ALLA (WA) News Blog

In March 2023 we announced the  closure of the Allgwa list , and welcomed the arrival of the  ALLA (WA) Google Group .  To take full advantage of the Google Group - particularly the ability to deliver news directly to your inbox - the ALLA (WA) Committee has made the decision to cease posting to the ALLA (WA) Blog.  ALLA (WA) Members are encouraged to join the Google Group to make sure they don’t miss out on key news, events, job opportunities from the committee and our members.  Over the past twelve and a half years we've have over 208636 visitors (and still counting) to the ALLA (WA) Blog, from all over the world. We thank all of our readers who have supported the blog. We especially thank all of our blog editors and contributors who have volunteered their time, skill and knowledge to develop this resource. The ALLA (WA) Blog will continue to be available in an archive format. We look forward to using the ALLA (WA) Google Group to share infor...

Hello ALLA (WA) Google Group! As with many list servs operating on the Mailman system, we have discovered that the allgwa list serve is no longer functioning as it should. We’ve explored maintainable long term solutions and alternatives to this and have decided to shift to using Google Groups to allow for the ongoing ease of communication and information sharing between members of ALLA (WA). All existing members of ALLA (WA) and the Allgwa list were sent an an invitation on 7 March 2023 to join the ALLA (WA) List Google Group . Thank you to those who have already accepted!  If you haven't accepted this invitation by now, it has expired. But that doesn't mean you can't join the Google Group. Just visit the link above and request to join. 

It's the ALLA (WA) Blog's 12th Birthday! The year has gone very fast; since our last birthday, we have posted 96 blog posts!  The ALLA (WA) Committee thanks all of our current and past contributors, along with our readers who are spread out all over Australia (and the world!). We look forward to sharing more with you during our next year! Our Blog has come a long way since our first post back on the 25 October 2010 -  a  President's Letter  from our then  President Jacqueline Seligmann.  Last year we celebrated with a letter from our President, David McDowell, but this year we're doing things a little differently and looking back on the year that was.  Since 24 October 2022, when we posted our celebration of our 11th Birthday , our blog has been viewed 15,200 times. Since 25 October 2010, we've been viewed over 197,000 times.  Our most read post of the year has been the Do you know about FLO? post. This post provides an update on the Finding...

We wish to share with you an exciting update about a cross-divisional, joint ALLA (WA) and ALLA Victoria collaboration. Over the past few years there has been much discussion about better ways to communicate with current and prospective ALLA members.  The Western Australian and Victorian Divisions have been using various social media channels for quite some time including, Twitter ( @alla_vic and @lawlibsWA ), LinkedIn , and the ALLA (WA) Blog (which is celebrating its 12th Birthday this month). These have provided a well-received presence online, but both Divisions have concerns around the possibility of missing out on hearing from current and perspective ALLA members through not being active on other social media platforms where our members are. Together the ALLA (WA) and ALLA Vic committees are looking to work towards creating a space to engage all current and future ALLA members, no matter what State or Territory they come from, in a new formed social media collaboration: Law...

The ALLA Conference is a little over a week away!  Unfortunately our President David McDowell, will not be able to attend the Conference, but the ALLA(WA) Committee wish all our WA members who are attending a great Conference, particularly our WA Bursary recipients, National Fellowship recipients, and conference presenters.  We've compiled compiled some important ALLA Conference information below:    ALLA Ltd. AGM The ALLA Ltd AGM notice was sent via Google Groups. The AGM will take place on Thursday, August 25th at 4.00pm – 5.00pm EST in Hobart as part of the 2022 ALLA Conference. A webinar link will be distributed for those not attending the Conference.   ALLA Awards 2022 Don’t forget to nominate a law librarian, law library service or publisher for the ALLA Awards 2022. Nominations close this Friday, COB, 19 August 2022.  More information is available on  this post here ALLA (WA) Social Media During the week of the conference, the ALLA (WA) Soc...

ALLA members from around the country have joined together to work on updating and expanding the Finding the Law Online (FLO) course! This sub-committee, led by ALLA Vic. President Anastasia Stepanovic and along with ALLA (WA)'s own Alice Hewitt as Project Co-Coordinator, will see the development of a new set of online learning modules for FLO. Drawing upon the jurisdictional expertise of  FLO team members - Paula Jane Everett , David McDowell,  Kate Freedman, Alisha Nolan, and Amanda Surrey - we will develop a course for new law librarians, or law librarians new to a jurisdiction, or just librarians trying their hand at legal research. The FLO Team currently has volunteers who will share their knowledge of case law and legislation research for the Commonwealth, the Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia. For New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Tasmania and Queensland - we are still looking for volunteers. Please get in touch...

 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...

Hi ALLA (WA) Members, Just a reminder that the ALLA Conference 2021 takes place this week – Kicking off on Thursday 23 September with a Welcoming Address from Her Honour Chief Justice Helen Murrell from the ACT Supreme Court, followed by a Keynote Address by the Honourable Justice Stephen Gageler AC from the High Court of Australia. Due to Covid restrictions, the conference is being held virtually. This allows us all to access the program of speakers and events this year from the safety of our home or workplace. If you want to know more about the presentations to help plan your schedule, including abstracts, click on the title of the session in the Conference Program . Be sure to register , if you haven’t done so already. Registrants will be able to access the conference recordings for 6 months following the conference. If you aren’t registering – all ALLA Members are encouraged to attend the ALLA Ltd. Annual General Meeting at 12:38pm on Thursday, where we can hear from Nat...

With Feedburner no longer supporting email subscriptions to new posts on the ALLA (WA) Blog from tomorrow - this will be our farewell email update!  Even without the email subscription service, the ALLA (WA) Blog will continue, and as soon as an alternative becomes available, we will let you know.  As discussed earlier this month in the Keeping Up with the ALLA (WA) Blog post , there are a number of ways of keeping up to date with the Blog: follow us on Twitter @lawlibsWA  follow us on Facebook @lawlibsWA subscribe to the ALLA (WA) Blog 's RSS Feed - you will find this option in the right menu.  Key messages for ALLA (WA) members will be continue to be emailed directly to you, but not all of the tips and tricks shared through the ALLA (WA) Blog  (and  Facebook  and  Twitter ) Not a member? Why not join us!

Last night on Biblia (ALIA West's Blog), we saw that our Vice President, Alice Hewitt, has been busy at work helping plan the Library Leadership: A Celebration. See if you can spot her in the post Collaboration in Action! Library Leadership: A Celebration For more information on the Library Leadership: A Celebration event, check out our previous post , or our Facebook event . Spaces are filling, but you've still got time before registrations close on May 12.

Tweet time! Talk careers & career development at tomorrow's ALLA Tweetup @ 7.30pm ADST. Details here . Note I did that in <140 characters.

Hi ALLA(WA) Members Natalie McDonald, ALLA (WA) President Please see below for an update on the services and events of the ALLA(WA). Upcoming ALLA(WA) PD & Social Events The End of Year Celebration was held on Wednesday, 30 November 2016.  LexisNexis kindly offered their venue for the night where members enjoyed a selection of canapés and wine whilst they toasted the end of year with colleagues. A brown bag CPD session was held on 14th February 2017 where the membership gathered to discuss negotiations with publishers on subscription renewals.  The session stipulated no publishers.  The session was well attended and discussions very informative.  Members who attended received notes from the session. An Employment Law Fundamentals is planned for March. MOU Update On Wednesday 30th November 2016, the same date as the End of Year Celebration, the ALLA(WA) membership held a vote to sign the proposed new MOU with ALLA Ltd.  The vote was carried i...

Did you miss this Tuesday's ALLA Webinar?  A recording of Alison Jones' fantastic talk   Community, contributing, career - Using LinkedIn for Law Librarians is now available for members.  What the webinar is about The key take away message from many management articles on LinkedIn is that regular and thoughtful use of LinkedIn will lead to an avalanche of job offers. But is there more to LinkedIn being a glorified space in which to park your CV? Is it worthwhile taking the risk and making time to contribute to LinkedIn? This webinar looks at LinkedIn from the perspective of: Community – using LinkedIn as a space to build a virtual community of fellow professionals around you, for both networking and learning purposes; Contributing – how making well defined and consistent contributions to LinkedIn improves the experience of your community on LinkedIn and can in turn broaden that community; and Career – how thoughtful use of LinkedIn can lead ...

ALLA is proud to present Alison Jones Knowledge Manager with Meyer Vandenberg who will present a webinar Community, contributing, career : Using LinkedIn for law librarians What the webinar is about The key take away message from many management articles on LinkedIn is that regular and thoughtful use of LinkedIn will lead to an avalanche of job offers. But is there more to LinkedIn being a glorified space in which to park your CV? Is it worthwhile taking the risk and making time to contribute to LinkedIn? This webinar will look at LinkedIn from the perspective of: Community – using LinkedIn as a space to build a virtual community of fellow professionals around you, for both networking and learning purposes; Contributing – how making well defined and consistent contributions to LinkedIn improves the experience of your community on LinkedIn and can in turn broaden that community; and Career – how thoughtful use of LinkedIn can lead to a wide range of professional opportuni...

Did you miss the first ever #ALLATweetUp last Wednesday afternoon? The topic of discussion was What does innovation in law libraries look like to you? Questions discussed were: The word innovation has been thrown around a lot recently. What does law library innovation mean to you? What opportunities do you think law libraries have to innovate within their orgs? Is it real or buzz? Do you think the legal industry IS innovating? What do you think are the key elements for effective implementation of innovation in law libraries or the legal industry? What do you think are the roadblocks (if any) to innovation in law libraries? What role do you see library and information professionals hold in legal innovation more generally? How can we as library and information professionals promote, support and encourage innovation within our organisations? ALLA Ltd has put together a great Storify of all the action and we've embedded it below. If you have any ideas that y...

Hi ALLA(WA) Members Natalie McDonald,  ALLA (WA) President Please see below for an update on the services and events of the ALLA(WA). Upcoming ALLA(WA) PD & Social Events The ALLA(WA) CPD Sub Committee have created a calendar of proposed upcoming events for the 2016/2017 period which have been available on the Calendar of Events page.  One event per month will be arranged (sometimes even two), with nothing scheduled over the December-January holiday period. A brown bag CPD session was held on 13th October where Mawghan Elverd, the recipient of the Wolters Kluwer CCH Conference Bursary, shared some of her highlights of the August 2016 ALLA Conference in Melbourne, Victoria.  All who attended came away with some valuable insights. We thank those who took time to provide feedback after this event. The End of Year Celebration will be held on Wednesday 30th November 2016.   A Save the Date has already been emailed to members and shared on our social medi...

What does innovation in law libraries look like to you? Represent WA and join Law Librarians all over Australia to share your thoughts at the first ever ALLA Tweet Up on 26 October at 7pm AEST. Use the hashtag: #ALLAtweetup Follow: ALLA (WA): @LawLibsWA ALLA Ltd.: @AustLawLibAssoc

We're pleased to announce that in addition to our Twitter @lawlibsWA  , ALLA (WA) now has our very own Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/lawlibsWA/  Make sure you give us a "like" and stay up to date with news, job opportunities, events, and everything ALLA (WA).

Thanks to everyone that attended ‘IPWA 2016’. The event was a huge success. The images (in jpeg and web ready format) may be viewed on Flickr here – https://www.flickr.com/gp/142003464@N07/646814 © Copyright 2016 Neal Pritchard (Spool Photography) https://www.flickr.com/gp/142003464@N07/31kVJ7 © Copyright 2016 Kirsty McPhee (Tottle Partners) Use of the images: Please note, no money must be made from the use of these images.  All use including personal and corporate social media accounts (such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc.), blogs, newsletters and journals etc. that publish the images must include the appropriate credit above. Special thanks to our sponsors; Jade Barnet, LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters, TimeBase, Wolters Kluwer (CCH), Western Australian School Library Association and the Records and Information Management Professionals Australasia for helping us make this event happen. May this be the first of many collaborative events organised for the library and ...

This summer, in Columbus, Ohio (13-19 August) you can show us how we can work better using Social Media in our organizations. The IFLA Knowledge Management Section invites you to present HOW and WHAT Social Media you use in your organization to further communication with your clientele. Please watch our teaser and answer our call for demos before March the 18th! Julien Sempéré PhD Learning Center Project Manager IFLA Knowledge Management Section +33 1 69 33 77 39