ALLA (WA) News Blog

Did you miss the first ever #ALLATweetUp last Wednesday afternoon? The topic of discussion was What does innovation in law libraries look like to you? Questions discussed were: The word innovation has been thrown around a lot recently. What does law library innovation mean to you? What opportunities do you think law libraries have to innovate within their orgs? Is it real or buzz? Do you think the legal industry IS innovating? What do you think are the key elements for effective implementation of innovation in law libraries or the legal industry? What do you think are the roadblocks (if any) to innovation in law libraries? What role do you see library and information professionals hold in legal innovation more generally? How can we as library and information professionals promote, support and encourage innovation within our organisations? ALLA Ltd has put together a great Storify of all the action and we've embedded it below. If you have any ideas that y...

Hi ALLA(WA) Members Natalie McDonald,  ALLA (WA) President Please see below for an update on the services and events of the ALLA(WA). Upcoming ALLA(WA) PD & Social Events The ALLA(WA) CPD Sub Committee have created a calendar of proposed upcoming events for the 2016/2017 period which have been available on the Calendar of Events page.  One event per month will be arranged (sometimes even two), with nothing scheduled over the December-January holiday period. A brown bag CPD session was held on 13th October where Mawghan Elverd, the recipient of the Wolters Kluwer CCH Conference Bursary, shared some of her highlights of the August 2016 ALLA Conference in Melbourne, Victoria.  All who attended came away with some valuable insights. We thank those who took time to provide feedback after this event. The End of Year Celebration will be held on Wednesday 30th November 2016.   A Save the Date has already been emailed to members and shared on our social medi...

In preparation for our upcoming Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Vote and our End of Year Celebration please mark your calendars for 5.30pm Wednesday 30th of November 2016. More details about the MOU, and the event will be shared with members shortly. This fully catered event is exclusively for ALLA (WA) members. If you are not a member of ALLA and would like to join to take part in these, and other important ALLA (WA) initiatives and events, se the ALLA website: http://alla.asn.au/membership/join-alla/

What does innovation in law libraries look like to you? Represent WA and join Law Librarians all over Australia to share your thoughts at the first ever ALLA Tweet Up on 26 October at 7pm AEST. Use the hashtag: #ALLAtweetup Follow: ALLA (WA): @LawLibsWA ALLA Ltd.: @AustLawLibAssoc

Have you ever wondered what the ALLA (WA) Committee has planned for the rest of the year? Ever wondered when we meet to do the planning? Take a look at our Calendar of Events page. This page contains the proposed schedule of CPD and social events, along with the schedule of Committee events for 2016-2017. The Committee meets each month to work towards providing services for our membership. If you wish anything to be discussed a the meeting, please feel free to contact a committee member. Contact details for all committee members are available from the About the Committee page.

Come join us as Mawghan Elverd, the recipient of the Wolters Kluwer CCH Conference Bursary, shares some highlights of the August 2016 ALLA Conference in Melbourne, Victoria. This event is a BYO Brown Bag Lunch Session. When:  1 - 2 pm, Thursday 13th October Where:  Jackson McDonald, Level 17 225 St Georges Terrace, Perth Cost:  Free to members, $5 non-members. RSVP  by COB Tuesday 11th October to Alice Hewitt  a.hewitt@ecu.edu.au Did you know:   Along with our Twitter  @lawlibsWA , ALLA(WA)  now has our own  Facebook page . Stay up to date with news, events, job opportunities by giving us a 'like'.

We're pleased to announce that in addition to our Twitter @lawlibsWA  , ALLA (WA) now has our very own Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/lawlibsWA/  Make sure you give us a "like" and stay up to date with news, job opportunities, events, and everything ALLA (WA).

This position was originally advertised on Seek.com.au Liaison Librarian, Law Join Australia's number 1 University  Career opportunities, professional development, work-life balance. Use your expertise and innovative thinking to truly have an impact. Who says you can't change the world? We expect to do nothing less. Academic Services, University Services Salary: $77,207 - $83,573 p.a. plus 17% superannuation About University Services University Services comprises of 1,600 professional staff focused on providing client centric and innovative services to the University. The group is providing transformational change, defining and influencing future service enhancements within the University of Melbourne. The Liaison Librarian, Law is a member of the Law Library liaison team which sits within the Scholarly Information portfolio. About the role This role provides library liaison services to staff, students and researchers in the Melbourne Law School, Austra...