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Australian Law Librarian Journal - June 2022

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The latest edition of the Australian Law Librarian journal is available now available from Informit.

Volume 30, Issue 2 is packed with some great articles. See below for some highlights!

45 years of ALLA (WA)

Following on from celebrating our 45th Birthday on 31 March 2022, ALLA (WA) President, David McDowell spent some time digging around in the ALLA (WA) archives and wrote a great piece. 

Take a look at the article, and the ALLA (WA) Committee is working on an in-person event to celebrate 45 wonderful years. 

David McDowell, '45 years of ALLA (WA)' (2022) 30(2) Australian Law Librarian 69

State and Territory News

You can also hear more from David, and other Divisional Presidents in the regular State and Territory news column of the journal

Lisa Capps, David McDowell, Anastasia Stepanovic and Joanna Longley, 'State and Territory news' (2022) 30(2) Australian Law Librarian 57

President's Letter

Want to hear what is going on with ALLA National? National President, Carole Hinchcliff gives us an update in the regular President's Letter column of the journal. 

Highlights from this edition include information about the ALLA Conference 2022, the Finding the Law Online (FLO) project, and some open positions on the ALLA National Board including a Secretary and CPD Coordinator. Read the full letter to learn about more opportunities for ALLA Members to connect with the association. 

Carole Hinchcliffe, 'President's Letter' (2022) 30(2) Australian Law Librarian 55

Returning to Campus: A Reflection

Carole has been busy this month and has also written a peice about returning from the virtual libraries of COVID-19 lockdown to campus in 2022. 

Carole Hinchcliffe, 'Returning to campus:  A reflection (2022) 30 (2) Australian Law Librarian 61

FiscalNote expands into Australia with TimeBase Acquisition

Anyone with a love of TimeBase's LawOne and Point-in-Time Services will be interested in reading this conversation between Gerald Yao, Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of FiscalNote, and Vanessa Morris, CEO of TimeBase. TimeBase was acquired by FiscalNote in 2021. 

Vanessa Morris and Gerald Yao, 'FiscalNote expands into Australia with Timebase acquisition' (2022) 30(2) Australian Law Librarian 66

Regular Columns

The Australian Law Librarian Journal also has a number of regular columns that can provide regular research tips, technological advice, new book reviews, upcoming conferences and more. This month the Member Profile features Northern Territory Member, Aurorah Porter. 

We promise we haven't given away all the spoilers for this edition - so take a look!

If you're interested in writing a piece, or perhaps being the feature member profile. Take a look at the ALLA website for more details, or contact the journal editor Damaris Olea
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