ALLA (WA) News Blog

Come for the delicious breakfast. Stay and see Gilien Bevan present on The WALL & learn about her experience of boldly going where no WA law librarian has gone before! The WALL database replaces the union list of serial holdings within the state of Western Australia, and will be made available to subscribers this year. The WALL will offer the capability for its subscribers to discover holdings of legal materials held within Western Australia and to request document delivery and inter-library loans. The WALL is coming! Where: The London Room of The George, 216 St Georges Terrace When: 7.15 - 9.15 am, Thursday 31st January 2019 Cost: Free for members / $35 non-members RSVP: Contact Judy Allan by 24th January at judith.allan@legalaid.wa.gov.au Vegetarian & gluten free food will be available. Please let us know of other dietary requirements & allergies. For anyone wanting to join ALLA WA please visit:  https://www.alla.asn.au/membership/join-all...

In case you missed it, because I know I did, the Law Times Reports are at HeinOnline in their Law Journal Library. This old law report series is hard to find in print and difficult to copy when found as they are usually bound in large volumes. The coverage at HeinOnline covers the full run of this report which was 1859-1947. Thanks to Sky for the tip.

You would have seen in this month's President's Corner that the WA Law Library serial holdings are in the process of going online. First published in 1998 and commonly known as the Union List, we are now looking for a new name to bring it into the new century. So have your say. Get creative and email your suggestions to allawaexec@gmail.com . There is a small prize for the most innovative name* with the winner to be announced at the End of Year Celebration on Wednesday 30th November 2016. A big thank you to FIRST Software Solutions for sponsoring this project. *The name needs to be unique in order to register the domain name. 

In case you missed the announcement, copies of the  Commonwealth of Australia and Australian Government Gazettes from 1901 to 2012 are now online at the Federal Register of Legislation https://www.legislation.gov.au/Content/HistoricGazettes These historical gazettes are all in searchable PDF format. More recent Commonwealth Gazettes, from October 2012 onwards, can be found at this link https://www.legislation.gov.au/Browse/ByTitle/Gazettes/InForce/0/0/ These more modern gazettes are available as individual notices in a variety of formats. Thanks to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, in conjunction with National Library of Australia and the Australian Government Solicitor Group in the Attorney Generals Department, for making this possible.

Information below provided by the Department of the Attorney General: From 1 July 2016, the Law Library at the Supreme Court will close its doors and the Department of the Attorney General will provide library services to legal practitioners at the Law Library at the David Malcolm Justice Centre. Legal practitioners (and other persons doing research on behalf of legal practitioners) can access the Law Library by going to Level 23 of the David Malcolm Justice Centre, and will be given access to the Law Library (which is located on Level 2). The Law Library's opening hours will be 8.30am to 5pm Monday to Friday and services will include: - access to a browsing collection, with loans (other than loose leaf services) to take to court only; - reference desk services; - access to electronic databases at the Law Library (including LexisNexis, Westlaw and CCH) will be available from 25 July 2016; - photocopying and printing; and - document delivery. Fees will apply for photocopying...

In case you missed it, AustLII has recently added these two law reports to their online holdings:   Argus Law Reports 1895-1950 and Argus Law Reports, Current Notes 1896-1950 

A useful reminder! Pre-1991 WASC unreported judgments are available at the Law Library. They are available as an ILL request, or if you visit the library you can print for 55c per page. Lisa Webb, Customer Service Librarian Law Library, Supreme Court of Western Australia

Good morning, The Law Library, Supreme Court of WA is looking for other libraries in WA which may hold the decisions of the Third Party Claims Tribunal . If any holding library could contact me, together with their holdings details, I would be grateful. Many thanks, ALLA(WA) Member - Belinda Eisenhauer Librarian, The Law Library, Supreme Court of WA