Congratulations to Ben Almoite who started with McGuireWoods on May 6 as the technical services librarian in the Richmond office. Ben was previously with the Henrico County Public Library. Congratulations to Anna Price who will begin her new job as a librarian with the Law Library of Congress on May 28! Anna will be leaving...Read More

There were 787 pageviews of VALLTalk in April! Thank you to all those who have stopped by.Read More

About thirty-five VALL members gathered at the Riverfront Plaza office of Hunton Andrews Kurth to attend VALL's spring meeting and installation of officers. Jane Baugh from Woods Rogers checking in at the registration desk. Doris Morgan and Victoria Levy from McGuireWoods walked across the street to attend. Douglas Granger, managing partner at Hunton Andrews' Richmond...Read More

Welcome to the newest VALL members listed below: Eileen Chandhoke – Odin Feldman Pittleman, PC Kelsey Cox – Virginia State Law Library Sarah Drye – Student member John Holtzclaw – National Center for State Courts Tiffany Jenkins – Troutman Sanders Geraldine Kalim – George Mason University Law Library Audrey Lynn – Regent University Law Library...Read More

This school year, the Arthur J. Morris Law Library at the University of Virginia welcomed two new librarians, Sarah New and Kate Boudouris.  Sarah New Sarah joined the library as its web services librarian, bringing extensive experience in digital resources management, web site design and management, and reference services in academic libraries.   She was previously...Read More

Submitted by Anthony Brown Ikwueme Thomas Walker is the new associate librarian for collection management with the Ehrhorn Law Library at Liberty University School of Law. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Music with emphases in Double Bass Performance, Music Composition, and Media Studies; additionally he holds, a Master of Science in Library Science...Read More

Submitted by Joyce Manna Janto Every year AALL gives a full registration grant to several chapters.  This year, VALL is one of these chapters.  The only stipulation on the grant is that it is to go to a newer member of AALL.  They definition of “newer member” is someone who has been an AALL member...Read More

The meeting will be held at Hunton Andrews Kurth, downtown Richmond, VA. The deadline for registering is April, 26, 2019. The registration form is available under VALL Meetings on this blog. Don't miss this opportunity to network with colleagues and witness the installation of new board members.Read More

Congratulations to VALL's own recently retired Terry Long for being a recipient of the Bethany J. Ochal Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession! This award is given to a Government Law Libraries Special Interest Section member who has made a significant contribution to law librarianship and who is nearing the end of his or...Read More

submitted by Gail Warren On February 25, 2019, Kelsey I. Cox joined the Virginia State Law Library as our new librarian. Kelsey is from Chicago, Illinois, and currently lives downtown in Richmond.  In her free time, she enjoys practicing yoga, painting, playing the piano, and hiking. Kelsey attended Lake Forest College, graduating in 2015 with...Read More