Librarians are confronted everyday by copyright issues and now there is help! VALL members Jim Heller, Paul Hellyer and Ben Keele from William & Mary have recently published a book, The Librarian's Copyright Companion, 2nd ed. It provides a practical analysis of copyright law from the librarian's perspective. Jim, who is director of the law...Read More

Congratulations to Greg Stoner from McGuireWoods, LLP, who wrote "Sentencing Guideline Resources for Practitioners" for the Law Libraries column in the December issue of the Virginia Lawyer. Click here to read the article: http://www.vsb.org/docs/valawyermagazine/vl1212-libraries.pdfRead More

South University collected over 67 gifts for 15 children under the Salvation Army's Angel Tree program in 2012. This is the third year that South University has participated in the program, and the second year that it has been a sponsor of the program, which means that it commits to adopting fifteen angels. South University's participation...Read More

Congratulations to VALLer Gail Warren and former VALLer Femi Cadmus for their election to the AALL Board! Here are the results: Vice President/President-Elect: Holly M. Riccio(July 2013 - July 2014) Treasurer: Gail Warren (July 2013 - July 2016) Executive Board: Femi Cadmus and Kenneth J. Hirsh(July 2013 - July 2016)Read More

VALL now has a Facebook page! Just search for the Virginia Association of Law Libraries and if you Like the page, you will get updates to the VALL page.Read More

AALL Management Institute to be Held March 7-9, 2013 Please save the date for the 2013 AALL Management Institute. Held in Chicago at the Palomar Hotel, the Management Institute will provide new and aspiring managers from all types of law libraries the opportunity to learn management strategies, develop new skills, and learn from colleagues. More...Read More

Submitted by Evelyn Campbell We have been living in the dust and noise of construction for the last few months and we have a few more months to go. But we do have more classrooms, labs, an auditorium and a new library to show for all that effort. We moved into our new library space...Read More

It's that time of the year again! The Nominations Committee is soliciting people to serve as Vice President/President Elect, Treasurer and Director for 2013/2014. If you would like to serve or if you know of a member who is in good standing, please submit their names to the Committee members -- Anthony Brown Ikwueme, Victoria...Read More

by Terry Long Barbie Selby, Regional Federal Depository Librarian, at the University of Virginia, received a special citation from VLA Council. Sandy Treadway, Librarian of Virginia, was a guest of the Council and spoke of the history and mission of the Library of Virginia. • She commended the hard work of the staff that are...Read More

Kimberly is the new librarian at Williams Mullen's Virginia Beach office. The Tidewater area is home to Kimberly who was born and brought up in Williamsburg. "I am happy to be back in the Tidewater area near my parents and sister," Kimberly said. She received a B.A. in History from James Madison University in 2006....Read More