ALLA (WA) News Blog

Great to see so many people yesterday at the "Host a horde" held in the newly refurbished Practitioners' library at the Central Law Courts. Those who knew the old library were pleasantly surprised by the new light and airy environment. Our thanks to Gael Roberts from the Legal Practice Board Complaints Committee who gave an informative and entertaining overview of the role the LPCC has in this state in relation to the practice, procedure and disciplinary matters required for the legal profession. Thanks also to Belinda Eisenhauer for all the organisation and the lovely lunch. Hope to see just as many members again at the Easter breakfast which will be advertised soon.

[From Naish Peterson, ALLA National President] Nominations are now open for the ALLA Fellowship Award. The ALLA Fellowship Award replaces the BIALL Scholarship and is open to  all ALLA members. As this is a new award, no exclusions for previous  scholarship winners will be applied, i.e. previous BIALL Scholarship  recipients are eligible. The successful applicant will receive $3000 to attend an international  conference from the following list: American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) British and Irish Association of Law Librarians’ (BIALL) Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) International Federation of Library Assocations and  Institutions (IFLA) Joint Studies Institute (JSI) New Zealand Law Librarians’ Association (NZLLA) With ALLA already offering the Lyn Pollack Award to attend the ALLA  National conference and most State and Territory Divisions providing  similar opportun...

We had the Icebreaker this morning, and reports from attendees were very positive about the presentation we had, which was  30 things in 30 minutes . I know that there were a few websites that I either didn't know existed (the Attorney General's Court Process pages) or remembered seeing back when they were in beta but hadn't visited recently (Barnet's JADE) that I think I'll have to go and investigate fully. I also think I'm going to have a quick play on Wordle too! A Slideshare link to the presentation .

If you're running a media search now, hope like mad that the main search terms don't revolve around the word water or any of its derivatives. Sadly, not even an AND NOT Brisbane will save you. Sigh.

Don’t forget to RSVP to the ALLA Christmas Party! To be held at 1907 Cocktail Bar on December 1 2010 Cocktails Mocktails Champagne & fine wine Gourmet canapés Special Door Prizes: 2 Tiffany Vouchers RSVP: Jacqui.seligmann --at-- freehills.com Don’t miss the most glamorous Library Event of the year!

The Western Australian Government Libraries Directory has been updated and published online.  It is being hosted on the Department of the Premier and Cabinet website under Publications  and the direct link to the directory is  http://www.dpc.wa.gov.au/Publications/Documents/GLNReport.pdf [From Noelle Lindsay at Department of Premier and Cabinet, via WAIN]

July Matthias Liffers from Murdoch University opened the technology showcase session with a brief introduction to cloud computing, the latest trends in internet computing and hardware trends. A hands on session followed where those librarians with access to new devices shared their work experiences with the lunch time participants. August Laurie Shervington from Minter Ellison presented a lunchtime session in August to 20 or so participants on the complex topic of Corporation Law. Laurie outlined the governance issues involved in each of the main Acts which support the overall corporation legislative scheme.