by Jean Holcomb If graded on a work-life balance, my pre-retirement score would have reflected a tendency to tip toward the work side of the scale. In retirement, I’ve worked hard to acquire the needed skills to live in the moment. No longer focused on anticipating challenges to the library’s funding sources or space allocation […]
Candidates are needed to fill three positions on the Executive Board: Vice President/President-Elect, and two-year terms for Secretary and Director. The Vice President must be a member of AALL. Any VALL member may serve as Secretary or Director regardless of AALL membership status. Please contact any member of the Nominating Committee to nominate yourself or […]
From President Amy Wharton: The Executive Board is currently recruiting for three important committees. The charges for each are listed below. A few people have already expressed interest in serving, but we’re looking for many more. For the 30th Anniversary Committee, we’re looking for celebration planners as well as those who know our history well […]
Vice President/President Elect Ben Almoite has been awarded a VALL grant to attend AALL’s 2014 Leadership Academy in Oak Brook, Illinois, in April. Andrew Winston, University of Richmond Law School Library, will also be attending the Leadership Academy. Congratulations to both!
Lots of articles by fellow VALLers in this issue: http://www.vsb.org/site/publications/valawyer/virginia-lawyer-magazine-december-2013
Congratulations to Gail Warren, State Law Librarian, Virginia Supreme Court, for being named to the commission. She will serve a three-year term beginning on December 1, 2013. Other members of the commision: Mark D. Braley, executive director, Legal Services Corporation of Virginia Andrea L. Bridgeman, associate general counsel, Freddie Mac Deborah V. Bryan, Chief Judge, […]
by Gail Warren Providing relevant, current collections and reference services for members of the judicial branch, particularly the two appellate courts in Virginia is, and will always be one of our library’s primary goals. However, staff experience and responsibilities have expanded in the last two years as we have embraced our “newer” role as the […]
The thirty people who met at the Washington & Lee Law School Library in Lexington on Oct. 25, 2013, for the Fall VALL meeting, got an extra treat — cake to celebrate VALL’s 30th birthday! Marie Antoinette would have been happy. Many thanks to the W&L Law School Library for hosting the meeting. Attendees […]
submitted by Terry Long On September 26th VALL members Leslie Ashbrook and Ben Doherty of UVA Law Library presented a program at the annual meeting of the Virginia Library Association. Their program, Legal Reference for Librarians: You’ve Got Questions; We’ve Got Answers was an interactive session in which Ben & Leslie debuted two the eleven […]
by Jean Holcomb Leaving the library upon retirement doesn’t necessarily mean that the skills you spent years acquiring will gather dust. Leaving the workforce might not be a permanent option for a variety of reasons: financial, social, entrepreneurial, or altruistic. Regardless of the motivations calling you to put your skills back in play in the […]
