Greetings, VALL members,   This is your friendly, neighborhood 2014-2015 President here with my first message and VALL update. It’s been nearly two months since the Spring Meeting, and things are already in full swing as we enter the summer (by the way, whatever happened to our spring weather?!).   The Spring Meeting was a...Read More

The College of William & Mary's Wolf Law Library launched Wythepedia on May 1 in honor of Law Day. This online encyclopedia dedicated to the college's and the nation's first law professor, George Wythe, features descriptions of the library's George Wythe collection, Wythe's life and death by poisoning, his letters and papers, and even some poetry....Read More

At the April 11 VALL meeting hosted by South University, VALL members had the opportunity to write in the Five Star VALL Memories Book passed around by Sally Wambold. If you were not at the meeting, you can still share your  VALL memories by posting in the comments section of this blog entry or emailing...Read More

Andrew Winston has written A Bibliography of Resources on Mindfulness in the Law which was published in the April 2014 Virginia Lawyer. To access the article:  http://www.vsb.org/docs/valawyermagazine/vl0414-libraries.pdfRead More

  It was a beautiful day in Glen Allen for the Spring meeting (it didn't rain and there was no snow) and that bright object in the sky was actually the sun!   VALL attendees registering at South University for the meeting   Having a bite and catching up with other Vallers before the conference...Read More

by Terry Long, VALL liaison to VLA Council  ·         Membership is showing strength as the renewal period has just begun - 773 members have renewed and there are 147 new members. ·         VLA’s new web site will go live by May 1. ·         Shari Henry is working on making the VLA Manual consistent with its...Read More

by Ben Almoite   I was privileged to have been chosen to participate in this year’s AALL Leadership Academy, April 4-5, at the Hyatt Lodge at McDonald’s Campus, in Oak Brook, Illinois. Yes, that’s THE McDonald’s! The location of the two-day workshop was in the same grounds that include McDonald’s Corporate Headquarters, and Hamburger University...Read More

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zarnowski, Frank.  American work-sports: a history of competitions for cornhuskers, lumberjacks, firemen and others.  McFarland, 2013.  230p bibl  index  afp ISBN 9780786467846 <http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/9780786467846> pbk, $35.00; ISBN 9780786491261 ebook <http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/9780786491261 ebook>, contact publisher for price (reviewed in CHOICE April 2014).  Full review available online: http://www.cro3.org/lookup/doi/10.5860/CHOICE.51-4507 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surdam, David George.  Run to glory & profits: the...Read More

April 7 is the deadline for registrations to the Spring Meeting which will be held on April 11 from 8:30 am - 2:30 pm at South University. Make sure you get your registerations in next week to make the deadline. Here is the link to the registration form, food and parking information: http://vall.pbworks.com/w/file/76518296/VALL_2014_Spring_Meeting_Registration_FINAL.pdfRead More

The VALL Executive Board has directed the Grants committee to award three grants to help members interested in attending the AALL Annual Meeting in San Antonio. The first of these grants is the Barbara Cumming Professional Development Grant in the amount of $500. This grant is named after a long-time VALL member and was established...Read More