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Latest Issue of the Australian Law Librarian

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The Australian Law Librarians' Association journal, the Australian Law Librarian is now available on Informit, with the December 2021 issue (Volume 29, Issue 4) now available on the platform.

This edition is packed with articles stemming from the ALLA Virtual Conference 2021 #ALLA2021 - including some papers from the conference presenters including:

A timely reminder to attendees of ALLA Virtual conference 2021 that the recordings of sessions remain available on the conference platform for 6 months following the conference. 

A number of Conference Scholarship Reports have been written ALLA National conference scholarship recipients. ALLA (WA) Member, Alice Hewitt, received one of these scholarships and along with ALLA (Vic) President, Anastasia Stepanovic, wrote a piece entitled Adventures in social media : Law librarian style. ALLA WA Conference Bursary recipients have provided their reports on the ALLA (WA) Blog - see 2021 ALLA(WA) Conference Bursary Recipients - Conference Wrap-Up. 

Also included in this edition is an opportunity to get to know the ALLA National Board and the Divisional Presidents - including our very own ALLA (WA) President David McDowell - a member profile of Deborah Bowring from the Tasmanian Law Library. Regular columns from Robin Gardner - Short and SharpInfo Sans Frontiers and Shelf Awareness - and a wrap up of 2022 upcoming library conferences is included. 

If you are intereted in submitting an article to a future issue of the Australia Law Librarian, see the information available on the ALLA website. 

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