ALLA (WA) News Blog

Australian Catholic University is seeking a Liaison Librarian (Law). Overview Full time, continuing appointment based in North Sydney Design and implement a range of library services Act as the primary library contact for law academic staff and students More information is here . Applications close Sunday 6 September 2015

Lyonette "Lyo" Louis-Jacques is Foreign and International Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School D'Angelo Law Library and has recently written a piece for Slaw about listservs and their relevance today. The article, A Few Good (Email) Lists gives a number of handy listservs you might be interested in. It even mentions ALLA-ANZ. For more listservs, take a look at our Law Librarian's Mailing Lists post. ALLA(WA) President - Alice Hewitt.  Librarian, Reference and Information Services, Murdoch University.

 Larissa and Justin Booker welcomed their son Grayston to the world on 11 August. Congratulations to the proud parents and big brother Sterling!

An interesting post on 3 Geeks and a Law Blog offers a reaction to the recent Bloomberg Law article " Law Firm Librarians Feel Underused and Underpaid ". The article reports on a survey of 80 law firm librarians in the US in which the vast majority report that their skills aren't being fully utilised and that they're underpaid. In the blog post, Mark Gediman points out that there is much greater capacity for librarians to be involved in business development and competitive intelligence in a systematic, integrated way. These activities require both research and analysis to connect trends to the larger strategy in the firm—which are areas in which librarians have useful skills. The last paragraph sums it: "Let’s face it, the days of 'they know what I can do and they know where to find me if they need me to do it' are long gone." How are you proving your value? ALLA(WA) Secretary - Megan Fitzgibbons. Librarian, University of Western Australia.

Posted on the ALLA-ANZ e-mail list The ALLA (National) Annual General Meeting will be held via webinar / teleconference at 1.00PM AEST (11.00AM AWST) on Thursday September 17th 2015. The agenda is available on the ALLA website . One of the most important tasks of the AGM is the appointment of the new Board. ALLA Ltd is calling for nominations for the following positions: Vice President Secretary Treasurer 3 General Directors The nominations document on the website lists a number of benefits for members who join the Board. All directors have the exciting opportunity to play an active role in the future planning and strategic decisions of our Association. Our current Vice-President, Elizabeth Langeveldt, will become the National President of the Australian Law Librarians Association Ltd. The Board is particularly interested in receiving nominations for the role of Vice President and Secretary as there will be no nominations for these positions by current directors. I...

Posted on the ALLA-ANZ e-mail list   The Parliamentary Library is recruiting for a PSL5 Client Services Librarian vacancy within the Central Enquiry Point section, Collections & Databases branch. The Parliamentary Library provides high quality information, analysis and advice to Senators and Members of Parliament in support of the parliamentary and representational roles. The Central Enquiry Point supports the functions of the Parliamentary Library by providing the first point of contact for its clients. Our staff must have well developed communication and client service skills, work well in a team and be committed to professional development. The vacancy at the Central Enquiry Point is for a Librarian to monitor client requests, assist with research and rostering of the Central Enquiry Point, and provide training in Library services. For more information please contact Mr Leo Terpstra on 6277 2787 or visit: https://www.apsjobs.gov.au/SearchedNoticesView.aspx?Noti...

Originally advertised on seek.com.au The Opportunity Monash University Library is seeking an enthusiastic librarian to join a specialist team of librarians and learning skills advisers who contribute to curriculum innovation and enable students and staff to achieve their education and research goals. Responsibilities will include providing advice on information research, and contributing to the creation and delivery of information research skill development activities with a particular focus on eLearning. You will also participate in branch operations and have opportunities to work in other areas of the Library as part of this role. The position is located at the Law Library on the Clayton campus. Applicants should be eligible for associate membership of the Australian Library and Information Association, have appropriate experience, and strong communication, interpersonal and team work skills. If you feel that you have the skills and experience to make this role...

The Supreme Court Library Queensland has a position open for a Research and Training Librarian/Officer. The deadline for applications is 31 August 2015. For more information, see the SCLQ website .

Law Librarianship: Legal Research – QUT's popular course is available online from September 2015! Are you looking to make the leap into law librarianship? Or perhaps you're a public, academic or corporate librarian who wants to be better equipped to help clients navigate the complexities of legal information resources QUT has got your professional development covered! After the success of the initial online offering of our Law Librarianship: Legal Research course in 2014, we are offering the course online again by popular demand from September 2015. About the course This course, developed with the support of the Australian Law Librarians’ Association, introduces you to the Australian legal system and the world of legal research. The program specifically helps you to explore and evaluate primary and secondary legal research sources, covering Commonwealth, State and Territory jurisdictions. There is a strong focus on helping you to develop strategies to identify the characte...

I was fortunate to attend the recent, excellent 8th Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP8) conference, hosted at Queensland University of Technology. The program is available online . To get a taste of the conference, have a look at the Twitter stream or view the recording of the ‘ Evidently Practical’ panel discussion . There were many interesting and thought-provoking sessions, but one of particular interest to ALLA(WA) members was “A training needs analysis case study at Legal Aid Queensland” by Claudia Davies and Richard Vankoningsveld. The aims of their project were to develop a sustainable training needs analysis (TNA) methodology for the organisation and also to assess whether appropriate evidence of users’ needs was being collected. They deliberately avoided clients’ self-assessment of their needs. Instead, they focused on empirical evidence, using a multi-faceted approach with 5 components: Query logs (i.e., clients’ searches on in-house databases) ...

Law librarians already know that they contribute significantly to their organisations, but it's always great when this can be proved to others in a dramatic fashion! The story of University of Pittsburgh law librarians Linda Tashbook and Marc Silverman is certainly a boon to the profession. The pair retrieved an old copy of The Everyday Song Book from the university's library and made it available to lawyers in the the American class-action lawsuit Good Morning To You Productions Corp . v Warner/Chappell Music, Inc . The book is being submitted as evidence that the term of copyright has expired on the song "Happy Birthday", meaning that Warner/Chappell Music is not entitled to royalties. Read more in these reports: Law Librarians May Have Killed World’s Biggest Copyright Troll ( Above the Law blog) Pitt Law Librarians Help Uncover Smoking Gun Evidence in Historic “Happy Birthday” Song Lawsuit ( Pitt Law news)

The UWA Law School together with the UWA Business School are hosting a lecture by the Hon Christian Porter MP on "Magna Carta: Celebrating 800 Years of Law and Liberty". The event is open to the public. DATE Friday 28 August 2015 TIME 6:30pm - 8:30pm VENUE Auditorium, The University Club of WA Hackett Entrance 1, Crawley RSVP lawevents@law.uwa.edu.au by Friday 21 August