Catherine Lemann took up the position of Circuit Librarian at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on April 1, 2012. Cathy comes to Virginia from the Alaska Court System where she was state law librarian from 2006 – 2011. Before that she was associate director of the Law Library of Louisiana from […]
Former VALL president, Kevin Butterfield, is now the University Librarian of the Boatwright Memorial Library of the University of Richmond. Kevin became University Librarian on April 16 after serving as interim University Librarian for about seven months. Congratulations to Kevin from VALL!
The meeting which was held on Friday, April 13, 2012, at the University of Richmond School of Law, was attended by at least 52 people, and filled Classroom L30 in the law library to capacity. Attendees were given an update by the new Law Librarian of Congress, David Mao, and his team (please see entry […]
The Law Librarian of Congress, David Mao, took time from his first 100 days in office, to give VALL members an update on the goings on in the law library, and reminded us that with 2.78 million volumes in its collection, it is the largest law library in the world. What has the Law Library […]
University of Virginia Law Library’s digital librarian, Loren Moulds, and digital fellow, Elizabeth Ladner, took VALL members on a journey of how they produced a virtual library from the Frank S. Tavener, Jr. Tokyo War Crimes Trial Papers. They discussed the digitization of 20,000 pages, the creation of a robust website which includes videos of the […]
“There are exciting new things coming about,” AALL vice president, Jean Wenger, told VALL members. She talked about the Futures Summit and some of the issues that have come out of it including the relevancy of AALL to the outside world, how to attact students to law librarianship, and transperancy in how AALL communicates with […]
Attendees to the VALL meeting enjoyed a beautiful Spring day and great informative programs. The Law Library of Congress team arriving at the registration deskk. L-R: David Mao, Andrew Weber & Tina Gheen. Terry Long from the Virginia State Law Library picking up her badge at the registration table. Incoming president, Suzanne Corriell, from the University […]
Incoming president, Suzanne Corriell, and outgoing president, Michele Gernhardt. Thank you to Michele for her service to VALL. Michele will continue on the executive board as immediate past president. The current executive board: Suzanne Corriell (president), Amy Wharton (vice-president/president elect), Michele Gernhardt (immediate past president), Ben Keele (secretary 2012-2014), Patricia Petroccione (treasurer 2011-2013), Gregory Stoner […]
L-R: Laurie Claywell, Jeanne Ullian, Nancy Loewenberg, Tracie Krumbine Photo by Donna Bausch
by Greg Stoner As you may already know, our friend and colleague Jeanne Ullian will soon be retiring from Williams Mullen after 13 years of dedicated service. Throughout the course of her time with the firm, our staff and attorneys have come to depend upon Jeanne and her ability to provide reliable information and assistance. […]
