By Paul Hellyer   Fair Use Guidelines After the Georgia State Case In this last installment of VALL’s Copyright Column, we’ll take a look at the recent ruling from the 11th Circuit in the Georgia State University copyright infringement case.[1]As other commentators have already pointed out, this ruling is mostly favorable to users and libraries....Read More

Candidates are needed to fill three positions on the Executive Board: Vice President/President-Elect, and two-year terms for Treasurer and Director. The Vice President must be a member of AALL. Any VALL member may serve as Treasurer or Director regardless of AALL membership status.   Please contact any member of the Nominating Committee to nominate yourself...Read More

by Gail Warren     In early 2013, utilizing an “Access to Justice Commission Expansion Project Grant” from the American Bar Association, the Supreme Court of Virginia convened an Access to Justice Planning Committee, chaired by Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn.  The committee was charged with determining whether an access to justice commission was needed in...Read More

by Sally Wambold         Kent Olson has dubbed Gail a VALLKyrie.  I was so delighted by this designation that I thought all VALL members should know who their VALLkyrie is! Gail remembers becoming VALL president in 1999 after she began working at University of Richmond.  She also served as secretary and newsletter...Read More

By Evelyn Campbell    Factory Man is about John Bassett III, a third generation factory man, whose family built the Bassett Furniture Company, once the world's biggest wood furniture manufacturer in the world. It is also more than a story about a fascinating man who stood up against price dumping from China and fought to...Read More

Remembering our colleague, Joan Cochet, who passed away on Oct. 9, 2014. Joan's Obituary From the National Center for State Courts: NCSC and nation's court community experience lossNCSC Library resource manager touched many lives NCSC and the nation's court community lost a friend and colleague October 9 with the unexpected death of Joan Cochet, NCSC...Read More

By Jennifer Gonzalez This program at the 2014 AALL Annual Conference was an open and honest discussion on the challenges of creating a shared catalog among many libraries.  Three speakers from the University of Washington Gallagher Law Library shared their view of the Alliance, specifically illuminating their struggles and how reality was different from what they...Read More

by Paul Hellyer In this third installment of VALL’s copyright column, we’ll take a look at Section 108 of the Copyright Act, which covers copying by libraries and archives. This section made its first appearance in 1976, the last year the Copyright Act was completely overhauled. Section 108 expressly allows libraries to make copies of...Read More

by Suzanne Corriell      As E. Terry Long celebrates 40 years as an employee of the Commonwealth this October, she also celebrates 30 years with VALL. As a Librarian at the Virginia State Law Library, Terry was one of the founding members of VALL in 1984, helping it develop from a casual network of...Read More

by Jennifer Gonzalez     For the 2014 AALL Annual Conference, I was fortunate to attend the first-ever AALL Hackathon. A Hackathon is an event where technology-focused people such as developers and designers meet to collaborate on new projects. For the AALL event, these technologists worked with subject specialists (law librarians) who have specific, in-depth...Read More