ALLA (WA) News Blog

Applications for the ALLA Ltd National Conference Fellowships for 2022 are now open.  The ALLA Board are offering 5 fellowships for ALLA members to attend the ALLA 2022 Conference in Hobart.  Each fellowship is valued at $1800.00 The fellowship amount has been designed to cover the value of the Early Bird Registration fee $650, the Conference Dinner at Frogmore Creek $150, with the remaining $1000 to be put towards flights/accomodation. The ALLA Board does not intend for the Association to cover the entire cost of attending the ALLA Conference 2022 in Hobart.  ALLA members across the country last week should have recieved an email via the ALLA AUS-NZ email list  containing the application form for these Fellowships. If you did not recieve it please contact Paula Everett, Vice-President of ALLA Ltd .  Applications for the ALLA Ltd. National Conference Fellowships 2022 close at COB Friday 15 July 2022.

This year the ALLA (WA) Committee was pleased to offer ALLA (WA) members Kate Hewit and Vidagdha Bennett bursaries to attend ALLA's first ever, and slightly delayed, virtual conference. We congratulate them both on their successful applications for the bursary.  As part of the bursary both Kate and Vidagdha have written a short blog post recapping their experience of the conference.  To help them write this piece, the ALLA (WA) provided the following questions as prompts: How did you find attending the conference virtually? What were the advantages and disadvantages? Would you been keen to attend a virtual conference again or prefer a face-to-face conference?  Who was your favourite speaker / favourite session and why? What did you learn that you will find helpful in your current position?  Did you meet anyone interesting in the breaks / virtual meeting rooms? What was your overall experience with these meeting rooms?  What session would you recommend peopl...

 ALLA’s first ever virtual conference is less than a day away, and sure, by now Zoom and Teams and virtual webinars have become standard (thanks Covid), but if you’re looking at two days of online conferencing this can be quite daunting. To help we’ve pulled together some tips on how to get the most out of (or just survive) an online conference. Before we get to those tips though, a quick word on the Social Event on Thursday night ( 23 September 5.30-7.00pm Perth time, via ZOOM ) - a live music quiz, brought to you by our friends (and Bronze sponsors) vLex and ALLA (Vic) President. A little birdy (ok, one of the hosts) told us to wear a hat, fascinator, hair accessory, origami, bird, pet monkey… err something on your head. Why? Is there a prize? Perhaps. Is it to be a great community building moment to embarrass us all equally about dumb hat choices? Also, perhaps. Either way, today’s blogger has got hers sorted, and she’s leaning away from fascinating. Now for the Tips. Be...

The ALLA (WA) Committee is excited to offer ten bursaries to cover the virtual registration costs for the 2021 ALLA Virtual Conference  taking place on the 23 and 24th of September 2021.  These bursaries are valued at $120 each and will reimburse ALLA (WA) members for the cost of registering to attend the 2021 ALLA Virtual Conference. Applications are open to ALLA (WA) Members only. To apply please provide a short statement (no more than 500 words in length) outlining why you believe attending the ALLA Conference 2021 would be beneficial to your career development.  Requirements for Successful Recipients: Successful recipients must register for the conference before seeking reimbursement from ALLA (WA). Successful recipients must attend the specific conference within the calendar year of receiving the award. If the award is not taken up within the time frame, the funding and registration will be void.  Successful recipients are required to either  Submit content...

The application deadline for ALLA National Conference Fellowships has been extended to close of business, Friday 2 July 2021. Full details can be found in our past blog post .  ALLA (WA) Members An ALLA (WA) Bursary for the ALLA Conference 2021 will be advertised following the announcement of the ALLA National fellowship recipients. The ALLA (WA) Committee wishes all applicants the best of luck. 

ALLA National Conference Fellowships for ALLA members are now available!! Overseas Virtual Law Conferences ALLA Ltd is offering fellowships for attending selected overseas virtual conferences for law librarians. In 2021, ALLA Ltd is pleased to offer: Two fellowships to cover the cost of online registration for each of the overseas conferences below.(Please note the local times of overseas conference program offerings because the sessions may not be recorded for later viewing by conference registrants.) AALL (American Association of Law Libraries) – July 19 - 21  IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions) – August 17 – 19  NZLLA (New Zealand Law Librarians’ Association) – August 23 – 27T IALL (International Association of Law Libraries)  – October, 2021 The Petal Kinder Memorial IALL fellowship, which is funded by the Australian Law Librarian will pay the online registration fee for one ALLA member to attend the 2021 virtual IALL conference....

Just a reminder that membership renewals for Australian Law Librarians' Association (ALLA) are due by the end of June. In addition to various CPD and social events that ALLA organise for law librarians, your ALLA membership also entitles you to a discount to attend the 2018 ALLA conference in Darwin as well as a number of other discounts with other associations through ALLA's agreements with them. You also receive the bimonthly ALLA newsletter. If you have not received your renewal notice or wish to join ALLA, see here for how to apply.

With 2017 ALLA Ltd is offering a new model for the ALLA Fellowship.  With the 2017 Fellowships we hope to help as many members of the association as possible attend international conferences that focus on the area of law librarianship. Fellowships Available ALLA Ltd is now offering five $1500 fellowships to help members attend international conferences (one fellowship is available to each of the conferences below). Fellowship Application Closing date Canadian Association of Law Libraries Conference (CALL/ACBD) (Including complimentary registration) 19 April 2017, 5pm AEST British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) Conference (Including complimentary registration) 30 April 2017, 5pm AEST American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Conference 31 May 2017, 5pm AEST New Zealand Law Librarians Association (NZLLA) Conference (Including complimentary registration) 30 June 2017, 5pm AEST ...