by Jean Holcomb If graded on a work-life balance, my pre-retirement score would have reflected a tendency to tip toward the work side of the scale. In retirement, I’ve worked hard to acquire the needed skills to live in the moment. No longer focused on anticipating challenges to the library’s funding sources or space allocation...Read More

Candidates are needed to fill three positions on the Executive Board: Vice President/President-Elect, and two-year terms for Secretary and Director.  The Vice President must be a member of AALL.  Any VALL member may serve as Secretary or Director regardless of AALL membership status. Please contact any member of the Nominating Committee to nominate yourself or...Read More

From President Amy Wharton: The Executive Board is currently recruiting for three important committees. The charges for each are listed below. A few people have already expressed interest in serving, but we’re looking for many more. For the 30th Anniversary Committee, we’re looking for celebration planners as well as those who know our history well...Read More

Vice President/President Elect Ben Almoite has been awarded a VALL grant to attend AALL's 2014 Leadership Academy in Oak Brook, Illinois, in April. Andrew Winston, University of Richmond Law School Library, will also be attending the Leadership Academy. Congratulations to both!Read More

Lots of articles by fellow VALLers in this issue: http://www.vsb.org/site/publications/valawyer/virginia-lawyer-magazine-december-2013Read More

Congratulations to Gail Warren, State Law Librarian, Virginia Supreme Court, for being named to the commission. She will serve a three-year term beginning on December 1, 2013. Other members of the commision: Mark D. Braley, executive director, Legal Services Corporation of Virginia Andrea L. Bridgeman, associate general counsel, Freddie Mac Deborah V. Bryan, Chief Judge,...Read More