Southern Association of Law Libraries SCALL Newsletter A Chapter of The American Association of Law Libraries May/June 2015 volume 42, number 5 http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/scall/

Advanced Legal Research: Tales from a Super Novice By Lisa Junghahn

The UCI Law class of 2015 graduated this stood that students value clear goals, high weekend, and I now have time to reflect on expectations, active learning, prompt feed- my first semester at UCI and of teaching Ad- back, and positive personal interaction with vanced Legal Research. the professor.

I was confident when I started the semester in My confidence carried me through building Also in this issue January. This despite the fact that during my the syllabus and the first weeks of the teach- interview, the library director mentioned that ing materials. The first class was gentle. We Job Opportunities 2 coming to teach ALR could be hard. Looking introduced ourselves, reviewed the syllabus, Membership News 3 back, I realize my confidence came from what communicated our goals, and brainstormed colleagues had told me over the years: ALR ideas for how to spend the last three weeks of Executive Board Candidates 5 is really just a transfer of remedial skills, and class which I left open for students to decide that even graduating law students are still which topics to cover or review. Treasurer’s Report 7 mastering the very basics of legal research. The first assignment had two parts. I asked My confidence also came from teaching expe- students to tell me what they knew about Articles rience. I have previously taught legal re- research and where they hoped to go in the search to librarians and LLM students. The class and beyond. I also had students com- Beware What You Tweet 4 focus in these classes was learning the US plete a research assignment and write a reflec- legal system and the production and arrange- tion on how they felt about the assignment Internet Librarian Conference 6 ment of the law. As for technique, I under- continued on page 3 From the President By Victoria Williamson of Appeals in Pasadena. The new board offic- ers will be installed and I hope you all will This year has gone by so fast and I can’t be- attend to meet and welcome our new Execu- lieve that summer is just around the cor- tive Board members. It is also a perfect op- ner. This means we’ll soon be electing new portunity for our newer members to learn members to serve on our Executive Board for about our business and to meet and connect 2015-2016. The Nominations Committee has with seasoned and emerging leaders in our secured an outstanding slate of candidates this profession. I also hope to see many of our year: Stefanie Frame, Joy Shoemaker, and long time members who have been the back- Christina Tsou are running for Vice President/ bone of our organization. Their continuing President-Elect, Treasurer, and Board Mem- support and contributions make it possible for ber, respectively. Each one brings a strong our Chapter to maintain its strength and keep warding as it has been. I am so thrilled that he set of leadership skills, creative talents, and its members engaged. will continue to serve as Past President. I also fresh new ideas to benefit our organization as As the 2014-2015 term comes to a close, I want to specially thank Laura Cadra for being we continue to move forward. Stefanie, Joy, want to extend my utmost gratitude to Paul my lifeline as Vice President. Just the thought and Christina – thank you for your willing- Moorman for being such a wonderful mentor of having Laura on my side was enough to ness to serve. Everyone – watch for your to me. There aren’t enough words to express give me the peace of mind I needed. And of ballots, and thank you for taking the time to how much I appreciate the time, energy, guid- course, thank you to Jessica Wimer, Amber vote! ance, and encouragement that he so generous- Kennedy Madole, Judy Davis, and Michelle Our annual Business Meeting will be held on ly has given me. Without his help, my term as Tolley for all their hard work and commit- Tuesday, June 23rd at the Ninth Circuit Court your President would not have been as re- continued on page 2

2 SCALL Newsletter continued from page 1 (President) for entrusting me with the privilege of serving ment to ensure that we maintain our fiscal you. Executive Board health and continue to provide valuable mem- By now, you should have received your mem- 2014–2015 ber benefits. It truly has been an honor and a bership renewal notice and form for the up- pleasure to work with all of them. I certainly President coming year. Please be sure to log on to the look forward to working with them again, Victoria Williamson SCALL membership directory to update your Riverside County Law Library both on and off the Executive Board. contact information and return your member- 3989 Lemon St. Riverside, CA 92501 Serving as your President and working with ship renewal form to Karen Skinner by July (951) 368-0360 the Board has been truly one of the most re- 15. Now is also the perfect time to volunteer [email protected] warding experiences for me. I thank all our to serve on our committees. I can say with Vice-President / President-Elect committee chairs and members for the incred- confidence that you’ll get the most out of Laura Cadra ible amount of energy, enthusiasm, and sup- your membership by becoming actively in- William M. Rains Library port they have given our organization year volved. SCALL has several committees that Loyola Law School, Los Angeles after year. Their commitment and dedication are always seeking volunteers. Not quite sure 919 Albany St. Los Angeles, CA 90015 to serving our members in the best way possi- which committee to join? Please contact me (213) 736-1141 ble cannot be understated. SCALL thrives and I will be delighted to steer you in the right [email protected] because its members take pride in their work direction. I look forward to hearing from you Treasurer and are passionate about keeping the spirit of and hopefully to have the opportunity to work Jessica Wimer law librarianship alive. Thanks to all of you with you. UCI Law Library 401 E. Peltason Dr., Ste. 2000

Irvine, CA 92697-8010 (949) 824-7293 Job Opportunities Fax: (949) 824-9704 [email protected] By Don Buffaloe Secretary Research Librarian; Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Century City, May 8 Amber Kennedy Madole Law Librarian; LAC Group; New York City, Washington, DC or Palo Alto, CA, April 27 Loyola Law School Williams M. Rains Library Research Analyst; LAC Group; Los Angeles, , Silicon Valley or Orange County, 919 Albany St. April 20 Los Angeles, CA 90015 E-Resources Librarian; LAC Group; Los Angeles, April 15 (213) 736-8389 [email protected] Librarians & Senior Librarians; California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Statewide, April 10 Executive Board Members Judy K. Davis Associate Dean for Information Services; California Western School of Law; San Diego, April 1 USC Law Library Blog and Newsletter Writer; JurisPro; Hermosa Beach/Work from Home, April 1 University Park. MC0072 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0072 Market and Competitive Intelligence Analyst; LAC Group; Los Angeles or New York, March 31 (213) 740-2825 Public Services Librarian; Thomas Jefferson School of Law; San Diego, March 11 Fax: (213) 740-7179 [email protected] Don Buffaloe Chair, SCALL Placement Committee Michelle Tolley Paul Hastings LLP [email protected] 515 S. Flower St. Twenty-Fifth Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 (213) 683-5037 SCALL Scholarship Recipients [email protected] Past President Congratulations to the following students, who received scholarships this year: Paul Moorman Willa Henshaw (Corona) - Drexel University USC Law Library University Park. MC0072 David Isom (Los Angeles) - UCLA Los Angeles, CA 90089-0072 Pedro Orellana (Montebello) - USC (213) 740-2626 Jessica Pierucci (Tustin) - San José State University Fax: (213) 740-7179 [email protected] Mahum Shere (Corona) - Drexel University

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goals of the students. This includes adjusting as why there is no Title 34 in the United and their efforts. I was mostly trying to learn up or down based on overall skill level, and States Code, or why a large section of the about them as people and to measure what adjusting with the progress of the teaching- California Code of Regulations had been they could do. The students, who were most- learning process. renumbered. Students also became more ly 3Ls, said they enrolled in ALR to gain open in sharing how they actually work. They The first half of the semester felt disorganized confidence in their research skills to avoid were no longer embarrassed to tell me that (to me), and I started feeling self-conscious. I embarrassing themselves in front of a judge, they rely on resources like AVVO and Ravel like to imagine that my discomfort led to law firm partner, or peer. Despite their con- Law, or that they only read news that is positive changes. For example, I started cerns, they were truly exceptional. They had pushed out to them on Facebook. checking in with students in person by com- done pro bono work, clinical work, summer ing to class earlier and staying later. I also Upon reflection, I like to believe that my work, and work with faculty. They had driv- encouraged students to ask questions by email being a novice at teaching ALR allowed me en Lexis, Westlaw, and Bloomberg around or during office hours. These methods al- to better relate to the students. I became hy- the world and back. They were full of lowed me to stay on top of where everyone per articulate over concepts that were new to thoughtful (and hard) questions. was in the learning process. For example, me, and could recognize this same articula- I quickly had to readjust my expectations, before starting our discussion of statutes, I tion from students as they mined agency web- assignments, and knowledge of the law and knew students did not know how to make the sites or conducted a legislative history for the how it is organized. I also quickly started connection between the common names of first time. making what felt like mistakes. For example, laws and the Code. I was able I already miss my first ALR students! Hope- I became focused on preparing assignments to garner excitement for learning, and for the fully, they will come back to offer insight on and giving timely personal feedback. In do- class, just by demonstrating how to use a what tools and resources are actually useful ing so, I failed to give myself time and space popular name table. and to guest lecture for the future generation to really plan my lectures. Lectures are a Without my own clear compass, class discus- of UCI Law graduates. Until then, I invite great time to reinforce learning goals and to sions became more spontaneous. And be- my SCALL colleagues to share best practices make connections among concepts – and they cause I truly did not have answers to so many or suggested readings. I am eager to learn require a lot of preparation. hard questions, I turned to the class for in- and to do better next time. I also ended up changing the syllabus three sight. Students seemed happy to have greater Lisa Junghahn is the Research Law Librarian times. This bothered me until I learned from responsibility for their learning, and for teach- for Instructional Services at the UCI School seasoned ALR instructors that the class ing me new things. Over time, I became less of Law should be tailored to the unique qualities and embarrassed about not knowing things, such

Membership News

Welcome, new members!

Cliff Bushin, Librarian at California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Charles Frey, Director of the Library at Munger Tolles & Olson Welcome, new student member! Hadidjah Karapetian, San Jose State University School of Information Any corrections, changes, or additions to your membership information, as well as any announcements for Membership News, should be sent to: Judy K. Davis Karen Skinner Co-Chair, Membership Committee Co-Chair, Membership Committee USC Law Library USC Law Library (213) 740-2189 (213) 740-2615 [email protected] [email protected]

4 SCALL Newsletter Beware What You Tweet: Tips for Avoiding Workplace Liability with Social Media Use By Susan Brodsky and Carolina Rose decisions. Generally, this information to establishing whether the alleged is both available to the public and violation may be a “protected concert- Social media and its usage in the workplace work related, and is therefore not sub- ed activity” under NRLA section 7. All is on the mind of many employers and em- ject to privacy restrictions. attempts should be made to preserve ployees. The February SCALL Institute in evidence found on social media sites. Riverside included a timely session provid-  Employers may not discipline employ- ing insider tips aimed at curbing employers’ ees for engaging in discussions regard-  Social media policies should be con- liability for their social media policies and ing workplace conditions. sistently applied in a nondiscriminato- cluing employees in on best practices. The ry manner.  Employers should keep current on all speaker, Christopher Carlton, who has over laws relating to social media use in the  Recently, the NLRB general counsel 30 years of experience advising employers, workplace because it is a constantly issued new rules on employment hand- left us with the impression that this is a new evolving area that is influenced by the books and policies. Rules employers and evolving area of law for employers and fluctuating opinions of the NLRB. may be using would be considered employees. As the Santa Ana winds breeze Notably, since the Board is politically violations of NRLA section 7. Rules through, so do the laws for employment and appointed, decisions tend to alter with that were found to be unlawful social media, and change is truly in the changing administrations. These deci- “explicitly restricted employees from winds sions are also subject to reversal or discussing wage, hours and other con- modification on appeal to the federal ditions of employment with fellow The Changing Legal Landscape courts. employees.” Numerous employer Mr. Carlton began with a reminder to em- rules were found to be so restrictive as ployers that it is important to understand the to hinder discussions between employ- various types of social media, especially the ees about work place conditions. most commonly used ones today such as  The potential legal exposure for im- Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube. posing discipline involving social me- Employers should take the time to become dia policies can be substantial. Em- aware of the many laws pertaining to the ployers are advised to consult with an use of social media in the workplace, espe- experienced labor and employment cially the legal constraints on an employer’s attorney. use of information that was obtained from an employee’s social media site. For exam- Mr. Carlton’s talk proved to be extremely ple, there are numerous employee protec- timely. On March 31, the NLRB ruled in tions stemming in large part from Section 7 Employer Social Media Policies the Pier Sixty case that it was a violation of of the National Labor Relations Act. Other Federal law to fire an employee for negative Mr. Carlton also covered a number of areas federal laws apply, as do California statutes comments made about his boss on a Face- pertaining to employers’ social media poli- which protect privacy and disclosure of book posting two days before a union elec- cies: employee usernames and passwords to so- tion, because the employee made cial media sites. Highlights include the  Policies should be written carefully so “protected, concerted comments” and following: as to comply with all applicable laws. should not have been discharged. The take- home message is that employees should  Employers must abide by the relevant  Employers should train and educate beware of what they say in the workplace; privacy laws. all employees on established employer but more to the point, employees should guidelines and any prohibited activity  Employers may only use employees’ take care where it is said or posted. regarding social media policy. social media content that is posted on Susan Brodsky is a Librarian at Carothers publically available sites. For example,  Investigations into alleged violations DiSante & Freudenberger LLP in Irvine. employers can and should use infor- of the social media policy should be Carolina Rose is President of Legal Re- mation from employee social media investigated immediately with due search & Intent LLC (LRI) sites in making employment hiring diligence by the employer. This is key

5 SCALL Newsletter Executive Board Candidates 2015–2016

served on the SCALL Board from 2007-2009, SCALL is pleased to announce the slate of and was the Local Arrangements Chair for candidates for the 2015-16 SCALL Board. two SCALL Institutes (32nd and 35th) and a Thank you to the members of the Nomina- member of the Speakers Committee for a tions Committee for your work and congratu- third SCALL Institute (33rd). Most recently, lations to our candidates. she was a speaker for the SCALL Institute The annual election for the SCALL Board (43rd) in Feb. 2015. will begin Tuesday, May 26th. Treasurer: Joy Shoemaker In preparation for the election, please check your inboxes next week for an email from the Joy Shoemaker is the Branch Librarian at the AALL Online Election System. The email U.S. Court of Appeals Library in Pasadena. Stefanie Frame will include your election login information She has previously worked at UC-Irvine and voting instructions. School of Law, the Supreme Court of the United States, and Duke Law School. She If you would like to take a look at the online earned both her J.D. and M.L.S. from Indiana election site before the polls open, please University - Bloomington. A member of check out the site at https://vote.aallnet.org/ SCALL since 2010, she has served on the chp-scall/. Library School Liaison Committee since 2010 Thanks in advance for your participation in and as the SCALL Newsletter compiler since SCALL's election process. 2014.

Vice President/President- Board Member: Christina Tsou Elect: Stefanie Frame Christina Tsou is the Research Law Librarian Stefanie Frame is the Research Services Man- for Faculty Services at UC Irvine Law Li- ager for Foley & Lardner LLP. She served as brary. She received her J.D. in 2004 from Joy Shoemaker an adjunct faculty member in the paralegal Berkeley Law (Boalt Hall School of Law) and program at West Los Angeles College from graduated from San Jose State’s M.L.I.S. 2003 to 2013. She received her M.L.I.S. from program in 2011. Before becoming a law San Jose State University, her J.D. from the librarian, she practiced litigation at two small University of San Diego School of Law, and firms. A member of SCALL since 2012, she received her B.A. from San Diego State Uni- currently serves as Co-Editor of the SCALL versity. She is a member of SCALL, AALL, Newsletter. Christina looks forward to serv- SLA, and the California State Bar. Stefanie ing on the SCALL Board.

Submission Deadlines The SCALL Newsletter team welcomes submission of any articles of interest to the Christina Tsou law library community. Contact Christina Tsou, SCALL Newsletter Editor: [email protected].

All submissions should be received by the following dates: Annual Business Meeting July 13, 2015 July/August issue Please mark your calendars for September 14, 1015 September/October issue Tuesday, June 23rd, at the Ninth November 9, 2015 November/December issue Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasa- January 11, 2016 January/February issue dena. The new board officers will be installed that evening.

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The Internet Librarian Conference 2014: An Opportunity to Improve Your Libraries’ Web Presence By Sandy Li

Oftentimes, a patron’s first “interaction” that sound interesting. There is also an ex- before such as Citymaps. According to with a library is with its website. Nowadays, hibit hall where attendees can meet with Citymaps’ site, their app “enables users to as more electronic resources become availa- vendors like CEB and EBSCO. create collec- tions of places, ble and virtual reference assistance becomes One of the sessions I found helpful was the or personal more seamless, the library website becomes one titled “Web Trends to Watch in 2015.” maps, with the primary means by which we help our David Lee King, Digital Services Director of easily searcha- users. This is true for law libraries as well — the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Li- ble themes so whether they are public, academic, firm, or brary, discussed features that we now com- that users never court law libraries. monly see and come to expect in sleek, user- forget a place friendly websites. For example, he men- again, and tioned how sites are using interesting images always have their favorite spots with them as background. To illustrate this point, he on-the-go.” It was also from this session that recommended visiting couleecreative.com. I learned about , an app where He also said you can translate text in real time by scan- sites are using ning the text using your camera phone. Word tiled navigation Lens’ parent company, Quest Visual, was where tiles of recently purchased by , so you can images are used now see this feature in the instead of lists. app. What does this mean for the law librarian? Some sites that Many of us are becoming more involved do this include I also enjoyed listening to the keynote speak- with our library website. We may be in- Pinterest and er, Nina Simon, Executive Director of the volved in designing, developing content, or Flipboard. Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Her talk was both engaging and inspiring. She marketing the library website. Also, as tech- King also focused on website content. He discussed how the Santa Cruz Museum of nology changes, we have to stay up-to-date said sites are doing more with less. In other Art & History went from an organization on changing developments and learn how to words, sites are becoming more visual and with little funding to a financially successful use that technology to improve our libraries’ less text laden. Sites are also using storytell- community gathering place in the span of websites. ing as a way to engage visitors. He men- just two years. To learn about these new technologies and tioned one site, kiva.org, that has images of methods, I recommend attending the Internet people on its homepage and when you click If you are interested in learning more about Librarian Conference. I attended last year’s on an image, a pop-up window appears tell- the Internet Librarian Conference, check out conference which took place in Monterey, ing you about that person’s story. King’s the conference page for 2015. The confer- California. Before the conference, there is a presentation was ence is a great full day of workshops, covering a wide range not only informa- opportunity to of topics such as tech trends in libraries and tive but motivat- learn about information architecture. The conference ing. For librarians new, emerging itself lasts three days with a different open- who need to re- technologies, ing keynote speaker each day. The confer- vamp their web- be inspired by ence sessions are organized into five differ- site, Kings’ sug- new ideas, and ent tracks or “themes”: Discovery & Search gestions could to meet other (Track A), Web Presence (Track B), Content help them move library profes- Management (Track C), Evolving Libraries in the right direction. sionals who are facing similar challenges. (Track D), and Internet at Schools (Track E). Another session I enjoyed attending was the Sandy Li is the Assistant Librarian at the one on learning about new mobile apps. Attendees, however, do not have to stick to U.S. Courts Library – Los Angeles one track; they can attend any of the sessions There were apps that I had never heard of

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Newsletter Staff Treasurer’s Report 2014-2015 By Jessica Wimer

Cindy Guyer USC Law Library SCALL Balances (213) 740-2621 [email protected] Balance as of May 15, 2015 $40,820.02 Lisa Junghahn UCI Law Library Pay Pal Balance as of May 15, 2015 $500.00 (949) 824-6421 [email protected] Total Balance as of May 15, 2015 $41, 320.02

Sherry L. Leysen Fowler School of Law at Chapman Budget Details University (714) 628-2546 [email protected] SCALL BUDGET 2014-2015

Sandy Li U.S. Courts Library - Los Angeles Budgeted Budget Committee/Officer Expenses Income (213) 894-8902 Amount Balance [email protected] Archives $100.00 $0.00 $0.00 $100.00 Jim Senter Jones Day Awards $400.00 $0.00 $0.00 $400.00 (213) 243-2531 [email protected] Board/Pres/Vpres $4,000.00 $691.80 $774.00 $2,534.20

Alyssa Thurston CRIV $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Pepperdine Law School Library (310) 506-7410 Gov't Relations $500.00 $0.00 $0.00 $500.00 [email protected] Grants $6,000.00 $5,765.00 $0.00 $235.00 Editors Judy K. Davis Information Tech. $4,000.00 $18.00 $0.00 $3,982.00 USC Law Library (213) 740-2189 Institute $15,000.00 $15,511.30 $25,562.44 $25,051.14 [email protected]

Christina Tsou Inner City Youth $4,000.00 $4,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 UCI Law Library (949) 824-1430 Library School Liaison $5,000.00 $4,350.00 $650.00 $650.00 [email protected] Membership $2,500.00 $1,440.00 $9,665.78 $10,725.78 Jessica Wimer UCI Law Library Newsletter $200.00 $0.00 $412.50 $612.50 (949) 824-7293 [email protected] Nominations $100.00 $0.00 $0.00 $100.00

Compiler Placement $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Joy Shoemaker U.S. Courts Library - Pasadena Programs $5,000.00 $4,555.36 $4,632.01 $5,076.65 (626) 229-7191 [email protected] Public Access Legal Info. $150.00 $0.00 $0.00 $150.00

Business Manager Public Relations $300.00 $188.10 $0.00 $111.90 Patrick Sullivan Jones Day Secretary $1,000.00 $896.80 $0.00 $103.20 (213) 243-2530 [email protected] Treasurer, Budget, & $700.00 $495.00 $20.00 $225.00 Webmaster and Listserv Finance Suzie Shatarevyan Loyola Law School Library Professional Development $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 (213) 736-1147 [email protected] Totals $48,950.00 $38,543.36 $41,084.73 $49,907.37

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Committee Chairs 2014–2015

Archives Technology— Newsletter Programs Ralph P. Stahlberg Listserv & Website Judy K. Davis Elyse Meyers, Co-Chair LA Law Library Suzie Shatarevyan USC Law Library UCLA Law Library (213) 785-2535 Loyola Law School Library (213) 740-2825 (310) 794-5415 [email protected] (213) 736-1147 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Awards Christina Tsou Sarah Joshi, Co-Chair Jennifer A. Berman Inner City Youth UCI Law Library Continuing Education of the McDermott Will & Emery LLP Diana Jaque (949) 824-1430 Bar (310) 551-9360 USC Law Library [email protected] (800) 988-4340 [email protected] (213) 740-6482 [email protected] Jessica Wimer [email protected] Budget & Finance UCI Law Library Public Access to Legal John Wilson Institute (949) 824-7293 Information UCLA Law Library Victoria Williamson [email protected] Elizabeth Caulfield (310) 794-4978 Riverside County Law Library Court of Appeal, Second [email protected] (951) 368-0360 Nominations Appellate District victoria.williamson@rclawlibr James Senter (213) 830-7242 Bylaws Jones Day ary.org [email protected] Amy Atchison (213) 243-2531 UCLA Law Library Library School Liaison [email protected] Public Relations (310) 794-5405 Stephanie Anayah Antoinette Morales-Tanner [email protected] UCLA Law Library Placement UCLA Law Library (310) 206-4860 Donald Buffaloe (310) 794-4476 Government Relations [email protected] Pepperdine University School of [email protected] David McFadden Law Southwestern Law School Membership (310) 506-4823 Relations with Vendors Library Judy K. Davis, Co-Chair [email protected] Lawrence R. Meyer (213) 738-6726 USC Law Library Law Library for San Bernardino [email protected] (213) 740-2189 Professional Development County [email protected] Mark Gediman (909) 885-3020 Grants Best Best & Krieger LLP [email protected] Kenneth Rudolf Karen Skinner, Co-Chair (951) 826-8230 University of La Verne Law USC Law Library [email protected] Library (213) 740-2615 Jennifer Berman, Co-Chair (909) 460-2065 [email protected] [email protected] McDermott Will & Emery LLP (310) 551-9360 [email protected]