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AALL Awards for VALL Members!

Congratulations to Tim Coggins and Sally Wambold! Tim is the recipient of the 2013 Robert L. Oakley Advocacy Award. Click here for more information about the award: http://aallwash.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/congratulations-to-the-2013-oakley-and-pagi-advocacy-award-winners/ And Sally is the recipient of the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Service Law Librarianship.

VLA Council Meeting, April 19, 2013

by Terry Long, VALL Liaison to VLA  Highlights of the VLA Council Meeting: • VLA’s finances are stable; ad income is up for Virginia Libraries and for programs. • Membership has increased, even so, a survey will be sent to non-renewing members. • May 8th is ALA Legislative Day in Washington; VLA members attending […]

VALL 2013 Spring Meeting

The Spring meeting was held at the College of William & Mary Law School. More than 40 VALL members braved torrential rain to attend the meeting. Linda Tesar, head of technical services at William & Mary’s Wolf Law Library, presented Forensic Bibliography: Reconstructing the Library of George Wythe. The program was based on the winning […]

Librarian (Virginia Beach/Norfolk Office)

Williams Mullen an award-winning AmLaw 200 firm, is well regarded for providing comprehensive legal services to regional, national and international clients in a wide variety of general and specialty practice areas. With about 275 attorneys and ten offices throughout the Mid-Atlantic, the firm delivers innovative, team-supported solutions to support its clients’ diverse business activities. Close […]

Leaving Gracefully

At Evelyn’s request, I’m going to share my thoughts about the retirement continuum in four installments for the VALL Blog. To start, I will talk about aspects of preparing for retirement. The second installment will focus on time management for the retiree. In “up for adventure,” the third installment will point to opportunities for exploring […]

Choice: Editor’s Picks March 2013

Barash, David P. Homo mysterious: evolutionary puzzles of human nature. Oxford, 2012. 329p index afp ISBN 0-19-975194-3, $27.95; ISBN 9780199751945, $27.95. Reviewed in 2013mar CHOICE. 50-3832 GN281 2011-44302 CIP Barash (psychology and biology, Univ. of Washington), a prolific author, has written a highly unusual, delightful, comprehensive book about many existing human evolutionary puzzles. It is […]

VLA Council Meeting, February

submitted by Terry Long The highlights of the February VLA Council Meeting held at Twin Hickory Library in Henrico County were: • VLA ended the year with a surplus in their treasury. • Advertising for current Virginia Librarian was sold out. • Membership is strong – 153 new members as of year end • VLA […]

Farewell Sally Wambold!

Sally Wambold at her retirement party at the University of Richmond Law School Library VALL bids a fond farewell to Sally Wambold, who will be retiring from her position as technical services librarian at the University of Richmond Law School Library, on Feb. 28. She has worked at the library for over 30 years. “It was […]