By Jean Holcomb
As summer draws to a close and signs of the next season become apparent, the library will be preparing for the arrival of our new director Marcus Hochstetler. Marcus and I will work together during the month of September. My last day as a member of the King County Law Library staff will be September 30.
Thanks for the opportunity to serve as the library’s director for the past 13 years. To be a part of a legal community that values the role access to legal information serves in assuring justice for all has been a privilege. Working with Bar Bulletin editors Carole Grayson, Amy Stephson and Bob Anderton on the library column provided a direct method to call attention to the programs and services the library offers.
Thanks for the support provided for initiatives sponsored by the library. When the Law Library Board of Trustees asked the King County Bar Association for endorsements of such projects as the implementation of the Subscriber program, the funding for the Regional Justice Center Law Library, the adoption of a state legislative agenda for increasing filing fee funding for county law libraries and the 85th anniversary fundraising campaign to renovate the Seattle library facility, the KCBA Board said yes.
Thanks for the memories. Events that call to mind moments of celebration include: the arrival of the library’s first staff computer; exploring the Internet for the first time where we landed at the catalog of the National Library of Iceland; placing our first public access computer terminal on the service counter in Seattle with the electronic resource CD LAW; spending a night in jail at the Regional Justice Center as a part of the team who developed and tested the operational readiness of the RJC facility before it opened; testifying in support of funding for our library before the County Council; driving to Olympia in early morning darkness through rain or snow to advocate for increased funding for county law libraries before the House and Senate Judiciary committees; developing the Legal Research and Training Center; and moving the Seattle library across the street to the Administration building and back again during the seismic renovation.
Working with a staff and Board of Trustees who share a vision of what a public law library can become through creativity and collaboration has provided many memorable moments. Helping translate ideas into reality kept me energized and enthused for 13 years. Thank you all for the opportunity, the support and the memories.
Subscriber program news: If you’ve delayed joining the library’s Subscriber program, it’s not too late. Beginning Septem-ber 1, the membership fee will be prorated from $55 per attorney to $20 per attorney. Individuals and firms who join will receive full Subscriber program benefits for the remainder of the 2005 calendar year. For more information contact Craig Burgess at 206.296.0940.
Internet class topic: The Seattle Law Library Internet lunch-break class for web users held at noon on the third Thursday of the month on the 6th floor of the County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, will feature labor law resources on the Internet for the September 15 class. On October 20, the class will cover tips for effective use of Westlaw. For information about the lunch-break classes and to reserve a space in the class, call Rita Kaiser at 206.296.0940. For information about additional training opportunities, view the monthly training calendar on the library’s web page at www.kcll.org.
Gifts: The library appreciates gifts to the collection from Marjorie V. Munn.
Recent Acquisitions: Antitrust: Antitrust Compliance: Perspectives and Resources for Corporate Counselors; Bankruptcy: How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy; Civil Procedure: California Litigation Series; Civil Rights: Case Dismissed! Taking Your Harassment Prevention Training to Trial; Commercial Law: The Collected ABA and TriBar Opinion Reports; Conflict of Laws: Conflicts in a Nutshell; Construction: Construction Law Midyear; Copyright: Goldstein on Copyright; Corporations: Audit Committee Workshop 2005: What Audit Committee Members & Lawyers who advise Them Need to Know Now; Guide to Nonprofit Corporate Governance in the Wake of Sarbanes-Oxley; Criminal Law: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the New International Norms; Criminal Procedure: Death Penalty in a Nutshell; Evidence: Econometrics: Legal, Practical, and Technical Issues; Insurance: Bond Default Manual; Annotations to Surplus Lines Statutes; Libraries: Survey on Commercial Document Delivery Practice; Patent Law: Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop: Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing 2005; Practice of Law: Compendium of Client Protection Rules; Real Property: 2005 Real Property, Probate and Trust Section Midyear; Securities: Secondary Market Tax-Exempt Asset Securitization: for Sponsors, Investors, Other Market Participants and Their Counsel; Trade Regulation: Telecom Antitrust Handbook.
Jean Holcomb is the outgoing King County Law Librarian. The KCBA and the Bar Bulletin wish to thank Jean for her years of devoted service and wish her well in her future endeavors.
Collections Note
By Rita Dermody, Collection Access Services Librarian
Media law covers many areas. It may include libel, slander and defamation; practical concerns such as cable TV or dealing with the FCC; general considerations about mass communication law; or how an attorney may deal with the media. Below is a sampling of titles in the King County Law Library that address these issues.
Advertising and Commercial Speech: A First Amendment Guide, by P. Cameron DeVore and Robert D. Sack, Practicing Law Institute, 1999; All About Cable: Legal and Business Aspects of Cable and Pay Television, by James C. Goodale, Law Journal Press, 1981; Cable Television Law, 2005, Practicing Law Institute, 2005; Communications Law, 2004, Practicing Law Institute, 2004; Law of Defamation, 2d ed., by Rodney A. Smolla, West Group, 1999; Lawyers and Reporters: Understand-ing and Working with the Media, American Bar Association, 2000; Libel and Privacy, by Bruce W. Sandford, Aspen Publishers, 1991; Mass Communication Law in a Nutshell, by T. Barton Carter, West Group, 2000; Modern Communica-tion Law, by Harvey L. Zuckman, West Group, 1999; Sack on Defamation: Libel, Slander, and Related Problems, 3rd ed., by Robert D. Sack, Practicing Law Institute, 1999; Telecommunications Convergence: Implications for the Industry & for the Practicing Lawyer, Practicing Law Institute, 2002.
Please visit the library and check these titles out. Other titles on this topic may be found using the library’s online catalog on our www.kcll.org
website.
