The University of Richmond School of Law Library celebrated National Library Week by inviting all students, faculty and staff to the Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Special Collections and Rare Books Room for cake on Tuesday, April 13. Heather Hamilton, Reference and Research Services Librarian (left), and Suzanne Corriell, Head of Reference and Research Services (right),...Read More

It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I first took office as President of the Virginia Association of Law Libraries. These past months have been trying ones for VALL’s membership, as the economy’s effects were felt across the legal world. Through it all, however, I have been proud to observe how...Read More

Local Lingo: "CW" = Colonial Williamsburg"Confusion Corner" = the intersection of Jamestown Road, Richmond Road, Boundary Street, and Duke of Gloucester Street -- where the College of William & Mary meets the Historic Area."DOG Street" = Duke of Gloucester Street, the primary Historic Area street. The Merchant's Square shopping area is on the west end."The...Read More

The VALL Spring Meeting 2010 will be held on April 23, 4:15 - 5 pm, in the Garden Room, Cascades Conference Center, Williamsburg.Read More

Vice President/President Elect: Michele Gernhardt Michele has worked as a reference librarian at the Richmond office of Hunton & Williams LLP since November 2005. In addition to her reference duties at Hunton & Williams, Michele is responsible for coordinating cataloging and serials management in the firm's library information system. She also creates and conducts training...Read More

Registration forms for the Winter Meeting on March 5 at Liberty University School of Law in Lynchburg, and the Joint VALL/SEAALL Meeting April 22 - 24 in Williamsburg, are available at: http://vall.pbworks.com/ Don't let the deadlines creep up on you, register now!Read More

It's that time of the year again! VALL is looking for a Vice President/President Elect, Secretary and Director. Please fill out a nominations form located at: http://vall.pbworks.com/ or email Nominations Chair, Cathy Palombi at ccp7m@virginia.edu with your suggestions. Deadline is February 5th, 2010.Read More

From Fred Dingledy: Greetings, VALL members! At the Fall/Annual Meeting, we discussed the frequency and timing ofVALL's meetings. It's been brought to our attention that the quarterlymeeting format might be a large time and financial commitment for a lot of members, especially in these days of tight budgets. We're also wondering if the Annual Meeting...Read More

"Cool" "Modern" and "Immensely attractive" were some of the words used by members of VALL to describe South University's Richmond Campus. VALL held it's annual meeting at the Richmond Campus, Nov. 6 - 7, and it was attended by about 30 members. The Friday attendees in the Distance Learning Lab Interim Richmond Campus President Seth...Read More

From Charlottesville: Take I-64 east toward Richmond. Take exit 178-A (Route 250 West also known as West Broad Street). As you enter Route 250, you must cross all lanes of traffic and get into the left most lane so that you may turn left at the first full traffic signal (Brookriver Drive). From the left...Read More