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VALL Grants for AALL

It is still not too late to apply for a travel grant to attend AALL in Denver! The VALL grant application deadline has been extended to July 1. Don’t waste this opportunity to network with fellow professionals and to attend beneficial programs. For the application form please go to the VALL Wiki at: http://vall.pbworks.com/VALL-Grants Email […]

Technical Services/Digital Resources Librarian: University of Richmond Law Library

Job Summary: The Technical Services/Digital Resources Librarian provides expertise and effective management for the Law Library’s digital resources. This includes assuring that linking and interoperability function properly to provide reliable service to the students, faculty, and staff who depend upon these resources. This individual also serves as the Law Library integrated library systems administrator. Qualifications: […]

Upcoming VALL Meetings

In light of the responses to last year’s membership preferences survey, the Annual Meeting has been scheduled for a full Friday, as opposed to a half-day on both Friday and Saturday. The date and venue for the Spring Meeting will be announced in the near future. Programming for the meetings is currently under development. Please […]

Marian the Cybrarian

Here is a link to Thomas H. Benton’s very readable review of Marilyn Johnson’s This Book Is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All (HarperCollins, 2010) in the Chronicle of Higher Education. http://chronicle.com/article/Marian-the-Cybrarian/65570/

Message from the President

Faced with the present harsh economic situation, the tasks ahead for a new President of an association like VALL are many. Despite the many challenges, particularly the dwindling budgetary allocations for professional development by member institutions and law firms which in turn affect most VALL functions, I offer my commitment to take the mandate you […]

Service to SEAALL Award Recipient: Sally Wambold

Congratulations to VALL’s own Sally Wambold! Sally Wambold receiving the Service to SEAALL award from Terry Long The Service to SEAALL award is given to “a member who has made special, significant and sustained contributions” to the chapter. “I was privileged to honor Sally this year with the Service to SEAALL award. She is certainly […]

VALL Spring Business Meeting: Williamsburg

Saying farewell to Fred and welcoming Tony … What could it be? It’s a traditional VALL gift to the outgoing president … a book clock … to say thank you for the service and that we appreciate the time you gave us. Fred conducting his last VALL business meeting VALL members going over by-laws and […]

NLW: Virginia Supreme Court Library

The library added a new event to its list of activities this year — a Brown Bag Book event which was a community book read that was open to people from the judicial branch. State Law Librarian Gail Warren picked a book that would be fun and appeal to a wide range of employees and […]

NLW: South University Library

The South University library kicked off its National Library Week celebrations with free bookmarks with the NLW 2010 theme Communities Thrive @ your library to all students who stopped by the library. Eager students wait the drawings On the second day of activities students picked up quiz cards in the library for the Ring-Around-the -Databases […]

NLW: Hunton & Williams Library

Library week at Hunton & Williams offered a variety of ways for attorneys and staff to learn more about their librarians and the services they provide. The week kicked off with the Library’s Newsletter which included an overview of National Library Week events. Each day the library emailed a quiz on library products and services. […]