ALLA (WA) News Blog

ALLA (NSW) have rescheduled their Trove Collaborative Services event! Trove Collaborative Services is a membership model that aggregates content from the collections of nearly 900 Australian libraries and collecting organisations and makes them accessible through the Trove discovery platform. Trove Partners have access to a variety of services connected to Trove including digitisation, cataloguing, resource sharing as well as a range of promotion, learning and support services.  In July 2022, the National Library will be introducing a new Trove Collaborative Service pricing model that incorporates feedback from the Trove Partner community and reflects how services are evolving. Aileen Weir, Director of Trove Partnerships at the National Library, invites ALLA members to a brief webinar on  Monday the 9th of May 10.30-11.30am (AWST)  to hear more about the changes and their implications for law libraries.  After  registering , you will receive a confirmation email...

 ALLA National has launched their 2021 awards for: ALLA Law Librarian (or Law Library Technician) of the Year 2021 ALLA Legal Information Service of the Year 2021 ALLA Gem of the Year 2021 It's time to take advantage of the opportunity to nomination that person, or service, or customer relations person, who has provided you and our profession with exceptional service this year.  More information about these awards, and details of how to submit a nomination, are available on the ALLA National website, under  bursaries and awards .  Nominations close Friday 27 August 2021 at midnight (Eastern).  The winners of the awards will be announced at the ALLA National AGM during the  ALLA Virtual Conference 2021 , on Thursday, September 23.  The award winners and the text of their nominations will also be published in the December issue of the Australian Law Librarian Journal. 

The new look of the Department of Justice's Law Library website went live today: https://dojwa.ent.sirsidynix. net.au/client/en_AU/llwa The  link is also available on the  Department’s website . The website includes links to free resources where available, as well as the library catalogue. Services marked with a padlock symbol are only accessible from onsite within the library.

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...

Adieu or au revoir? Goodbye or see you later? We certainly hope to see Alison, Margaret and Noelle again but whether the Department of Premier and Cabinet Library will resurface is anyone’s guess. On 15 December 2017, the Library formally ceased to exist. The collection and two of the library staff have moved to the State Library with a view to implementing a service to the Department. The fate of the Government Libraries Directory is yet to be decided. It would be a shame if it didn’t continue, if only as a reminder of what once was.

Over the past few weeks, ALLA (WA) has received some queries relating to access at the Law Library at the David Malcolm Justice Centre. It has come to the committees attention via these queries that some people had thought that ALLA (WA) is the authority which decides access to the Law Library – that assumption is incorrect. Access to the Law Library is determined by the Western Australian Parliament as per the Legal Profession (Law Library) Regulations 2016 , specifically regulation 8. The committee referenced in regulation 7 is not the ALLA (WA) committee, rather it is the Library Advisory Committee.  The Library Advisory Committee is a separate body comprised of 2 Judges, a Law Society representative, a Western Australian Bar representative, a Legal Practice Board representative, and two persons nominated by the Director General of the Department of Justice. The  Legal Profession (Law Library) Regulations 2016   are best read in conjunction with the Lega...

ALLA WA today received a written response from the Chief of Staff to the Attorney General regarding the access of self represented litigants to library resources since the closure of the Library at the Supreme Court of WA. ALLA WA had written to the Attorney General in May expressing concern on this matter. The reply acknowledges that self represented litigants have been left without a valuable resource since the library's closure. Further, the Department of Justice is investigating options for enabling self represented litigants to have access to library resources. ALLA WA will be informed of the outcome of this investigation. We thank the Chief of Staff to the Attorney General for their reply.

There are 100 librarians, library technicians and library lovers today at Library Leadership: A Celebration! Speed networking with librarians is certainly not a quiet exercise! Check out our Twitter @lawlibsWA and follow #LibrariesWA for updates and more from speakers including Dr Carmen Lawrence, Jennefer Nichols and members of the LIS profession in Western Australia!

ALLA (WA) invites members, and any interested library professionals and students to... Save the Date! When:  19th May 2017 Where: State Library of Western Australia What: Library Leadership: A Celebration For: Everyone in libraries. Why:   A chance for the whole WA library sector to get together, discuss and explore what we have in common and how we can all positively influence our changing profession. Two pre-eminent leaders in their fields will be helping us to get the discussion going. This event has been organised as a joint project by representatives from LIS within WA, including ALLA (WA). With special thanks to the WA State Library of Western Australia for providing the venue and Kerry Smith for proposing the idea. More information will be forthcoming as it becomes available.

The Department of the Attorney General has updated their website so that it now includes the library catalogue of the Law Library at the David Malcolm Justice Centre. You can access the library catalogue here . The Law Library at the David Malcolm Justice Centre is at 28 Barrack Street and is open Monday to Friday from 8.30am - 5pm. It is closed on public holidays. The Library is for the judiciary, government legal officers and members of the legal profession, and so it is not open to the public.

It's time to get connected. Last Week, ALLA Ltd. launched ALLA Connect , a program to provide members across the nation an opportunity to share ideas and build networks. The first program will run from 1 February to 31 May 2017. By joining the program, you can connect in a variety of ways to discuss a range of topics that you are passionate about, including: Business & Industry Intelligence Careers & Career Development Collection Management Corporate Governance Current Awareness Ebooks & Everything 'e' Intranets & Information Design Knowledge Management Legal Industry Stakeholder Engagement Training and eLearning  ALLA Connect gives you an opportunity to connect with members in two ways: one-on-one : the project team will connect you with an ALLA member in another division who has similar interests to you. Throughout the progam, the team will send you and your connection 'discussion sparks' to help keep the conversation ...

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...

The Law Library at the Supreme Court of Western Australia closes at the end of June 2016. An integrated library service for government lawyers, the judiciary and the legal profession will be provided by the library of the Department of the Attorney General which is scheduled to operate from the David Malcolm Justice Centre, 28 Barrack Street, Perth from July 1 2016 In light of the pending closure of the Law Library at the Supreme Court of Western Australia, to help celebrate the wonderful service and acknowledge the fantastic work of the library staff, you are invited to attend the Supreme Court Law Library Farewell hosted by ALLA (WA). This event is open to all.  When: Thursday 23 June 2016 Time: 5.30pm – 7.30pm Where: The Boheme, 300 Murray Street Perth RSVP: Gil Bevan gilien.bevan@allens.com.au by Tuesday 21 June 2016.

In light of the pending closure of the Law Library at the Supreme Court of Western Australia, to help celebrate the wonderful service and acknowledge the fantastic work of the library staff, you are invited to attend the Supreme Court Law Library Farewell hosted by ALLA (WA). This event is open to all.  When: Thursday 23 June 2016 Time: 5.30pm – 7.30pm Where: The Boheme, 300 Murray Street Perth RSVP: Gil Bevan gilien.bevan@allens.com.au by Tuesday 21 June 2016.

The Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission Library has recently downsized its collection, and will be re-locating to new premises. As a result of this move, the Industrial Relations Commission Library will no longer to be able to allow public access to the Library collection.   However, they will still take email and phone enquiries.  This change will take effect from Monday 16 May 2016.