Westpac News Newsletter of the Western Pacific Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries

Vol. 34, No. 1 Winter 2010 WestPac News Newsletter of the Western Pacific Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries

President’s Column Swee Berkey

Librarian, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law Library

Aloha and Happy New INSIDE Year of the Golden Tiger! THIS ISSUE: May the roar of the Tiger bring prosperity and good Cancelling State Codes, health to everyone! Page 4. I was in Chinatown for the Pacific McGeorge Ground- Chinese New Year celebra- breaking, Page 6. tions and watched lion dances and kung fu performers while being deafened by the ear-piercing blasts of long strings of fireworks. WestPac Conference in Now that things are a little quieter, I look forward to a year of San Francisco, smooth sailing like the canoe paddlers gliding down the Ala Wai October 14-16, canal in front of my window. This may be wishful thinking as I Page 7. read that according to the Chinese zodiac, it is a year traditionally associated with massive changes and volatility! New Members, Page 10. As I am writing this column, I think about all the wonderful people Business Meeting Minutes, I have met through WestPac and how fortunate I am to have the Page 13. privilege of leading this organization. Thank you all for giving me this opportunity! Victoria, BC Photos, Page 18. After such an enjoyable meeting in beautiful Victoria, I have to thank Neil Campbell and his wonderful team for their hard work in organizing and showing us what Canadian hospitality is like.

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President’s Column by Swee Berkey (Continued from page 1)

WESTPAC News is published three times per year Not only did Neil and his team provide (Fall, Winter/Spring, Summer) by the Western us with a picturesque setting to hold our pro- Pacific Chapter of the American Association grams but also perfect weather for exploring of Law Libraries. Chapter membership is $15 annually and includes a Victoria. They did a superb job despite the subscription to WESTPAC News. fact that they were in the midst of major reno- Send membership fees and address changes to: vations to their library. They were able to find Laurie Urquiaga, Howard W. Hunter Law Library speakers from local law schools and libraries P256B JRCB, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602-8000 who gave presentations on interesting topics [email protected] ranging from Canadian law, boundary issues WESTPAC News Editor involving the Northwest Passage, new initia- Timothy P. Kelly tives in public services to useful software pro- Willamette University College of Law Library [email protected] grams available for various tasks. My thanks go to all the participants in the educational Statements and opinions expressed in WESTPACNews are those of the authors and do not programs who contributed much to the profes- necessarily represent the official opinions of sional knowledge of our members. WESTPAC or AALL.

I would also like to thank Deb Person Newsletter ©2009, Western Pacific Chapter, American Association of Law Libraries. for her inspiring leadership the past year. She Individual authors retain the copyright in their handled several major issues that came up dur- original writings. Please contact the author(s) directly for permission to reproduce material from ing the year and was instrumental in the pro- this publication. gress of our WestPac manual. We hope to fi- WESTPAC Website nalize it this year and get it up on our website. http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/westpac Deb has also been most helpful during this pe- Webmaster at: [email protected] riod of transition as I learn all the many and WESTPAC Discussion List: to subscribe, send a varied duties associated with being President. message to [email protected]. Thank you to all committee members In the body of the message, type: sub westpac-l firstname lastname. whose terms have expired (and some who have chosen to continue) and all who volun- Member contributions to WESTPAC News are always appreciated. The preferred method of teered this year. Your willingness to serve is submission is to send the newsletter editor very much appreciated. If anyone wishes to a WordPerfect or Word document by attaching it to an email addressed to: volunteer for any committee, let me know. [email protected] (Continued on page 3)

Winter, 2010 ❖ WESTPAC News ❖ Page 3 President’s Column by Swee Berkey I hope many of you who are going to (Continued from page 3) AALL in July will be able to attend the WestPac business luncheon meeting on July 13. I have received some suggestions for restaurants near the Convention Center San Francisco – our next destination! and hope to select one soon. Thanks to Janet Fischer and her team who have been busy with preparations for what I believe will be another exciting meeting. We have not Alas, the saga of Willie WestPac had a meeting in San Francisco since 1985 when continues….. Willie was kidnapped from we had a joint meeting with NOCALL. our table at the 2009 AALL exhibit hall. The question remains ―Where in the world is Willie?‖ We are feverishly looking for This year NOCALL is again joining us at his twin brother or maybe his son? If you the meeting in lieu of their Fall workshop. This know where to find another Willie with is a great opportunity to meet our colleagues similar size dimensions so that his clothes from California and I hope many of you will be will fit, contact me or Tim Kelly who has able to attend this meeting. This is one of the been tasked with finding a replacement. unique features of our organization - the fact that we are able to meet in so many different venues. Be it small and remote or big and exotic, each place has its own special qualities and unique local culture that never fails to intrigue visitors.

One of my interests as President this year is to expand membership benefits, es- pecially for those who may not be able to attend the annual meetings regularly. What can we offer you that will add to your professional development? What programs would you like us to offer? Would you like recorded programs to be put on the website? In what direction should we go as a professional organization? I welcome your ideas - our success as an organization de- pends on your input and participation.

Mahalo nui loa. Picture of Honolulu above provided by Swee Berkey

Winter, 2010 ❖ WESTPAC News ❖ Page 4 CANCELING STATE CODES AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR LAW JOURNALS WITH CITE CHECKING The Results of a Survey by Stephanie Midkiff Reference Librarian, University of Oregon

If your library is like most, you are always looking for ways to cut costs while still providing essential services to your main constituents. Because of the plethora of ways to access state statutes online, print state codes came under scrutiny here at my academic law library a couple of years ago. We estimated an annual cost savings of approximately $1000 per code on replaced volumes and supplementation—money that could be applied to other print or electronic resources. The librarians identified about thirty state codes that we felt we could part with. Factors we considered were geographic location, retaining a sufficient mix for Legal Research and Writing exercises, key states for topical law (e.g. Delaware for its corporate perspective), and faculty requests.

One constituency we didn’t think about was our student-edited journals and their needs for print materials for cite checking per Bluebook Rule 12.3.2. As the law library’s liaison with our three journals, I should have thought about this, but not until I started fielding questions a few months ago about citing to codes we no longer updated did I realize we needed to come up with a plan. I figured we couldn’t be the first and only academic law library to have faced this question so I posed it to both the Law-Lib and AALL All-Sis listservs. The question in part read:

At our law school, the law review editors follow the Bluebook which requires citation to print state codes, when increasingly researchers are turning to electronic databases for access to annotated state codes. . . . I have recently been asked by the journals how to cite to current state codes when we no longer have the physical piece in our collection. . . . Have other academic law libraries faced this problem and how have you solved it? We are looking at: 1) Instructing the journals to initiate ILL requests for any volumes of state codes needed;

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CANCELING STATE CODES (Continued from page 4)

2) Expecting the journals to ask article authors to supply the year information; 3) Reinstating subscriptions to all 50 state codes as a cost of doing business as an academic law library.

I received about seventeen responses: Six people said their institutions had cancelled at least some state codes; Five people said their institutions still have current subscriptions to all the state codes; Seven people said the Bluebook rule is outdated, should address the problem, and is driving some decisions not to cancel; and Nine people said their institutions are using ILL to fill the gap.

One person felt that requiring article authors to supply the year information might dis- courage them from publishing in your law school’s journals. Another spoke of a ―double stan- dard‖ in which article authors are not required to follow the Bluebook, but cite checkers must continue to operate under ―archaic and unrealistic ground rules in tracking down accurate sources for each footnote.‖ Only one person indicated that it may have been a mistake to cancel some state codes because of the added cost of ILL and the burden it creates on the journals and the ILL staff.

Take home message: More academic law libraries will be relying on ILL to obtain pho- tocopies of print state codes for their journals even though the elephant in the room is that the journal staff know the article authors are increasingly relying on electronic resources for their research. Bluebook Rule 18 addresses citation to electronic media but still requires citation to

―traditional printed sources unless (1) the information cited is unavailable in a traditional printed source; or (2) a copy of the source cannot be located because it is so obscure that it is practically unavailable. Only in these two cases should citation be made to the electronic source alone.‖ [Emphasis in original.]

There seems to be consensus that the Bluebook needs to come into the 21st century.

- Stephanie Midkiff Winter, 2010 ❖ WESTPAC News ❖ Page 6 Justice Kennedy Leads Library Groundbreaking At Pacific McGeorge Legal Studies Center September 18, 2009

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy helped break ground for the new Pacific McGeorge Legal Studies Center on September 18, 2009, and praised plans for the $10 million law library ex- pansion, the largest building project ever carried out on the law school’s 13-acre campus.

―In the law, we often deal with theories and abstractions,‖ Kennedy said. ―This building is something tangible that connects us to the rule of law that binds all Americans. It confirms once again the commitment that these law students and law faculty have to that ideal.‖

Dr. Pamela A. Eibeck, the new president of the University of the Pacific, introduced Justice Kennedy as ―our longest-serving current professor at Pacific McGeorge.‖

Kennedy taught constitu- tional law at the Sacramento law school from 1965 until 1988 when he was sworn in as the 104th justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He has taught annually in the McGeorge Salzburg Summer Program in Austria since 1989.

Pacific McGeorge Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, James Sammut, the president of the Student Bar Association, and Randy Schaber, nephew of the late Dean Gordon Schaber, joined Kennedy and Eibeck in the ceremonial groundbreaking shovel toss.

―The construction and renovation of the Legal Studies Center will mean a dramatic im- provement in the teaching-and-learning environment for our students, enabling them to develop the skills for lifelong inquiry, problem-solving, and access to information,‖ President Eibeck said. The Pacific McGeorge Legal Studies Center, which will house the Gordon D. Schaber Law Library, is set for completion in 2011.

- Submitted by Harriet Zook, Catalog Librarian, Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Gordon D. Schaber Law Library

Winter, 2010 ❖ WESTPAC News ❖ Page 7 SAN FRANCISCO HOSTS THE WESTPAC 2010 CONFERENCE

Submitted by Janet Fischer , Local Arrangements Chair [email protected]

Mark your calendars for October 14-16, 2010 at the Hotel Nikko for the WestPac Annual Conference! We are expecting a lively conference with exciting speakers. Rates at Hotel Nikko start at an incredibly discounted $149 per night; registration rates will be set later this year. Please make plans to join your fellow law librarians from throughout the western and Pacific region for a great conference.

NOCALL (the Northern California Association of Law Libraries) will join WestPac for some or all of the conference. NOCALL usually holds a fall workshop at this same time; instead, they are en- couraging members to attend the WestPac conference this year.

There is so much to do in San Francisco! Hotel Nikko is walking distance from the Powell Street cable car, which takes you directly to the fa- mous Fisherman’s Wharf and Ghirardelli Square, and a short walk to Pier 39. The hotel is also walking distance from the Westfield Shopping Center with upscale shops and a movie theater, and the shops and restaurants of Union Square. For stage productions, check out San Fran- cisco Theater to book tickets well in advance for plays and concerts. Bay cruises, a visit to Alcatraz Island, or a day trip to the Napa Valley Wine Country are all possibilities to round off your trip to San Francisco.

Reserve your room now! Contact Hotel Nikko either via their website: www.hotelnikkosf.com or call (415) 394-1111. Use our group code# SWESTP to get the WestPac room rate. Res- ervations must be made by September 16th to get the WestPac rate.

Feel free to email Janet with any questions.

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FINDING STUFF WITH ALLISON WHAT IT IS LIKE ON A DAY IN THE FIRM -By Alison Perry, Head of Library Services, Hawley Troxell, Boise ID

I have worked in a variety of libraries – government documents in college, a public library, two law firms, and a corporate library. By far, my favorite work environment has been in the private law firm library. I have been with Hawley Troxell for nearly eight years. I believe that over the years I have honed certain skills to find the right information for the right people in the right amount of time, and I love the challenge of doing so. As a private law firm librarian I set up/maintain the library’s internet pages; develop training material (this always keeps me on the ball given the continually changing legal research publisher/vendor landscape); answer quick reference questions, and guide attorneys, paralegals, legal administrative assistants and other office staff to the right resources. In numerous ways I find ―stuff‖ for people. I work on budgets cre- ating excel spreadsheets in ways I never imagined possible back in the days when I began gainful employment holding a liberal arts degree. I talk to vendors on a regular basis. I do my best to keep up with legal research resources and technology issues. Working in a one-person library presents many challenges. Although there are routine functions that need to be done, requests I receive from throughout our office can be challeng- ing and sometimes require immediate turnover. As an example of what can happen in a busy law firm, and without going into detailed specifics, one recent morning I arrived and looked with dismay at some incoming mail I had set aside the day before so that I could continue work on a federal legislative history request. This legislative history had become a lengthy process requiring a lot of detective work and reading. In the effort to regain structure for that day before returning to that history, I made a to- do list, and sorted the mail to stamp and catalog (or delegate for filing if I could find someone from Office Services to give a quick assist). I then opened my e-mail and…. gone was the planned morning as one of our associates had spent the night looking for specific law for another country and needed assistance for a final answer by noon. I hazard to guess that a lot of night-time ―Googling‖ probably occurred.

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Luckily, for many years I have tracked useful foreign and international law resources and even included links to those most useful on our library’s intranet web pages! Although en- suring that others actually refer to those web pages when they are doing research is not always a successful endeavor, I knew where to begin. In addition, I could place a few calls to the right people. Within the course of the morning, through my network, we located what I thought would be the appropriate ―quick and dirty‖ material. I corresponded via e-mail and phone with two international law librarians who verified the resource I thought that I needed as well as providing additional informative insight and articles (with each of them providing me the specific links to appropriate code sections). Given that this code was in French (not pure French, but a kind of colloquial French) – I also thought back to a recent review I had read somewhere of Google Translate and other useful translation sites. I quickly scanned the relevant material through Google Translate. In the end, I was able that morning to complete a request for foreign law more quickly than the U.S.-based legislative history request. Completely unrelated to those, I also found a ―bunch of articles‖ for another attorney and took a little product webinar that same day. I finally had a moment to review, sort and handle two days worth of mail before I left for the day. ―Finding stuff‖ is my favorite part of the job. I enjoy meeting and comparing notes of our experiences with others working in law firm, academic, and government libraries. I love to learn new approaches to doing my job – whatever that job entails. Although as yet I have not actively participated in WestPac I determined this year to jump on board and become a more committed member in our chapter. I am looking forward to working with the Public Relations Committee and hope that I can make useful contributions along the way!

ANY GUESSES ON WHAT ROBERT TRUMAN IS DOING IN THIS PICTURE TAKEN IN VICTORIA B.C.?

Winter, 2010 ❖ WESTPAC News ❖ Page 10 MARI CHENEY, NEW MEMBER OF WESTPAC SUBMITTED BY LORI NEILSON, MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

I would like to introduce you to a new member of WestPac, Mari Cheney. She is the reference librarian at the Utah State Law Library, a position she has held since September 2008. Prior to coming to Utah, she interned at the King County Law Library and the Lewis & Clark Law School Boley Law Library. While attending law school she worked for the director of the Pence Law Library at American Uni- versity, Washington College of Law.

She is a very busy person with all the things she has to do. In her current position as the reference librarian, she helps public patrons, attorneys, law clerks and judges with research tasks. She teaches classes on various topics to the patrons of the library. She also teaches public librarians about the law library and its resources, teaches classes to various state agencies, writes for the Utah Bar Journal and keeps the law library blog and Facebook page current.

Mari received a B.A in English from Walla Walla University in 2003; a J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law in 2007; and an M.L.I.S. from the University of Washington in 2008. She chose law librarianship because she loved research in law school and because she couldn’t pick one area of specialty so she took a variety of course. Mari says, ―Law librarianship gives me the freedom to learn about many different areas of law. And once I learn about one thing, I can move on to another topic without first writing a memo or brief!”

Mari is currently a member of AALL, WestPac and SCCLL. She has been very involved in AALL. She volunteered at the hospitality booths at the Portland and Washington, D.C. meetings. And she is a coordinator and speaker of a program at AALL in Denver this year. She is also serving as a member of AALL’s Recruitment to Law Librarianship committee.

Mari has never attended a WestPac meeting, but has attended AALL meetings in Portland & Washington, D.C. She will be attending the meeting in Denver this summer. Her favorite thing about the annual meetings is reuniting with her law librarianship class from the University of Washington and meeting new people. Her least favorite thing about the annual meetings is how tired she gets from trying to squeeze everything in – going to the programs, attending the parties and going to dinner with friends. To quote her: ―Sleep isn’t a priority.‖

Welcome to WestPac Mari!! Lori Neilson Membership Committee Winter, 2010 ❖ WESTPAC News ❖ Page 11

MORE NEW WESTPAC MEMBER NEWS Submitted by Tawnya Plumb, Membership Committee

Please join me in welcoming one of our newer members, Lori Fossum, to WestPac. Since 2008 Lori has served as a reference librarian in the Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington School of Law. In this position she enjoys conducting faculty research, helping students, and learning something new every day. Speaking of learning, Lori earned her J.D. in 2006 from University of North Dakota School of Law and her Masters of Arts (MA) in Infor- mation Resources & Library Science from the University of Arizona in 2008.

In addition to holding memberships in WestPac and AALL, Lori is professionally active in Law Librarians of Puget Sound (LLOPS) where she serves on the Government Relations and Professional Development committees. You may have crossed paths with Lori at the AALL conferences in Portland, OR and Washington, DC. If not, say hello should you meet her in Denver this July.

Welcome to WestPac Lori! Tawnya Plumb Membership Committee

We also welcome the following new members to WestPac:

Kristina Alayan, Law Librarianship Student University of Washington

Valeri Craigle, Access Technologies Librarian S.J. Quinney Law Library, The University of Utah

Ann Nez, Technical Services Coordinator Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington

Kathleen Richman, Executive Director LLMC-Digital

Winter, 2010 ❖ WESTPAC News ❖ Page 12 UTAH STATE LAW LIBRARY INTRODUCES CHAT AND TEXT WITH PHONE AND EMAIL

The Utah State Law Library recently introduced two new ways to provide reference services to its patrons. In an effort to expand services to patrons both in and outside the Salt Lake City area, people can now contact the law library via chat and text, in additional to phone and email.

Patrons chat with us by visiting the law library's Contact Us page (www.utcourts.gov/ lawlibrary/contact) and entering a question in the "Ask Us" box. Law library staff answer chat questions 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday through Fri- day. The "Ask Us" box is powered by Meebo, a free service that requires registration with a user name and password. Meebo also provides the code to embed the widget on the library's page. Patrons who use AOL, Google Talk, MSN or Yahoo IM can also send the law library a message through their instant messenger account.

Patrons can also contact the law library with a text message at 801-432-0TXT (801-432- 0898). We respond via text during business hours: Monday though Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Text messaging is free through our Google Voice subscription. Finally -- patrons can also find the law library on Facebook and read updates on the library's blog (www.utcourts.gov/lawlibrary/blog)

Patrons can chat with us from our Face- book page by clicking on the "Chat with Us" tab or by entering a question in the chat box on the main page. Of course, the law library still an- MARI CHENEY ON MEEBO swers reference in the traditional ways - phone calls, emails and walk up requests are always welcome!

Mari Cheney || Reference Librarian UTAH STATE LAW LIBRARY [email protected]

Winter, 2010 ❖ WESTPAC News ❖ Page 13 WESTPAC ANNUAL MEETING BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES OCT. 9, 2009

I. Meeting was called to order by President Debora Person. II. Approval of minutes from the summer business meeting in Washington, DC was tabled until the next meeting.

III. Cheryl Pritchard, Treasurer, presented a report on West- Pac finances. We are financial sound, with $18,808.31 in checking, $5270.37 in savings and $5476.13 in a CD as of Sept. 4, 2009.

IV. Debora acknowledge the work of the many Westpac committees. Jacque Jurkins of the Archives committee is working on posting Westpac manuals online. The Bylaws committee has a proposal to correct an error in the current bylaws regarding the President/President Elect position. Dan Taysom of Hastings received a $1000 travel grant to come to Victoria. Janet Fisher of Golden Gate University has agreed to coordinate the local arrangements committee for the 2010 San Francisco meeting. Newsletter Editor Tim Kelley urges everyone to submit pictures and articles to the newsletter, and reminds us of the name change contest. The Nominations and Elec- tions committee convinced a fine pool of candidates to run for office, resulting in the elections of Rob Truman as President Elect and Christine Timko as Treasurer. Deb thanked the Public Relations committee, headed by Merri Hartse, for their efforts at the Westpac table at the AALL meeting in DC. Ann Hemmings will be heading the site selection committee for the post San Francisco meeting.

V. One amendment to the bylaws was proposed, a motion was made and seconded, and the amendment passed. The motion was read and reviewed by AALL prior to the Victoria meeting. The current reading of Article VI. Officers and Executive Board Section 2. Terms of Of- fice and Duties of Officers. a. President is: The Vice-President/President-elect shall become President of the Chapter at the conclusion of the fall annual meeting following his or her election, and shall serve a term of one year as President, except as otherwise provided for in section 4 of this Article. The President shall be a member of the Executive Board. The President shall preside at meetings of the members and of the Executive Board and shall perform all other duties customarily pertaining to the office of President.

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The approved bylaw change will now read: Article V1. Officers and Executive Board Section 2. Terms of Office and Duties of Officers. A. President. The Vice-President/President-elect shall assume the office of President of the Chap- ter at the conclusion of the fall annual meeting in which he or she served as Vice-President/ President-elect, and shall serve a term of one year as President, except as otherwise provided for in section 4 of this Article. The President shall be a member of the Executive Board. The Presi- dent shall preside at meetings of the members and of the Executive Board and shall perform all other duties customarily pertaining to the office of President.

A second change to the bylaws was also proposed. This change would remove WestPac committee information from the bylaws and move the information to the Chapter Leadership handbook. This means that the WestPac board will be able to change committee assignments or create new committees as needed without having to amend the bylaws. A motion was made, seconded and passed.

VII. New business- A survey was conducted earlier this year about waiving the membership fee for Westpac members who become unemployed. Other AALL chapters are also doing this. The survey found support among the membership for this proposal. A trial will be conducted during the next 2 years, then will be reviewed by the Membership Committee to assess the impact of this program on WestPac’s finances. The Membership Committee will then decide to carry on or cancel the program.

Meeting adjourned.

Secretary Laurie Urquiaga Howard W. Hunter Law Library

Deb, Swee and Robert

Winter, 2010 ❖ WESTPAC News ❖ Page 15 Oregon Council of County Law Libraries (OCCLL) Awarded LSTA Grant

Last year the Oregon Council of County Law Libraries won its first grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services under a program authorized by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). The Oregon State Library administers this program and holds a grant competition annually. We were thrilled to learn our proposal to conduct a law library service planning study was selected. The funding supports the services of a professional library consultant to assist us with data collection and to guide us through the planning stages. A final report prepared by the consultant culminates the project.

Fittingly, this grant award coincides with the 35th anniversary of the Oregon Council of County Law Libraries. Information about OCCLL and the project can be found on our website at www.occll.org. The all-WestPac project management team includes Jacque Jurkins (Multnomah county), Linda Falken (Lane county), Jennifer Dalglish (Clackamas county), Diana Hadley (Douglas county) and myself.

I want to extend a big thank you to Rob Truman for writing a letter of support on behalf of WestPac and to Mary Ann Hyatt and Joe Stephens for their letters also. Thank you.

Martha Renick, Marion County law librarian and grant project director.

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The WestPac Program on Indigenous Peoples Is Selected as The AALL2go Pick of the Month

AALL's Continuing Professional Education Committee presents the AALL2go pick of the month: Protection of Indigenous Knowledge, Cultures, and Peoples: Current Issues in In- tellectual Property Law.

Learn about the issues that come in to play when traditional values (here, those of Na- tive Hawaiians) come into conflict with western intellectual property regimes. For example, Disney altered the words to a Hawaiian chant used in its cartoon movie, Lilo and Stitch, and then copyrighted the new version. By changing the words, however, it violated the indigenous view that such chants are community property to be passed down to future generations, and, as such, should not be modified in any way that would disturb their meanings.

In this 2007 WestPac program moderated by Melody K. Mackenzie, speakers Walter M. Heen, Camille Kalama, and Maile Meyer address similar problems and outline progress made in the pursuit of indigenous cultures' rights to determine how intellectual property will be handled.

Find this and more than 60 other free continuing education programs and webi- nars for AALL members on AALL2go!

(AALL2go logo attached: Program link: http://www.softconference.com/aall/sessionDetail.asp?SID=175537; AALL2go link: http://www.softconference.com/aall/default.asp)

Winter, 2010 ❖ WESTPAC News ❖ Page 17 PLEASE RENEW YOUR WESTPAC MEMBERSHIP!

ONE PERSON WHO RENEWS EARLY MAY BE RANDOMLY SELECTED TO RECEIVE A PRIZE OF CHOCOLATGE MACADAMIA NUTS

Renew now to help us update for elections, directory and budget purposes!

THE FORM TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP IS NOW LOCATED AT THE WESTPAC WEBSITE

http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/westpac/index.asp

FOR THE DUES FORM, CLICK HERE.

Interested in attending the AALL Annual Meeting, July 10-13, 2010 or one of the workshops affiliated with the conference in Denver, CO? Consider applying for an AALL Grant to cover your registration costs. There are two categories - Experienced Members and Student/New Members. The deadline is April 1, 2010.

Application for Experienced Members

http://www.aallnet.org/services/grant_application_experienced.pdf

Application for Student/New Members

http://www.aallnet.org/services/grant_application_new.pdf

Forwarded on behalf of Patty Wellinger, Chair of the AALL Grants Committee.

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Annual WestPac Conference 2009

Victoria, BC

WESTPAC COMMITTEES 2010

Education Nominations and Elections

Rob Truman, Chair (2009-2010) Paula Doty, Chair (2008-2010) Barbara Swatt-Engstrom (2008- Kim Ositis (2008-2010) Archives 2010) Catherine Lemann (2008-2010) Katie Jones (2009-2011) Jacque Jurkins, Chair (2008-2010) Lei Seeger (2008-2010) Marcus Hochstetler (2009-2011) Linda Stephenson (2009-2011) Valeri Craigle (2008-2010)

Grants and Awards Internet Coordinator

Membership Kathy Faust, Chair (2008-2010) Tim Kelly (Listserv) Tawnya Plumb, Chair (2008- Rita Kaiser (2008-2010) Katie Lynn (Webmaster) 2010) Suzanne Darais (2009-2011) Rob Truman (Recorder) Jennifer Gross (2008-2010) Matthew Downs (2009-2011) Lori Neilson (2008-2010) Buck Sterling (2009-2011)

Constitution and Bylaws Newsletter Public Relations Ross McPhail, Chair (2008- Tim Kelly, Editor Merri Hartse, Chair (2007-2010) 2010) Mark Linneman (2008-2010) Ron Fuller (2008-2010) Brenda Grasmick (2008-2010) Jennifer Dalglish (2008-2010) Meg Martin (2008-2010) Local Arrangements Alison Perry (2009-2011) Janet Fischer, Chair (2009-2010) Marisa Diehl Harriet Zook Susan Darias Monica Sharum Government Relations Marisa Diehl (Golden Gate School of Law) Ledja Cullen (Golden Gate School of Law) Alaska: Daniel Cornwall (2007-2010) California: Dave McFadden (2007-2010) Hawaii: Swee Berkey (2008-2010) Idaho: Kristin Ford (2008-2010) Montana: Stacey Gordon (2009-2011) Site Selection Nevada: Matthew Wright (2007-2010) Oregon: Diana Gleason (2008-2010) Daniel Taysom, Chair (2008-2010) Utah: Kory Staheli (2008-2010) Laura Stubblefield (2008-2010) Washington: Marcus Hochstetler, Chair Jerry Smith (2008-2010) (2008-2010) Kathy Faust (2009-2011) Wyoming: Kathy Carlson (2009-2012) Dennis Sears (2009-2011)