ALLA (WA) News Blog

The 2021 New Zealand Law Librarians Association Online Conference takes place Monday 23rd - Friday 27th August, and registration is complimentary to ALLA Members.  The virtual conference theme is waiho i te toipoto, jaua i te toiroa - stronger together. The Conference Program includes a range of expert speakers and some standout sessions include: The Coming Storm: Value-added carbon zero knowledge services in the mid 21st century Te Ao Marama: The Response to calls for Transformative Change American Legal Research for New Zealand Librarians Australian Legal Research for New Zealand Librarians Building Resilience Lightning Sessions including - Flexible Working in Your Library, Opening Up in Lockdown - Parliament's Engaging Response, The Department of Mysteries, and more From Native Land Court to Maori Land Court 1865-2021 Cultural Confidence, One Word at a Time Each day of the conference, sessions are scheduled to run from 8.00-10.30am Perth Time - making this one of the easier int...

ALLA Members are invited to attend a virtual CPD event on the topic of knowledge management.  The session will discuss the latest updates from the world of knowledge management, hearing from Amanda Surrey (Knowledge Manager, Consultant and Facilitator) who will be hosting a panel discussion on recent developments in Knowledge Management in the world outside law.  Amanda will be joined by Alison Jones, Knowledge Manager at Geoscape Australia and Brad Adriaanse KMLF (Knowledge Management Leadership Forum) stalwart with a strong focus on L&D and Organisational Design. The session will be delivered via GoToWebinar at 11.00am Perth time on 19 August 2021 .  This session is free to ALLA Members. Members will have received an email with details of how to register.  Attending and wanting to join the conversation on Twitter? Follow us @lawlibsWA  and ALLA National  @AustLawLibAssoc and use the hashtag #allaknowledge

Legal Information Management have created a number of spotlight collections available through Cambridge Core. These spotlight collections highlight topical content published across the archives of the journal.  Each collection features content relating to these subject areas: COVID-19 Lockdown and the Legal Information World Metadata, Cataloguing and Classification in Law Libraries Information Literacy Women and the Law Knowledge Management Legal Publishers and Suppliers Law Firm Libraries Public International Law  The Willi Steiner Memorial Lecture Series The content in these collections is updated regularly, and often free for a limited time, and may provide you with some interesting and valuable content. Access the Legal Information Management Spotlight Collections here . 

The Law Council of Australia is delivering an online webinar of the topic of "Frontline legal services in times of crisis".  The legal assistance sector has carried many Australians through times of extreme crisis, with recent years no exception – from bushfires to the COVID-19 pandemic. This webinar will explore the achievements of the sector in trying times, and examine the challenges it has come up against. Leaders in the sector Rowan McRae, Nassim Arrange and David Woodroffe will join with the Law Council’s President, Dr Jacoba Brasch QC, to identify improvements to be made so that the sector is better equipped to respond in future emergencies. The session will be delivered via Zoom on Wednesday 11 August 2021, at 3.00pm Perth Time. Register Here . 

 ALLA National has launched their 2021 awards for: ALLA Law Librarian (or Law Library Technician) of the Year 2021 ALLA Legal Information Service of the Year 2021 ALLA Gem of the Year 2021 It's time to take advantage of the opportunity to nomination that person, or service, or customer relations person, who has provided you and our profession with exceptional service this year.  More information about these awards, and details of how to submit a nomination, are available on the ALLA National website, under  bursaries and awards .  Nominations close Friday 27 August 2021 at midnight (Eastern).  The winners of the awards will be announced at the ALLA National AGM during the  ALLA Virtual Conference 2021 , on Thursday, September 23.  The award winners and the text of their nominations will also be published in the December issue of the Australian Law Librarian Journal. 

The latest edition of First Monday  includes the article the use and impact of metadata in civil cases . According to the abstract: This article is one of the first to explore and delve into the legal system, with a focus on the burgeoning use of metadata in civil cases. Although metadata is embedded in all kinds of digital files including text, audio, and image files, as well as many social media and game applications, few understand how both the visible and embedded information is being “mined” (collected) for a myriad of uses by organizations, such as, Google or even the United States government. Consequently, in this paper, we explore the implications of metadata use in civil cases and how it could bring a new era of evidence in litigation, which has huge ramifications for how the average citizen may begin to view their privacy in the course of everyday activities." While the article has and American slant, this article may still be of interest for those considering the eviden...