The joint VLA/VALL conference was held at the Richmond Marriott from Oct. 21 -23, 2015, with VALL members presenting three programs and one Library Speed Networking session. VALL also had a table in the exhibition hall which attracted a lot of traffic. VLA President Suzy Szasz Palmer getting ready to cut the ribbon to the […]
Fred will be speaking at the Louisiana Supreme Court on Thursday, November 12. The topic is the Corpus Juris Civilis. For more information about this free CLE: Corpus Juris Civilis.
Congratulations to Michele Gernhardt and family on the addition of beautiful Rachel Emmeline, who was born on Sept. 21, at 1:08 pm, and weighed in at 8lb 2 oz, and was 21 1/2 inches. Big sister Sabrina is thrilled with her baby sister.
Submitted by Terry Long · Jobline greatly contributes to the VLA bottom line · 900 members of VLA · VLA/VALL meeting o 477 registrations so far o 28 people have signed up for the tour of the Va Supreme Court and library o 72 of 75 booths have sold o New Member Forum will offer […]
Ben Almoite is leaving the Virginia State Law Library on Sept. 3rd and will take up his new position as librarian of the Henrico Government & Law Library on Sept. 8. Ben is excited to be following in Isabel Paul’s footsteps and plans on continuing the great service she provided to the library’s patrons for […]
Systems Librarian Joe Wynne retired on July 24th after 37 years of service to the University of Virginia Law Library. Joe joined the law school in 1978 as a cataloger, worked under two library directors (Larry Wenger and Taylor Fitchett), was a reference librarian, budget and technology manager, a leading contributor in moving the library […]
by Suzanne B. Corriell Associate Circuit Librarian, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit Library This year’s AALL Annual Meeting theme of “The Power of Connection” was exactly what I needed as I transitioned to a new role in a federal court library. Our library has embarked upon the strategic planning process, and several of […]
by Kat Klepfer Reference & Research Services Librarian, University of Richmond This was my first AALL annual conference as a professional librarian and I was very excited to attend the conference, not as a job-seeker, but as a practicing librarian. I began my full-time job as a reference & research services librarian at the University […]
A good time was had by all at the Blue Goat on August 13 and no goats were consumed! Thanks to Julie Beamer from the Fourth Circuit Library for organizing these dinners for VASLA and VALL members to meet and find out what is happening in other area libraries. There were no goats on the […]
On July 1st, Roger V. Skalbeck joined Richmond School of Law as their Associate Dean of Library & Information Resources. He comes to Richmond Law from Georgetown Law Center, where he worked for eight years as an associate librarian and co-taught a seminar in Technology Innovation and Law Practice. Prior to working at Georgetown, Roger […]
