ALLA (WA) News Blog

The Department of the Attorney General has updated their website so that it now includes the library catalogue of the Law Library at the David Malcolm Justice Centre. You can access the library catalogue here . The Law Library at the David Malcolm Justice Centre is at 28 Barrack Street and is open Monday to Friday from 8.30am - 5pm. It is closed on public holidays. The Library is for the judiciary, government legal officers and members of the legal profession, and so it is not open to the public.

It's time to get connected. Last Week, ALLA Ltd. launched ALLA Connect , a program to provide members across the nation an opportunity to share ideas and build networks. The first program will run from 1 February to 31 May 2017. By joining the program, you can connect in a variety of ways to discuss a range of topics that you are passionate about, including: Business & Industry Intelligence Careers & Career Development Collection Management Corporate Governance Current Awareness Ebooks & Everything 'e' Intranets & Information Design Knowledge Management Legal Industry Stakeholder Engagement Training and eLearning  ALLA Connect gives you an opportunity to connect with members in two ways: one-on-one : the project team will connect you with an ALLA member in another division who has similar interests to you. Throughout the progam, the team will send you and your connection 'discussion sparks' to help keep the conversation ...

Dear ALLA (WA) Members,  You’re invited to the MOU Vote and End of Year Celebration to be held from 5.30pm on Wednesday 30th November, 2016. RSVP's close Friday 25th of November. This is an important vote for all members to participate in and ALLA (WA) members have been sent additional information of relevance to the vote on Monday 7th November. This communication also included a proxy form for those who are unable to attend. 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, see the ALLA website: http://alla.asn.au/membership/join-alla/ When: 5.30pm Wednesday 30th November 2016 Schedule: 5.30 – 6.30pm MOU Discussion and Vote                  6.30 – 7.30pm End of Year Celebration Where: BGC Conference Centre,              Ground...

There are some wonderful people in the ALLA that sometimes go unnoticed. To acknowledge these people, we are calling for nominations for Certificates of Appreciation. If you would like to nominate a member, please take a look at the Nomination Criteria outlined here and send your nominations to allawaexec@gmail.com . If suitable nominations are received, Certificates will be presented at the End of Year Celebration on Wednesday 30th of November. We look forward to seeing your nominations

You would have seen in this month's President's Corner that the WA Law Library serial holdings are in the process of going online. First published in 1998 and commonly known as the Union List, we are now looking for a new name to bring it into the new century. So have your say. Get creative and email your suggestions to allawaexec@gmail.com . There is a small prize for the most innovative name* with the winner to be announced at the End of Year Celebration on Wednesday 30th November 2016. A big thank you to FIRST Software Solutions for sponsoring this project. *The name needs to be unique in order to register the domain name. 

Did you miss this Tuesday's ALLA Webinar?  A recording of Alison Jones' fantastic talk   Community, contributing, career - Using LinkedIn for Law Librarians is now available for members.  What the webinar is about The key take away message from many management articles on LinkedIn is that regular and thoughtful use of LinkedIn will lead to an avalanche of job offers. But is there more to LinkedIn being a glorified space in which to park your CV? Is it worthwhile taking the risk and making time to contribute to LinkedIn? This webinar looks at LinkedIn from the perspective of: Community – using LinkedIn as a space to build a virtual community of fellow professionals around you, for both networking and learning purposes; Contributing – how making well defined and consistent contributions to LinkedIn improves the experience of your community on LinkedIn and can in turn broaden that community; and Career – how thoughtful use of LinkedIn can lead ...

In case you missed it, the Federal Court recently issued this Practice Note. Please note clause 2.2 where lists of authorities submitted via eLodgment are to include hyperlinks for each case citation to an online resource with that case.

Dear ALLA (WA) Members,  You’re invited to the MOU Vote and End of Year Celebration to be held from 5.30pm on Wednesday 30 th  November, 2016.   This is an important vote for all members to participate in and you will be sent additional information of relevance to the vote in this coming Monday. This communication will also include a proxy form for those who are unable to attend. 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, see the ALLA website: http://alla.asn.au/membership/join-alla/ When:  5.30pm Wednesday 30 th November 2016 Schedule:  5.30 – 6.30pm MOU Discussion and Vote                  6.30 – 7.30pm End of Year Celebration Where:  BGC Conference Centre,              Ground Floor, BGC C...

ALLA is proud to present Alison Jones Knowledge Manager with Meyer Vandenberg who will present a webinar Community, contributing, career : Using LinkedIn for law librarians What the webinar is about The key take away message from many management articles on LinkedIn is that regular and thoughtful use of LinkedIn will lead to an avalanche of job offers. But is there more to LinkedIn being a glorified space in which to park your CV? Is it worthwhile taking the risk and making time to contribute to LinkedIn? This webinar will look at LinkedIn from the perspective of: Community – using LinkedIn as a space to build a virtual community of fellow professionals around you, for both networking and learning purposes; Contributing – how making well defined and consistent contributions to LinkedIn improves the experience of your community on LinkedIn and can in turn broaden that community; and Career – how thoughtful use of LinkedIn can lead to a wide range of professional opportuni...