By Gail Zwirner VALL reached a major milestone in August 2015 in our collaboration with the Virginia State Bar.  Roger Skalbeck’s article on legal research technologies for the Law Libraries column in the Virginia Lawyer was the 100tharticle we contributed. Our relationship started in April 1997 when Donna Bausch, in an outreach and public relations...Read More

Submitted by Terry Long, VALL liaison to VLA Highlights of the VLA Council Meeting: VLA annual meeting will be held at the Homestead, October 26-28th. o   More program proposals are needed. o   Lisa Varga, Executive Director, explored some conference ideas with the group.  VLA Professional Associated Forum will be held May 2nd at the Doubletree...Read More

The Spring Meeting and changeover of officers will be on April 8, 2016, at Washington & Lee Law School in Lexington, Virginia. Click here for a preliminary program:  Spring Meeting Progam More details to follow!Read More

The proposal to change the name of American Association of Law Libraries to the Association for Legal Information has failed by a vote of 1998 (80.11 percent) opposed, to 496 (19.89 percent) in favor. A record number of members voted on this proposal, with 59.51 percent casting a ballot.Read More

Submitted by Terry Long, VALL Liaison ·         The VLA annual conference was a success. ·         The cost to post on Jobline has increased from $75 to $100. This increase will help keep the dues at the current level. ·         VLA is in a strong financial position as have a healthy reserve fund. ·         Lisa Varga,...Read More

Yes, that's right -- VALL's own Ben Almoite will be a contestant on Jeopardy! this Thursday, January 14, so don't forget to tune in and cheer Ben on! How does one get to be on Jeopardy!? Other than the obvious ... be really, really good in trivia. Ben took the Jeopardy! Adult Online Test in...Read More

Hello, VALL members and Happy New Year!  As 2015 has now come and gone I would like to take a moment to thank all VALL members for a great year for our organization and look forward to many more milestones and achievements. After a very enjoyable lunch at AALL in Philadelphia, VALL members gathered again...Read More

It is that time again to bid farewell to a long-time VALL member who is retiring; welcome a new member into our midst; and send good wishes to those who have moved into new positions. Please see below on updates from VALL institutions. From Gail Warren at the Virginia State Law Library: On behalf of...Read More

Congratulations and welcome back to Victoria Levy who starts today as a reference librarian with McGuireWoods. Victoria was working at the Henrico Public Library before coming back to law librarianship.Read More

The joint VLA/VALL conference was held at the Richmond Marriott from Oct. 21 -23, 2015, with VALL members presenting three programs and one Library Speed Networking session. VALL also had a table in the exhibition hall which attracted a lot of traffic. VLA President Suzy Szasz Palmer getting ready to cut the ribbon to the...Read More