by Jean Holcomb Leaving the library upon retirement doesn’t necessarily mean that the skills you spent years acquiring will gather dust. Leaving the workforce might not be a permanent option for a variety of reasons: financial, social, entrepreneurial, or altruistic. Regardless of the motivations calling you to put your skills back in play in the […]
The 2014 AALL Leadership Academy is going to be held in Oak Brook, Illinois, from April 4 – 5. See here for details: http://www.aallnet.org/main-menu/Education/leadership-academy If any VALL member is interested, the VALL Board would like to assist any member who is accepted into the academy with a grant of $800 to help defray the costs. […]
submitted by Frosty Owen Beverley Butler, Hunton & Williams’ firm librarian from 1958 to 1992, passed away on Tuesday, September 17, after a long illness. A memorial service for Beverley was held on Thursday, October 3, 10:00 a.m., at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Oregon Hill. Beverley was one of a kind. Even though he […]
by Michele Gernhardt, Frosty Owen & Lisa Reinhard Anyone reading the news about law libraries today or any other day since the economic downturn in 2008 comes across the same phrases again and again. “The new normal,” “doing more with less,” “cost-cutting measures,” “belt-tightening,” “shrinking budgets,” “shrinking headcounts,” “shrinking footprints,” etc., are constants in the […]
By Terry Long, VALL Liaison to VLA Highlights of the VLA Council Meeting: • VLA’s financial picture looks good. Membership did not decrease in the last fiscal year – it increased by 1. • VLA Conference o Exhibit hall is sold out, with 5 vendors wait-listed. o 373 registrants thus far o $10,000+ raised in […]
If there are changes to your membership information after your membership renewal forms were submitted, please make sure you let VALL know because the 2013-2014 Directory will need to be updated. Please submit all changes in membership information to Chris Vassey at christina.vassey@thomsonreuters.com by Monday, Sept. 16, 2013.
by Evelyn M. Campbell When I was setting up my itinerary for AALL in Seattle I knew I had to attend this program – Finding the Veronica Mars Within: Using Social Media for Investigative Purposes in Legal Research. Not too many years ago I had written a series of articles and presented programs on how […]
by Patty Petroccione Attending the AALL Annual Conference is a valuable experience for all law librarians; however for a “solo” like me it is essential. It is not only important for my professional growth and well-being; it is for my personal sanity as well. Other than reading list serve messages, and when time permits, occasional […]
Congratulations to Anthony and Rosie Ikwueme on the birth of their daughter, Sofie Chnwendum, who arrived on Aug. 11, 2013, at 5:02 pm. Sofie weighed in at 8 lb. and was 21 inches long. Both mother and baby are doing well, and we wish them all the best.
Alexis is the new reference and research services librarian in the Muse Law Library at the University of Richmond School of Law. She was born in Lake Charles, LA, and earned her B.A. in History from Louisiana State University in 2008. She remained at LSU for her J.D. (2011) and M.L.I.S. (2013), during which time […]
