The Business of Law – Views from the Law Firm Administrator’s Chair
Submitted by Agathe Holowatinc on January 27, 2010 - 5:05pm.This January, we were very lucky to have a distinguished panel of speakers shed some light on this timely and important topic. They were:
- Ernie Gauvreau, General Manager with Gowling Lafleur Henderson
- Miriam Redford, Director of Administration and Finance at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP;
- Bob Waterman, Director of Administration at Richards Buell Sutton LLP.
Mentorship opportunity at SLAIS
Submitted by Susannah Tredwell on January 25, 2010 - 2:58pm.The BCLA/CLA student chapter at UBC's School of Library, Archival and Information Studies is currently seeking library and information professionals who are interested in acting as mentors to participating students. Our goal is to foster the creation of mutually satisfying relationships between practicing information professionals and SLAIS students.
Once we match up students with mentors working in their area of professional interest, we connect mentors and mentees via email. At that point, you can decide when, where, and how frequently you would like to meet with each other. In the past, professionals living outside of the Lower Mainland have also participated in this program, using phone calls and emails to communicate with their mentee rather than in-person meetings.
Please email us at slaismentorship@gmail.com at your earliest opportunity if you would like to take part in this program. Please include details about the kind of information setting you are employed in, the type of work that you normally engage in, and your email address. Don't hesitate to email us if you would like more information about this program.
Please feel free to distribute this message to your library listservs, bulletin boards, and any of your MLIS colleagues who may be interested in mentoring students.
The Art of Communicating Change
Submitted by Susannah Tredwell on January 19, 2010 - 9:48am.
If you were not able to attend Peter de Jager's webinar last week on "The Art of Communicating Change", you have another chance to see it.
The webinar is available at http://www.darkumbra.com/UoT001.wmv. The file is a Windows Media Video file and you can view it with a variety of utilities, including the Windows Media Center application.
Peter de Jager is a well-known speaker on the subject of change management. You can find more information on Peter on his website at http://www.technobility.com.
Reminder: Applications for Peter Bark Bursary deadline March 1, 2010
Submitted by Gillian Crabtree on January 11, 2010 - 11:26am.Peter Bark Bursary
The Peter Bark Professional Development Bursary was established by VALL to commemorate Peter Bark and his contribution to VALL and law librarianship. The Bursary assists VALL members demonstrating financial need in attending meetings of the Canadian Association of Law Librarians or other law library associations, continuing education workshops or other professional development. The fund is sustained by donations from individuals, law book publishers and grants from VALL.
For more information about Peter Bark, please read his obituary, published in the Advocate, (1991) 49: 155-16. Thank you to the Advocate magazine for permission to post this article.
Guidelines for applicants
Value: Bursaries up to a maximum of $1,500 per successful applicant may be awarded per year.
Eligibility: Applicants will have been members of VALL for a minimum of one year. Members of the current executive are eligible to apply.
Financial circumstances of applicant(s) will be considered.
Preference will be given to applicants attending a professional conference for the first time or who have conference responsibilities or who are active in VALL or in the law library community.
UBC SLAIS Co-op program
Submitted by Susannah Tredwell on January 8, 2010 - 3:06pm.UBC’s School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS) Graduate Co-op students are now available for Summer 2010!
Co-op students are a flexible, cost-effective way to supplement your staff team for short-term opportunities or special projects.
Temporary position for Library Technician
Submitted by Lynda Roberts on January 8, 2010 - 1:53pm.
The Business of Law – Views from the Law Firm Administrator’s Chair
Submitted by Agathe Holowatinc on December 22, 2009 - 1:39pm.Mark your calendars for the VALL/BCLMA KM JOINT SEMINAR on Tues. Jan. 26, 2010!
This seminar provides an understanding of the business of law from the Administrator’s perspective. It develops your capacity to think and act strategically in your library by focusing on the business models and latest trends and practices in law firm Administration and challenges facing Administrators in today’s economy. The goal is to enable both new and experienced law library professionals to develop a working knowledge of the following areas and to be comfortable discussing financial and administrative decisions:
Latest issue of PLL Perspectives now available
Submitted by Susannah Tredwell on December 16, 2009 - 8:28am.The latest issue of PLL Perspectives (the newsletter of AALL's Private Law Libraries SIS) includes the following articles:
- PubMed Searching for the Novice
- Marketing & the Library: Best Practices for Working in Tandem — interesting article on how to make collaboration between the Marketing and Library departmentswork
- Digital Collections — a list of of some of PLL members' favorite digital collections
Free U.S. journal search engine
Submitted by Susannah Tredwell on December 14, 2009 - 9:56am.The American Bar Association’s Technology Resource Center has unveiled a "free search engine [that] searches the free full-text of over 300 online law reviews and law journals" online. You can find the search engine (and a list of the journals) at http://www.abanet.org/tech/ltrc/lawreviewsearch.html. Naturally, coverage varies on a journal by journal basis.
(Thanks to Simon Fodden for pointing this site out.)
Season's Greetings to Everyone
Submitted by Gillian Crabtree on December 10, 2009 - 3:48pm.The Vancouver Association of Law Libraries would like to wish everyone the very best for the holidays and the New Year.
