Congratulations to Bill Magee from Regent University Law Library who was awarded a VALL grant to attend SEAALL 2012 in Clearwater, Florida! The conference was held March 22 – 24. Keep an eye out on the blog … Bill will be writing about his experience very soon. Don’t forget to apply for grants to attend […]
A short and sweet President’s message for February, the shortest, and sometimes the sweetest (for those of us that partake in Valentine’s Day celebration) month of the year. Leadership: Leadership Manual: The edits continue; very, very slowly. I am determined to complete the manual before the end of my term, so that the incoming executive […]
The Program Committee is in the process of finalizing the Spring meeting — please save the date for the meeting which is scheduled to be held at the University of Richmond School of Law Library. The day’s program will include a presentation from the team at the University of Virginia that is digitizing the papers […]
Congratulations to Anthony Brown Ikwueme who is now the director of Ehrhorn Law Library! Tony assumed the directorship in December after serving as acting director when Barbara Baxter retired in the summer of 2011. Welcome to Sola G. Babatunde who is the new reference librarian at Ehrhorn Law Library. Sola comes to Ehrhorn from from […]
Greetings, fellow VALLers. Time has hurtled by at a startling pace as it is wont to do. I hope this message finds you all in good health and high spirits. Our joint annual meeting with VLA last week was a great success. All of the programs presented by VALL members were very well-attended and well-received. […]
The joint conference was held at the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel & Waterfront Conference Center Photographs by Ben Almoite Conference attendees were able to enjoy this view from their hotel The Port Towne Magic Jazz Band at the conference’s Grand Opening ceremony Right after the ribbon cutting, with VLA President Matt Todd, Rebecca K. Miller and […]
The Literary Legal Complexities of a Bestselling Novel By Donna Bausch “There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South… Here in this pretty world Gallantry took its last bow… Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair… Look for it only in books, for […]
by Lara Dresser Cynthia Hart, Virtual Librarian at Virginia Beach Public Library, gave an engaging presentation on combining social media strategies and web and marketing plans to increase a library’s Return on Investment (ROI) by building awareness, increasing customer satisfaction, and lowering costs. It was not surprising to hear that socially engaged companies are more […]
Deciphering Copyright and Fair Use Notices By Fred Dingledy Librarians find themselves dealing with numerous issues in their everyday work; one of their least favorite issues is probably dealing with copyright. How much of a journal can you copy to fulfill an interlibrary loan request? Can a professor play a movie clip in a class […]
By Lara Dresser Tim Coggins and Suzanne Corriell, from the University of Richmond School of Law, delved into the thorny topic of First Amendment restraints on collection management choices of libraries. Selection, removal, and even relocation of books in libraries have all been challenged on First Amendment grounds. Despite the lack of clarity and cohesion […]
