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NLW: Virginia Supreme Court Library

The library added a new event to its list of activities this year — a Brown Bag Book event which was a community book read that was open to people from the judicial branch. State Law Librarian Gail Warren picked a book that would be fun and appeal to a wide range of employees and […]

NLW: South University Library

The South University library kicked off its National Library Week celebrations with free bookmarks with the NLW 2010 theme Communities Thrive @ your library to all students who stopped by the library. Eager students wait the drawings On the second day of activities students picked up quiz cards in the library for the Ring-Around-the -Databases […]

NLW: Hunton & Williams Library

Library week at Hunton & Williams offered a variety of ways for attorneys and staff to learn more about their librarians and the services they provide. The week kicked off with the Library’s Newsletter which included an overview of National Library Week events. Each day the library emailed a quiz on library products and services. […]

NLW: University of Richmond Law Library

The University of Richmond School of Law Library celebrated National Library Week by inviting all students, faculty and staff to the Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Special Collections and Rare Books Room for cake on Tuesday, April 13. Heather Hamilton, Reference and Research Services Librarian (left), and Suzanne Corriell, Head of Reference and Research Services (right), […]

Message From the President

It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I first took office as President of the Virginia Association of Law Libraries. These past months have been trying ones for VALL’s membership, as the economy’s effects were felt across the legal world. Through it all, however, I have been proud to observe how […]

Things You Need to Know for the SEALL/VALL Meeting

Local Lingo: “CW” = Colonial Williamsburg”Confusion Corner” = the intersection of Jamestown Road, Richmond Road, Boundary Street, and Duke of Gloucester Street — where the College of William & Mary meets the Historic Area.”DOG Street” = Duke of Gloucester Street, the primary Historic Area street. The Merchant’s Square shopping area is on the west end.”The […]

VALL Nominees 2010-2011

Vice President/President Elect: Michele Gernhardt Michele has worked as a reference librarian at the Richmond office of Hunton & Williams LLP since November 2005. In addition to her reference duties at Hunton & Williams, Michele is responsible for coordinating cataloging and serials management in the firm’s library information system. She also creates and conducts training […]

VALL Winter & Spring Meetings

Registration forms for the Winter Meeting on March 5 at Liberty University School of Law in Lynchburg, and the Joint VALL/SEAALL Meeting April 22 – 24 in Williamsburg, are available at: http://vall.pbworks.com/ Don’t let the deadlines creep up on you, register now!

Nominations 2010

It’s that time of the year again! VALL is looking for a Vice President/President Elect, Secretary and Director. Please fill out a nominations form located at: http://vall.pbworks.com/ or email Nominations Chair, Cathy Palombi at ccp7m@virginia.edu with your suggestions. Deadline is February 5th, 2010.