ALLA (WA) News Blog

 Don't forget that RSVP's to the ALLA (WA) Autumn Breakfast are due on 21 April!

The ALLA (WA) Committee invites ALLA (WA) members, and those with and interest in law libraries to join us to catch up with your law librarian colleagues and friends over breakfast at Basilica.  Come enjoy a delicious breakfast, chat with friends, and talk to the ALLA (WA) Committee.  Members of the ALLA (WA) Committee will be there - feel free to let us know what you think about future professional development opportunities you would like to see in 2023.  You have the option of pre-ordering your meal and drinks to speed up service on the day.  The current menu can be seen on Basilica's website .  If you wish to pre-order, please include details in your RSVP.  What:           ALLA (WA) Autumn Breakfast Who:           ALLA (WA) Members and those with an interest in law libraries (invite your co-workers!) Where:         Basilica,           ...

The ALLA (WA) AGM, including special resolution vote, and annual dinner are next week on Wednesday 30 November.  ALLA (WA) members will have received an email containing details of the special resolution to be voted upon at the AGM.  ALLA (WA) members are also invited to join the new Committee at The Terrace Hotel for a complimentary dinner (pay-as-you-go drinks) following the AGM.  RSVPs and Proxies for the AGM and dinner are due by COB of Friday 25 November.  Send your Proxy or RSVP to the ALLA (WA) Secretary, Jane Beer .  Even if you can't join us, please complete your proxy form as it is important to enable the AGM to reach the necessary quorum for the AGM to proceed and for the Committee to be elected for the 2022-2023 year.  If you are having difficulties appointing a proxy, feel free to contact the current Committee who will be attending the AGM. They will be happy to act as proxy for those who require one.   

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...

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 . 

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...

Get ready to conference! The ALLA Conference 2022 website is a great resource to find out all you need to know about the conference. Make sure you take a look to check out details about the conference, including special conference rates for accomodation . This year the conference is being held at the Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart , Tasmania and the conference program looks to have some great events in the program! Workshops Per ALLA Conference Tradition, there will be a half-day MOYS Workshop held on 24 August 2022. This 3 hour workshop will be led by staff of the High Court of Australia Library. It costs $75.00 for ALLA members, and $95.00 for non-members. Get in quick though - the workshop will be limited to 12 people.  Tours What is a librarian conference without a tour of a library? There are two tours available to nominate for when completing the registration form . Conference registrants can nominate for a tour of either the State Library of Tasmania or the Andrew Inglis C...

 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...

ALLA (WA) Members are invited to our annual End of Year Celebration. When:  Tuesday, 19th December 2017 Time: 5.30pm-7.30pm Where: Great Southern Room, State Library of Western Australia RSVP  to Judy Allan  by COB Monday 11 December 2017. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements. This fully catered event is exclusively for ALLA (WA) members. If you are not a member of ALLA and would like to join to take part in these, and other important ALLA (WA) initiatives and events, see the ALLA Ltd. website .

ALLA (WA) Members are invited to the ALLA (WA) Spring Breakfast. This event will give members an opportunity to enjoy networking, a lovely spring morning and some good food. When: Wednesday 25 October 2017 at 7.30am Where: Tiisch, 9B, 938 Hay Street (Corner Milligan Street), Perth RSVP: Friday 20 October to Judy Allan judith.allan@legalaid.wa.gov.au Please Note: Tiisch will accept separate billing, and for ease have requested pre-orders. Please include your order with your RSVP. Tiisch’s menu can be found here:  http://www.tiisch.com.au/food/ 

ALLA(WA) warmly invites members to our Easter breakfast, to eat, drink and catch up with colleagues (or meet new ones). When: 7.30am Wednesday 5th April Where: The George. 216 St Georges Terrace, Perth RSVP: Luise Crisafulli ( lcrisafulli@chambers.francisburt.com.au ) by Monday 3rd April.   Menu details are available from the venue website . Separate billing will be available on the day and cash payment is preferred by the venue.

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...

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 ...

On the 9 June 2016, approximately 95 information professionals met at the State Library of Western Australia to participate in a historical group photograph to capture ‘Information Professionals in Western Australia 2016’. All groups and associations were well represented and happily networked in between the group photographs that were taking place. 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. Below are some sneak peek images of the event... the professional photo’s will be released soon, so keep an eye on the blog!  (Photographs taken by Kirsty McPhee)    

Attention Information Professionals in Western Australia! You are invited to participate in the 2016 historic group photograph of ‘ Information Professionals in WA’ - the first event of its kind in Western Australia. The concept: It is hoped that the Information Professionals in WA event will bring together information professionals from all industries and sectors, including librarians, library technicians and officers and records professionals, etc.  The event aims to: Provide a n unique photo opportunity to capture the library and information industry in WA collectively, and also provide an option to capture each association and group individually. Facilitate a networking opportunity and encourage information groups and associations to work collaboratively in the future. Promote the differences and commonalities between specific groups and associations. Provide the opportunity for the images to be published in industry journals, websites and blo...