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VLA Council Sept. 18, 2015

Submitted by Terry Long ·         Jobline greatly contributes to the VLA bottom line ·         900 members of VLA ·         VLA/VALL meeting o   477 registrations so far o   28 people have signed up for the tour of the Va Supreme Court and library o   72 of 75 booths have sold o   New Member Forum will offer […]

Moving on …

Ben Almoite is leaving the Virginia State Law Library on Sept. 3rd and will take up his new position as librarian of the Henrico Government & Law Library on Sept. 8. Ben is excited to be following in Isabel Paul’s footsteps and plans on continuing the great service she provided to the library’s patrons for […]

Happy Retirement to Joe Wynne!

Systems Librarian Joe Wynne retired on July 24th after 37 years of service to the University of Virginia Law Library.  Joe joined the law school in 1978 as a cataloger, worked under two library directors (Larry Wenger and Taylor Fitchett), was a reference librarian, budget and technology manager, a leading contributor in moving the library […]

The Power of Connection

by Suzanne B. Corriell Associate Circuit Librarian, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit Library   This year’s AALL Annual Meeting theme of “The Power of Connection” was exactly what I needed as I transitioned to a new role in a federal court library.  Our library has embarked upon the strategic planning process, and several of […]

The Law Librarian in the Broader World – Lessons from Legislative Advocacy Training and a Law Firm/Academic Librarian Round Table at the AALL Annual Conference

by Kat Klepfer  Reference & Research Services Librarian, University of Richmond This was my first AALL annual conference as a professional librarian and I was very excited to attend the conference, not as a job-seeker, but as a practicing librarian. I began my full-time job as a reference & research services librarian at the University […]

Welcome to Roger Skalbeck

 On July 1st, Roger V. Skalbeck joined Richmond School of Law as their Associate Dean of Library & Information Resources.  He comes to Richmond Law from Georgetown Law Center, where he worked for eight years as an associate librarian and co-taught a seminar in Technology Innovation and Law Practice.   Prior to working at Georgetown, Roger […]

Farewell to Timothy Coggins!

Tim Coggins retired in June from the University of Richmond Law School Library after 18 years of service to the university. And as VALLers are aware he was also awarded AALL’s Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award in July. That’s a fine way to end a distinguished career! Tim was an active member of the […]