By Terry Long, VALL representative to VLA Council Finances are strong. • Jobline has been active – brought in revenue and means the job market is picking up. • Paraprofessional Forum brought in some money. • Membership is strong at 882 members. The association has migrated from a physical server in Radford to a cloud […]
If you are going to be at AALL in Seattle, don’t forget to join your colleagues at the VALL luncheon at the Tap House Grill at 12 pm on Monday, July 15. The luncheon registration form is available here: http://vall.pbworks.com/w/file/66554493/VALL_2013_Summer_Lunch_Meeting_Registration.doc The deadline for registration is July 8!
It is membership renewal time again. Don’t let time slip by you! Click on the link below for a copy of the membership renewal form:https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_JC8PoDHZnTVG9RYkZfaFdjRmM/edit?usp=sharing or if you are unable to open google docs, you can click on the link below to get the form from the wiki:http://vall.pbworks.com/w/file/66463794/2013-2014%20VALL%20Membership%20Form.docx
Congratulations to Tim Coggins and Sally Wambold! Tim is the recipient of the 2013 Robert L. Oakley Advocacy Award. Click here for more information about the award: http://aallwash.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/congratulations-to-the-2013-oakley-and-pagi-advocacy-award-winners/ And Sally is the recipient of the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Service Law Librarianship.
by Terry Long, VALL Liaison to VLA Highlights of the VLA Council Meeting: • VLA’s finances are stable; ad income is up for Virginia Libraries and for programs. • Membership has increased, even so, a survey will be sent to non-renewing members. • May 8th is ALA Legislative Day in Washington; VLA members attending […]
The Spring meeting was held at the College of William & Mary Law School. More than 40 VALL members braved torrential rain to attend the meeting. Linda Tesar, head of technical services at William & Mary’s Wolf Law Library, presented Forensic Bibliography: Reconstructing the Library of George Wythe. The program was based on the winning […]
VALL welcomes the following new members: Jennifer Gonzalez (Seattle, WA)Jessica Barile (Richmond)Mary Mitchell (Norfolk)
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At Evelyn’s request, I’m going to share my thoughts about the retirement continuum in four installments for the VALL Blog. To start, I will talk about aspects of preparing for retirement. The second installment will focus on time management for the retiree. In “up for adventure,” the third installment will point to opportunities for exploring […]
Barash, David P. Homo mysterious: evolutionary puzzles of human nature. Oxford, 2012. 329p index afp ISBN 0-19-975194-3, $27.95; ISBN 9780199751945, $27.95. Reviewed in 2013mar CHOICE. 50-3832 GN281 2011-44302 CIP Barash (psychology and biology, Univ. of Washington), a prolific author, has written a highly unusual, delightful, comprehensive book about many existing human evolutionary puzzles. It is […]
