ALLA (WA) News Blog

Congratulations to Sheralee Westphal on her appointment as library assistant at Tottle Partners.  Sheralee will work three hours a week assisting Kirsty McPhee.  She is currently studying for a Diploma of Library and Information Studies at Central TAFE and is new to law libraries.  Please make her welcome.

Thursday 23 August 2012 LIV WELCOMES FIRST STEPS TO LAW LIBRARY OF VICTORIA The Law Institute of Victoria today welcomed moves to establish a shared Law Library of Victoria accessible by all legal practitioners, judges, magistrates, and tribunal members. LIV President Michael Holcroft today signed the Memorandum of Understanding between the Supreme Court of Victoria, the County Court, Magistrates’ Court, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, the Department of Justice, Victorian Bar and the LIV. “This is the first stage to take our historic, but sometimes impractical, individual libraries into the 24 hour remote access platform required in the 21 st century”, he said. “Particularly for our country and suburban lawyers, the establishment of one common library facility, with 24 hour 7 day a week complete remote access, is key. “The days of physically visiting a law library and taking down a dusty tome from a shelf are almost over. The modern practice of la...

The first meeting of the new ALLA (WA) Committee was held yesterday afternoon at the Federal Court.  Lei Lin, in her role as President, welcomed the new members of the Committee - Jenny Lucre (Magistrates Court), Stel Podias (Department of Commerce) and Linda Simonis (Downings Legal). Jenny and Linda are joining Belinda Eisenhauer to devise a program of CPD and social events for the year ahead, while Stel has volunteered to take on the publishers' liaison role. A list of all Committee members and their new responsibilities will follow shortly.

This post hopes to be the first in a series of photos depicting our very own Australian Law Librarian journal with a variety of celebrities and in different locations around the world. The journal's first meet-and-greet was with members of the Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block, who were here in Australia for their NKOTBSB world tour in May. Mawghan with Brian Littrell from the Backstreet Boys.  Photo taken after he had a quick flick through the journal and asked what a law librarian was! Mawghan with Danny Wood from New Kids on the Block, after trying to explain what a Law Librarian was for about 5 minutes only to be told “I don’t understand you” Finally, a picture of Mawghan with all of the Backstreet Boys! Going on holidays? Don't forget to take the Australian Law Librarian ! You just never know who you will meet, or what you will see.

Dear CALL/ACDB Members, We want to let you know that the 8th Joint Study Institute (JSI)  “The Australian Legal Landscape: Global and Comparative Perspectives” will be held at Melbourne Law School from Wednesday evening, February 13  - Saturday, February 16, 2013 . The 2013 JSI will provide unique opportunities to network and learn about the law, legal research, legal education, legal profession and legal publishing in Australia with global and comparative commentary. For information about the program and conference events go to: http://alla.asn.au/conferences/jsi2013 Speakers will include leading academics from Melbourne Law School To register, complete the registration form at: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/77E3D2B0-BE61-11E1-BFE60050568D0140 and pay for your registration at: http://ecommerce.law.unimelb.edu.au/product.asp?pID=40&cID=11&c=286 The Conference Hotel is Rydges on Swanston.  To book your accommodation, go to the JSI bookin...