ALLA (WA) News Blog

Allens has a position available for a recently qualified Research Librarian in Melbourne. The advertisement is live on the Allens website and on Seek. The role is being offered on a 12 month contract basis. How to apply Please apply via Allens online portal . Applications should be addressed to Christa Howat, Resourcing Consultant. For more information please call Christa on 07 3334 3115.

The Australian Law Librarians’ Association Ltd (WA Division), in conjunction with Wolters Kluwer CCH, is delighted to offer a bursary of $1500 for one of our members to attend the Australian Law Librarians’ Association 2016 Conference held at the State Library Victoria, Melbourne from 24-26 August 2016. The successful candidate will be expected to prepare a report on the conference and present it to ALLA (WA) members upon their return. Further details and selection criteria can be found below. For details about the conference, please visit the ALLA website: http://www.alla.asn.au/news-events/conferences/alla-2016/ or the official ALLA 2016 Conference website: http://allaconference.com.au/2016/ The closing date for applications is 5pm Friday 20th May 2016 (AWST).  The successful applicant will be notified by Friday 27th May 2016. Applications addressing the attached selection criteria can be emailed to Alice Hewitt – a.hewitt@murdoch.edu.au .  You will be sent a...

Interesting article from Linex about how important Law Librarians are. Read it here .

The following report was prepared for the Council of Australian Law Deans (CALD) by Kathy Bowrey from the University of New South Wales. It is titled "A report into methodologies underpinning Australian law journal rankings". It may be of interest to those who publish in Australian law journals and to the academic law librarians amongst us. It is available from the SSRN (Social Science Research Network) at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2734017 Hat tip to Alice Hewitt Librarian, Reference & Information Services, Murdoch University Library

The ALLA Conference website has details of registration fees. The early bird discount applies for registrations before 7th July. Go to: http://allaconference.com.au/2016/

Women & Leadership Australia is administering a national initiative to support the development of female leaders across all industry sectors. The initiative will provide women in all industry sectors with grants for leadership development. More specifically, grant applications are open to women employed in all sectors at two levels. Please click on the preferred program link for details. The deadline for expressing your interest for this funding in your sector ends on April 29th . 1. Senior Management and Executive level Women Leaders can apply for $12,000 Individual Grants to undertake the Advanced Leadership Program . 2. Women Managers can apply for $5,000 Individual Grants to undertake the Accelerated Leadership Performance Program . To find out more please contact Ian Johnson at the office of the National Industry Scholarship Program, Australian School of Applied Management on 03 9270 9016 or via ijohnson@wla.edu.au

The University Library at the University of Melbourne is seeking two Library Cadets. Applications close on April 27. For more information go to: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/887865/library-professional-cadet-2-positions

Applications for financial assistance to enable law librarians to attend the International Association of Law Libraries 35th Annual Course – IALL 2016 – in Oxford, United Kingdom from 31 July to 3 August 2016 are now being accepted. Applications close on Sunday 1st May 2016 . To find out more about the bursaries please go to: http://iall.org/scholarship-information/ To find out more about the Annual Course please go to: http://iall.org/conf2016/ The programme is available here: http://iall.org/conf2016-programme/

Monash University are seeking a Learning Skills Adviser. Located at the Law Library, Clayton campus, and working as part of the Law Faculty and Research and Learning Team, this position is 0.8. More details can be found at http://www.jobs-monash.jxt.net.au/professional-jobs/learning-skills-adviser-part-time/614056

The Australian Law Librarian (ALL) journal are seeking contributions for Volume 24, Issue 3. The theme of this issue is Education and Educating . Education - Within the industry there are an increasing number of professionals returning to study (or never stopping). ALL would love to hear from those in the beginning, middle or end of that study about what prompted you to enrol. What course are you doing? Are MOOCs your thing? Are you returning to university for post grad qualifications? Masters, Law Degree, PhD or something else? What course are you doing and how? What are your tips for those who are struggling to find the time to study? What would you change about your experience if you could? Or are you an independent studier, what are the tools, collections, resources you use to keep studying? Educating - In this issue ALL are also looking for contributions from the educators. Whether you are educating future library and information professionals, future lawyers...

Nominations are now called for the Library Board of Western Australia Award for Excellence. The Award for Excellence is intended to recognize a particular service, event, program, piece of research or partnership completed within the last two years by any person, library or organisation in Western Australia. The award is a valuable opportunity for library practitioners to receive recognition for their achievements in the field of library practice. The winner will be announced at an event in Library and Information Week at the State Library of Western Australia in May 2016, and will receive $5,000 prize money. Entries close on Friday 8 April 2016. Further information regarding the Library Board of Western Australia Award for Excellence, as well as the nomination form, can be found at http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/about_us/library_board/award_for_excellence

ALLA(WA) invites members to a breakfast presentation from Thomson Reuters delivered by Mercedes Bertus on Westlaw AU and Thomson Reuters WestLaw. WESTLAW AU ORGANISATION ALERTS : Learn how to set up and manage alerts for individuals and groups within an organisation. THOMSON REUTERS WESTLAW : Learn how to browse and search content for UK, US, Canada, EU and Hong Kong in this overview of the key features of the new platform. When : Tuesday 12 April 2016 Time : 7.45am - 8.45am (8am presentation start) Where : Legal Aid Library, L2, 32 St Georges Terrace, Perth RSVP : Luise Crisafulli ( lcrisafulli@chambers.francisburt.com.au ) by Friday 8 April. A light breakfast will be provided.