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Call for Volunteers: For those of you attending AALL in Chicago, we are looking for members to help set up and staff the VALL Display Board in the Activities Area. The Public Relations Committee will create the display board and take care of shipping it to Chicago. We need someone to set up the display board on Saturday, July 20, anytime between…[Read more]

Position Opening – Student Services Librarian – University of Richmond
We’re recruiting a law librarian to join our team to teach legal research and contribute to our shared mission.

The University of Richmond School of Law is committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. We educate lawyers to think critically, act ethically,…[Read more]

VALL @ AALL! Interest Form
If you’re attending the annual AALL meeting in Chicago, please click the link below and take an interest survey to help us plan our meetup. I’m hoping to have everything finalized in the next couple of weeks so people can plan out their conference experience. Thank you, and I’m looking forward to seeing anyone who can…[Read more]

Hi everyone. I had something come up on Wednesday morning and can’t be there until noon or soon thereafter. Who should I contact about getting the Zoom link so I can watch the morning session? Thanks!

Greetings ! Is anyone from NoVa looking to share a ride to next week’s Spring meeting in Richmond? I will be driving down and have room for a few folks wanting to carpool to the event. Let me know if you would like to catch a ride. The playlist for the drive will likely be heavy on 80’s music.
Pete
p.s. Looks like the meeting registration…[Read more]

REGISTER TODAY:

VALL Spring 2024 Meeting
Wednesday, May 8, 9:00am-5:00pm
Williams Mullen
200 S 10th Street
Suite 1600
Richmond, VA 23219

Register at https://forms.gle/zxmYzFWSDX6AyrJC6

Please join us for the Virginia Association of Law Libraries Spring 2024 Meeting on Wednesday, May 8 at the downtown Richmond offices of Williams Mullen.…[Read more]

Do you or a colleague need some extra funds to attend AALL this year? There’s still time to apply for one of two available VALL Grants. The AALL Grant is for $1000 and is meant to defray the cost of any member who is attending either the AALL Annual Meeting or one of the AALL Institutes. The Barbara Cumming Grant is for $500 and is limited to a…[Read more]

Good morning and greetings from the United States Department of Justice!

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Libraries is pleased to announce four internships for the Fall 2024 semester. DOJ Libraries will provide graduate students in library, information science, history, museum studies, archival, and related disciplines the…[Read more]

We’re happy to announce the slate of incoming new officers for VALL. The changeover happens at our Spring meeting, May 8th in Richmond at Williams Mullen.

Here are the new officers:
– Vice President / President-Elect: Devan Orr, Foreign and International Reference Librarian, William and Mary Law School
– Board Member: Pete Vay, Research…[Read more]

Applications are now being accepted for the VALL AALL Annual Meeting Grants/Barbara Cumming Professional Development Grant. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 19. Please find the application at the following link and contact Joyce Janto (jjanto@richmond.edu) with any questions: https://wlu.box.com/s/csxo3p1gq2n4m9j99nu38y4asqa6hwi0

Tomorrow, Friday, February 23rd, is the last day to register for the PLLIP-SIS and BLL-SIS 2024 Diversity Summit: A New DEI? Roadblocks and Pipelines. The Summit will be held on Friday, March 1st from 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. via Zoom.

Doing DEI work is challenging generally. In a time when DEI is under attack, it can be even more difficult to…[Read more]

There’s still time to make a nomination for the AALL Emerging Leader Award! Nominations are due by March 1st.

AALL is now accepting nominations for the Emerging Leader Award. This award recognizes newer members who have made significant contributions to the profession and have demonstrated the potential for leadership and continuing…[Read more]

Are you aware of an AALL member, library, SIS, or chapter that has undertaken some extraordinary or inspiring community engagement in the past year? Do you feel that these efforts deserve to be recognized by our peers?

The Excellence in Community Engagement Award honors outstanding achievement in public relations activities by an AALL member,…[Read more]

AALL is now accepting nominations for the Emerging Leader Award. This award recognizes newer members who have made significant contributions to the profession and have demonstrated the potential for leadership and continuing excellence.
Selection criteria include:
o The nominee must be a member in good standing of AALL
o The nominee must be in the…[Read more]

Our friend-of-VALL, Lisa Varga, Executive Director of the Virginia Library Association, has been named Library Journal’s Librarian of the Year – an amazing honor for an amazing woman.
https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/news/speaking-up-lisa-varga-is-ljs-2024-librarian-of-the-year

Hello — If anyone subscribes to Litigation Finance Journal, https://litigationfinancejournal.com, would you please let me know at christensena@wlu.edu? We have someone in need of an article. Thanks in advance! -Andrew