Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Southern California Association of Law Libraries Newsletter (SCALL Newsletter)<\/em><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>:\u00a0N\/A<\/p>\n Website:<\/strong>\u00a0SCALL Newsletter<\/em> Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0SCALL Newsletter<\/em>\u00a0is the official association newsletter of the Southern California Association of Law Libraries, which aims to keep members up-to-date with goings on in the society.1<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0Law librarians and other information professionals working in the legal industry in the Southern California area, especially those who are members of SCALL.2<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Southern California Association of Law Libraries, a division of the greater organization, American Association of Law Libraries (AALL).3<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0No.4<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0Professional LIS newsletter.5<\/sup><\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Online.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0SCALL Newsletter<\/em>\u00a0contains many reviews and discussions of programs and conferences, both those sponsored by SCALL and others of interest in the community. It also publishes articles about new technologies or issues in the legal profession.7<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Five times per year.\u00a0The issues are September\/October, November\/December, January\/February, March\/April, and May\/June.8<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:\u00a0<\/strong>Submission Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0The publication is interested in a broad range of articles and submissions, as long as they are of interest to the law library community.9<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0Articles should be submitted to the newsletter editor via email. Deadlines for submission are published on the website and are also included in each issue along with current editor\u2019s contact information.10<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Though not specifically stated, the tone seems to be informal. Many of the articles are divided into shorter sections, so the reader can quickly and easily decipher the most important points or see an outline of the ideas presented in a conference.11<\/sup><\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0There is no mention of a specific style guide requirement however, none of the articles in recently archived issues contained bibliographies or footnotes.12<\/sup><\/p>\n This publication is useful for information professionals in the legal industry, especially those who are based in Southern California. It provides up-to-date information on events held by the SCALL as well as discussions of other local law conferences and programs. Also, this newsletter is very effective in keeping the members of SCALL informed as to what is taking place within the association, especially with regards to its officers and upcoming events.<\/p>\n This publication seems to be very receptive to author contributions. Most likely those who are members of the association would be especially welcomed to contribute. It seems that it would be a promising publication for an information professional who may not yet be comfortable writing academic research papers, but who is interested in discussing a presentation or conference he or she attended.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0This newsletter is a benefit of SCALL membership and according to their call for advertisers, there are over 400 SCALL members.13<\/sup><\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0The readers of this publication are primarily in the Southern California area. Many of the events discussed in the newsletter are specific to this locale.14<\/sup>\u00a0However, there is a separate division, San Diego Area Law Libraries, or\u00a0SANDALL, for the San Diego area members of AALL, so SCALL may be said to include only Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Because this is not an international publication, authors do not have to be concerned with language or cultural discrepancies. As the readers are concentrated in a limited area and work in a specific field, it is likely that they will have a similar understanding of library issues and the words used to describe them.15<\/sup><\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Individual characteristics of SCALL members are not available, but members of SCALL work in academic, professional, private, state, and county law libraries.16<\/sup>\u00a0It can be assumed that the statistics for\u00a0SCALL<\/em> readers are close to those of the wider association, American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). According to the AALL 2018-2019 Media Kit, the most common workplaces for members are private or corporate law libraries (35%). A \u00a0smaller, but still significant portion, 13.9 percent, work in government or other types of law libraries. The highest percentage of members (36%) are still in law school.17<\/sup>\u00a0Information professionals who are likely to read\u00a0SCALL Newsletter<\/em>\u00a0are interested in the legal field, and judging by the scope of the articles, they seem to have an interest in technology as well.18<\/sup><\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0It can be assumed that readers of the SCALL newsletter are very familiar with LIS related subjects. According to the information about AALL, which all SCALL members are a part of, 38% of readers work in positions that involve high-level decision making and direction of law library services.19<\/sup><\/p>\n The most important characteristic of this audience is their common interest in the legal profession. Because this is not a scholarly publication and it is intended to spread news and share information, potential authors should keep in mind that their pieces can be more casual in nature but should still be informative and thought-provoking in their viewpoints. Writers should remember that readers of this publication are interested in law libraries and the specific technological issues and advancements that affect their work. While many readers have years of experience working with legal materials, electronic resources are being introduced frequently which change the way many SCALL members are doing their jobs.\u00a0These changes in the field present opportunities for authors to explain new developments, discuss up-and-coming technologies, and educate the readers.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0June 24, 2019<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Southern California Association of Law Libraries Newsletter (SCALL Newsletter) ISSN:\u00a0N\/A Website:\u00a0SCALL Newsletter Homepage Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0The\u00a0SCALL Newsletter\u00a0is the official association newsletter of the Southern California Association of Law Libraries, which aims to keep members up-to-date with goings on in the society.1 Target audience:\u00a0Law librarians and other information professionals working […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":772,"featured_media":0,"parent":2015,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2519","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2519"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3264,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2519\/revisions\/3264"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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