ALLA (WA) News Blog

We've previously let you know that AustLII Beta was running, back in our February blog post . The new AustLII is now live! So go check it out and let us know what you think.

The Australian Law Librarians' Association is currently seeking contributions to the upcoming issue of the Australian Law Librarian. Centred around the theme of mentoring, issue 4 of the journal is the place to share your experiences in mentoring, being mentored and growing as a professional. As a professional, you never stop growing. With this issue, we invite you to share your experiences, learnings, and thoughts on mentoring and professional development. We also warmly welcome articles outside of this theme. Submissions are needed by 25 October so there's still plenty of time to get your writing cap on!! Questions? Contact journaleditor@alla.asn.au

ALLA (WA) invites members to a tour of the new Channel 9 studio! The tour will include: A graphics and makeup tour Newsroom tour including edit suites Master control and audio booth A chance to read the weather and news off autocue Q&A and photo opportunities Where: Channel 9, 253 St Georges Terrace When: Thursday 31st August, 12-1pm RSVP: Alice Hewitt  by Friday 25th August.

Announcing the 'LibrariesWA' Facebook Group At the Library Leadership: A Celebration day, one of the consistent themes was about enabling communication across silos and different types of library and information services. In an effort to achieve this, we are pleased to announce the launch of a Facebook group specifically for Western Australia LIS professionals. Why a Facebook Group? Facebook is one of the most popular social networking platforms in the world. It may not be for everyone, but a lot of us use it to stay connected with friends and family, and now increasingly for work as well. A Facebook Group allows you to post messages to anyone who has joined even though you aren't necessarily connected with them directly, the potential to reach a relevant audience is much higher than posting from your personal or organisation page. The other really useful functionality is that any group member can create an event! The Libraries WA group has the potential to beco...

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.

I know I sometimes turn to the Wayback Machine in my research; you might too. Hence I found this recent blog post about how Australian courts view use of the Wayback Machine very interesting. http://allensip.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/while-us-says-yes-to-wayback-machine.html

Are you an outgoing and enthusiastic librarian wanting to tell 120,000 people about an amazing library service? If you are then come and join our team! This is an exciting opportunity to join our organisation and add value to our membership in the role of Business Information Librarian. Reporting to the Manager, Library and Information Services the focus of the role is to provide library and research services to our 120,000 + members globally to support their business and professional needs. As part of a friendly and well-established team you'll be involved in most aspects of the service, but your main focus will be responding to research requests, collection development and marketing the library service to our members. To be successful you will have; a real passion for helping people; have experience in a specialised library environment, be creative and innovative, and thrive on being part of a dynamic high performing team. To be considered for this role you will be enthusia...