ALLA (WA) News Blog

Don't forget that our first in person ALLA (WA) event for some time is taking place this Thursday.  The night will be a great opportunity to share learnings from the ALLA Conference 2022 that took place in Hobart last month, along with a chance to catch up with colleagues.  View the original ALLA (WA) Blog Post about this event here . Or RSVP via the ALLA Website . 

Last week, Oakley Capital, a major European private equity investor, said that it had acquired majority ownership of vLex , the international legal research platform that lays claim to having the largest collection of legal information on a single service.   On episode 174 of  the LawNext Podcast , Robert Ambrogi, the publisher of LawSites  is joined from London by Masoud Gerami, managing director, vLex Global Markets, who oversees vLex in the UK, Ireland, Asia Pacific, Africa, the Caribbean and North America. They talk about this latest news and what it means for vLex, and also talk more generally about the company and its research platform. For those who haven't met Masoud, he joined vLex in 2019, when it acquired Justis Publishing Ltd., a 33-year-old UK-based online legal publisher. He had been managing director at Justis since 1986. He has a master’s degree in computer science from Swansea University. vLex were a sponser of the ALLA Conference 2022. 

The ALLA (NSW) Chapter has organised a CPD event open to all ALLA Members.  Gain insights into effectively searching the NSW unreported judgments database. Presented by Donna Reece, NSW Caselaw Support Manager - NSW Law Courts Library NSW Caselaw was developed in 1999 to publish decisions for New South Wales Courts and Tribunals administered by the NSW Department of Communities and Justice. Improve your understanding with a tour through the site and using search tips and tricks, be able to find those elusive unreported judgments. When: Wednesday 28th of September 1pm – 2pm AEST. 11am - 12pm AWST. Cost: Free to ALLA members, join us if you are interested Hashtag: #allasearchprofessionals Register for the Zoom Meeting

ALLA (WA) Members are invited to join our ALLA (WA) Conference Bursary Winners for a night of shared learnings and catching up with colleagues.  When: Thursday 29 September, 5.20pm Where: DLA Piper, Level 21, 240 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 Register: Via the ALLA Website Event & CPD page . Join ALLA (WA)'s 2022 Conference Bursary Winners - Sky Atkins and Alice Hewitt - as they present a recap of all things ALLA Conference 2022.  An opportunity to share learnings from the sessions, and to catch up in person after all this time. The ALLA (WA) Committee will be providing some drinks and light nibbles during the session.  Please be at the venue at 5.20 for a 5.30 start time.  Please provide details of any dietary requirements when registering for your event ticket.  If you have any questions about the event, please contact the ALLA (WA) Committee . 

It's Friday. Short but sweet.  Knowledge Manager William Roberts Lawyers are advertising for a full time Knowledge Manager in their Sydney office. Details for the position can be seen on LinkedIn . Why not connect with the ALLA (WA) page while you're checking it out? Liaison Librarian (Learning and Teaching) Law The University of Melbourne has readvertised a full time, fixed term position within their Law Library team. Applications close on 26 September 2002. For more see the Seek listing .  Reference Librarian and Manager, Library Reference The Department of Parliamentary Services at the Parliament of Australia is recruiting for multiple Reference Librarians and the Manager, Library Reference for the Library and Reference team within the Parliamentary Library. Applications close 30 September 2022. For more details see the Parliament of Australia, Department of Parliamentary Services website .  Principle Collections Librarian The Supreme Court Library Queensland is advertising

The ALLA (WA) Committee has their next Committee meeting on Wednesday 14 September  and all ALLA (WA) Members are invited to attend.  Meetings are currently held via Microsoft Teams, and start at 5.10pm.  In addition to our standard Agenda items, this meeting would be a chance to discuss the recent ALLA Conference and ALLA Ltd. AGM, where many concerns and issues around communication, and other topics, were raised. We will also be discussing some upcoming and potential CPD events for our WA Members.  This will be an opportunity to ask questions, make suggestions and air any frustrations.  The ALLA (WA) Committee is also interested in hearing any ideas on how we can serve our Members better.  If you would like to attend please let ALLA (WA) President, David McDowell know by COB Monday 12th September. We will then provide interested members with the Teams Meeting details.  If you can't make it to the meeting, but have something you would like raised or discussed, please feel free to

  The below is posted on behalf of the Australian Law Librairan Journal Editor, Damaris Olea .  If you are currently sending journal content to our journaleditor@alla.asn.au and are receiving bouncebacks, you can alternatively email journal-editor@austlawlib.org The team is currently in transition to the new email [ journal-editor@austlawlib.org ] and the old email domain alla.asn.au will be switched off by the end of the year 2022. If you need further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Fiona Macdowall, Business Manager can be contacted via alla-journal-bus-manager@austlawlib.org To access the journal, you can click on the link >> https://search.informit.org/journal/auslawlib