Greetings, VALL Members, It’s hard to believe that six weeks have passed since our spring meeting. Around here, those six weeks have flown by with exams, commencement, and now summer construction projects; meanwhile, many of you find yourselves with new summer associates and clerks. Regardless of your clientele, I hope that you are working on...Read More

by Terry Long, VALL Representative to VLA The VLA Council met June 8, 2012 at Henrico County’s Twin Hickory Library. A Presidential Citation has been awarded to Sen.Thomas Norment for his assistance to have public library funding restored to its current amount in the state budget; it had been reduced in the governor’s budget. We...Read More

I still remember the call from Theresa Schmid that started it all. Theresa, a member of the 2009-2010 nominating committee, called and asked me to consider running for VALL Vice President/President-Elect in 2010. Shocked, flattered, and flabbergasted, I asked for a little time to consider. I stepped out of my office and sought counsel from...Read More

The VALL lunch will be on Monday, July 23, from 12 - 1:15 at Vlora Back Bay Restaurant, 545 Boylston Street (about a nine minute walk from the convention center). The cost is $15 for VALL members and $20 for non-members. Please make checks payable to "The Virginia Association of Law Libraries" and mail to:...Read More

The Virginia State Law Library collected over 86 books for the Children's Book Bank of  Richmond as part of its National Library Week 2012 celebrations. State Law Librarian Gail Warren said that the library's NLW celebration also included a virtual scavenger hunt with the all-correct entry winning a $10 Barnes and Noble gift card. The...Read More

Terry Long  Sen. Warner contacted VLA leadership to participate in a conference call with him. He wanted to learn about library issues. Those who participated were pleased with how candid he was. Among the topics discussed were: e-rate, provisions of a security bill that will give more access to library records and broadband access...Read More

Catherine Lemann took up the position of Circuit Librarian at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on April 1, 2012. Cathy comes to Virginia from the Alaska Court System where she was state law librarian from 2006 - 2011. Before that she was associate director of the Law Library of Louisiana from...Read More

Former VALL president, Kevin Butterfield, is now the University Librarian of the Boatwright Memorial Library of the University of Richmond. Kevin became University Librarian on April 16 after serving as interim University Librarian for about seven months. Congratulations to Kevin from VALL!Read More

The meeting which was held on Friday, April 13, 2012, at the University of Richmond School of Law, was attended by at least 52 people, and filled Classroom L30 in the law library to capacity. Attendees were given an update by the new Law Librarian of Congress, David Mao, and his team (please see entry...Read More

The Law Librarian of Congress, David Mao, took time from his first 100 days in office, to give VALL members an update on the goings on in the law library, and reminded us that with 2.78 million volumes in its collection, it is the largest law library in the world. What has the Law Library...Read More