ALLA (WA) News Blog

Dear Members, Only 3 sleeps until Christmas – can you believe it?!! The month of December seems to have disappeared into some sort of vortex... surely it hasn’t been 3 weeks since the ALLA Christmas Party?! Like all of you, December has been a busy month for me – starting with a trip to KL for the IALL 2011 Conference: The Dynamics of Malaysian Law in the Global World. Librarians from all over the world attended, with some familiar Aussie faces – Robin Gardner, Natalie Weiland, scholarship winner Debbie Bennett, IALL President Petal Kinder and ex-pat Ruth Bird. The papers were amazing and covered a broad range of topics – including Islamic banking principles, maritime law, human rights, legal education and research in Malaysia, and a fabulous panel presentation on access to free legal resources in Malaysia, Singapore, India, Australia and the Philippines. And just like that... 2011 draws to an end. In a year that has flown by, we have eaten breakfast together, lunched together and dr...

Want to know who attended the Christmas function?  See their happy, smiley faces below.

From 20 February 2012, while Cassie Netolicky is on leave, Mawghan Elverd will be Acting Knowledge Manager at Jackson McDonald - at this stage, for 8 months.

Christmas festivities got off to a relaxing and companionable start on Wednesday, 30th November, as about 36 colleagues turned up at Rubix Bar & Café for sundowners and nibbles.   Law librarians caught up with one another on the latest news in a convivial and informal setting.   It was encouraging to see several new faces, in addition to the LexisNexis Team (Jim, Praba and Manjeet), who had sponsored the door prizes. Congratulations to the evening’s four prize winners – Monica Smith , Justin Booker , Philomena Humphries and Linda McNamara !   Thank you, LexisNexis, for your kind sponsorship.   The evening drew to a close as the last guests departed at about 7.30pm, strolling home in the Perth dusk, illuminated with Christmas lights along William Street. Photo's of the event will be uploaded in the next couple of weeks, so keep checking the blog for updates.