ALLA (WA) News Blog

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.   

 The Federal Register of Legislation is undergoing a complete redesign of the website with plans to launch early 2023.  On 14 November, details of how the new homepage will look were release on the legislation.gov.au website.  You can check out theses details about the New Register here . 

Job opportunity - Librarian Francis Burt Chambers is currently seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Librarian to join our friendly library team in February 2023 on an ongoing part-time basis, working two days per week (preferably Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday).  About the role Your duties will include: Providing simple and complex reference services to members, using print and electronic services Promotion of library services and resources  Conduct complex research tasks Assist with legal research training for members and staff Cataloguing Maintenance and continual development of the library intranet Participation in library team projects as required. About you You will need to: be proactive, with a strong commitment to customer service have a thorough knowledge of legal research resources and strategies have excellent written and oral communication skills  have strong IT skills experience using First Software Solutions is desirable have the ability to work within a tea...

The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), with Health Libraries Australia, the LIANZA Health SIG Community, the LIANZA Special Libraries and Information SLIS Community, the Australian Law Librarians Association and the New Zealand Law Librarians' Association are delighted to announce the relaunch of our Health, Law and Special libraries conference. The Asia-Pacific Health, Law and Special libraries conference will take place as a virtual event on 13th, 14th and 15th June 2023. It will be an opportunity to join delegates from Australia, New Zealand and beyond as we connect over common interests, explore future trends, and learn from the experiences of library professionals throughout the world.  The Asia-Pacific Health, Law and Special libraries conference committee now invite proposals relating to the conference theme: Connecting. Recent years have brought changes to the way we live and work, where we live and work and how we interact. Connecting with each other, w...

The adventures of the Finding the Law Project continue!  So it’s time for another update from the Project Lead, Anastasia Stepanovic, and Project Coordinator, Alice Hewitt. Our last update on the ALLA (WA) Blog was back in June – and since then we have presented at the ALLA (WA) Conference, published articles in the Australian Law Librarian journal, and we’ve gained a lot of ALLA member feedback and suggestions – end even a few new members to the project team.  At the ALLA Conference 2022 in Hobart, Anastasia and Alice presented a paper paying respect and homage to the evolution of Finding the Law – including all its various names, formats, and teachers. The presentation was centred around where ALLA had began this sort of law librarianship skills training, the different names the course was titled over time, and the different divisions that took the lead over time. The conference presentation was delivered using Rise Articulate, the building ground of the new FLO Project and ...

Wrap up #20 for 2022. Not long left in the year! Knowledge Resource Analyst King & Wood Mallesons is advertising a 12 month contract position in their Melbourne office for the role of Knowledge Resource Analyst. For more details see the King & Wood Mallesons website . Applications close 8 November 2022 Liaison Librarian (Learning and Teaching)  The University of Melbourne is advertising for a full time, continuing position of Liaison Librarian (Learning and Learning) in the Law Library. For more details see  the University of Melbourne website . Applications close 10 November 2022.  Liaison Support Librarian The University of Melbourne is advertising for a full time, fixed contract position of  Liaison Support Librarian in the Law Library. For more details see the University of Melbourne website . Applications close 16 November 2022.  Knowledge Management Solicitor  The Victorian Government Solicitor's Office is advertising for this newly created pa...

This Halloween let's review the case of West v Augusta Richmond County Public Library System . A 2016 case from the United States of America, in which, library staff are accused of using witchcraft upon the plaintiff.  During the screening of the complaint, Magistrate Judge Epps in the Southern District of Georgia explained the background to the matter ( CV 116-008,  S.D. Ga. April 15 2016 ). This nonsensical and fantastical complaint alleges, or at least appears to allege, that unidentified library workers, relatives of Plaintiff, and others colluded to add homosexuals as friends of Plaintiff on his Facebook page. Such unidentified persons also engaged in a fraudulent credit card scheme with Comcast Cable that somehow resulted in homosexual activity occurring within the apartment complex where Plaintiff resides. They also used witchcraft on Plaintiff and, as he described, "disappeared around me to wait and see what kinda activity me gone do."  By way of relief, the plain...