Submitted by Terry Long, VALL Representative to VLA Council · VLA’s finances are in good shape. Recent VLA sponsored conferences have made small profits. The endowment has made a modest gain. · The Fundraising Committee has raised a little over half the amount needed for the annual VLA Conference. · ALA’s Legislative Day had […]
Greetings, VALL members, This is your friendly, neighborhood 2014-2015 President here with my first message and VALL update. It’s been nearly two months since the Spring Meeting, and things are already in full swing as we enter the summer (by the way, whatever happened to our spring weather?!). The Spring Meeting was a […]
The College of William & Mary’s Wolf Law Library launched Wythepedia on May 1 in honor of Law Day. This online encyclopedia dedicated to the college’s and the nation’s first law professor, George Wythe, features descriptions of the library’s George Wythe collection, Wythe’s life and death by poisoning, his letters and papers, and even some poetry. […]
At the April 11 VALL meeting hosted by South University, VALL members had the opportunity to write in the Five Star VALL Memories Book passed around by Sally Wambold. If you were not at the meeting, you can still share your VALL memories by posting in the comments section of this blog entry or emailing […]
Andrew Winston has written A Bibliography of Resources on Mindfulness in the Law which was published in the April 2014 Virginia Lawyer. To access the article: http://www.vsb.org/docs/valawyermagazine/vl0414-libraries.pdf
It was a beautiful day in Glen Allen for the Spring meeting (it didn’t rain and there was no snow) and that bright object in the sky was actually the sun! VALL attendees registering at South University for the meeting Having a bite and catching up with other Vallers before the conference […]
by Terry Long, VALL liaison to VLA Council · Membership is showing strength as the renewal period has just begun – 773 members have renewed and there are 147 new members. · VLA’s new web site will go live by May 1. · Shari Henry is working on making the VLA Manual consistent with its […]
by Ben Almoite I was privileged to have been chosen to participate in this year’s AALL Leadership Academy, April 4-5, at the Hyatt Lodge at McDonald’s Campus, in Oak Brook, Illinois. Yes, that’s THE McDonald’s! The location of the two-day workshop was in the same grounds that include McDonald’s Corporate Headquarters, and Hamburger University […]
————————————————————————— Zarnowski, Frank. American work-sports: a history of competitions for cornhuskers, lumberjacks, firemen and others. McFarland, 2013. 230p bibl index afp ISBN 9780786467846 <http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/9780786467846> pbk, $35.00; ISBN 9780786491261 ebook <http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/9780786491261 ebook>, contact publisher for price (reviewed in CHOICE April 2014). Full review available online: http://www.cro3.org/lookup/doi/10.5860/CHOICE.51-4507 ————————————————————————— Surdam, David George. Run to glory & profits: the […]
April 7 is the deadline for registrations to the Spring Meeting which will be held on April 11 from 8:30 am – 2:30 pm at South University. Make sure you get your registerations in next week to make the deadline. Here is the link to the registration form, food and parking information: http://vall.pbworks.com/w/file/76518296/VALL_2014_Spring_Meeting_Registration_FINAL.pdf
