron focus on what informaBon is really wanted, and it allows the librarian to gauge the patron’s ability to understand and process informaBon so that the librarian can make recommendaBons that will be usable and not confusing—do I go with a major legal treaBse or case database, or a Nolo book?
2. What have you enjoyed the most from being involved with WestPac?
I just love the people. Their backgrounds and interests are so varied, yet there is a collegiality that I have not found elsewhere. I love meeBng in such a variety of places, and having so much variety in programming. Most importantly it has given me chances to parBcipate that are not available in larger organizaBons—service in leadership, commiCees, local arrangements planning, program planning, and the opportunity to speak and appear on panels.
3. How did you choose law librarianship as a career?
I actually blame my wife. While I was in library school at BYU, she found a note on the departmental job
board for a part-‐Bme opening working in the new law school, which had just admiCed its second class. She took down the posBng so no one else would see it, and I interviewed and got the job. StarBng as a shelver and general gofer, I worked through the legal research programmed text then in use for 1Ls and became fascinated. When a full-‐Bme job as circulaBon librarian came open, it was a natural fit all the way around, and in a couple of years I was promoted to Head of Reference.
4. What book Atle best represents your day-‐to-‐day work life?
I iniBally thought of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. More recently, I have become enamored of a manga series, Library Wars. Get a taste at hCp://www.vizmanga.com/reader/956-‐library-‐wars-‐1. So popular in Japan it has been made into a movie, English subBtled version at hCps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwF05GdnygE, it is about a military force organized to protect libraries from censors. Librarians are depicted as heroes, sort of guns not buns.
5. If money was not an issue, what new library service would you offer students?
Though I would wish for all those databases that we never can quite afford, such as the Making of Modern Law collecBons and addiBonal ProQuest databases, I’m not sure how much that would mean to students. I think they would like a gathering place with games, basketball even, and good, inexpensive food.
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WestPac Q&A:
Lee Warthen
A column asking a WestPac member to respond to five questions.
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WestPac “Blawg”A place for WestPac pseudo-blogging
BLOGGERS THIS ISSUE
Diane Howell
Alden E. Miller Law Library of Clackamas County
ABOUT THIS BLOG
Have an itch to write? Have you thought about wriBng a blog? Maybe you didn’t feel you had enough to say; didn’t want to start something you couldn’t conBnue; didn’t want to deal with maintaining it; or any number of reasons that may have deterred you. If so, then this is the place for you!
Need ideas?
Please share with us!
Send your post to [email protected]
Touring the Pioneer Courthouse and Court of Appeals in Portland, OregonBy Diane Howell, Alden E. Miller Law Library of Clackamas County
On Thursday, July 24th, I had the pleasure of visiBng the Pioneer Courthouse and aCending a tour hosted by Law Librarian Julia Sathler Law and conducted by former Law Librarian ScoC McCurdy. Mr. McCurdy is currently a member of the U. S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society and he is a wonderful and interesBng source of informaBon about the courthouse.
One of the highlights of the tour was visiBng with Judge O’Scannlain, one of the senior members of the Court of Appeals in the Ninth Circuit. He shook hands with each of us and told us about his work as the conference’s chair of the CommiCee on InternaBonal Judicial RelaBons. In addiBon, Judge O’Scannlain gave us historical informaBon on the stained glass seal in his office window and the period chairs he procured from
The Teapot Dome Scandal for his office conference table.
We got to see the offices for the law clerks that assisted Judge O’Scannlain and several other period items that were placed around the courthouse and in the hallways. ScoC showed us the cupola on top of the courthouse which has the original glass and a wonderful 360 degree view of the city. Each window has a photo and descripBon of the view from the early days of Portland. We also visited the courtroom and were able to go behind the bench and see where the judges sit during court. We even saw the hidden ramp that disabled judges use to ascend the courtroom stairs if they are in a wheelchair.
All in all, it was a very worthwhile tour. A|erward, we had the pleasure of seCling into the Law Library Conference room where we were provided with more informaBon by both ScoC and Julia on the actual funcBoning of the Court of Appeals and some of the more interesBng judges to listen to on the bench.
WestPac’s immediate past president Tim Kelly has served as the WestPac listserv administrator since 1994. We owe Tim a debt of graBtude for his Bme and experBse these past 20 years! During that Bme, the listserv was hosted by Tim’s parent insBtuBon WillameCe University. With encouragement from AALL, the WestPac ExecuBve Board determined it was Bme to migrate our listserv to AALLNET.
The WestPac Membership CommiCee (Laura TreCer (chair) and Stephanie Midkiff) has been working with AALL technology staff to ensure as seamless a migraBon as possible. All the names and addresses of our current listserv subscribers have now been transferred to the system hosted by AALLNET.
This migraBon should require no acBon on your part. You should have already received two emails:
One from the old listserv (westpac-‐[email protected]) that the back end of the migraAon is complete and we are ready to shut down the old listserv and “go live” with the new. This email instructed you to contact the Membership CommiGee at our gmail account if you do NOT also receive the email from the AALL listserv.
A second email from the new AALL listserv ([email protected]) welcoming you.
If you did not receive both announcements, the migraBon did not complete successfully. However, you may need to check your spam folder to ensure the announcement did not end up there. In February you will receive one more message from westpac-‐[email protected] before it is laid to rest, again asking if you have been receiving your messages from [email protected].
Members of WestPac are automaBcally subscribed to the WestPac listserv unless they choose to opt out when they fill out their dues/membership renewal form. We hope you will be part of the listserv as that is one of the most efficient ways for members to contact and connect with the enBre group. Other benefits of subscribing to the listserv are email receipt of the WestPac newsleCer which is no longer distributed in print, membership renewal reminders, occasional messages from fellow WestPac members, and a sense of community for members across a large geographical area.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Membership CommiCee at [email protected] if you have quesBons.
WestPac-‐L Migrated to AALLNETBy Stephanie Midkiff, WestPac Membership CommiCee
SANDALL Winter Ins4tute -‐ January 9, 2015RegistraBon is full for the San Diego Area Law Libraries (SANDALL) Winter InsBtute – a one-‐day conference on digital authenBcaBon on January 9, 2015. If you are interested in aCending, please email [email protected] to be added to the waitlist. Several states, including California, have enacted the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA). Learn about best pracBces, authenBcaBon technologies, and advocacy efforts from state officials, government experts, and law librarians. This program is made possible by a grant from the AALL/Bloomberg BNA ConBnuing EducaBon Grants Program. More informaBon is available here.
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Call for 2015 AALL Emerging Leader Award Nomina4onsThe AALL Leadership Development CommiCee calls for nominaBons for the 2015 Emerging Leader Award. The award recognizes newer members in their first 10 years of law library experience who have already made significant contribuBons to the AssociaBon and/or to the profession and have demonstrated the potenBal for leadership and conBnuing service. The Emerging Leader Award is presented to the recipient at AALL Annual MeeBng. It is given in the name of the AssociaBon and carries with it a $500 cash prize.
Full descripBons of the award, the selecBon criteria, applicaBon informaBon and past recipients are available at: hCp://www.aallnet.org/mm/Member-‐Resources/AALLawards/award-‐ela.html. NominaBons must be received by February 1, 2015, and the selecBon process will be completed by March 21, 2015. If you have any quesBons, please contact Michele Finerty, chair of the Leadership Development CommiCee, at [email protected].
AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers
The "Call for Papers" has begun! Turn your great idea into an award winning paper for this presBgious compeBBon. The AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers CommiCee is soliciBng unpublished papers in the following four divisions:
Open: AALL members with 5 or more years of experience
New Member: AALL members with less than 5 years of experience
Short Form: All AALL members; Shorter-‐length arBcles
Student: 2014-‐15 Law School or Library School students
Deadlines are March 2, 2015 for Open, New Member, and Short Form Divisions; May 15, 2015 for the Student Division
Winners in the Open, New Member, and Student Divisions will each receive $650, and the Short Form Division winner will receive $300, all generously donated by LexisNexis. Winners will also be invited to present their paper at the "Librarian as Author" program during the 2015 AALL Annual MeeBng in Philadelphia.
More details and requirements are on the AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers Awards website.
Contact Shawn Nevers, Chair, ([email protected]) with quesBons.
AALL Advocacy Award Nomina4ons Due February 1, 2015Each year, AALL recognizes individuals and/or groups with the Public Access to Government InformaBon (PAGI) and Robert L. Oakley Advocacy Awards. If you would like to nominate an individual or group for one or both of these presBgious awards, please send your nominaBons to the Government RelaBons CommiCee chair, Leslie Street, by February 1, 2015.
AALL Public Access to Government InformaAon (PAGI) Award Since 1999, AALL has presented the PAGI award annually to recognize individuals or organizaBons that have made significant contribuBons to protect and promote greater public access to government informaBon. Please visit the PAGI award page for further details.
Robert L. Oakley Advocacy Award Established in 2008, the Oakley Advocacy Award is given to recognize an AALL member or group for outstanding advocacy work contribuBng significantly to the AALL policy agenda at the federal, state, local, or internaBonal level. The award honors the memory of Robert L. Oakley, AALL's Washington affairs representaBve from 1989-‐2007, who received the first award posthumously in 2008. AddiBonal details are available on the Oakley award page.
AALL Management Ins4tute: March 26-‐28, 2015The 2015 AALL Management InsBtute will be held at the Palomar Hotel in Chicago. The management insBtute will provide parBcipants the opportunity to build management skills, collaborate with colleagues from different types of libraries, learn in a small group sexng, and develop techniques to manage with confidence. The registraBon deadline is February 2, 2015. More informaBon is available on the Management InsBtute page.
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Spring 201XACCOUNT ACTIVITIES FROM JULY 8, 2014 – OCTOBER 9, 2014
I. Business Checking Balance as of October 9, 2014 $ 17,796.37ReceiptsMembership Dues $ 435.00Annual MeeBng (SeaCle) RegistraBons $ 9,738.51Annual MeeBng Vendor Sponsorships & RegistraBons $ 4,250.00Total Receipts this Quarter $ 14,423.51
ExpendituresBusiness lunch at AALL San Antonio, Annual Conference in SeaCle, travel grants, and chapter insuranceTotal Expenditures this Quarter $11,700.52
II. Business Market AccountBalance as of October 9, 2014 $10,828.57
-‐ The registraBons for the Annual MeeBng in SeaCle well exceeded what we had hoped for. We ended up with 55 full conference registrants and 9 Friday-‐only registrants. A big thank you to the Local Arrangements Chair, Alana Carson!
-‐ The Board has discussed puxng some of the proceeds from the Annual MeeBng this fall towards extra travel grants for next year’s conference in Hawaii as more members are likely to need financial assistance to aCend.
-‐ Membership season is almost upon us and we ask you to please renew your membership with WestPac. You can quickly renew your membership using the online form located under the Membership tab on our website. A new feature this year – a PayPal payment opBon! For the 2015 membership season we will begin to accept credit/debit card payment for membership dues to make the renewal process more convenient. Look for the new PayPal buCon on the Membership form.
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WestPac Treasurer’s ReportSubmiOed by Peter Howard, Treasurer
We welcome our newest member since Summer 2014:
Andrew MarAneau, Wiener-‐Rogers Law Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Treasurer VacancyWestPac News
We would like to thank Peter Howard for his excepBonal service as our WestPac Treasurer and wish him well in his new job.
Peter’s move has created a vacancy in the Treasurer posiBon that we’d like to fill as soon as possible.
If you’re interested in serving as a WestPac Treasurer, please contact our NominaBons and ElecBons CommiCee Chair, Tami Gierloff, at [email protected].
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WESTPAC WEB PAGE hCp://www.aallnet.org/chapter/westpac/Laurie Urquiaga (Webmaster) [email protected] WESTPAC LISTSERVInstrucBons on how to subscribe and unsubscribe are available at:hCp://www.aallnet.org/chapter/westpac/westpac-‐l.asp NEWSLETTER SCHEDULEFall/Winter issue -‐-‐ publicaBon is DecemberSpring issue -‐-‐ publicaBon is April Summer issue -‐-‐ publicaBon is August(deadlines will be announced prior to publicaBon)Submissions to WestPac News should be sent to the editors at [email protected] Please submit as aCachments in Word (or WordPerfect) format.
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My best greeBngs to you as we enter the holiday season. WestPac has always been a special group for me. I think that I was founding president way back when we started. My duBes included planning where to meet and when. Your recent annual meeBng in SeaCle brings back memories of our first get together, which was in SeaCle. I planned it so that there was more fun and games than anything else. We assembled at a waterfront motel to leave first thing on the following day by ferry to Victoria. All Chapter business was dealt with on the ferry ride, leaving free Bme for us in Victoria. We stayed overnight at the Princess Hotel, enjoying a|ernoon tea and seeing all the sights, including the famous Butchart Gardens. Our return to SeaCle was by the high speed hydroplane ferry that vibrated the enBre trip. Back in SeaCle we felt much saBsfacBon in our adventure. I returned to SeaCle months later with family to repeat the excitement of the experience. Thank you for this opportunity to bring back special memories. I send to you my hearBest best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.
~ Mort Schwartz
Life4me WestPac Member Shares Memories of First Annual Mee4ng in SeaCle
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