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Farewell, Robert!

Robert Davis from Prince William County Public Law Library will be retiring at the end of the month after 19 years in public law librarianship. Robert began his career in the county’s planning and zoning department but was laid off within six months of hire. “Last hired, first fired,” Robert said. He was fortunate to […]

VALL Grant Recipients!

Congratulations to Suzanne Corriell (4th Circuit Law Library) and Kathleen Klepfer (University of Richmond Law School Library) for being awarded VALL grants to AALL! We look forward to reading about their experiences at AALL in Philadelphia.

VALL Spring Meeting 2015

The Spring meeting is always an exciting one because it marks the changing of the guard — saying farewell to an outgoing president and welcoming the incoming one. About 30 VALLers met at the picturesque University of Virginia Law School to listen to a panel of academic law librarians discuss how they “Prep to Practice” […]

President’s Farewell Message

Hello, VALL members!  I am looking forward to seeing you at the Spring Meeting at the UVA School of Law in a few days. But before then, I just want to take this time to say a few words about what is coming up for VALL this year: VALL Strategic Plan The executive board has […]

Retiring after a Career Spanning 42 Years

by Timothy Coggins & Kathleen Klepfer Gail Zwirner, head of access services in the University of Richmond Law Library, will retire on April 3, 2015. Gail has provided exemplary reference and research assistance to the law school’s faculty, students, and other users since 1998, when she joined the law library as a reference and research services […]

VALL Board 2015 – 2016

Patty Petroccione Vice President/President Elect:  Patricia Peroccione (Walter T. McCarthy Law Library).  Patty received her J.D. from George Washington University, her MSLIS from Catholic University and her B.A. in sociology and German from the State University of New York at Albany.  In the early 1980s, she was the director of the law library at Sidley […]

Virginia Reports

To date, the last bound volume published was 286 Virginia (distributed in June 2014) and the last advance sheet published was vol. 288 No. 1 (distributed in October 2014). This means there has been a delay in producing bound volume 287 of the Virginia Reports and the advance sheets for the September 2014 and November […]

VLA-VALL Joint Meeting 2015

A joint meeting with VLA and VALL will be held October 21-23, 2015 at the Richmond Marriott.   Program submissions are now open!  Please consider submitting a program idea for the joint meeting.  It is a wonderful opportunity to learn from our VLA colleagues and also share our experience in law libraries.  Proposals will be […]

VALL Strategic Plan (Proposed)

On behalf of the VALL Strategic Planning Committee, please find attached the draft Strategic Plan for VALL that has been proposed by the committee to the Executive Board.  This plan was prepared after a process that included a VALL member survey; the development of a mission statement for VALL; an environmental scan; a strengths-weaknesses-opportunities-threats (SWOT) […]