It's official! VALL will combine with VLA for a joint annual conference this year. The Conference will be held Thursday and Friday, Oct. 27-28, 2011 at the Portsmouth Renaissance Hotel in Portsmouth, VA. This conference provides an excellent opportunity for VALL members to present programs. VLA members are interested in learning about all aspects of...Read More

The Barbara Cumming Professional Development Grant was formally initiated at the VALL Winter Meeting in Richmond on Feb. 18. The grant was created in the memory of long-time VALL member and dear colleague, Barbara Cumming, who was law librarian at Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP for many years. Members of Barbara's family and firm...Read More

Write up by Michele Gernhardt, Photos by Terry Long The promise of spring was in the air on the day of the VALL Winter Meeting with clear weather and unseasonably warm temperatures. Twenty-eight VALL members and guests gathered in a top floor conference room at Hunton & Williams in Richmond for what may be the...Read More

by Michele Gernhardt It was a cool crisp evening. My husband reported for baby-sitting duty at 6:45 p.m., which meant I could potentially arrive fashionably late to the inaugural dining out event at Bertucci’s in Short Pump. The highways were blessedly free of traffic jams, but I was quite overwhelmed by the changes to the...Read More

Registration for the Winter Meeting on Feb. 18 at Hunton & Williams in Richmond is now open. Please check the VALL Wiki for information and the registration form: http://vall.pbworks.com/w/page/34706734/2011-Winter-Meeting February 14 is the deadline ... don't wait too long!Read More

The hustle and bustle of the holidays will be over ... it's time to spend time with your colleagues. Invite a friend from another library and join VALL in its inauguaral dutch treat dinners at: Bertucci's Italian Restaurant11721 West Broad StreetShort Pump Town CenterRichmond, VA 23233http://www.bertuccis.com/ On January 12 at 7 pm. RSVP to Evelyn...Read More

Job Summary:As the South University Online Reference Librarian, you will act as the liaison for all South University online programs, you will make online students and their needs the primary focus of your actions, with reference and research assistance, instruction, and other services to users in an online environment your main duty. Incumbent must assure...Read More

Meredith is the newest reference librarian at McGuireWoods in Richmond. Previously she was with Troutman Sanders in Washington, DC. She grew up in Chicopee, MA and moved to Maine to attend Colby College. Meredith graduated from Boston College Law School in 2009 and Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science in May 2010....Read More

Dear VALLers, It is with a deep appreciation that I write to commend our members for turning out en masse for the recently held annual meeting. I see a rekindling of interest in the association as exemplified by the high attendance. Our association is not only active, but continues to respond to the challenges of...Read More

VALL President Tony Ikwueme opening the annual meeting It was a crisp sunny morning ... one of those beautiful Fall days in Charlottesville when about forty members met at the University of Virginia for the association's annual meeting. Members enjoyed a continental breakfast courtesy of the LexisNexis Librarian Relations Group before trooping into the first...Read More